Events for August 21, 2026 - January 19, 2023

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Friday Night Live

Town Square Highlands, NC Downtown Highlands, Highlands, NC, United States

These concerts offer the chance to hear some of the finest music the region has to offer and are free to everyone. Friday Night Live features traditional mountain music, and an opportunity for the audience to participate by singing, clapping, tapping their feet, or dancing if the mood strikes. It’s audience participation at its best […]

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Friday Night Concerts at the Folk School

John C. Campbell Folk School 4590 Brasstown Road, Brasstown, NC, United States

Our Friday Night Concerts feature acts performing eclectic roots music.  Concerts are scheduled for most Fridays, check the website calendar to be sure. All are welcome at our concerts and dances; vaccinations and masks are not required. Upcoming Concerts: FRIDAY, May 5, 2023 at 7 p.m. - Groundbreaking traditional artists, Elizabeth LaPrelle & Brian Dolphin.   Elizabeth LaPrelle of Southwestern Virginia, is a singer and banjo-player.  She began […]

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Traditional Music Heritage Weekend

White Horse Black Mountain 105 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, NC, United States

We're excited to present a Traditional Music Heritage Weekend at White Horse with 3 concerts on 3 nights! Friday, September 15 - The UNCA Bluegrass Band, at 8:00 PM The UNCA Bluegrass Band is a highly energetic and entertaining ensemble made up entirely of university students and their instructor, Wayne Erbsen. The band features red hot […]

Prices vary, see website for details
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Junior Appalachian Musicians (Music Classes)

JAM is an after-school program for children in grades 4 – 8 and beyond that introduces music through small group instruction on instruments common to the Appalachian region, such as fiddle, banjo and guitar. Each JAM program is individually operated and funded. In JAM, instrument instruction is often augmented by dance and vocal instruction as […]

Visit website for details and scholarship.

Yadkin Valley Harvest Festival

Yadkin Cultural Arts Center 226 E. Main Street, Yadkinville, NC, United States

The Yadkin Valley Harvest Festival is an annual event where, for one day of the year, the entire downtown area of Yadkinville is transformed by celebration and fun festivities! Celebrate the changing of the seasons with the Yadkin Arts Council and all the citizens of Yadkin County. Festivities include activities for every member of the […]

Mountain Heritage Festival

Main Street Sparta, NC Main Street & West Avenue, Sparta, NC, United States

The Mountain Heritage Festival spreads along Sparta’s Main Street in the old downtown area the third Saturday in September. Some 100 food and craft vendors and demonstrators participate in this old-fashioned street festival.  Live musical entertainment and traditional mountain dance are capped off with the annual Possum Queen competition and crowning, always a crowd pleaser. […]

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WPAQ Saturday Morning Merry-Go-Round

The Earle Theatre 142 North Main Street, Mount Airy, NC, United States

The WPAQ Saturday morning Merry-Go-Round, which is a live radio broadcast set in a vintage movie theater, has an exceptionally long history of presenting the best of live traditional music in the Blue Ridge. Through the years, a host of regional and national music legends, including Tommy Jarrell, Benton Flippen, the Carter Family, Mac Wiseman, […]

$8.00
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Goin’ Across the Mountain™

WNCW - Listener Powered Radio 286 I C C Loop Road, Spindale, NC, United States

Goin' Across The Mountain, hosted by Joe Greene, is eight hours of the best in contemporary, traditional and historical bluegrass music in the land! It's all on the "Flagship Bluegrass Station," WNCW-FM in Spindale, NC. Hosts Joe Greene and others bring this long-running program to you from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm each Saturday.

Music in the Mountains Folk Festival

Homeplace Beer Company & Hog Hollow Pizza 321 West Main Street, Burnsville, NC, United States

Music In the Mountains Folk Festival is sponsored by the Toe River Arts Council, includes bluegrass and traditional music, ballad singers, and dancing. Instruments range from fiddle to dulcimer to guitar. Each year the festival recognizes an honoree for their contribution to the preservation of traditional music. Music In the Mountains Folk Festival is a […]

$15.00
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Traditional Music Heritage Weekend

White Horse Black Mountain 105 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, NC, United States

We're excited to present a Traditional Music Heritage Weekend at White Horse with 3 concerts on 3 nights! Friday, September 15 - The UNCA Bluegrass Band, at 8:00 PM The UNCA Bluegrass Band is a highly energetic and entertaining ensemble made up entirely of university students and their instructor, Wayne Erbsen. The band features red hot […]

Prices vary, see website for details
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Southern Songs and Stories Podcast

WNCW - Listener Powered Radio 286 I C C Loop Road, Spindale, NC, United States

Southern Songs and Stories, hosted by Joe Kendrick, is a documentary series about the music of the South and the artists who make it. Hear their performances and discover the stories behind their songs with a look at their lives on stage, in the studio and at home as well as the family, friends, fans […]

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Junior Appalachian Musicians (Music Classes)

JAM is an after-school program for children in grades 4 – 8 and beyond that introduces music through small group instruction on instruments common to the Appalachian region, such as fiddle, banjo and guitar. Each JAM program is individually operated and funded. In JAM, instrument instruction is often augmented by dance and vocal instruction as […]

Visit website for details and scholarship.