FreshGrass Awards

Highlighting and Supporting Emerging Artists

The FreshGrass Awards celebrate and reward emerging artists who offer innovative interpretations of bluegrass and roots music traditions and take place each year at the FreshGrass Festivals in North Adams, MA at MASS MoCA and new to 2025 in Bentonville, AR at the Momentary .

With multiple categories and prizes totaling more than $20,000 cash each year — plus studio time at Compass Records for the Band winner — we’re proud that our awards are the most ambitious of their kind.

Past Winners