IBMA

While we are on the topic of apps for bluegrass, let's talk about IBMA and the apps that they have available. IBMA, International Bluegrass Music Association, happens once a year and for the past tow years it has been held in Raleigh, NC (Website Below). When IBMA is hot and heavy, there are a multitude of bands playing at many places in downtown Raleigh and it can be hard to keep up with it. This is where IBMA stepped in to help out the people that want to make the most of the festival. There are two apps, one for the Bluegrass Ramble and one for the Wide Open Bluegrass. The Bluegrass Ramble consist of a number of bars, pubs and restaurants in downtown that host bands for live music, in the app it has a schedule for each night and the times for the venues that bands will be playing at; so you can plan your night around who you want to see. Wide Open Bluegrass consisted of stages in downtown that bands will play at all through the day, just like the Ramble app, this app has a schedule of each stage to help you plan out who you want to see during the day.  Without these you can still make your way through the festival, but the apps make it easy for you and keep you from running around like crazy to find your favorite band.

Here is a picture of what the app looks like:

https://ibma.org/