Announcements

Owensboro, KY — The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum's Grand Opening is October 18-20, 2018. The $15 million building at 311 West Second Street, in downtown Owensboro, Kentucky opens its doors with three days of music highlighting the rich past, dynamic present, and exciting future of bluegrass music.

The ...

India — The Carnatic String Conservatory is proud to offer the first ever on-demand digital Carnatic mandolin and guitar learning academy in the world with a global launch scheduled for October 21.

Focusing on the fundamentals of South Indian Carnatic music, the academy offers an extensive curriculum that students can study at their own pace through an interactive online learning portal.

Academy founder Mandolin Prakash told us, "The academy launches next week with a Global Launch Webinar on October 21 in which we have students from all over the world participating. Registration ...

Nashville, Tenn. — V-Picks and the Mandolin Cafe are set to hold a Giveaway of V-Picks Premium Gift Cases with 12 Picks each for Mandolin Players, a $69.95 value.

Registration will commence 8:00 a.m. Central, September 18 from a link on ...

Traverse City, MI — Don Julin has announced the launch of Tremolo Online, an educational web site for mandolin players providing a la carte access to many of the great mandolin lessons and courses available at Mandolins Heal The World. ...

Springfield, MI — GHS Strings has announced a new addition to their line of string cleaning products with their Fingerboard Care Kit.

Maintenance is just as critical to an instrument's sound and playability as a new set of strings. Clean, smooth ...

Farmingdale, N.Y. — D'Addario has announced the launch of a new addition to their mandolin offerings with D'Addario Monel Mandolin string sets.

Monel is a classic nickel alloy that offers a balanced and natural tone popular among vintage enthusiasts. ...

San Rafael, Calif. — To celebrate a decade of David Grisman's association with noted Italian luthier Corrado Giacomel, Dawg Productions is offering a $2,000 discount to all Mandolin Cafe citizens on any new Giacomel instrument.

These unique, superb sounding mandolin ...

Owensboro, Ky. — The International Bluegrass Music Museum is now the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum.

Executive Director Chris Joslin stated, "We have been the home of the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame since day one, so it's time our name reflects that. Much like the Country Music ...

Austin, Texas — Pava Mandolins and the Mandolin Cafe are combining resources to give away a Pava A5 Pro Mandolin, the exact mandolin shown above.

The retail value of the mandolin and case is $3,499.00.

The giveaway will be open to all visitors to the Mandolin Cafe from all international locations and will commence from a link on the Mandolin Cafe home page April 13. One lucky winner will be selected at random and notified upon completion of the giveaway at 9:00 ...

Mendrisio, Switzerland — Schertler Group and the Mandolin Cafe are combining to give away a Schertler GIULIA amp to one lucky registrant chosen at random.

The giveaway will commence from a link on the Mandolin Cafe home page 9:30 a.m. Central, March 21 and conclude a week later at the same time on March 28.

The giveaway will be open to all visitors. No purchase is necessary to enter.

The ultra-compact GIULIA is ideal for small venues, home studios or for practice. ...

Fairfax, Calif. — Peghead Nation, home of roots music instruction, gear, news and more has announced the launch of Bluegrass Mandolin Jam Favorites taught by Berklee College of Music faculty member Joe K. Walsh

In the new course students will ...

Kansas City, Mo. — The first mandolin orchestra in Kansas City in decades has announced its formation. The Mandolin Orchestra of Kansas City (MOOKC) is a new 501c3 non-profit organization seeking musicians and subscribing members.

The orchestra starts eight ...

Fairfax, Calif. — Peghead Nation, the home of roots music instruction, gear information, and more, is offering Mandolin Cafe visitors a first month free, or $20 off an annual subscription, when they sign up for any of the 31 instructional courses ...

Cologne, Germany — The Music Conservatory in Cologne has announced that Mike Marshall will join their faculty.

This provides an opportunity for the classical mandolin students of Caterina Lichtenberg as well as other instrumentalists at the conservatory ...

Atascadero, Calif. — Once again, Straight Up Strings is offering their signature banjo and mandolin t-shirts for pre-sale until December 4, 2017. Customers have their choice of shirt colors, which will ship on December 15, 2017 in time for ...

Atascadero, Calif. — Straight Up Strings and the Mandolin Cafe are teaming up to give away a year's worth of strings to five lucky winners.

Registration for the giveaway will commence August 27 from a link on the Mandolin Cafe.

Five random winners will be selected at 9:30 a.m. September 2. Winning entries may choose ...

Traverse City, Mich. — Mandolins Heal The World is proud to announce "The Waltz Warehouse," a new series of lessons by mandolin player extraordinaire David Benedict.

The Waltz Warehouse features seven waltzes that are among the favorites in a musician's repertoire including "The Tennessee Waltz," "Down Home Waltz," "Festival Waltz," "The Mississippi," "Ookpik Waltz," "Azalea Waltz" and "Lonesome ...

Portland, Ore. — The Oregon Mandolin Orchestra is proud to announce Christian McKee as the organization's new music director.

McKee, a longtime figure in the Portland-area music scene, will be taking the conductor's baton from founding music director Brian Oberlin, ...

Titusville, Fla. — Gold Tone has announced the creation of a new mobile application called Loop 2 Learn.

Probably the most effective way to learn new music is by hearing and seeing it played on video. Most musicians have used You Tube videos or videos shot from our mobile devices.

How does L2L help learn from videos?

1. Any section of a video may be looped by choosing your start and end points. The loop then will play continually.
2. Once a loop is made the

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Fairfax, Calif. — Peghead Nation, home of roots music instruction, gear, news and more is partnering with the Mandolin Cafe to offer visitors a first month free, or $20 off an annual subscription, when they sign up for any course on PegheadNation.com. ...

Battle Creek, Mich. – GHS Strings is pleased to introduce their new Pure Nickel Mandolin strings.

GHS Strings has created their new Pure Nickel Mandolin strings in conjunction with mandolin players, for both the traditional and modern ...

Los Angeles, Calif. — 3 Sigma Audio has introduced the world's first impulse responses made just for mandolin. Using 3 Sigma Audio's proprietary ACE Technology, recording acoustic instruments DI is now a reality.

Instantly transform your mandolin into a miked up masterpiece of the most sought after brands on top of the line gear.

Choose between the ...

Atascadero, Calif. — Siminoff Banjo and Mandolin Parts, developers of Straight Up Strings, is offering their signature banjo and mandolin t-shirts for pre-sale until December 5, 2016.

At checkout, customers have an opportunity for ...

Traverse City, Mich. — "Mandolins Heal The World," a new internet based destination for mandolin instruction is being announced today with the official launch scheduled to coincide with a booth at the Raleigh, N.C. World of Bluegrass ...