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Folkmoot LIVE! at the Queen Auditorium

Folkmoot Friendship Center 112 Virginia Avenue, Waynesville, NC, United States

Mountain Memories: A Tribute to Bobby McMillon Featured Artists Include: Sheila Kay Adams is a nationally acclaimed, award-winning author, singer, song writer, claw hammer banjo player, guitarist and storyteller. She has received multiple awards for her work including the North Carolina Heritage Award and a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts […]

$15.00
Concert / Performance

Bluegrass All-Stars Concert at the Azalea Festival

Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center 121 Schoolhouse Road, Robbinsville, NC, United States

Darren Nicholson and Marc Pruett of Balsam Range with Audie Blaylock and Reed Jones of Redline will be ‘Spreading the Good Word of Bluegrass’ during this special Sunday night performance. They may be just playing around and having fun between tours but these four have been raising the roofs under the banner of the Bluegrass […]

$18.00
Workshop / Class / Demonstration

The Banjo from Africa to Appalachia

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

The modern banjo is an instrument commonly associated with the Appalachian region and Bluegrass music, but the origins of this instrument extend beyond the rolling hills of the Southern mountains, to West Africa. The banjo has evolved over the generations from a gourd body with gut strings to a metal resonator body and steel strings […]

$8.00
Concert / Performance
Recurring

Concerts at Jones von Drehle Vineyards and Winery

Jones von Drehle Vineyards and Winery Jones von Drehle Vineyards and Winery, Thurmond, NC, United States

Concerts at Jones von Drehle Vineyards and Winery are scheduled from April though October. The vineyard provides chairs or blankets; food, wine, beer, and lemonade for purchase, and free water. We are a no smoking property. The amphitheater has a view of the vineyard and mountains, really beautiful. Upcoming Concerts: June 24 - Heather Gillis […]

$47.50

Festival
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Graham County Heritage Festival

Courthouse Square in the heart of Robbinsville 12 North Main Street, Robbinsville, NC, United States

Gathering of People, Crafts, Games, Food, Music, Fireworks. The Festivities start at 5:00 PM on Friday evening and 10 AM on Saturday morning with vendors, selling things you can’t go home without and Food you have to try. All day fun for the entire family. Fireworks at 10:00 pm on Saturday night.

Donations Suggested and Raffle tickets support the annual event.
Concert / Performance

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
Concert / Performance

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

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