Ring in the New Year at the Folk School! This popular, year-end, traditional dance and music celebration features American contras and squares as well as English country dancing, all set to live music. The week also includes flatfoot dancing, clogging, and square dance calling workshops, group singing, jam sessions, and more. Winter Dance Week offers […]
Tuesday night Bluegrass on the Tap Room Stage at Highland Brewing! Each Tuesday listen to bluegrass by The JackTown Rambles or Jackson Grimm as they bring their own flavor of Bluegrass to the stage.
The WPAQ Saturday morning Merry-Go-Round, which is a live radio broadcast set in a vintage movie theater, has an exceptionally long history of presenting the best of live traditional music in the Blue Ridge. Through the years, a host of regional and national music legends, including Tommy Jarrell, Benton Flippen, the Carter Family, Mac Wiseman, […]
WNCW continues its tradition of of expanding its bluegrass programming beyond the airwaves and onto the live stage with Goin' Across the Mountain Live, Saturday January 14th 2023 at the Foundation on the campus of Isothermal Community College in Spindale, NC. We welcome a triple bill of some of the biggest names in acoustic roots […]
The Sacred Harp Singing takes place monthly at the Steve Williams (formerly Kittredge) Recital Hall on the campus of Warren Wilson College. All are welcome to join on the 3rd Sunday of the month from September - May (April singing on the 4th Sunday due to easter) for a singing from 3:00 pm - 5:00 […]
Local storyteller, Kanute Rarey, hosts this monthly Friday night OPEN MIC Night - Stories on the Square is for singers, musicians, songwriters, storytellers, writers and poets. This welcoming event is at the Corner Coffee and Wine Shop on the Courthouse square in Hayesville, North Carolina. The Stories on the Square event brings folks together in […]
The Yadkin Arts Council announces their 2023 Willingham Theater Season and Special Events. The Sounds of the Mountain Series in partnership with the Blue Ridge Music Center. This schedule is filled with a curated collection of performing arts and entertainment featuring an array of live music, musicals and plays, fundraisers, and family programming. The Willingham […]
The Wilkes Heritage Museum, Inc. now finds it home in the restored 1902 Wilkes County Courthouse celebrating it's unique heritage as it seeks to preserve the past of Wilkes County. Since it's official opening in November 2005, the Wilkes Heritage Museum, Inc. has undoubtedly contributed to the education and culture of the county's present and […]
Legendary WPAQ-AM Turns 75 with a FREE Concert & Documentary on Feb. 4 Saturday, February 4 - Documentary "Broadcast: A Man and His Dream," 4:30 pm. Saturday, February 4 - Concert featuring Travis Frye & Blue Mountain, The Country Boys, Slate Mountain Ramblers, The Nunn Brothers and Harrison Ridge, 5:45 pm. MOUNT AIRY, N.C. – […]
