Information on bluegrass music in a 200 mile radius of Fort Wayne, Indiana
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• We would like your feedback on our festivals. Take a few minutes and help us out. Click Here to take survey
• Next NIBGA winter jam & board meeting October 19, 2008 at the SW Conservation Club, 5703 Bluffton Rd., Ft. Wayne, IN 46809 (Map) Their kitchen will be open for sandwiches and drinks. No carry-ins please. Public welcome, acoustic instruments only! No charge.
• NIBGA Newsletters in PDF V4 format: Sept. issue was mailed August 18. News deadline for the next newsletter is Sept 9.
  • NIBGA Members only, get your newsletter electronically in color and a week ahead of USPS! Click here.  (5/6/08)
• Area concerts and festivals which feature Bluegrass music in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois  (08/13/08)
• Other Bluegrass music related sites. Lots of links to other sites, clubs, magazines, instrument makers, RealAudio Bluegrass sites & more (12/03/07)
• Where can you go to jam or listen to Bluegrass music? (Club and jam meetings, reoccurring gigs) Completely updated for 2007-2008 winter jams along with some summer updates but call first! (08/12/08)
• Hey, this looks like a great club! What do I get and how do I join? (04/02/07)
• Who is Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association, Inc. and where are NIBGA jams? (09/19/07)
• Meet the Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association officers (12/10/06)
• Our email has CHANGED! MIXI.NET is gone and we have had to use a new Internet provider. e-mail us at:
• List of instructional video tapes for Bluegrass in area libraries. Use them as some libraries sell unused materials! (12/15/98)
• Cable Access TV schedule for Bluegrass - Bonnie & DeJa are no longer filming bands (08/2007)
• A brief history of Bluegrass music clubs in Indiana (10/22/97)
• NIBGA's 33^st annual 2009 Memorial Day weekend Tri-State Festival in Kendallville, IN 22 miles north of Fort Wayne, IN.  Band names and schedule are posted. Get motel reservations now! Fort Wayne is the best bet for a motel now. (08/12/08)
  • Here are photos from the Memorial 2008, Labor Day 2007, Memorial and Labor Day 2006 festivals. Picasa has been having some server problems. If you get "500 INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR" try again tomorrow.
  • Vendors apply HERE for 2009 app., photo, insurance and health certificate required for food vendors.
  • Renew your membership NOW and save $2 on a weekend ticket. Other clubs also honor our memberships, ask them.
  • OK, I'm coming before the entertainment starts, what is there to do? Industry figures show about 58 percent of all the nation's RVs are produced in Indiana, largely in Elkhart County. More than 100 different brands of RVs are produced within 25 miles of Elkhart, which bills itself as "RV Capital of the World."
• News and Rumors -- Stuff about bluegrass folks and special events, hopefully true but not guaranteed!
  • Wally Morton seriously injured in wreck on May 28
  • NIBGA members only: two free tickets to ROMP 6/26-28 in Owensboro, KY available, FCFS, 260-432-4485
  • Foundation Forms To Purchase Indiana Historical Landmark
  • Starting Nov. 1, 2007 club dues are $10 individual, $15 for second adult at same address. Join here.
  • Highlights of Labor Day that are on Utube! Great, don't miss it.
  • Tri-State festival, May 24-27, features free wireless access! (4/24/07)
• Over Jordon
  • Lynn Merle Fox, 76, Sept. 3, 2008
  • Robert W. Cagel, 86, died May 16, 2008
  • Sheldon E. Hull, 80, of Jackson, MI died Feb. 25 at home.
  • Larry Gaskill, 67, of Clinton, TN died at home Feb. 9
  • Harold B. Lamb, age 76, of Posen, IL, may be best remembered for being a professional musician for 50 years with his bands: Tennessee Rail Splitters and Dixie River Band. He died after an extended battle with cancer on Nov. 28, 2007
  • Bill McClain, 77, Nov. 4, 2007 after lengthy illness
  • Clifford Wayne Stacy died this afternoon Sunday November 4, 2007 about 4:20 pm at his home in Lapaz. He played dobro with Echo Valley a few years ago.
  • Tony Tippmann, 62, Oct. 22, 2007

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  Northern Indiana Bluegrass Association
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  Fort Wayne, IN 46804-4946
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