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10 YEARS OF EWOB: "Red Wine [Italy] does great service to Gillian Welch."
- Peter Fraissinet, The Salt Creek Show, WVBR-FM, Ithaca, Neww York

EUROPEAN WORLD OF BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL INFORMATION

Every year in the “Worldwide Bluegrass Month” of May, 42 bands from the far corners of the globe gather to showcase at the annual European World of Bluegrass Festival in Voorthuizen, Holland. For 3 colorful days and nights, banjos, mandolins, guitars, dobros, fiddles, and basses blaze like tulips all over this tiny Dutch town, in and around the festival site, in the marketplace, in front of stores and restaurants. The month-long European World of Bluegrass (EWOB) 2008 boasted 195 independent European bluegrass events, spearheaded by the 3-day EWOB Festival in Holland.

Mandolin player The European World of Bluegrass Festival is the only event in Europe ever to win the prestigious Bluegrass Event of the Year Award from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) in Nashville, Tennessee.

The EWOB Festival is organized by a small group of dedicated volunteers in the Netherlands, officially named Stichting EBMA Voorthuizen (the EBMA Voorthuizen Foundation), but more commonly known as the “EWOB team.”

In the EWOB Festival Guide, published in April, you can find all the information about the next EWOB Festival and the month of European World of Bluegrass events.

Visit our EWOB MONTH page for details on the entire month of European World of Bluegrass events.

Musicians can find FAQs about the European Bluegrass Band Awards here.

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