The Carter Family Fold, (usually called the Carter Fold or just the Fold) one of the most important heritage tourist sites in Southwest Virginia and one of the stops on The Crooked Road, Virginia’s Music Heritage Trail, is celebrating its 50th an
The Gathering in the Gap Music Festival invites regional artisans to create, display and sell their wares at the annual festival Saturday, May 25.
BCM Presents Pokey LaFarge at 1927 Concert Series
BRISTOL, Tenn.-Va. - TheBirthplace of Country Musicpresents the next installment of its1927 Society Concert Series featuring dynamic singer-songwriterPokey LaFarge.
Get ready for another summer of engrossing performances, stunning set design and inspiring stories with the latest season of Lees-McRae Summer Theater.
The Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park is accepting entries for its “Stitch in Time” Quilt Show.
'Gathering' and Crooked Road team up
The Gathering in the Gap Music Festival announces that for this year’s festival, which will be held on May 25 at the Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park, the Friends of the Southwest Virginia Museum have teamed up with The Crooked Roa
49 Winchester,Ashley McBryde,The Wallflowers,The Red Clay Strays,Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway,Sam Bush,Wilderado,The SteelDrivers,Brittney Spencer,Drayton Farley,Jaime Wyatt,Bella White, andSilveradaare set to headline the 23rd annualBristol Rhythm &
A short history of the Carter Family Fold
The Carter Family is the “First Family of Country Music.” A.P. Carter, his wife Sara, and her cousin Maybelle Carter came to Bristol, Tennessee, in August 1927 and made some of the earliest recordings of traditional music in America.
Eugene Wolf and A.P. Carter—musical souls intertwined
When veteran actor Eugene Wolf was first approached by Barter Theatre in 2002 to portray the iconic A.P. Carter in “Keep On the Sunny Side,” a play by Douglas Pote about the Original Carter Family and their music, he was apprehensive.
Hayden Spangler enjoys playing and writing music
Hayden Spangler was born into a musical family who influenced his musical journey.
The letterpress affects the cardboard history of Blue Ridge Music
Getting the word out takes on a special significance when one talks about the method in which the visual word is produced.
Bristol Library holds fiddling event
Bristol Public Library brings An Evening with Andrew Finn Magill: Connections between Irish, Scottish, and Appalachian Fiddling to its J. Henry Kegley Meeting Room. The event is March 12 at 6 p.m.
Theatre Bristol and River’s Way join to present “Aesop’s Foibles” March 16 at 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and March 17 at 2:30 p.m. at the ARTspace, Bristol, Tennessee.
Theatre Bristol 2024 Summer Camp Registration is Open
Theatre Bristol announces its 2024 children’s summer camp The StART of Adventure, running July 15-19, at 512 State Street, Bristol, Tennessee.
Theatre Bristol announces auditions for Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” March 1-3, at 512 State Street, Bristol, Tennessee.
Sunday with Friends hosts two speakers at library in March
The annual Sunday with Friends literary series at the Washington County Public Library, Abingdon, Virginia, continues in March with two writers who are writing about plants and foods in history. The events are at 3 p.m. in the Community Room of the lib
Enjoy diverse and splendid art displays from Tusculum University students, alumni and community members at multiple shows throughout the spring semester in the Clem Allison Art Gallery on campus.
Barter Theatre offers pay what you can program
When the town of Abingdon, Virginia, allowed actor and director Robert Porterfield to use the Opera House for his theater in 1933, Porterfield knew he had the opportunity to change the way theater was seen and performed.
The 2024 Gathering in the Gap Music Festival announces its Annual Songwriting Contest.
The “Gathering in the Gap” Music Festival offers an opportunity for area musicians to test their skills in a variety of musical competitions.