IBMM's ROMP, 26-8 June

The International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM) holds its annual fundraiser, the River Of Music Party (ROMP), by the Ohio River in Owensboro, KY, on the last weekend in June. ROMP 08 begins at 11 a.m. on Thursday 26 June at the Riverpark Center, Owensboro, which also hosts the Legends Concert at 7.00-10.00 that evening, featuring the Sullivans, the Lewis Family, and the Isaacs.

The shows at Yellow Creek Park on Friday 27 June and Saturday 28 June feature twenty-one top-notch bands, including Red Wine (Italy) and G2 Bluegrass Band (Sweden), the current #1 European Bluegrass Band (who will be playing at the Omagh festival this coming September). Full details of the programme can be seen here or here.