Mando & Banjo Week features classes in two of the instruments that are at the core of several of the most popular folk genres, including bluegrass, old-time, Irish and Scottish, […]
Since the invention of the violin, the music of its unschooled alter-ego, the fiddle, has excited people to dance, evoked the devil and the spiritual, echoed the human voice and […]
The Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University is pleased to announce that one of our favorite summer partners, the Mountain Collegium Early Music and Folk Music Workshop, is back on […]
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 […]
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 […]
Traditional Song Week realizes a dream of a comprehensive program completely devoted to traditional styles of singing. Unlike programs where singing takes a back seat to the instrumentalists, it is […]
A decades-long tradition, our Summer Street Dances celebrate our Appalachian heritage with a free, fun-loving and family-friendly event that’s sure to give you happy feet. A lively bluegrass band and […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Old-Time Music & Dance Week at the Swannanoa Gathering explores the rich music, dance, and singing traditions of the southern Appalachian region through a wide variety of classes taught by an […]
