Music
97th Mountain Dance and Folk Festival
Kittredge Theatre at Warren Wilson College 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa, NC, United StatesOn August 1, 2, and 3, 2024, a different show will be presented live on stage each evening allowing you to appreciate the talent and dedication of the hundreds of musicians, dancers, and storytellers who are preserving the traditions of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These traditions involve not only the hand-clapping, toe-tapping rhythms of Bluegrass, […]
Friday Night Live Concert Series: Ezra & Katie
Town Square 343 Main Street, Highlands, NC, United StatesHusband and wife duo, Ezra and Katie have been playing acoustic music together for over 10 years. These Highlands natives recently spent seven years in Los Angeles pursuing their creative endeavors before returning to the area.
2024 Summer Tracks: Hearts Gone South
Rogers Park Amphitheater 55 W. Howard Street, Tryon, United StatesHearts Gone South delivers straight-up honky-tonk with a side of classic country—full of heart and laced (as it should be) with wit and woe. Based out of Asheville, this five-piece band has played their original tunes of love, loss, and victory for the underdog— along with beloved standards—on sawdust-strewn floors and festival stages from Anchorage […]
An Appalachian Evening with Mean Mary
Stecoah Valley Center School House Road, Robbinsville, North Carolina, United StatesA singer and songwriter with a gift for connecting with sounds of the past, Mean Mary (real name, Mary James) has gained a loyal following for music that draws on vintage country, bluegrass, and traditional folk with just a touch of modern-day flash. A performer since she was six years old, she developed a taste […]
Summer Concert Series at Brasstown Community Center with Grizzell & Friends
Brasstown Community Civic Center 255 Settawig Road, Brasstown, NC, United StatesBradley Grizzell has been with us before but with a different group. This time he is bringing his freinds with him. This is the next to the last concert of the season, so don’t miss it! Bradley plays guitars and does most of the vocals. Joining him on stage are: super mandolin bluegrass player Kenny […]
Shindig on the Green
Pack Square Park 121 College Street, Asheville, NC, United StatesBring your instruments, families, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and join us for good times at the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage. In 2024 Shindig on the Green, which features a stage show and informal jam sessions around the park, continues at its original location — formerly known as City County Plaza, now transformed into the […]
An Appalachian Evening with Seth Mulder & Midnight Run
Stecoah Valley Center School House Road, Robbinsville, North Carolina, United StatesSeth Mulder & Midnight Run is traditional bluegrass music at its best! Hailing from the heart of the Smoky Mountains in Gatlinburg, TN, Seth Mulder & Midnight Run present a high-energy show filled with nostalgic entertainment, tight harmonies, and skillful musicianship, all built around a curated set list of original material and lost covers. Seth Mulder […]
Friday Night Live Concert Series: Steady Hand String Band
Town Square 343 Main Street, Highlands, NC, United StatesHailing from Long Creek, SC, Steady Hand String Band is an old-time string band performing tunes that originated mostly before the 1930s with a handful of old country tunes thrown in as well. Their modern renditions of these traditional tunes come from a desire to preserve the oral tradition of folk music in Appalachia.
2024 Summer Tracks: The Dancing Fleas
Rogers Park Amphitheater 55 W. Howard Street, Tryon, United StatesGiving new meaning to “big band,” The Dancing Fleas (a.k.a. America’s Premier Ukulele Band) are nine members strong and feature six ukuleles, as well as an assortment of vocals, strings, percussion, flute, and tap dancing (yes, tap dancing). Playing originals and covers, this genre-bending show touts tunes with styles ranging from classic country to sassy […]
Summer Concert Series: Aubrey Eisenman & The Clydes
Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center 51 Cowee School Drive, Franklin, NC, United StatesShindig on the Green
Pack Square Park 121 College Street, Asheville, NC, United StatesBring your instruments, families, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and join us for good times at the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage. In 2024 Shindig on the Green, which features a stage show and informal jam sessions around the park, continues at its original location — formerly known as City County Plaza, now transformed into the […]
An Appalachian Evening with the Kruger Brothers
Stecoah Valley Center School House Road, Robbinsville, NC, United StatesBorn and raised in Europe, brothers Jens and Uwe Kruger started singing and playing instruments at a very young age. Growing up in a family where music was an important part of life, they were exposed to a wide diversity of musical influences. The brothers were performing regularly by the time they were eleven and […]
