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Beginning Clogging

Olive’s Porch: A Folk School Experience 7 Peachtree Street, Murphy, United States

All levels are welcome. No experience required. Intergenerational (Age 12 +)Do you love dancing? Come learn how to clog dance! Clogging is great exercise and so much fun. Instructor, Monica Matthews teaches a variety of basic steps and how to put these steps together to create a routine. You will learn how to freestyle to a variety of […]

$40.00
Concert / Performance

In These Mountains – 2021 North Carolina Folklife Mentor-Apprentice Showcase

First Baptist Church of Asheville 5 Oak Street, Asheville, United States

Mentor, Josh Goforth (Grammy Nominee & “Master Fiddler”) and apprentice, Tim McWilliams, are to perform at the First Baptist Church of Asheville in Crocker Auditorium on Thursday, August 11 at 7pm. The pair was one of the five that received the third annual North Carolina Appalachian Folklife Apprenticeship Award. Josh Goforth, of Marshall, mentored Tim […]

Workshop / Class / Demonstration

Shakere African Instrument Making Workshop

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

We will prepare a gourd, paint or etch on the gourd, string the beaded skirt around it and learn one rhythm & song on the instrument. Beads, wooden, ceramic, and pony plastic beads will be used. Other objects like seashells may be woven in -however, if they are breakable the instrument may become more a […]

$75.00 – $90.00
Concert / Performance

The Jagged Path Dance Performance

Join us for an original dance performance choreographed by Laurie Goux. The Jagged Path, dance performance will transform the gallery space into a performance space putting the themes of the Jagged Path exhibition in motion. Featuring performers from around the United States this exciting event will include West African dance, Afro-Caribbean dance, Tap, Clogging, Modern […]

$5.00 – $10.00
Concert / Performance

Alexa Rose with Shay Martin Lovette

Reeves Theater 129 W Main Street, Elkin, NC, United States

Headwaters is the sophomore album from Virginian indie folk singer Alexa Rose. A series of minutely-observed vignettes that feel intimate and expansive at the same time. It captures the sweetness of life without avoiding any of the pain, with songs about time and its constraints, peppered with precise details pulled from Rose’s own life that […]

$15.00 – $20.00
Concert / Performance, Dance, Festival, Jam Session, Workshop / Class / Demonstration
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The Smoky Mountain Folk Festival

Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center 91 North Lakeshore Drive, Lake Junaluska, NC, United States

The traditional Southern Appalachian sounds of string bands and clog dancing will echo off the scenic hills bordering the cool waters of Lake Junaluska as the performers of the 51st Annual Smoky Mountain Folk Festival celebrate the culture and heritage of the Appalachian region. Experience a true Southern Appalachian tradition with the 51st Smoky Mountain […]

$12 – $15.00
Concert / Performance

Hank, Pattie, & The Current

Reeves Theater 129 W Main Street, Elkin, NC, United States

Two of North Carolina’s veteran bluegrass musicians-- Hank Smith on Banjo and Pattie Hopkins Kinlaw on fiddle-- join forces with some of the most versatile musicians in the Carolinas to create modern, American, acoustic music featuring the full range of their talents as composers and arrangers. The band is on tour regionally and nationally in […]

$18.00 – $20.00
Concert / Performance

Tray Wellington Band Live in Concert

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

BRAHM and Mountain Home Music present Tray Wellington Band 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 – $15

Festival
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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
Concert / Performance, Jam Session
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Carolina in the Fall Music & Food Festival

Carolina West Wireless Community Commons 102 West Main Street, Wilkesboro, NC, United States

Carolina in the Fall™ has become an annual pilgrimage of bluegrass and folk music lovers. In addition to great music, those that attend will be treated to some of North Carolina’s best food as each year trucks from the region will bring their secret recipes to feed the masses and vie for the Carolina in […]

$45.00 – $150.00
Concert / Performance

Mast Store Americana Music Series: Sierra Hull

Appalachian Theatre of the High Country 559 West King Street, Boone, NC, United States

Sierra Hull's positively stellar career started early. That is, if you consider a Grand Ole Opry debut at age 10, called back to the famed stage a year later to perform with her hero and mentor Alison Krauss to be early. She played Carnegie Hall at 12; at 13 signed with Rounder Records and issued […]

$25.00

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