Music On Main in Sparta
Main Street Sparta, NC Main Street & West Avenue, Sparta, NCFree music in downtown restaurants and other venues, and a free outdoor concert from 8:00 pm -10:00 pm, featuring crowd favorites, new talent, and a focus on name headliners. Main […]
Traditional Song Week at The Swannanoa Gathering
Warren Wilson College 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa, NCTraditional Song Week realizes a dream of a comprehensive program completely devoted to traditional styles of singing. Unlike programs where singing takes a back seat to the instrumentalists, it is […]
Mountain Mornings
WNCW - Listener Powered Radio 286 I C C Loop Road, Spindale, NCJoin Jasmin Melton Sunday through Friday mornings for an hour of bluegrass and old-time music. We feature artists from our Appalachian region, such as Dirk Powell, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, […]
Cherokee Homestead Exhibit
Cherokee Homestead Exhibit 805 Hwy 64 Business, Hayesville, NCThe Cherokee and their ancestors have called Western North Carolina home for more than 10,000 years. Learn about their ancient history and the Cherokee way of life in this reconstructed […]
Southern Appalachian Archives
Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies at Mars Hill University 147 Bailey Street, Mars Hill, NCThe Southern Appalachian Archives are a rich storehouse of manuscripts and collections, which document regional and local history. Notable among the treasures held in the Southern Appalachian Archives are: The Bascom […]
Music and History at the Wilkes Heritage Museum
Wilkes Heritage Museum and the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame 100 East Main Street, Wilkesboro, NCThe Wilkes Heritage Museum, Inc. now finds it home in the newly restored 1902 Wilkes County Courthouse celebrating it's unique heritage as it seeks to preserve the past of Wilkes County. Since […]
Blue Ridge Music Center – Visitor Center
Blue Ridge Music Center 700 Foothills Road, Galax, VASurrounding the Blue Ridge Music Center, one finds many variations of the endemic fiddle and banjo music tradition of Virginia and North Carolina. This music can be traced to the […]
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
Mount Airy Museum of Regional History 301 North Main Street, Mount Airy, NCWith four floors and five newly renovated permanent and changing exhibit galleries (and two more in the works), the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History offers and exciting, engaging, dynamic […]
Acoustic Corner
Acoustic Corner 105-F Montreat Road, Black Mountain, NCIt Begins with the Music Music has great power to enrich the spirit and give expression to what stirs in the soul. As musicians, every member of the crew at […]
Old-Time Music Heritage Hall
The Earle Theatre 142 North Main Street, Mount Airy, NCThe Old-Time Music Heritage Hall is located in the EARLE* Theatre on Main Street in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Self guided tours are enhanced with audio guides that feature the music […]
The Alleghany Jubilee
Alleghany Jubilee 25 North Main Street, Sparta, NCIf you love to flatfoot, clog, square dance or just tap your foot to old time mountain music, the Alleghany Jubilee is where you want to be! We are open […]
Crouse House Pickers (Jam Session)
Crouse Park 60 Cherry Street, Sparta, NCIf you are a fan of live music, particularly old time and bluegrass that have such deep roots in these Blue Ridge Mountains, you owe it to yourself to head […]