The Downeast Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Society is an incorporated, not for profit organization, registered with Joint Stock Companies of Nova Scotia, registration # 1253983.
We operate under our own Society by-laws.
The Downeast Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Society is made up of it’s own members plus all the members of affiliated Chapters and those Chapters  include;

• Truro and Area Bluegrass Society
• East Hants Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Association
• Eastern Shore Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Association
• Annapolis Valley Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Association
• Clare Bluegrass Association

The objectives of the Society are:

• To Promote and Preserve Bluegrass & Oldtime Music in Eastern Canada.
• To organize and produce the Annual Nova Scotia Bluegrass & Oldtime Music Festival which is the oldest Bluegrass Festival in Canada.  
• To organize and produce the Eastern Canada Bluegrass Music Awards
• To maintain communication and relationship between the Society and the affiliated Chapters in Nova Scotia

An elected Board of Directors elected by the total membership includes at least one representative from each affiliated Chapter, and numbering between 7 and 13, look over the affairs of the Society. The Board appoints an Executive Committee (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary) to take care of the day to day business of the Society.
The Society has various committees in place, which often call on members for assistance. We encourage all members to get involved and help out in various society projects