Desert Bluegrass Association

10/06/2026

DON’T MISS Next weekend!!
🎃 DBA Days at Marana Pumpkin Patch Fall Festival 🎃 this Saturday & Sunday🎃October 10th & 11th from 1:00 to 5:00 pm🎃 8 local DBA bands will play. Wear your DBA shirt or hat to get a free raffle ticket for a chance to 🎃WIN A GUITAR!🎃 Bring the Family! Carnival rides. A diesel train ride. Pick-your-own pumpkin & more! Bring folding chairs & wagons. (No pets or ice chests. tx)
🌵Location → 14950 N Trico Rd, Marana, AZ 85653
🌵For more info & tickets click here → https://maranapumpkinpatch.com/pages/pumpkin-patch -attractions

09/17/2026

🥁Drum roll 🥁please!!!🎉🎉 Save the date for the BEST EVER 🌵2027 Desert Bluegrass Festival🌵 with the BEST EVER band lineup and our PHENOMENAL HEADLINING BAND
🎻 🎸DELLA MAE🎻🪕
**Founded in 2010 by Grand National Champion Fiddler Kimber Ludiker, Della Mae carries on the tradition of all-women string bands. Their 2013 album ‘This World Oft Can Be’ earned a Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album & the band was named IBMA Emerging Artist of the Year. There’s never been a band like Della Mae in roots music before. You’ll know when you get to see them perform on March 12, 13 &14, 2027 at our new location in Marana! So,🌵SAVE THE DATE🌵 & stay tuned for more exciting info! Can’t wait to see you there! 🤠Yeehaw!🤠

09/13/2026

The DBA Monday night workshop will start up again this Monday evening, September 14 at 6:30 at St. Francis in the Foothills, UMC. We will be working on Year 2 Session 1 songs. You can access those songs at www.desertbluegrass.org. Because of the Pickin' in the Pines Festival in Flagstaff, we will not meet on 9/21. Workshop will resume on 9/28.

07/06/2026

Don't Forget! Our second of 3 summer Jams at St Francis in the Foothills is tomorrow, Monday night July 6th at 6:30. See ya there!

Happy Summer! Keep Jammin'!🤠🎸See ya in September!🎻🪕

06/01/2026

Don't Forget! Our first of 3 summer Jams at St Francis in the Foothills is tomorrow, Monday night June 1st at 6:30. See ya there!

Happy Summer! Keep Jammin'!🤠🎸See ya in September!🎻🪕

05/25/2026

🇺🇸Happy Memorial Day! 🇺🇸
There is no workshop tonight 5/25/26. Workshops are on pause from now until September. Our regularly scheduled weekly DBA Monday Night Workshops will resume again in September! 🌞Happy Summer Everyone!! 🌞BE safe! 🤠👍 Happy pickin'!👍🤠

05/20/2026

The Monday Night Workshop was the rockin' finale of a great 2025-2026 year! Thanks to our👏🎉Workshop Leadership Team🎉👏 that made it happen! What more could you ask for? food fun & fellowship. 🤠Yeehaw!🤠 Happy summer everybody! 🤠🎸🪕🎻🎶🎶Keep Jamin'! 🤠🎸🪕🎻🎶🎶

05/06/2026

Happy Summer! Keep Jammin'!🤠🎸See ya in September!🎻🪕

04/28/2026

A BIG THANK YOU! from the DBA to all you pickers & grinners who pitched in to make our 2nd annual Pickin' in the Park, Potluck &Jam a Success! Yeehaw!👏🤠🎶👍🎸🪕🎻

04/20/2026

One last reminder about our Potluck & Jam this Saturday. If you haven't signed up, here are the links
💙🤠🎶🎸Bring a dish signup -> https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084EAEAC2CA1FB6-63238569-pickin
💙🤠🎶🎸Donation signup -> https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/7PYL8AWQUSXSS
🌊🌊🌊🌊Don't forget to bring your own WATER & a CHAIR & your instrument!
🌭🌮🍔🤠Lunch is at 11:30. Please keep perishable dishes in a cooler until it's time to eat.
🎸🪕🎻🏜️The DIRECTIONS are in the comments. See ya there!