Events for June 13, 2025 - September 1, 2025

  • Ashe County Bluegrass and Old Time Fiddlers Convention

    Recurring
    Ashe County Park 527 Ashe Park Road, Jefferson, NC, United States

    Thank you to all our 2022 Sponsors, Volunteers, Judges, Attendees & Contestants! It was a wonderful convention full of talented musicians. Stay tuned for information about the 2023 Fiddlers Convention. 

  • Online Dulcimer Classes with Don Pedi

    Online Event

    For over fifty years Don has played music, learned songs and tunes from many of Appalachia's finest traditional singers and instrumentalists. Don has presented workshop & concert programs from California […]

    $6 – $50
  • Fine Tuned Album In-Store at Records in the RAD

    Records in the RAD 37 Paynes Way, Asheville, NC, United States

    Friday, April 12 - Bayla Davis, Cary Fridley, and Donna Ray Norton - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Catch members of Blue Ridge Music Trails' Fine Tuned project perform live, […]

  • Fiddles & Folklife

    Warren Wilson College 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa, NC, United States

    On Saturday, April 13, Warren Wilson College will host Fiddles and Folklife, an annual Appalachian festival and old-time music competition with cash prizes for old-time fiddle, banjo, folksong, flatfooting, and […]

  • Voices of Yore Workshop & Retreat

    Chestnut Hall 65 South Spring St, Hot Springs, NC, United States

    Voices of Yore: Songs from Sunnybank May 3-5, 2024  Join Daron Douglas, great-granddaughter of legendary ballad singer Jane Gentry, for a weekend of traditional songs, history, and folklore at the […]

    Please call the number listed in event description for information.
  • Fine Tuned Sessions

    Rare Bird Farm 91 Duckett Top Tower Road, Hot Springs, NC, United States

    This special event is a collaboration with the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area (BRNHA), showcasing talents from the BRNHA Fine Tuned program alongside other regional and national acts deeply rooted […]

    See website for details.
  • Concerts at Ebbs Chapel Performing Arts Center

    Ebbs Chapel Performing Arts Center 281 Laurel Valley Road, Mars Hill, NC, United States

    The Ebbs Chapel Community Center provides a venue for the performing arts, conferences, festivals, weddings, and similar activities, and hosts services for the people of the Upper Laurel community and […]

    Prices vary, see website for details.
  • Ebbs Chapel Summer Concert Series

    Ebbs Chapel Performing Arts Center 281 Laurel Valley Road, Mars Hill, NC, United States

    The Madison County Arts Council announces their summer concert series, “Sunday Set-Ins at Ebbs Chapel.”  The summer series will be staged on the fourth Sundays of June, July and August. “Ebbs […]

    Prices vary, see website for details.
  • Fine Tuned Sessions at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival

    Tryon International Equestrian Center 4066 Pea Ridge Road, Mill Spring, NC, United States

    Fine Tuned Sessions Presented by Rare Bird Farm & BRMT at Earl Scruggs Music Festival Fine Tuned Sessions to kick of the festival, Friday, August 30, at 10:00 AM! In […]

    See website for details.
  • Concerts at Mars Hill University

    Owen Theater at Mars Hill University 44 College Street, Mars Hill, United States

    Thursday, October 24, 2024 - Scary Stories and Ballads with Sheila Kay Adams - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM  Please join us to hear Madison County’s own Sheila Kay Adams […]

    Donations for hurricane relief accepted
  • Scary Stories and Ballads with Sheila Kay Adams

    Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies at Mars Hill University 147 Bailey Street, Mars Hill, NC, United States

    Get in the Halloween mood with scary stories and ballads from NEA National Heritage Fellow Sheila Kay Adams. Adams is the seventh-generation bearer of her family’s 200-year-old ballad-singing tradition.

  • Concerts, Workshops and Exhibits at the Earl Scruggs Center

    The Earl Scruggs Center 103 South Lafayette Street, Shelby, NC, United States

    The Earl Scruggs Center combines the life story of legendary five-string banjo master and Cleveland County native, Earl Scruggs, with the unique and engaging story of the history and cultural […]

    Many free events others vary per artist and event.