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EmiSunshine in Concert

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

Rolling Stone called 18-year-old EmiSunshine one of “10 new country artists you need to know,” but she is much more than that. Raised in a musical family in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, her influences include bluegrass, gospel, blues, rock and Americana. She has described her style as “old-time music turned upside down,” often exploring other genres and […]

$20.00 – $25.00
Concert / Performance

Jonathan Byrd and the Pickup Cowboys

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

Jonathan Byrd is a preacher’s kid, Gulf War veteran, and award-winning songwriter with a near-cult following. With twenty plus years of touring and over a dozen albums, Byrd’s deceptively simple, working-class songs have become campfire standards and crowd favorites for artists like Sam Bush and Tim O’Brien. A Jonathan Byrd show will take audiences on […]

$18.00 – $20.00
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Kelley and the Cowboys

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

The feeling that hits you when you first hear the singing voice of NC native Kelley Breiding is akin to the sensation of seeing a ghost. There might be shivers up the spine, hair standing up on the back of your neck, and soon the realization that you might be encountering a spirit from another […]

$18.00 – $20.00
Concert / Performance

Presley Barker in Concert

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

Presley Barker is a seventeen-year-old singer-songwriter and has been singing and playing guitar since the age of seven in his hometown of Traphill, NC. He’s had the opportunity to be on the “NBC Today Show” with Al Roker and has played the National Folk Festival, Richmond Folk Festival, Lowell Folk Festival, Montana Folk Festival, Masters […]

$18.00 – $20.00
Concert / Performance

Todd Wright Quartet Live in Concert

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

We hope you are ready to dance because BRAHM and Mountain Home Music present Todd Wright Quartet Live in Concert at the Daniel Boone Gardens! The quartet will perform a lively set of classic and contemporary Jazz numbers to get you moving. This will be a fun time for all ages for a summer dance […]

$10 – $15
Festival

Folkmoot Summerfest 2022

Folkmoot invites performance groups from diverse international countries along with local Cherokee and Appalachian performers each year. Audiences can expect approximately 200 dancers and musicians to share culture through music and dance at events throughout western North Carolina in venues between the Cherokee Qualla Boundary and Hickory, North Carolina. Visit website for complete performance details. […]

Prices vary pending event. Please visit Folkmoot website for complete cost details.
Workshop / Class / Demonstration

I Found That Song In A Friend: Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Western North Carolina Song

Online Event

Join the Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) Thursday, July 28 at 6pm as for this live Zoom webinar exploring the musical legacy of Bascom Lamar Lunsford. This even will also be recorded. Lunsford was born in 1882 in Madison County, North Carolina, home to Cecil Sharp’s “nest of singing birds.” He was both a […]

$5 – $10
Concert / Performance

Lonesome River Band

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

Since its formation decades ago, Lonesome River Band continues its reputation as one of the most respected names in bluegrass music. Five-time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Banjo Player of the Year, and winner of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass, Sammy Shelor leads the group that is constantly breaking new […]

$25.00 – $40.00
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Appalachian Tales (Storytelling with Music)

Peacock Performing Arts Center 301 Church Street, Hayesville, NC, United States

An entertaining show mixing old time, traditional music and stories celebrating mounatin and Cherokee life and heritage at the Peacock Playhouse in Hayesville, North Carolina, with storyteller and host Kanute Rarey and nine performers including the traditional music and dancing of Annie Fain Barralon and Martha Owen and family and storytellers, writers and poets.

$5.00 – $15.00
Concert / Performance

An Evening of Traditional Music & Storytelling

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

An Evening of Traditional Music & Storytelling is presented by Joe Shannon’s Mountain Home Music. About the artists Laura Boosinger’s concert performances and recordings have earned for her a well-deserved reputation as one of North Carolina’s most talented singers and interpreters of the music of the Southern mountains. Conventions, festivals, workshops and family concerts each […]

$10.50 – $22.00

Concert / Performance

Stillhouse Junkies with Justin Clyde Williams (Reevestock Pre-Jam)

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

Born in a distillery in Durango, CO, 2021 IBMA Momentum Band of the Year and two-time Telluride Bluegrass band contest finalists Stillhouse Junkies play a delirious, head-spinning mixture of original roots, blues, funk, swing, and bluegrass music. With all three band members sharing lead vocal and songwriting duties, the Junkies conjure a wide range of […]

$20.00 – $22.00
Workshop / Class / Demonstration

Guitar: Roots and Blues Fingerstyle Basics

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

Instructor, Steve James leads this hands-on session will be devoted to a couple of the old three-chord, six-note guitar pieces that are the cornerstone for all blues (and country) guitar styles that followed. Beginners with some basic chord knowledge and more experienced players would like to add a little bounce and a few blue notes are […]

$50.00

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