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  • Ballad Swap, Concert / Performance
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    Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass

    Orchard at Altapass 1025 Orchard Road, Spruce Pine, NC, United States

    LIVE MUSIC at the Orchard - preserving history, heritage & culture The Orchard Music Program offers live, traditional music in support of our nonprofit mission to preserve the history, heritage and culture of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our hope is to educate the public about the Appalachian experience so that these important traditions may be […]

  • Ballad Swap, Concert / Performance
    Recurring

    Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass

    Orchard at Altapass 1025 Orchard Road, Spruce Pine, NC, United States

    LIVE MUSIC at the Orchard - preserving history, heritage & culture The Orchard Music Program offers live, traditional music in support of our nonprofit mission to preserve the history, heritage and culture of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our hope is to educate the public about the Appalachian experience so that these important traditions may be […]

  • Appalachian Murder Ballads
    Ballad Swap, Concert / Performance

    An Evening of Appalachian Murder Ballads

    Appalachian Theatre of the High Country 559 West King Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Appalachia abounds with lonesome songs about killing. Famous Appalachian murder ballads include “Pretty Polly,” “Frankie and Johnny,” “The Knoxville Girl,” “Banks of the Ohio” and of course, “Tom Dooley,” which is based on a disputed murder in neighboring Wilkes County. The term ballad applied to traditional or folk music means a narrative song. Murder ballads […]

    $16 – $27
  • Festival, Jam Session

    Mush, Music & Mutts: NC’s Official Fall Liver Mush Festival

    Uptown Shelby 118 S Washington St, Shelby, United States

    Saturday, October 18, 2025 - 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Celebrating a local delicacy, Liver Mush, since 1985 Liver Mush is a regional dish in Western North Carolina, comprised of pig liver (at least 30%), cornmeal, seasonings, and other parts of the pig. It's delicious for breakfast or lunch, packed with protein, and an important […]

  • Ballad Swap, Concert / Performance
    Recurring

    Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass

    Orchard at Altapass 1025 Orchard Road, Spruce Pine, NC, United States

    LIVE MUSIC at the Orchard - preserving history, heritage & culture The Orchard Music Program offers live, traditional music in support of our nonprofit mission to preserve the history, heritage and culture of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our hope is to educate the public about the Appalachian experience so that these important traditions may be […]

  • Ballad Swap, Concert / Performance
    Recurring

    Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass

    Orchard at Altapass 1025 Orchard Road, Spruce Pine, NC, United States

    LIVE MUSIC at the Orchard - preserving history, heritage & culture The Orchard Music Program offers live, traditional music in support of our nonprofit mission to preserve the history, heritage and culture of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our hope is to educate the public about the Appalachian experience so that these important traditions may be […]

  • Ballad Swap, Concert / Performance
    Recurring

    Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass

    Orchard at Altapass 1025 Orchard Road, Spruce Pine, NC, United States

    LIVE MUSIC at the Orchard - preserving history, heritage & culture The Orchard Music Program offers live, traditional music in support of our nonprofit mission to preserve the history, heritage and culture of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our hope is to educate the public about the Appalachian experience so that these important traditions may be […]

  • Ballad Swap, Concert / Performance
    Recurring

    Live Mountain Music at the Orchard at Altapass

    Orchard at Altapass 1025 Orchard Road, Spruce Pine, NC, United States

    LIVE MUSIC at the Orchard - preserving history, heritage & culture The Orchard Music Program offers live, traditional music in support of our nonprofit mission to preserve the history, heritage and culture of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our hope is to educate the public about the Appalachian experience so that these important traditions may be […]

  • Ketch Secor - Asheville Sessions
    Ballad Swap, Celebration, Concert / Performance

    Ketch Secor with Nest of Singing Birds + Jesse Smathers

    The Grey Eagle 185 Clingman Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

    Don't miss a night of roots music at The Grey Eagle, presented by AVL Fest! This concert celebrates the legacy of the 1925 Asheville Sessions, which captured the raw, authentic sounds of Appalachia and paved the way for modern American roots music. The evening kicks off with a performance from a local Youth Band, followed by a headline […]

    See site for ticket prices.
  • Asheville Sessions Community Concert
    Concert / Performance, Festival

    Asheville Sessions Community Concert: Songs from the Road, Zoe & Cloyd, and Newfound Gap

    Wicked Weed Funkatorium 91 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC, United States

    This event is free. No ticket needed -- just show up! Join us as we conclude the weekend of activities celebrating the Historic 1925 Asheville Recording Sessions with a free community concert featuring local bands performing roots performing music of the styles represented in the 1925 Asheville recordings. The event will feature Songs From the Road with opening/support acts Zoe […]

    Free
  • Ballad Swap
    Featured Recurring

    Ballad Night at the Old Marshall Jail Hotel

    The Old Marshall Jail Ballad Swap is an incredible opportunity to immerse yourself in our Appalachian Heritage. This unique event, hosted by Josh Copus, Donna Ray Norton, Sheila Kay Adams, and Melanie Rice celebrates the rich tradition of ballads in Southern Appalachia. Ballads are hauntingly beautiful stories and narrative poems passed down through oral tradition […]

  • Burkey and Pepper
    Concert / Performance

    Susan Pepper & Sarah Elizabeth Burkey Play Appalachian Music

    John C. Campbell Folk School 4590 Brasstown Road, Brasstown, NC, United States

    Raised on different sides of the Ohio River, a shared calling to the music traditions of Appalachia drew Sarah Elizabeth Burkey and Susan Pepper to Western North Carolina, where they met in 2016. Armed with banjo, dulcimer, and guitar, these songbirds present traditional mountain ballads and folk songs as well as new old-time compositions. Bringing […]

    $5 – $15

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