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Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Small make music from a time when old-time, bluegrass, and country shared the same stage. Sh...
Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Sm...
John has been a well-known and respected singer and instrumentalist around Melbourne for many years, dating back to the ...
John Boothroyd (VIC)
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The Old Crossroads is a five-piece bluegrass band that brings a full and vibrant sound reminiscent of the bluegrass perf...
The Old Crossroads (VIC)
Marcus Church (guitar, The Borough and The Inadequates) and Paul Henderson (banjo, The Borough) push the boundaries of t...
Marcus and Paul with Lucy Kamm...
Mark and I first started playing together in 1998 and now after a decade long pause to raise our respective families we ...
The Rusticators coming in 2026...
My-T-Fine Stringband includes well-known members of the bluegrass & old-time music community who have enjoyed playin...
My-T-Fine Stringband
With at least one band member taking up residence in the Bendigo suburb of Quarry Hill, The Quarry Hillbillies is made u...
The Quarry Hillbillies & M...
In this exciting new duo, coming together through their shared passion for American Old-time Stringband and traditional ...
Craig Woodward & Don...
Years of mutual admiration between banjoist Elwood Sze and guitarist/singer Tom Kendall have resulted in this long await...
Oh Gibson (VIC)
The High Street Drifters are a bluegrass band from Victoria carving out a distinctive place in the Australian music land...
The High Street Drifters
Classically trained multi-instrumentalist Ross Smithard brings a rich and engaging take on old-time and Appalachian-insp...
Calico Corn coming in 2026!
There is a specific kind of honesty in bluegrass that you just can’t fake. Geese Fly South grew out of a shared desire...
Geese Fly South coming in 2026...
Stompkats are an old-timely duo that loves playing old-timey, bluegrass and gutbucket blues. Reminiscent of t...
StompKats coming in 2026!
Australia's favourite bluegrass band, Bluegrass Parkway hold true to the origins of this exciting musical genre, capturi...
Bluegrass Parkway (WA)
Rain Of Animals is the euphonious collaboration between Pepita Emmerichs (Oh Pep!) and Theodore Barnard (Wire & Wool...
Rain of Animals coming in 2026...
The Cartwheels are Golden Guitar winning Wendy Phypers (acoustic guitar and vocals) and Dave Patterson (double bass and ...
The Cartwheels coming in 2026
Blending bluegrass tradition with contemporary folk, You, Me, Everybody have become one of Aotearoa’s most distinctive...
You, Me, Everybody (NZ) coming...
Fast-paced and infectious, Charley Castle leads her Boys in the Well to a unique brand of Australian 'grass. Described a...
Charlie Castle & the Boys ...
Volunteers we need you! Mountaingrass is run entirely by volunteers. If you would like to volunteer in 2026 ...
Volunteer Applications for Mou...
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run was born in the holler of Tennessee’s first legal moonshine distillery, where the spiri...
Seth Mulder & Midnight Run...
Hanging Rock Stringband play old time string band music. Old time Appalachian fiddle tunes and traditional songs perform...
Hanging Rock Stringband coming...
The 3rd Annual ABOTMA Songwriting Competion is open for entries from 1 July to 30th September 2026. The objective o...
ABOTMA Songwriting competition...
Did you know?ABOTMA has always had a flexible refund policy. We understand that life is unpredictable and thi...
Flexible Refund Policy
ABOTMA is excited to announce that Canadian, British Columbia based, John Reischman and The Jaybirds (John Reischman - m...
John Reischman & The Jaybi...
Applications to perform at Mountaingrass in 2026 opened 1 March 2026 and closed on 31 March 2026.If you are interested i...
Sorry Performer Applications f...
Announcing the ABOTMA Young Performer of the Year Grant recipient for 2026 is Lucy Kammermann!The ABOTMA Young Performer...
ABOTMA Young Performer for 202...
Ticket sales for the Mountaing...
10c Container Deposit Scheme Proceeds to go to ABOTMA Young Performer Grant Mountaingrass is committed to being a w...
Recycling to help our Young Pe...
Planning for Mountaingrass in 2026! 13 -15 November 2026The offical dates for the Mountaingrass Festival in 2...
Dates for Mountaingrass 2026
Mountaingrass News & ABOTMA Member News now use EmailOctopus ABOTMA member Newsletters and Mountaingrass ...
Newsletters for ABOTMA Members...
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