• ... just not in Nashville.

The World of Bluegrass includes a business conference, the IBMA Awards show and Fan Fest, which included more than 60 acts last year. In 2011, the Fan Fest had 3,900 unique visitors each day for three days and the business conference attracted 1,610 over four days.

Nashville Convention and Visitor's Bureau spokeswoman Andrea Arnold said the NCVB gave incentives totaling roughly $330,000 to IBMA to host past festivals. The NCVB also worked with the IBMA to develop plans to help make World of Bluegrass work in Nashville, but those plans weren't implemented.

“We've worked with them over 10 years to help grow and develop their event,” Arnold said. “It's very unfortunate that they haven't been able to be as successful in Nashville as they've needed to be.” ...

One advantage Raleigh has over Nashville is the city’s downtown convention center, which opened in 2008, [and] is located next to an outdoor amphitheater with a capacity of 5,500.

Well then. We already knew that Austin may or may not be attempting to drink our milkshake regarding the Americana Music Association, and it was public knowledge that World of Bluegrass's contract with the Nashville Convention Center would be up after this year's festivities. But Raleigh?

Well, the new locale makes some sense, at least according to a certain 'grass-industry insider who chose to remain anonymous. "Bluegrass has undergone quite a revolution internally over the past few years with bands like the Avetts, Yonder Mtn., OCMS, Mumford, etc. gaining loads of attention in popular culture," our source told us. "It would make sense to go to a place — like Raleigh — that is really a hotbed of bearded bands with flannel, banjos, and a drum kit. Which, to most post-frat boys who will buy tickets, downloads, and merch, is their definition of a 'bluegrass' band." Ouch. The first Raleigh-based World of Bluegrass fest will take place Sept. 23-29, 2013.

• Photo via Flickr

But the object of this post isn't just to salute the achievements of the Tyler family, multitudinous as they may be. The Tylers — along with a couple of other local entrepreneurs — plan to open a venue/restaurant/club/hang-out spot by the name of The Stone Fox. While there isn't any info yet at their listed URL, the Tylers & Co. recently created a Facebook page for The Stone Fox, which will be located at 712 51st Ave N. Is that technically in The Nations? Sylvan Park? Where my local-neighborhood wonks at? Regardless, the building over the years has been home to establishments called Len's Den, Area 51 and Grandpaw Too's.

In an email to the Scene, Elise outlined all the plans for The Stone Fox, noting that "the venue is going to be around 200 capacity," that they will have a "small menu (five or so offerings a day)" and drinks that will "run the gamut with everything from $2 drafts to $12 cocktails," and that they "would love to showcase local and touring acts" with roughly "two shows a week" and "karaoke, movie nights, trivia, DJs, etc." on other nights. Now, I know we were excited at the prospect of The Humdrum opening in East Nashville, but we've gotten word that The Humdrum isn't going to work out. Where one dream kicks the bucket, another springs up in its place. C'est la vie, c'est Nashville. The Tylers say they hope to have The Stone Fox up and running come July. To see Elise's full email with all the details, have a look after the jump. Also, have a listen to Area Code 615's "Stone Fox Chase." Just because.

You don't say!

Wiz was reportedly cited for possession after tossing a small bag of kush out the window, which officers retrieved and found to be a bag of kush.

UPDATE: We've read Wiz's actual misdemeanor citation — fun fact: It lists Atlantic Records under "place of employment/school name" — and it says that after police were called to the Holiday Inn, they "observed a strong odor of burnt marijuana coming from inside apt. 276." After the cops knocked on the door, it opened, "and then police observed the defendant throw a marijuana cigarette out the window." So they went and got it, "and inside the rolling paper was a green leafy substance consistent with marijuana," at which point Wiz admitted it was his. If you're scoring at home, the weed is noted as weighing 2.7 grams. Wiz was not arrested, but another fellow named Lonnie Howard was booked for possession.

• A photo of The High Watt's "soft opening" found via Facebook

For one reason or another, the Mercy folks still want to keep info on The High Watt pretty close to the vest. But when asked directly for the scoop on the new stage, they offered us this statement:

At this juncture, the only two venues we have onsite are the Mercy Lounge and the Cannery Ballroom. Some of our upcoming shows at Mercy Lounge will take place on a second stage in the Mercy Lounge, which is being called The High Watt stage. We have begun to utilize this stage so that we can more effectively accommodate the wide range of acts that wish to perform at 1 Cannery Row. For anyone curious about the current arrangement, we recommend simply attending some of our upcoming events.

Now, if you look at Mercy Lounge's calendar page, you'll see that some shows have a lightning-bolt icon next to the listing rather than the typical Cannery or Mercy icons. These, I have deduced (by being told), are shows that will take place on The High Watt stage. One of the aforementioned shows is tonight's Craig Finn appearance. If you holler at us on Twitter, you can win a pair of guest spots to that. Other upcoming shows booked for The High Watt Stage are as follows:

I managed to contact Colorfeels' manager, Bo Brannen, who assured me that the band's overextended set was "not intentional." In fact, he pointed out that the outro to "Pretty Walk" — which you can hear here — was misinterpreted as being a fourth song. And while Brannen says the band's set apparently lasted for 17 minutes, they "never saw anything about a time limit — only a song limit — until the day of the show." He was careful to note that Colorfeels weren't attempting to eschew the rules or disrespect the other artists.

A shame that this controversy might sully memories of Colorfeels' performance, as — on a personal note — I found it to be the most engaging of the evening. But here's some good news: For the next four days, Colorfeels are offering a free download of their song "Shapes" — the final tune from last night's set. The song was "produced by the whole band and recorded at Sound Emporium with tracking engineer Josh Papp and mixed and mastered by our good friend Ryan McFadden," and it "features two drum sets." You can download "Shapes" via Colorfeels' Bandcamp page and stream it below. Dig those groovy horn blasts. By the way, Colorfeels are playing with Daniel Ellsworth and the Great Lakes this Friday, March 2, at Exit/In.