Enjoy this gallery of many of 2018’s IBMA Awards recipients, Hall of Fame inductees and bluegrass stars and notables on the Red Carpet and backstage at the Awards Show, having fun behind the scenes. All photos by Jeff Fasano.
The Becky Buller Band at the 2018 IBMA Awards Show Red Carpet. Becky Buller. Becky received the 2018 Gospel Performance of the Year Award and was a co-recipient of the Recorded Event of the Year Award.
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper at the 2018 IBMA Awards Show Red Carpet. Michael Cleveland is the 2018 IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year.
Mile Twelve at the 2018 IBMA Awards Show Red Carpet.
Brooke and Darin Aldridge at the 2018 IBMA Awards Show Red Carpet. Brooke Aldridge is the 2018 IBMA Female Vocalist of the Year.
Laurie Lewis at the 2018 IBMA Awards Show Red Carpet. Laurie Lewis wrote the song that received the 2018 IBMA Recorded Event of the Year Award.
I’m With Her at the 2018 IBMA Awards Show Red Carpet.
Tim Surrett, IBMA’s 2018 Bass Player of the Year, at the 2018 IBMA Awards Show Red Carpet.
Lonesome River Band at the 2018 IBMA Awards Show Red Carpet.
The Earls of Leicester with 2018 Hall of Fame inductee Ricky Skaggs.
2018 Male Vocalist of the Year Buddy Melton.
2018 Recorded Event of the Year recipient Missy Raines, with Mollie Farr.
2018 Entertainers of the Year, Balsam Range.
2018 Album of the Year and Instrumental Recorded Performance recipients, Special Consensus.
2018 Song of the Year recipients Joe Mullins & the Radio Ramblers.
2018 Guitar Player of the Year, Molly Tuttle.
2018 Banjo Player of the Year, Ned Luberecki.
2018 Hall of Fame inductee Paul Williams.
2018 Hall of Fame inductees Ricky Skaggs and Paul Williams.
2018 Female Vocalist of the Year, Brooke Aldridge.
Kitsy Kuykendall and Chris Jones, inducting Tom T. & Miss Dixie Hall.
Chris Joslin, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum, and Paul Schiminger, IBMA.
Rhonda Vincent & the Rage at the 2018 IBMA Awards Show Red Carpet.
