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Blue Ridge Music Trails Spring Concert Series

Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center 195 Hemphill Knob Road, Asheville, NC, United States

The Blue Ridge Music Trails Spring Concert Series brings a fresh perspective on traditional music to the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center in Asheville. In partnership with the Blue Ridge Music Center, and with funding from South Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council, we are working to update our Traditional Artist Directory with some […]

Jam Session

Earl Scruggs Center’s Pickin’ on the Square

The Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South 103 South Lafayette Street, Shelby, NC, United States

Join us in celebrating a decade of music and community at Pickin’ on the Square! In honor of our 10-year anniversary, we’re shaking things up! Mark your calendars for the second Saturday of June, July, and August 2024 from 11 am to 1 pm. It’s time for concerts and a casual jam session on the […]

Workshop / Class / Demonstration

Blue Ridge Old-Time Music Week

Mars Hill University 100 Athletic Street, Mars Hill, NC, United States

The 32nd Blue Ridge Old-Time Music Week (BROTMW) will be held on the campus of Mars Hill University June 9-14, 2024. Make plans to join us! Mars Hill University’s BROTMW strives to create an inclusive space that offers something for everyone, no matter where they are in their musical journey! The schedule offers an intensive […]

Full week with accommodations, Commuter rates, Mini class rates all available. Visit website.
Jam Session
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Fiddling on the Hill Traditional Jam Session

Mars Hill University 100 Athletic Street, Mars Hill, NC, United States

Rosin up your bow, tune up the banjo, get your dancing shoes out and join us at Fiddling on the Hill, MHU’s monthly traditional jam session. These sessions, which are led by accomplished musicians, are welcoming and open to all one Tuesday a month, March - July. We play tunes out on Lunsford Commons (the […]

Charlie Poole Music Festival

Rockingham Community College Wrenn Memorial Road, Wentworth, NC, United States

The Charlie Poole Festival is held the second weekend each June, on the beautiful campus of Rockingham Community College in Wentworth, NC. Our event features performances by the top names in Americana music today, and thrilling contests with the top prize - Grand Champion Old Time 3-Finger Banjo, awarding $1,000 in cash. Boondock camping is […]

Prices vary. Visit website for details.
Concert / Performance

Jacob Jolliff Band Album Release at 185 King Street

185 King Street 185 King Street, Brevard, NC, United States

Adhyâropa Records announces the release of Jacob Jolliff’s Instrumentals Vol. 2: Mandolin Mysteries, the latest in the series of virtuosic romps by the rising acoustic music star. A follow up to his influential 2018 release, Instrumentals, Vol. 1, his latest edition of all original music shows the development in his compositional skill while retaining the […]

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Festival

Bluff Mountain Festival

Hot Springs Resort and Spa 315 Bridge Street, Hot Springs, NC, United States

The 27th Annual Bluff Mountain Festival is scheduled for June 15, 2024, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, on the grounds of the Hot Springs Resort and Spa in Hot Springs, N.C.  This year's festival will be held in honor of Betty Nance Smith. Foot-tapping bluegrass, old-time music, ballad singing, cloggers, a silent auction of beautiful […]

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Jam Session
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Stecoah Community Jam

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

Community Jam Every 3rd Tuesday 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Mark your calendars for the 3rd Tuesday of every month to join us for a Schoolhouse Community Jam. Bring your instruments and join our circle! We invite musicians of all levels to come out and join together for an evening of playing together. You can begin […]

Bayla Davis and Cary Fridley
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Milepost Music presents Cary Fridley & Bayla Davis

Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center 195 Hemphill Knob Road, Asheville, NC, United States

  Cary Fridley and Bayla Davis will team up again to play at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center for the Milepost Music Series. Davis (banjo) and Fridley (guitar) have been playing throughout Western North Carolina. They participated in Blue Ridge Music Trails' Fine Tuned project. The event is part of the Blue Ridge Music […]

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Shindig on the Green ®

Pack Square Park Pack Square Park, Asheville, NC, United States

2024 will be the 58th Season of Shindig on the Green! Bring your instruments, families, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and join us for good times at the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage. In 2024 Shindig on the Green, which features a stage show and informal jam sessions around the park, continues at its original location […]

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Surry Old Time Music Camp

Surry Community College 630 South Main Street, Dobson, United States

Surry Community College is excited to offer the 5th Surry Old-Time Music Camp July 8-July 12, 2024 on our campus in Dobson, NC. Surry County has an in-tack music culture that is passed down from generation to generation. The "old-time" music style of the Appalachian Mountains uses fiddle, banjo, and guitar as core instruments to […]

Prices vary, see website for details.
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Surry Old Time Music Camp

Surry Community College 630 South Main Street, Dobson, United States

Surry Community College is excited to offer the 5th Surry Old-Time Music Camp July 8-July 12, 2024 on our campus in Dobson, NC. Surry County has an in-tack music culture that is passed down from generation to generation. The "old-time" music style of the Appalachian Mountains uses fiddle, banjo, and guitar as core instruments to […]

Prices vary, see website for details.

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