18/03/2008: check out our newly updated festival calendar!

11/12/2007: the festival calender is currently being updated. Please check the dates of your festival and if you have any additions or corrections, please send us a message to admin[at]ebma.org. Thank you!

22/10/2007: From this moment on EBMA's website is based on CMS (content management system - for the experts among you, it's Typo3). It's much easier to maintain and will also enable us to distribute maintenance of specific sections to specialised people. Please check out the new old look and if you spot something that doesn't work, please let me know (admin @ ebma.org). Thank you for visiting EBMA.ORG!

10/10/2007: EBMA's EWOB 2008: all application forms online on this website. Check out here...

4/9/2007: EBMA has now installed PayPal as a secure partner to accept membership fees. You can now become a member or renew your membership instantly by clicking the appropriate box and pay with your credit card online. You don't have to own a PayPal account to do this.

8/6/2007 EWOB Press release here...

20/05/2007: EWOB 2007 Festival awards
On Saturday 19 May, third and final night of the EBMA's European World of Bluegrass 2007 Festival, the following awards were made.

European Bluegrass Band 2007:

#1 G2 Bluegrass Band (Sweden)

#2 Meantime (Slovakia)

#3 Kreni (Czech Republic)

G2 Bluegrass Band* will hold the title of #1 European Bluegrass Band for the next twelve months, and will represent Europe at the IBMA's World of Bluegrass in Nashville, TN, in 2008.

Audience Popularity Award:

#1 4 Wheel Drive (Netherlands)

#2 G2 Bluegrass Band (Sweden)

#3 Rawhide (Belgium)

Rawhide also received a special award as the only band to have performed at all ten European World of Bluegrass Festivals.