The Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina team is mindful of the guidance of federal, state, and local officials on restricting public gatherings. We encourage locals and visitors to observe coronavirus health and safety precautions, stay healthy, and plan to come out and enjoy our beautiful mountains and foothills when public gatherings are safe again. For the musicians […]
Every Tuesday night the Surry Arts Council hosts an Old-Time jam session at the Historic Earle Theatre. Local bands and individual musicians take turns playing, singing, and backing up others. Many come to sit in the auditorium and listen and tap their toes – or dance!
Tuesdays at 7:00 pm (Free) - Contra & Square dancing until 8:00pm in the Community Room of Keith House with a dance caller and live music. Free Admission and open to the public. An especially friendly and approachable evening for beginners. Saturdays at 8:00 pm ($7, $5) - Join us for Contra & Square Dance held […]
Experience the joy of English country dancing from the "Playford" dances of the 17th and 18th centuries to the village dances collected during the 20th century, as well as many inventive contemporary dances in English style by choreographers from England, America, and Europe. All dancing will be to glorious live music by Bare Necessities (Earl […]
Tom Dula from “Hang Down your Head Tom Dooley” fame lived in the village of Ferguson, N.C during the 1800’s until he was hanged for the murder of Laura Foster. Tom Dooley Day is an annual celebration of the mid-nineteenth century culture and lifestyle of the Yadkin River Valley with period crafts people demonstrating their skills. […]
An evening concert of old time and bluegrass on the outsoor stage behind the Historic Priddy's General Store. Bring a chair. If raining, the event moves inside. Priddy's General Store offers seasonal live bluegrass throughout the year. With our events being a part of the Stokes County's “The Foothills Hayride” Music Trail, we take pride […]
Join us for an afternoon of music in the form of an 18th-century Appalachian instrument. Performing: Don Pedi, Steve A. Smith, the Asheville Dulcimer Ensemble, the Black Bear Dulcimer Group, the Porch Ladies, the Shady Ladies, Judy and Kirk House, and Melanie and Mack Johnston. Visit the Folk Art Center on Saturday, June 6th from […]
Come to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains for a week of instruction, sharing, and fun with music for students with an interest in learning more about and increasing their skills in popular areas of acoustic American Roots Music. There will be an emphasis on increasing self- confidence in performance as well as increasing technical skills. […]
The voices of an 11,000-year-old culture are inviting you to come out and play. Cherokee culture speaks in its most thrilling ways through dance, music, storytelling, and arts and crafts. You’re invited to hear and experience it all during the Cherokee Voices Festival, now in its 21st year. It’s free of charge and held at […]
It’s that time again! Time for the Sounds of the Appalachians Music Camp. This is our seventh year and we are excited about seeing old friends and making new ones. Instruction is available in a variety of instruments to include, but are not limited to, old-time banjo, guitar, flat foot dancing, and fiddle. Led by […]
Goin' Across The Mountain, hosted by Joe Greene, is eight hours of the best in contemporary, traditional and historical bluegrass music in the land! It's all on the "Flagship Bluegrass Station," WNCW-FM in Spindale, NC. Hosts Joe Greene and others bring this long-running program to you from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm each Saturday.
This community music festival is held in Moratock Park, named after the ruins of the Civil War-era Moratock Iron Furnace. The longest running arts council sponsored event in North Carolina, the Stokes Stomp is held annually along the banks of the beautiful Dan River at Moratock Park. The event features local bluegrass, Americana, and blues music, a […]
