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Mailing address: 4841 Aleff Road
........ Pace, Florida 32571.........
The Gulf Coast Bluegrass Music Association (GCBMA) is a non-profit organization which was started in Pace, Florida, in 1993 to bring more bluegrass music to northwest Florida and southern Alabama. Our association sponsors music festivals and concerts featuring local, regional, and national bluegrass performers. We also contribute to a music scholarship at Pensacola Junior College. We currently have over 500 members including 26 member bands (listed below). We publish a monthly newsletter -
"Bluegrass Notes"Click for a sample
Monthly meetings are now highlighted by two of our member bands in concert followed by jam sessions throughout the building. Monthly concerts/jam sessions are held on the 4th Saturday of each month at PJC Milton Campus, Building 4200-Student Activity Center.[MAP].(Road Map). Everyone is welcome at our monthly concerts/jam session. A small donation is collected at the door. This donation helps to pay the bands which perform that evening's concerts.
[At Concert/Jam sessions PJC Alpha Beta Gamma Student Clubwill be serving "dinners" starting at 5pm when doors open, come EARLY and enjoy some good food (see your newsletter for menu). The ABG club donates proceeds to the locate Ronald McDonald House and other worthy causes.]
Join us for an evening of wholesome family entertainment! Come DOUBLE your enjoyment , DOUBLE your FUN !!!
- 5:00 PM Doors Open
- 6:00 PM 1stConcert ...
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- 7:00 PM 2nd Concert ...
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- 8:00 PM Open Jam Session ....
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NEXT MEETINGSaturday, July 25, 2009
Featured Bands: B.L.T.@6pm![]()
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See Bluegrass Videos here:
BLUEGRASS VIDEOS
- B.L.T.
- Bama Express
- Big River Bluegrass
- Bubba And Them
- Delta Reign
- Harold & Ovaline Andrews
- High Cotton
- Highway 99
- Jackie Hill & Blue Shades of Grass
- Lock, Stock & Barrel
- New River
- Panhandle Express
- Pure and Simple
Samantha Purvines & Sweetwater Run Sandyland Bluegrass Gospel Band Southern Gentlemen Southern Sounds Stillhouse The Bluegrass Pilgrims The Rowell Bluegrass Band The Wayfarers The Webb Family Tidewater TruGrass Whistlestop White Sands Panhandle Band [BAND PHOTO GALLERY] View their pictures here:
BAND CONTACT PAGE - Note: To contact one of the bands listed above, click here
Schedule of Bands performing "locally"
ALL CURRENT BANDS READ THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE
    All current and new member bands send any update information about your band (ie. new photo/change in members, new e-mail address or website address, etc...) to the webmaster via e-mail on the Staff Members page.
Bluegrass Music every Tuesday evening !!
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(within 500 miles of here) // <<<=GCBMA Bands featured:(check event calendar button this page)
- Pecan Ridge Bluegrass Festival * Jackson, LA * ~ July 1 - 4
- Raccoon Creek Bluegrass Festival * Dallas, GA * ~ July 10 & 11
- Georgia Mountain Fair * Hiawassee,GA * ~ July 15 - 25
- WEEKEND PICKIN' - BIRTHDAY JAM SESSIONS * Troy, AL * ~ July 16 - 18 (see event calendar)
- MSBA Summer Show * Angie,LA * ~ July 17 & 18 <<<
- Atmore Fiddler's Convention * Atmore,AL * ~ July 18
- Lamar County Bluegrass Festival * Purvis,MS * ~ July 24 & 25
- GCBMA Concert/Jam session * Milton, FL * ~ July 25<<<
- Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival *Dillard,GA * ~ July 31 - August 1
- In Concert : The Chuckwagon Gang * Thomasville,GA * ~ August 14
- In Concert : The Wilson Family Band * Jacksonville,FL * ~ August 15
- GCBMA Concert/Jam session * Milton, FL * ~ August 22<<<
- Fiddlin' With The Frogs Festival * Grenada,MS * ~ September 4 - 5
- Pecan Ridge Bluegrass Festival * Jackson,LA * ~ September 9 - 12
- Raccoon Creek Bluegrass Festival * Dallas,GA * ~ September 11 & 12
- Twin Oaks Bluegrass Convention * Hoboken,GA * September 10 - 12
- Pickin' In The Pines - Bluegrass For Babies * Perry,FL * ~ September 25 & 26 <<<
- GCBMA Concert/Jam session * Milton, FL * ~September 26<<<
For more details, check your newsletter event calendar.
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