The film premiered at the 42nd Nashville Film Festival in Nashville , Tennessee on April 15 , 2011 . The film also screened as part of the 38th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival in June 2011 , the Newport Folk Festival in July 2011 , Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in October 2011 , the 2012 Vancouver International Film Festival and the CBGB Film Festival in New York . '' How to Grow a Band '' opened theatrically in New York April 12 , 2012 and screened in cities the US throughout 2012 . The film was released digitally by Cinedigm in April 2013 on iTunes , Netflix , Hulu and other platforms in the US and UK
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
How to Grow a Band