CBMS - Colorado Bluegrass Music Society

11/01/2024

You know what they say, Halloween is over and Ullrgrass has just begun! 😉❄️🎶 Schedule has been announced. Visit for all the good details and join us. Because festival season starts in January!!

11/01/2024

💥 New music alert! 💥

High Lonesome Colorado Bluegrass Band released their self titled album TODAY! They also have a high-energy album release show this Saturday at Swallow Hill Music. Visit their page for tickets, show dates, and many highlight reels. 🎶

High Lonesome music. High Lonesome

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween Friends! 🎃 We hope you have a spooktacular day!

10/31/2024

The Denver Jamgrass list is out. Go have some fun 🎶🎉 Supporting and enjoying life music is cool.

10/29/2024

Oh hey, LOOK y’all! It’s almost festival season 🙌🎉🎶🤣 WE LOVE COLORADO!! Grab those early bird UllrGrass tickets and let’s make next year the best one yet.

LAST CHANCE for DISCOUNTED Earlybird Weekend Passes - Sale ends at MIDNIGHT on Oct31. https://www.ullrgrass.com/tickets . Tickets are also moving fast for the UllrPreParty 2025- TODD SHEAFFER (Railroad Earth) w. Chris Thompson & Tim Carbone. Don't miss the boat! Lineup announcement coming this week.
- UllrGrass Music & Beer Festival 2025 (Jan31-Feb2, 2025)
- UllrGrass Beer Festival 2025
- UllrGrass Band Contest - 2025
- UllrGrass Troubadour Contest - 2025

10/25/2024

Friends- WE NEED YOU!! Your community needs you. New music needs you. 🙏🏻 CBMS members Tonewood have launched their Kickstarter, and you know what that means… you preorder the album, grab some merch, or choose from one of their other insanely cool rewards, and your contribution helps these boys MAKE AN ALBUM! 🙌🎶 It isn’t a handout, it’s a pre-purchase, with a little extra “high five we love you” to get them on their way. Every little bit helps, so please just take a look. (And if you haven’t seen their most recent videos, you are missing OUT!! Give their page a like and give your belly a laugh). These guys are a party 🎉

Festival favorite Tonewood String Band is ready to leap from campfire to car stereo. Help them fund their premiere album!

10/24/2024

There are THIRTY ONE Bluegrass jams held across the state of Colorado with most of them being weekly.

Notably, we have NO JAMS on Friday evening. Can someone help a brother out and start one? :D

Seriously, get out there and PICK!

*Things can change without notice, please understand there may be cancellations or discontinued jams on this list. As always, we are happy to add another jam to the list - send any additions, changes or questions to: [email protected]

10/22/2024

The Denver Jamgrass weekly list is out. Thanks again for all you do! 🎉❤️🎶

10/16/2024

The fun list is out! 🎉🎶 Thanks to Denver Jamgrass, your week just got easier. Kirk Hubbard is the man helping with the plans!! We love you and your efforts. Get out and play y’all!!

10/16/2024

When a legendary human leaves us, we are left with a legacy. Michael Burke's legacy began the day he passed, and the Durango Bluegrass Meltdown board has announced the first ever Michael Burke Bluegrass Scholarship in his honor, for musicians in the Southwest region of Colorado, age 21 and younger. The scholarship will provide up to $350 to help cover the cost of lessons to learn and improve their skills, regardless of level of experience. The deadline to apply is October 31st. visit the original post for details and the link.

The Durango Bluegrass Meltdown is thrilled to announce the first Michael Burke Bluegrass Scholarship for musicians aged 21 years and younger.

The Durango Meltdown is a non-profit organization providing a platform for national, regional, and local musicians since 1995, thanks to the tireless work of dedicated volunteers. Michael Burke, a talented bluegrass mandolin player and one of the original founders of the Meltdown, was instrumental in the event’s success over the past two decades. To honor his legacy following his passing in 2024, we have established the Michael Burke Bluegrass Scholarship.

This scholarship aims to support young bluegrass music enthusiasts in Southwestern Colorado by helping cover the cost of lessons to learn or improve their skills on a bluegrass instrument, fostering their love for music for years to come. Young musicians aged 21 and under, regardless of their level of experience, are encouraged to apply.

Application deadline is 10/31/24, and the winner will be notified on 11/13/24. For more info and to apply: https://tinyurl.com/2024MBScholarship

This scholarship was made possible by the City of Durango Lodger's Tax Arts and Culture Fund and the Durango Creative District.

Questions? Message us! [email protected]

10/15/2024

David Smith writes another masterpiece, the legendary CBMS member Martin Gilmore.

“Whether through the vast skyline of longing relations and searching for place of his American West, or wailing blues and hopeful emotions of living and learning within his Trio, or observations of travel through a land lost in time to so many yet found to the singer in East West, or the learned voice of penned originality in his most recent self-titled release, there is a fearless confidence of note in the music of Martin Gilmore, an unabridged vocal and clear presence of rhythm guitar plying a melody that sets the listener in a surefooted time and place. His music is authentic because there is no façade of character; Gilmore is no tourist visiting a genre to glimpse the lonesome or strum the motions of a purposeless jam. ”

Read the full article here👇🏼 because you know you should. 🙌

Every state needs to have its troubadour. Someone to sing from the tundra grasses of the mountainside, the ironclad 12th floor decking of the fire escape, by the mussel shell salted winds of the sea, or sunbaked sands of the yucca desert. For each region there is a song that needs to be shared in ca...

10/14/2024

Jam night is upon us! Every 2nd Monday, 630-830, American Music School. Beginner-friendly, all levels welcome, smiles for miles kind of night. Come play with us. 🎶

Send a message to learn more

10/12/2024

Fantastic set by Alison Brown at 2024 FreeFall Bluegrass Festival! Superb band too!

10/12/2024

I'm at the FreeFall Bluegrass Festival in Vail, CO watching soundcheck. They perform at 6 pm. Alison Brown at noon!

10/10/2024

Do something fun this weekend y’all 🤗🎉🎶 The Denver Jamgrass list is out. 🙌

10/10/2024

New music is coming 🙌🎶 High Lonesome is now less than three weeks away from their album drop, which will be streaming on all platforms and available on multimedia at the beginning of November. But even better than having that playing from your device, DANCING to this new music in person at one of these album release shows. Follow their page grab tickets, see a show, support local musicians. The old classics we all love started out as new music way back when 🎶

10/08/2024

If you’re familiar with bluegrass in Colorado, you have likely heard about (and hopefully attended) the longest-standing public jam at Oskar Blues Brewery in Lyons. “I remember two things really clearly from those days, first the speed, tone and timing of the players, and second, the deep musical friendships that were developed over many years of jamming together at Oskar’s each week. After I did my first song, I wanted more of both.”

You can now read more about the rich history of this jam and Mike Jackson’s personal account on our website. From interviews with players and spectators to the timing of its origin, Mike shines a light on this beautiful community and what it has to offer. Check it out 👇🏼

Figure 1 The beginnings of the Lyons Jam at the Stone Cup. KC Groves, Gene Libbea, and Jefferson Hamer. Photo from KC Groves collection.

10/07/2024

Colorado festival season is almost over folks, so in true fashion, we’re going out with a BANG!! 🎶🎉 FREE-FALL-FESTIVAL y’all!! Vail Village… this coming weekend. Check out this lineup and make your plans because this one is a banger! Details here 👇🏼 party there ⛰️

https://freefallbluegrassfest.com

10/06/2024

I saw a great video this morning with Martin Gilmore at a House Concert recently which reminded me what an incredible musician and songwriter he is and it also reminded me of this video I shot of his trio at the Broomfield Auditorium playing a CBMS - Colorado Bluegrass Music Society concert about 4 years ago. Good morning and happy Sunday!

The Martin Gilmore Trio play "Hadji Ali" at the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society's "Bluegrass at the Audi" series. "Hadji Ali" is from Martin Gilmore's recor...

10/02/2024

OH yeah, THERE'S our folks! Cami Harris and Mike Silbernagel tearing it up in a hallway jam at IBMA!
The Humminbirds 🎶

We are so grateful for being able to attend another years of IBMA performances & jams here in Raleigh. We will miss it next year! The International Bluegrass...

09/25/2024

CBMS does IBMA. That’s right, board member .armington is at the playground folks, working with - the platform that has LITERALLY taken our membership services and abilities to the next level. 🙌 If he stops by and wants to talk about it with you, don’t miss that opportunity. Technological TASTINESS!!

09/23/2024

THIS WEEK 🤗🎉🎶 Buffalo Grass Festival at Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort makes its big debut! CBMS members get $10 off a weekend pass ($50 for non-members- $40 for you!) or 25% off your lodge stay which INCLUDES the festival!! Food trucks, happy hours at the on-site bar, jam circles, live music, lots of space, and lots of friends. Colorado Springs is calling and you must go 🎶 All you need is right here in this link. 👇🏼

https://www.bicycleresort.com/event-details-registration/buffalo-grass-bluegrass-picking-festival-2024-09-29-10-00

10/31/2023

Happy Halloween y’all! We hope you have a great day full of costumes, candy, and Colorado bluegrass. Let’s all spin one local band album tonight while handing out treats and boost those Spotify plays for our community 🙏🏻🎶

10/27/2023

Tonight in Rifle, CO and tomorrow night in Durango! This is a must-see!!!

Sometimes all you need to do is ask. Next thing you know, you’ve got loads of musicians saying “yes” to your question, and you’re on your way to recording one of the most influential bluegrass and cou...

10/26/2023

Hey folks! The 2024 festival list is well on its way and we’re adding each time one gets announced. 🤗 You can find this list on the CBMS website, where we work hard to make sure YOU have all the fun. 🎶

*Things can change without notice, please understand there may be cancellations on this list. As always, we are happy to add another festival to the list - send any additions, changes or questions to: [email protected]