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« August 2018 »
Events on July 29, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
12:00am Folkmoot Festival
12:00am Mando & Banjo Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
12:00am Fiddle Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
7:00am Gospel Truth
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
2:00pm Pickin’ on the Porch & Jammin’ in the Shade
2:00pm Sunday Afternoon Jam at the Mountain Gateway Museum
2:00pm Mountain Gateway Museum
3:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
3:00pm This Old Porch
4:00pm Songcatchers Music Series at the Cradle for Forestry
5:30pm Square Dance at Cataloochee Ranch
6:00pm MerleFest Radio Hour
6:00pm Across the Blue Ridge - Broadcast & Podcast
7:00pm Country Roots Radio Broadcast
Events on July 30, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
12:00am Mando & Banjo Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
12:00am Fiddle Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
6:00pm Crouse House Pickers (Jam Session)
6:00pm Mountain Music Monday’s at the Tasty Weasel Taproom
6:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
6:30pm Feed & Seed Bluegrass & Country Jam
7:00pm Hendersonville Street Dances
Events on July 31, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
12:00am Mando & Banjo Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
12:00am Fiddle Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Southern Appalachian Archives
7:00pm Folk School Beginner Contra & Square Dance Weekly Series
7:00pm Music N’All at the Barn
7:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
7:30pm Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions
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Events on August 1, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
12:00am Mando & Banjo Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
12:00am Fiddle Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
6:00am Mountain Mornings
6:00am Bluegrass and a Biscuit with the Hardee’s Gang
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Acoustic Corner
11:30am Celebrate North Carolina – Bluegrass Spotlight
12:00pm Bluegrass for Lunch with Bob Webster
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:15pm Open Mic & Jam Sessions at Orchard at Altapass
6:00pm Celebrate North Carolina – Bluegrass Spotlight
6:00pm Mountain Music Jam at Sanctuary Brewing Co.
6:00pm Bluegrass & Old Time at Jack of the Wood
6:30pm John Hartford Bluegrass Jam
7:00pm Wednesday Night Bluegrass
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Events on August 2, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
12:00am Mando & Banjo Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
12:00am Fiddle Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Southern Appalachian Archives
1:45pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:30pm Fiddle and Guitar Classes at the Historic Earl Theatre
6:00pm Love Makes a Home: The Life of Rebecca Boone
6:00pm Baywood Boy’s Barbecue Bluegrass Jam
6:15pm Fiddle and Guitar Classes at the Historic Earl Theatre
6:30pm Mountain Dance and Folk Festival
7:00pm Zuma Coffee Bluegrass Jam Session
7:00pm Thursday Night Jam at The Earle Theatre
7:00pm First Thursday Concert & Jam
7:00pm Micaville Music Concert Series
7:00pm Bluegrass & Old Time at Jack of the Wood
7:00pm Old Helton School Hog Stomp
7:30pm Thursday Night Jam at the Silvermont Mansion
7:30pm Weekly Jam Sessions
 at the Jones House

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Events on August 3, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
12:00am Mando & Banjo Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
12:00am Fiddle Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:45pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:00pm Outdoor Concerts at the Jones House
5:00pm Sims Country Bar-B-Que
5:30pm BackStreet Park Summer Concerts
6:00pm Friday Night Live
6:00pm Bluegrass Music with Typical Mountain Boys at Moe’s Original BBQ in Asheville
6:00pm Music On Main in Sparta
6:30pm Groovin’ on the Green Summer Concert Series
6:30pm Mountain Dance and Folk Festival
6:30pm Music at The Depot in Marshall
7:00pm Folk School Concert Series
7:00pm Summer Concert Series On the Historic Hayesville Square
7:00pm Concerts on the Creek at Bridge Park
7:00pm Woody’s Original Mountain Music
7:00pm Phipps General Store Jam
7:30pm Feed & Seed
8:00pm Music & Dance at The Stompin’ Ground
8:30pm Music on the Courthouse Square in Robbinsville
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Events on August 4, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
12:00am Mando & Banjo Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
12:00am Fiddle Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
1:00am Oconaluftee Old-Time Music Jam
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
10:00am Saturday Morning Gospel Jam
10:00am Micaville Music Jam
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Acoustic Corner
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
11:00am WPAQ Saturday Morning Merry-Go-Round
11:00am Goin’ Across the Mountain
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
12:00pm Jam Sessions at the T. M. Rickman General Store
1:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
1:00pm Saturday Jam at the Todd Mercantile
3:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:00pm Sims Country Bar-B-Que
6:30pm Mountain Dance and Folk Festival
7:00pm Blue Ridge Music Center Summer Concerts
7:00pm Pickin’ on the Square, Franklin, NC
7:00pm Tunes on the Tuck
7:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
7:00pm Jimmy’s Pick N Grin
7:30pm Feed & Seed
7:30pm An Appalachian Evening Summer Concert Series
8:00pm Across the Blue Ridge - Broadcast & Podcast
8:00pm Music & Dance at The Stompin’ Ground
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Events on August 5, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
7:00am Gospel Truth
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
2:00pm Pickin’ on the Porch & Jammin’ in the Shade
2:00pm Sunday Afternoon Jam at the Mountain Gateway Museum
2:00pm Mountain Gateway Museum
3:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
3:00pm This Old Porch
6:00pm MerleFest Radio Hour
6:00pm Across the Blue Ridge - Broadcast & Podcast
7:00pm Country Roots Radio Broadcast
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Events on August 6, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
6:00pm Crouse House Pickers (Jam Session)
6:00pm Mountain Music Monday’s at the Tasty Weasel Taproom
6:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
6:30pm Feed & Seed Bluegrass & Country Jam
7:00pm Hendersonville Street Dances
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Events on August 7, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Southern Appalachian Archives
6:00pm Red White & Bluegrass Jam
7:00pm Folk School Beginner Contra & Square Dance Weekly Series
7:00pm Music N’All at the Barn
7:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
7:30pm Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions
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Events on August 8, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
6:00am Bluegrass and a Biscuit with the Hardee’s Gang
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Acoustic Corner
11:30am Celebrate North Carolina – Bluegrass Spotlight
12:00pm Bluegrass for Lunch with Bob Webster
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:15pm Open Mic & Jam Sessions at Orchard at Altapass
6:00pm Celebrate North Carolina – Bluegrass Spotlight
6:00pm Mountain Music Jam at Sanctuary Brewing Co.
6:00pm Bluegrass & Old Time at Jack of the Wood
6:30pm John Hartford Bluegrass Jam
7:00pm Wednesday Night Bluegrass
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Events on August 9, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Southern Appalachian Archives
1:45pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:30pm Fiddle and Guitar Classes at the Historic Earl Theatre
6:00pm Baywood Boy’s Barbecue Bluegrass Jam
6:15pm Fiddle and Guitar Classes at the Historic Earl Theatre
7:00pm Zuma Coffee Bluegrass Jam Session
7:00pm Thursday Night Jam at The Earle Theatre
7:00pm Micaville Music Concert Series
7:00pm Bluegrass & Old Time at Jack of the Wood
7:00pm Old Helton School Hog Stomp
7:30pm Thursday Night Jam at the Silvermont Mansion
7:30pm Weekly Jam Sessions
 at the Jones House

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Events on August 10, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
7:00am WKBC Hometown Opry
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:45pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:00pm Outdoor Concerts at the Jones House
5:00pm Sims Country Bar-B-Que
6:00pm Friday Night Live
6:00pm Bluegrass Music with Typical Mountain Boys at Moe’s Original BBQ in Asheville
6:00pm Fines Creek Bluegrass and BBQ Festival
6:30pm Groovin’ on the Green Summer Concert Series
6:30pm Music at The Depot in Marshall
7:00pm Folk School Concert Series
7:00pm Concerts on the Creek at Bridge Park
7:00pm Woody’s Original Mountain Music
7:00pm Phipps General Store Jam
7:30pm Feed & Seed
8:00pm Bluegrass Review on WSQL
8:00pm Music & Dance at The Stompin’ Ground
8:30pm Music on the Courthouse Square in Robbinsville
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Events on August 11, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
10:00am Saturday Morning Gospel Jam
10:00am Micaville Music Jam
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Acoustic Corner
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
11:00am WPAQ Saturday Morning Merry-Go-Round
11:00am Cherokee Heritage Days
11:00am Goin’ Across the Mountain
12:00pm Old-Time Community Jam
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
12:00pm Jam Sessions at the T. M. Rickman General Store
1:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
1:00pm Saturday Jam at the Todd Mercantile
3:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
4:00pm Fines Creek Bluegrass and BBQ Festival
5:00pm Sims Country Bar-B-Que
6:00pm Todd Summer Concert Series
6:00pm Sandy Ridge Music Association Bluegrass & Gospel Concerts
7:00pm Brasstown Community Civic Center Summer Concerts
7:00pm Pickin’ on the Square, Franklin, NC
7:00pm Tunes on the Tuck
7:00pm Shindig on the Green
7:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
7:00pm Jimmy’s Pick N Grin
7:30pm Feed & Seed
7:30pm An Appalachian Evening Summer Concert Series
8:00pm Across the Blue Ridge - Broadcast & Podcast
8:00pm Music & Dance at The Stompin’ Ground
8:00pm Folk School Community Contra & Square Dances
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Events on August 12, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
7:00am Gospel Truth
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
2:00pm Pickin’ on the Porch & Jammin’ in the Shade
2:00pm Sunday Afternoon Jam at the Mountain Gateway Museum
2:00pm Mountain Gateway Museum
3:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
3:00pm Bluegrass Review on WSQL
3:00pm This Old Porch
6:00pm MerleFest Radio Hour
6:00pm Across the Blue Ridge - Broadcast & Podcast
7:00pm Country Roots Radio Broadcast
13
Events on August 13, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
6:00pm Crouse House Pickers (Jam Session)
6:00pm Mountain Music Monday’s at the Tasty Weasel Taproom
6:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
6:30pm Feed & Seed Bluegrass & Country Jam
7:00pm Hendersonville Street Dances
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Events on August 14, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Southern Appalachian Archives
7:00pm Folk School Beginner Contra & Square Dance Weekly Series
7:00pm Music N’All at the Barn
7:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
7:30pm Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions
15
Events on August 15, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
6:00am Bluegrass and a Biscuit with the Hardee’s Gang
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Acoustic Corner
11:30am Celebrate North Carolina – Bluegrass Spotlight
12:00pm Bluegrass for Lunch with Bob Webster
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:15pm Open Mic & Jam Sessions at Orchard at Altapass
6:00pm Celebrate North Carolina – Bluegrass Spotlight
6:00pm Mountain Music Jam at Sanctuary Brewing Co.
6:00pm Bluegrass & Old Time at Jack of the Wood
6:30pm John Hartford Bluegrass Jam
7:00pm Wednesday Night Bluegrass
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Events on August 16, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
11:00am Annual North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival

12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Southern Appalachian Archives
1:45pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:30pm Fiddle and Guitar Classes at the Historic Earl Theatre
6:00pm Baywood Boy’s Barbecue Bluegrass Jam
6:15pm Fiddle and Guitar Classes at the Historic Earl Theatre
7:00pm Folk School Concert Series
7:00pm Zuma Coffee Bluegrass Jam Session
7:00pm Thursday Night Jam at The Earle Theatre
7:00pm Micaville Music Concert Series
7:00pm Scythian In Concert
7:00pm Bluegrass & Old Time at Jack of the Wood
7:00pm Old Helton School Hog Stomp
7:30pm Thursday Night Jam at the Silvermont Mansion
7:30pm Weekly Jam Sessions
 at the Jones House

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Events on August 17, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
11:00am Annual North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival

12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:45pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:00pm Outdoor Concerts at the Jones House
5:00pm Sims Country Bar-B-Que
5:30pm BackStreet Park Summer Concerts
6:00pm Friday Night Live
6:00pm Bluegrass Music with Typical Mountain Boys at Moe’s Original BBQ in Asheville
6:30pm Groovin’ on the Green Summer Concert Series
6:30pm Music at The Depot in Marshall
7:00pm Summer Concert Series On the Historic Hayesville Square
7:00pm Concerts on the Creek at Bridge Park
7:00pm Woody’s Original Mountain Music
7:00pm Phipps General Store Jam
7:30pm Feed & Seed
7:30pm Community Old Time Dance at the Todd Mercantile
8:00pm Music & Dance at The Stompin’ Ground
8:30pm Music on the Courthouse Square in Robbinsville
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Events on August 18, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
10:00am Saturday Morning Gospel Jam
10:00am Micaville Music Jam
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am 14th Annual Franklin Folk Festival
10:00am Acoustic Corner
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
11:00am WPAQ Saturday Morning Merry-Go-Round
11:00am Goin’ Across the Mountain
11:00am Annual North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival

12:00pm SEBA 3rd Saturday Jam
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
12:00pm Jam Sessions at the T. M. Rickman General Store
1:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
1:00pm Oconaluftee Old-Time Music Jam
1:00pm Saturday Jam at the Todd Mercantile
1:00pm Whippoorwhill Academy and the Tom Dooley Museum
3:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:00pm Pickin’ On the Square at the Earl Scruggs Center
5:00pm Sims Country Bar-B-Que
6:00pm Todd Summer Concert Series
7:00pm Blue Ridge Music Center Summer Concerts
7:00pm Pickin’ on the Square, Franklin, NC
7:00pm Tunes on the Tuck
7:00pm Shindig on the Green
7:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
7:00pm Jimmy’s Pick N Grin
7:30pm Feed & Seed
7:30pm Joe Shannon’s Mountain Home Music 2018 - 25th Anniversary Concert Series
7:30pm An Appalachian Evening Summer Concert Series
8:00pm Across the Blue Ridge - Broadcast & Podcast
8:00pm Music & Dance at The Stompin’ Ground
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Events on August 19, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
7:00am Gospel Truth
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
2:00pm Pickin’ on the Porch & Jammin’ in the Shade
2:00pm Sunday Afternoon Jam at the Mountain Gateway Museum
2:00pm Mountain Gateway Museum
3:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
3:00pm Bluegrass Review on WSQL
3:00pm This Old Porch
4:00pm Summer Concerts at the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
6:00pm MerleFest Radio Hour
6:00pm Across the Blue Ridge - Broadcast & Podcast
7:00pm Country Roots Radio Broadcast
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Events on August 20, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
6:00pm Crouse House Pickers (Jam Session)
6:00pm Mountain Music Monday’s at the Tasty Weasel Taproom
6:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
6:15pm Bluegrass & Mountain Music Jam
6:30pm Feed & Seed Bluegrass & Country Jam
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Events on August 21, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Southern Appalachian Archives
6:00pm Red White & Bluegrass Jam
7:00pm Folk School Beginner Contra & Square Dance Weekly Series
7:00pm Music N’All at the Barn
7:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
7:30pm Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions
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Events on August 22, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
6:00am Bluegrass and a Biscuit with the Hardee’s Gang
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Acoustic Corner
11:30am Celebrate North Carolina – Bluegrass Spotlight
12:00pm Bluegrass for Lunch with Bob Webster
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:15pm Open Mic & Jam Sessions at Orchard at Altapass
6:00pm Celebrate North Carolina – Bluegrass Spotlight
6:00pm Mountain Music Jam at Sanctuary Brewing Co.
6:00pm Bluegrass & Old Time at Jack of the Wood
6:30pm John Hartford Bluegrass Jam
7:00pm Wednesday Night Bluegrass
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Events on August 23, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Southern Appalachian Archives
1:45pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:30pm Fiddle and Guitar Classes at the Historic Earl Theatre
6:00pm Baywood Boy’s Barbecue Bluegrass Jam
6:15pm Fiddle and Guitar Classes at the Historic Earl Theatre
7:00pm Zuma Coffee Bluegrass Jam Session
7:00pm Thursday Night Jam at The Earle Theatre
7:00pm Micaville Music Concert Series
7:00pm Bluegrass & Old Time at Jack of the Wood
7:00pm Old Helton School Hog Stomp
7:30pm Thursday Night Jam at the Silvermont Mansion
7:30pm Weekly Jam Sessions
 at the Jones House

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Events on August 24, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:45pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:00pm Outdoor Concerts at the Jones House
5:00pm Sims Country Bar-B-Que
5:30pm BackStreet Park Summer Concerts
6:00pm Friday Night Live
6:00pm Bluegrass Music with Typical Mountain Boys at Moe’s Original BBQ in Asheville
6:30pm Groovin’ on the Green Summer Concert Series
6:30pm Music at The Depot in Marshall
7:00pm Folk School Concert Series
7:00pm Summer Concert Series On the Historic Hayesville Square
7:00pm Concerts on the Creek at Bridge Park
7:00pm Woody’s Original Mountain Music
7:00pm Phipps General Store Jam
7:00pm Jam in the Trees
7:30pm Feed & Seed
8:00pm Music & Dance at The Stompin’ Ground
8:30pm Music on the Courthouse Square in Robbinsville
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Events on August 25, 2018
12:00am Folk School Traditional Music & Dance Classes
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
10:00am Saturday Morning Gospel Jam
10:00am Micaville Music Jam
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Acoustic Corner
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
11:00am WPAQ Saturday Morning Merry-Go-Round
11:00am Goin’ Across the Mountain
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
12:00pm Jam Sessions at the T. M. Rickman General Store
1:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
1:00pm Saturday Jam at the Todd Mercantile
1:00pm Jam in the Trees
3:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:00pm Sims Country Bar-B-Que
7:00pm Blue Ridge Music Center Summer Concerts
7:00pm Brasstown Community Civic Center Summer Concerts
7:00pm Concerts at Burnsville Town Center
7:00pm Pickin’ on the Square, Franklin, NC
7:00pm Tunes on the Tuck
7:00pm Shindig on the Green
7:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
7:00pm Jimmy’s Pick N Grin
7:30pm Feed & Seed
7:30pm An Appalachian Evening Summer Concert Series
8:00pm Across the Blue Ridge - Broadcast & Podcast
8:00pm Music & Dance at The Stompin’ Ground
8:00pm Folk School Community Contra & Square Dances
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Events on August 26, 2018
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
7:00am Gospel Truth
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
2:00pm Pickin’ on the Porch & Jammin’ in the Shade
2:00pm Sunday Afternoon Jam at the Mountain Gateway Museum
2:00pm Mountain Gateway Museum
3:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
3:00pm Bluegrass Review on WSQL
3:00pm This Old Porch
4:00pm Ebbs Chapel 2018 Summer Series
6:00pm MerleFest Radio Hour
6:00pm Across the Blue Ridge - Broadcast & Podcast
7:00pm Country Roots Radio Broadcast
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Events on August 27, 2018
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
6:00pm Crouse House Pickers (Jam Session)
6:00pm Mountain Music Monday’s at the Tasty Weasel Taproom
6:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
6:30pm Feed & Seed Bluegrass & Country Jam
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Events on August 28, 2018
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Southern Appalachian Archives
2:00pm Joe Shannon’s Mountain Home Music 2018 - 25th Anniversary Concert Series
7:00pm Folk School Beginner Contra & Square Dance Weekly Series
7:00pm Music N’All at the Barn
7:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
7:30pm Tuesday Bluegrass Sessions
29
Events on August 29, 2018
6:00am Mountain Mornings
6:00am Bluegrass and a Biscuit with the Hardee’s Gang
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Acoustic Corner
11:30am Celebrate North Carolina – Bluegrass Spotlight
12:00pm Bluegrass for Lunch with Bob Webster
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:15pm Open Mic & Jam Sessions at Orchard at Altapass
6:00pm Celebrate North Carolina – Bluegrass Spotlight
6:00pm Mountain Music Jam at Sanctuary Brewing Co.
6:00pm Bluegrass & Old Time at Jack of the Wood
6:30pm John Hartford Bluegrass Jam
7:00pm Wednesday Night Bluegrass
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Events on August 30, 2018
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:00pm Southern Appalachian Archives
1:45pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:30pm Fiddle and Guitar Classes at the Historic Earl Theatre
6:00pm Music & Food: The Double Essence of Appalachia with Susi Gott Seguret
6:00pm Baywood Boy’s Barbecue Bluegrass Jam
6:15pm Fiddle and Guitar Classes at the Historic Earl Theatre
7:00pm Zuma Coffee Bluegrass Jam Session
7:00pm Thursday Night Jam at The Earle Theatre
7:00pm Micaville Music Concert Series
7:00pm Bluegrass & Old Time at Jack of the Wood
7:00pm Old Helton School Hog Stomp
7:30pm Thursday Night Jam at the Silvermont Mansion
7:30pm Weekly Jam Sessions
 at the Jones House

8:00pm Joe Penland with Hannah Belle in Concert
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Events on August 31, 2018
6:00am Mountain Mornings
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
9:00am Southern Appalachian Archives
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
10:00am Acoustic Corner
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
1:45pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:00pm Outdoor Concerts at the Jones House
5:00pm Sims Country Bar-B-Que
5:30pm BackStreet Park Summer Concerts
6:00pm Friday Night Live
6:00pm Bluegrass Music with Typical Mountain Boys at Moe’s Original BBQ in Asheville
6:30pm Music at The Depot in Marshall
7:00pm Folk School Concert Series
7:00pm Summer Concert Series On the Historic Hayesville Square
7:00pm Concerts on the Creek at Bridge Park
7:00pm Woody’s Original Mountain Music
7:00pm Phipps General Store Jam
7:00pm Happy Valley Fiddler’s Convention
7:30pm Feed & Seed
7:30pm Joe Shannon’s Mountain Home Music 2018 - 25th Anniversary Concert Series
8:00pm Music & Dance at The Stompin’ Ground
8:30pm Music on the Courthouse Square in Robbinsville
Events on September 1, 2018
1:00am Oconaluftee Old-Time Music Jam
7:00am Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
8:30am Jam Sessions at the Barber Shop
10:00am Saturday Morning Gospel Jam
10:00am Micaville Music Jam
10:00am 111th Etowah Christian Harmony Singings
10:00am Earl Scruggs Center: Music & Stories from the American South
10:00am Acoustic Corner
10:00am Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
10:00am Roots of American Music Exhibition at the Blue Ridge Music Center
11:00am WPAQ Saturday Morning Merry-Go-Round
11:00am Goin’ Across the Mountain
11:00am Happy Valley Fiddler’s Convention
12:00pm Mid-Day Mountain Music at the Blue Ridge Music Center
12:00pm Jam Sessions at the T. M. Rickman General Store
1:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
1:00pm Saturday Jam at the Todd Mercantile
3:00pm Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass
5:00pm Sims Country Bar-B-Que
7:00pm Blue Ridge Music Center Summer Concerts
7:00pm Pickin’ on the Square, Franklin, NC
7:00pm Tunes on the Tuck
7:00pm Labor Day Extravaganza
7:00pm Shindig on the Green
7:00pm The Alleghany Jubilee
7:00pm Jimmy’s Pick N Grin
7:30pm Feed & Seed
7:30pm Concerts at Burnsville Town Center
8:00pm Across the Blue Ridge - Broadcast & Podcast
8:00pm Music & Dance at The Stompin’ Ground

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