Leadership Bluegrass 2024 Applications Now Open

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Leadership Bluegrass

The International Bluegrass Music Association is now accepting applications for Leadership Bluegrass 2024, which will take place March 4-6 and is open to professionals working in or with the bluegrass music industry.

Each year, Leadership Bluegrass brings together 25 selected participants for three days of intensive panels, workshops and activities in Nashville. Participants get to know one another and work toward solutions for challenges both specific to bluegrass and in the wider music industry during the experience, and after two decades of Leadership Bluegrass, more than 500 alumni have been inspired and equipped to work toward positive change in their areas of expertise.

The cost to participate is $400 for current IBMA members and $475 for non-members (class fee plus one-year IBMA membership), payable after they have been invited to attend. Limited financial aid is available. Leadership Bluegrass sessions begin early each morning and run well into the evening on Monday and Tuesday, with Wednesday’s sessions wrapping around 5 p.m. Class members will engage in group activities, presentations, leadership training and personal development exercises.

“Attending Leadership Bluegrass was like receiving a semester’s worth of knowledge about the music industry in just three days,” says Leadership Bluegrass Class of 2023 graduate Austin Scelzo. “I left feeling inspired, motivated, and equipped to service my community in new and fresh ways.”

Industry professionals interested in participating can fill out the application and submit letters of recommendation via a form at ibma.org/leadership-bluegrass/apply. The application window will close on Tuesday, Oct. 31. The selection process is highly competitive, with a goal of including a broad representation of geography, areas of expertise and professionals who have demonstrated leadership and/or who may exhibit a strong future impact in bluegrass music. Applicants in previous years who have not yet been selected are encouraged to apply again.

Lorie Hollabaugh
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