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BackStreet Park Summer Concerts

Downtown West Jefferson, NC 2nd Avenue, West Jefferson, NC, United States

Free summer concert series held every Friday evenings June through - Labor Day weekend. Bring your chair, blanket or picnic and enjoy the sounds of traditional, old time, and bluegrass music for all generations to enjoy. Backstreet Park Concert Series 2022: May 27 - Crooked Road Ramblers June 3 - Wayne Henderson Band June 17 - Steve […]

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Carl Sandburg Music Festival

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site 81 Carl Sandburg Lane, Flat Rock, NC, United States

This music festival celebrates American music as Carl Sandburg recorded it in his book, “The American Songbag.” Compiling and publishing the American Songbag was one of the most difficult projects Sandburg took on during his life. It is a collection of 280 songs, songs of the country, the prairie, war, jail, cities, love, death, and […]

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The Allen Boys Live in Concert

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

BRAHM and Mountain Home Music present The Allen Boys Live in Concert at the Daniel Boone Gardens! This outdoor concert will take place in the beautiful setting of the Daniel Boone Gardens located at 651 Horn in the West Drive, Boone, NC 28607. Please bring chairs or a blanket as seating will not be guaranteed. […]

$10.00 – $15.00
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Jagged Path: the African Diaspora in Western North Carolina in Craft, Music, and Dance

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

This exhibit will illuminate the obscured history of African contributions to craft, music, and dance in Western North Carolina. Drawing connections from the 17th through 21st centuries, the Jagged Path will demonstrate how African traditions that survived the Middle Passage have helped create the culture of Western North Carolina through interviews, performances, historic artifacts, artist […]

Museum admission is free.
Workshop / Class / Demonstration

Personalities in Jazz: A North Carolina Connection

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

Join us in celebrating June as African American Music Appreciation Month with a lecture from music historian and professor of Jazz Studies, Todd Wright. The program, Personalities in Jazz: A North Carolina Connection, will focus on the contributions of three genre-defining musicians who all hail from North Carolina: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Nina Simone. This […]

$8.00
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Summer Concerts in the Park

Tate-Evans Town Park 210 Park Avenue, Banner Elk, NC, United States

Locals and visitors look forward to this free concert series each year, with shows starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Tate-Evans Town Park Amphitheater. Outstanding local and regional bands play fun dance music suitable for all ages, from Southern Rock to Oldies and Soul/Funk. Food vendors are on site and there is a raffle to […]

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Backwoods Beat Festival of Art & Music

Muddy Creek Café 60 South Main Street, Sparta, NC, United States

Backwoods Beat Festival is a weekend of music and arts in beautiful Sparta, North Carolina honoring and memorializing the late T.J. Worthington, a local artist, writer, and music supporter. Since 2017, The Backwoods Beat Music & Art Festival has centered around two well-know musical headliners. They conduct singing, songwriting, and performance workshops on Saturday. The […]

$50.00
Festival

Art of Sound Music Festival

The Arts Center 111 South Washington Street, Shelby, NC, United States

Art Of Sound is a music festival by and for lovers of the arts and music. It began as a local festival, and by word of mouth has grown into a respected regional event. AOS now attracts headliner acts from the national scene. In spite of being bigger and better, it retains its hometown charm. […]

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Annual NC Blackberry Festival

Downtown Lenoir, North Carolina Main Street & West Avenue, Lenoir, NC, United States

The Annual North Carolina Blackberry festival will take place from July 15th - 16th in Downtown Lenoir. Bring the whole family for a "jam" packed weekend with live music, food, blackberry themed cuisine & beverages, local and regional beer, shopping, and of course, activities for children and adults, and loads of blackberries! 2022 Music Shcedule: TBA

Workshop / Class / Demonstration

Guitar Contemporary Folk Week at The Swannanoa Gathering

Warren Wilson College 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa, NC, United States

Guitar, Contemporary Folk Week is one of the finest programs of its kind in the world, staffed by some of the best players and instructors available. We have been awarded both the Bronze Medal and Silver Medal Player’s Choice Award for music camps by the readers of Acoustic Guitar magazine, and this high standard of […]

Details available at The Swannanoa Gathering website.

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Happy Valley Fiddlers Convention

Jones Farm 3590 NC-268, Lenoir, NC, United States

HAPPY VALLEY NC – Everyone is welcome back to the farm for the 2022 Happy Valley Fiddlers Convention. The Labor Day weekend festival is a local favorite offering traditional mountain music, dancing, and fun along the banks of the historic Yadkin River. Among the fun to be had is the return of Saturday competitions with […]

$5.00 – $25.00
Festival

New River Blues Festival

River House Inn 1896 Old Field Creek Road, Grassy Creek, NC, United States

In the meadow by the beautiful New River with vast acreage for social distancing. Enjoy the North Carolina mountains' only celebration of authentic Blues Music and legendary artists. The King Bees bring the best in internationally acclaimed Blues legends & luminaries to a magnificently scenic spot.

$2022

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