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THE OFFICIAL
Homecoming Guide
Welcome to southwest virginia
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ALONG THE CROOKED ROAD
Welcome to the Second Annual Mountains of Music Homecoming right here
in Southwest Virginia where we have a rich traditional music history. This
annual event showcases the musical heritage and welcomes back folks for
that homecoming celebration, highlighting the 19 counties, 4 cities, and over 50
towns along the popular Crooked Road in Virginia. We hope you will enjoy the
scheduled activities that are highlighted online and in print with special music
concerts that honor our major music venues, scattered across these Southwest
Virginia mountains. This is still a place where you can feel the music as you enjoy
the great outdoors. Please celebrate with us and make plans to attend every
year. Homecomings are notorious for the great food as well, so enjoy the music,
food and the cultural experiences. You will be glad that you did. Oh—and please
be sure to invite your friends when you return! — John Kilgore, President
The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail
Welcome again to Southwest Virginia and The Crooked Road. I hope this message
finds you a year wiser, happier, and looking forward to the second annual
Mountains of Music Homecoming. This celebration of all the communities in
Southwest Virginia has something for everyone:
Story telling, quilt exhibits, folk art exhibits, oxen working, wine and beer tastings,
night hikes, Juneteenth celebrations, covered bridges, southern desserts,
reenactments, barn dances, cannon firing, blacksmithing, wild caving, canoe
paddling, square dances, geocaching, canning demonstrations, banjo making, corn
husk doll making, and LOTS of jam sessions.
And that’s just the cultural experiences. The Crooked Road concerts this year
include probably the only time five of the finest bluegrass artists from Southwest
Virginia may ever team up to perform as The Crooked Road All Star Bluegrass Band – Sammy Shelor of the
Lonesome River Band on banjo, Junior Sisk of Ramblers Choice on guitar, Shawn Lane and Wayne Taylor of Blue
Highway on mandolin and bass, and former Bill Monroe fiddler Billy Baker. Our artists from another musical
heritage this year will present the music of Ireland – the John Doyle Trio, Bristol based Sigean, and a trio of
American born Irish music masters in Rose Conway Flanagan, Laura Byrne, and Pat Egan.
An amazing variety of styles and repertoire will be on display at two concerts this year by twelve of the region’s
guitar masters in connection with the forthcoming recording project “The Crooked Road - A Century of Heritage
Guitar Music”. In case you want to play like these folks, we have two traditional music camps this year as well.
The Homecoming is also your festival gateway including several premiere music- focused festivals such as
HoustonFest, Wayne Henderson Music Festival, Henry Reed Fiddlers Convention, Clinch Mountain Music Fest,
Hot Fun in the Summertime Beach Music Festival, Breaks of the Mountain Music Festival, and the start of the
Chautauqua Festival.
Finally, this year includes our first ever “Homecoming Feastival: A Celebration of Appalachian Creativity.” This
one-day celebration of food, wine and beer, craft, visual art, and music focuses on the inspiring influence this
place called Appalachia has on those who live here, whether you are a chef, artisan, musician or artist.
Like last year, we hope you take the time to discover the places in Southwest Virginia that keep these traditions
alive, and take home memories that will bring a smile every time you think on them. Have a blast!
— Jack Hinshelwood, Executive Director
The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail
June 10-18, 2016 • 2
Joe Wilson
MARCH 16, 1938 – MAY 17, 2015
Ever since he helped create it, The Crooked
Road has been blessed with Joe’s inspiration,
guidance, and creativity. He will be missed
in our counsels, but his great lessons on
the value of our region’s musical heritage
will long be relied upon in all our future
endeavors.
A Tribute from Bill Kornrich
Some 13 years ago Joe Wilson, then Executive Director
of the National Council for the Traditional Arts, and
Todd Christensen, then Associate Director for the
Virginia Department of Housing and Community
Development, met at a Creative Economy conference in Asheville. That random encounter created the
seed which has become The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail.
Joe had an encyclopedic knowledge of music traditions and unwavering respect for the traditional
musicians (and other traditional artists) of Southwest Virginia and across the nation. His life’s work
was invested in presenting and supporting these artists and the cultures which nourished them. The
creation of The Crooked Road and the development of the Blue Ridge Music Center on the Blue Ridge
Parkway are lasting reminders of his influence on and commitment to Southwest Virginia.
I have known Joe for 40 years, prior to the NCTA chapter of his life. Several of those years the two of
us were at NCTA, housed in a cramped office on Dupont Circle. Working with Joe was empowering for
me. He gave me the freedom and responsibility to take on and direct projects and tasks which I had no
experience in.
He was at ease with all kinds of people - members of Congress, store clerks, craftspeople, wealthy
donors, auto mechanics, refugee Cambodian dancers, and occasionally even bureaucrats. I do think he
most enjoyed being with the many musicians with whom he felt the strongest kinship.
How many festivals, recordings, articles, music tours across the nation and around the world did Joe
produce or assist in? I think no one has kept track. I know he was looking forward to emceeing the
opening concert for the Mountains of Music Homecoming Festival featuring National Heritage Award
winners (of which he was one) from Southwest Virginia at the Carter Fold in June last year.
Yet with all these activities, I will most remember the impish mischievous smile, the twinkle in the eye,
the crap detector glance, the baseball cap, and the vitriolic letters to those who ran afoul of his beliefs.
Cantankerous? Could be. Dogmatic? That too. Impassioned? Certainly. Purist? Yep.
Joe was raised in Trade in the hills of Tennessee. It is here that his lifelong passion for the music of this
region began. His last years were spent in Fries in the hills of Virginia in a house he and his wife Kathy
remodeled, overlooking the New River. These geographic bookends - a distance of about 50 miles as
the eagle flies - encased a life rich in accomplishments, stories, and music.
Introduction: Follow the Music ..................................................... 2
Joe Wilson: In Loving Memory ...................................................... 3
Sponsors ............................................................................................... 5
Buy Tickets & Local Ticket Outlets .............................................. 7
Homecoming Overview ................................................................... 8
Mission Statement & Staff .............................................................. 11
About The Crooked Road .............................................................. 13
What’s Happening At The Major Venues .................................. 15
Area Traditional Music Concerts ................................................. 17
Jam Sessions ...................................................................................... 18
Accommodations ............................................................................. 19
West Zone: Crooked Road Concerts ......................................... 21
The Guitar: “An Orchestra Unto Itself” ..................................... 24
West Zone: Cultural Experiences .............................................. 30
The Celtic Influence on Appalachian Music ............................ 32
Central Zone: Crooked Road Concerts .................................... 39
Central Zone: Cultural Experiences ........................................... 43
How to Talk like a Southwest Virginian .................................... 48
East Zone: Crooked Road Concerts .......................................... 49
East Zone: Cultural Experiences ................................................. 54
Old Time and Bluegrass ................................................................ 63
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David & Judie
Reemsnyder
FocusOne Integrated Financial
Planning
Lays Hardware Center for the Arts
The ForestLand Group, LLC
Primland
Town of Marion
Karen Sorber
SWCC Educational Foundation
Thanks also to ‘Round the Mountain and Pro-Art Association
don’t miss our homecoming
friday june 17 @ 5:30 in Abingdon
More than a meal, this is a signature,
culinary and cultural event designed to
feed body, soul, and imagination! Think
of it as farm-to-table-plus. Along with
great food, there will be music, art and
artisanship. The evening’s focus is on
Appalachian creativity — a hallmark of
the region’s culture.
See page 28 for full details.
Sheri Castle, Keynote Speaker
Nell Jefferson Fredericksen,
Master Artisan
The Church Sisters,
Orthophonic Joy Artists
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Tickets for Crooked Road
concerts may be purchased
online at mtnsofmusic.com,
at the door on the day of the
concert (unless sold out), and
at local ticket outlets listed
below. Tickets are general
admission. Advance tickets to
some concerts are available
through May 31, 2016.
Photo credit: MyMCMedia.org
Local Ticket Outlet
Street Address
Telephone #
The Fuller Store
289 Main St, Haysi
(276) 865-4845
Giles County Chamber of Commerce
101 S Main St, Pearisburg
(540) 921-5000
Reynolds Homestead Center
463 Homestead Lane, Critz
(276) 694-7181
Wytheville Meeting Center
333 Community Blvd., Wytheville
(276) 223-3510
Emory & Henry College, McGlothlin Center for the Arts
30481 Garnand Dr., Emory
(276) 944-6333
Blue Ridge Institute & Museum
20 Museum Dr., Ferrum
(540) 365-4412
Natural Tunnel State Park
1420 Natural Tunnel Parkway, Duffield
(276) 940-2674
Wise County Chamber of Commerce
765 Park Avenue, SW, Norton
(276) 679-0961
Heartwood
One Heartwood Circle, Abingdon
(276) 492-2400
Lincoln Theatre
117 E Main St, Marion
(276) 783-6092
Montgomery Museum & Lewis Miller Regional Art Center
300 S. Pepper St., Christiansburg
(540) 382-5644
Floyd County Tourism Office
109 East Main St., Floyd
(540) 745-4407
Blue Ridge Plateau Regional Visitor Center in Carroll County
231 Farmers Market Dr., Suite #5, Hillsville
(276) 730-3100
Galax Visitor Center
110 East Grayson St., Galax
(276) 238-8130
Radford Visitor Center inside Glencoe Museum
600 Unruh Dr., Radford
(540) 731-5031
Bland County Courthouse
612 Main St., Suite 204, Bland
(276) 688-4622
Rocky Mount Hospitality Center
52 Franklin St., Rocky Mount
(540) 489-0948
Honaker Town Hall
Honaker Town Hall, 455 Heritage Dr., Honaker
(276) 873-6556
Lee County Tourism Office
33640 Main St., Jonesville
(276) 346-4629
Damascus Town Hall
210 West Laurel Ave., Damascus
(276) 475-3831
Pulaski County Visitor Center
4440 Clayburn Blvd., Dublin
(540) 674-4161
NOTE: HoustonFest tickets are not available at these local outlets, but may be
purchased online at mtnsofmusic.com or by calling HoustonFest at (276) 236-9908.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Welcome to Southwest Virginia and The Crooked Road’s second annual Mountains
of Music Homecoming (MoMH). We’re excited to be in our second year and want
you to enjoy discovering what lies around each bend of The Crooked Road. Let’s
start with some travel related information that may help.
WEST
central
east
The Region
At 8,600 square miles, Southwest Virginia is about
the same size as New Jersey and includes 19 counties,
4 cities, and over 50 towns. The region has some
incredibly beautiful mountain and valley landscapes
and includes the two highest mountains in Virginia, Mt.
Rogers (elev. 5,728 ft.) and Whitetop Mountain (elev.
5,518 ft.). Southwest Virginia actually encompasses two
mountain ranges — the steeper Cumberland mountains
to the west, and the gentler sloped Blue Ridge
mountains in the region’s eastern half. In between is a
wide valley that cradles the historic Wilderness Road.
The oaks and maples display beautiful red and orange
leaves in the fall, and the region has snow most
winters. Everyone delights when the pale green hue
of spring returns, denoting summer’s right around
the corner. Typical temperatures in June are 70 to 90
degrees during the day, dropping to a range of 45 to
65 degrees at night. Temperatures are lower at the
higher elevations. Have a jacket handy for any outdoor
activities after dark.
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General Travel Information
There are a number of sources of travel information for Southwest
Virginia. The Southwest Virginia website (myswva.org) has a wealth
of information on all aspects of Southwest Virginia’s cultural offerings
and things to see and do. From shopping to golfing to hiking, the
Virginia state tourism website is a comprehensive source of useful travel
information (virginia.org). Travel information can also be obtained from
the two regional tourism agencies in Southwest Virginia, the Heart
of Appalachia (heartofappalachia.com) and the Blue Ridge Travel
Association (virginiablueridge.org). For all the traditional music activities,
be sure to reference The Crooked Road website (thecrookedroad.org).
The local tourism offices listed on page 19 are a great source for travel
information with their websites or by telephone.
Airports
There are a number of regional, national, and international airports
that provide access to The Crooked Road region. The closest ones are
Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA), Tri-Cities Regional Airport
(TRI) in Blountville, TN, and Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI)
in Greensboro, NC. Additional major airports include Charlotte-Douglas
International Airport (CLT), and three Washington DC airports including
Reagan National (DCA), Dulles International (IAD), and Baltimore/
Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI).
Driving
Two interstate highways (I-81 and I-77), transect Southwest Virginia,
as well as several 4-lane US highways. You’ll also be traveling some of
our beautiful, mountainous backroads, and cell phone and GPS services
can be spotty. For that reason, we strongly recommend that you carry
a current Virginia State Transportation map with you. Those maps and
lots of good friendly travel advice are available at all of the Virginia
Welcome Centers on the interstates. Or you can order a Virginia State
Transportation map from virginiadot.org/travel/maporder.asp.
Lodging
If you’re looking for lodging, you’ll find popular chain hotels along the
interstates and in our larger cities and towns. With a little research on
the web, you’ll also find charming B&Bs and smaller independent hotels.
Camping opportunities abound in the region, including Virginia’s awardwinning state parks (dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks). One of the best
overall lodging resources is the Virginia Tourism website at virginia.org/
PlacesToStay. The local tourism offices on page 19 can provide great
recommendations on lodging opportunities in their locality.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Dining
Dining opportunities also abound, and you’ll find many places
that emphasize seasonal and local fare. The Appalachian Regional
Commission’s Bon Appetit Appalachia website is an excellent resource
(visitappalachia.com/bonappetitappalachia). Dining options are also
found on the Virginia Tourism website (virginia.org/directory/dining).
Once again, the local tourism offices on page 19 are a valuable resource
and can provide great recommendations on dining opportunities.
If you don’t find what you’re looking for with these
sources, just ask the locals. They can lead you to some
real gems. Or call or email us at (276) 492-2409,
[email protected].
Have fun!
The Crooked Road’s mission is to support tourism and economic development
by celebrating and promoting this Appalachian region’s unique musical and
cultural heritage.
THE CROOKED ROAD’S
EXECUTIVE BOARD
John Kilgore, President
Larry Yates, Vice President
Matthew Hankins, Secretary
Ken Heath, Treasurer
Jim Baldwin, Past President
Lisa Bleakley
Deborah Cooney
David Haney
Pat Murphy
Leah Ross
Shannon Scott
Emily Spencer
Rita Surratt
EX OFFICIO
Todd Christensen
Jackie Christian
Steve Galyean
Tyler Hughes
Bill Kornrich
Jon Lohman
STAFF
THE CROOKED ROAD
Jack Hinshelwood,
Executive Director
The Crooked Road is a year-round
destination for traditional music
lovers.
Jonathan Romeo,
Program Manager
Debbie Holley,
Administrative Assistant
MOUNTAINS OF MUSIC
HOMECOMING TEAM
For more information about
Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, call
(276) 492-2409, email
[email protected] or visit
www.thecrookedroad.org
Carrie Beck,
Homecoming Coordinator
Dr. Ted Olson,
Assistant Coordinator and
Editorial Content
Mary Ann Hinshelwood,
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Outreach
Market Connections,
Marketing and Public Relations
Dr. Jean Haskell and Dr. Katie
Hoffman, Homecoming Feastival
Event Consultants
Photo by: John Secoges
Mountains of Music Homecoming
JUNE 9 - 17, 2017
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Photo by: [email protected] | Courtesy Virginia Tourism Corporation
The Crooked Road is a 330 mile driving route through the
scenic mountains of Southwest Virginia that connects nine
major heritage music venues and a thriving network of over
60 traditional music jams, festivals, and concerts in gracious
communities all along the way. On The Crooked Road you
will discover that the roots of American music run deep and
wide. And those roots feed a living, breathing music scene as
thriving and vibrant today as it has ever been. Settlers to the
region brought the European fiddle and the African banjo,
and their sounds blended together to create a unique sound
that’s been echoing across these mountains for generations.
Along The Crooked Road you can experience authentic
musical traditions that have been shaped by some of the
greatest names in American music, including the Carter
Family, the Stonemans, and the Stanley Brothers. Be sure to
pick up a copy of The Crooked Road visitor guide to help you
get the most out of your heritage music experience.
The Crooked Road’s Traditional Music
Education Program (TMEP)
Courtesy of Virginia Tourism
Corporation (virginia.org)
TMEP means access – access to the immensely rich heritage
music traditions of Southwest Virginia for students, teachers,
instructors and others. After-school programs where kids
learn banjo, fiddle, and guitar from accomplished musicians;
school assembly programs of traditional music; educational
materials for teachers to use in the classroom, monthly
youth performances, and The Crooked Road’s annual Youth
Music Festival in May are all aspects of a program designed
to connect people of all ages with the traditional music the
region is known for.
GENERAL INFORMATION
A TREASURY OF AMERICAN MUSIC is comprised
of ancient ballads, hard-driving bluegrass and every
thing in between from 50 of Southwest Virginia’s best
musicians. A 20 - page booklet accompanies this two
disc collection which includes fan favorites Ralph
Stanley, Blue Highway, Lonesome River Band, Junior
Sisk & Ramblers Choice and Big Country Bluegrass.
Find great music, apparel, handmade instruments and
more at The Crooked Road Store at Heartwood.
“This collection is a delightful assurance the Crooked
Road remains rich in music; that the old springs still
sparkle, that singers from here still induce chill bumps”
– Joe Wilson, Crooked Road Co-Founder
To order call 276-492-2428 or visit thecrookedroad.org
TUESDAY, JUNE 14 10AM – 4PM
Instruction in fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass, songwriting, &
performance techniques!
Featuring The Crooked Road All Star Bluegrass Band: Billy Baker fiddle, Shawn Lane - mandolin, Sammy Shelor - banjo, Junior Sisk
- guitar & Wayne Taylor – songwriting. Assistant Teaching Artists:
Blake Collins – mandolin, Meredith Goins – fiddle, Jim Lloyd – guitar,
Sandy Shortridge – songwriting & George Smith – banjo
This camp is designed for intermediate to advanced students.
at the Wayne C. Henderson
School of Appalachian
Arts in Marion, VA
$45 per student - Includes one-day camp (music instruction,
lunch, performance and discussion of performance techniques &
songwriting workshop) and one ticket for the Crooked Road All
Star Bluegrass Band’s concert at the Lincoln Theatre in Marion that
evening!
For more information and to register, call: (276) 706-4011
email: [email protected]
visit: www.thehenderson.org
Sponsored by:
June 10-18, 2016 • 14
No trip to The Crooked Road is complete without a visit to one or
more of the Major Venues. Here’s what they have going on during
the Homecoming.
Blue Ridge Institute & Museum at
Ferrum College
20 Museum Drive, Ferrum, VA 24088
(540) 365-4412
blueridgeinstitute.org
Museum Gallery Hours:
Open Monday – Saturday, 10AM - 5PM
Sunday, 1PM - 5PM
Farm Museum Hours:
Open Saturdays (June 11 & 18), 10AM - 5PM
Sunday, June 12, 1PM - 5PM
Virginia’s Forgotten Canneries
June 10 - 18, 10AM - 5PM
Historic photos, videos, interviews, and vintage canning
equipment.
Courtesy of Virginia Tourism Corporation (virginia.org)
Birthplace of Country Music Museum
520 Birthplace of Country Music Way
Bristol, VA 24201
(423) 573-1927
birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/museum
Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 10AM – 6PM
Sunday, 1PM – 5PM
Closed Mondays
RADIO BRISTOL WBCM 100.1
Radio Bristol is a network of channels that showcase
the diversity of American roots music from the
early recording era to today. Tune in during the
Mountains of Music Homecoming! More information at
birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/radio
Radio Bristol Premieres: The Honeycutters
June 10, 7PM – 9PM
Location: Birthplace of Country Music Museum. Doors
open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person Tickets go
on sale May 13, 2016. Radio Bristol Premieres focuses on
new recordings debuted before a live audience, as well as a
live broadcast and webcast on Radio Bristol. This Premiere
showcases honky-tonk sensations The Honeycutters.
Oxen in the Blue Ridge Weekend at the Blue Ridge
Farm Museum
June 10 - 12, 10AM - 5PM
Teamsters and owners working and training oxen teams.
Blue Ridge Music Center
701 Foothills Rd., Galax, VA 24333
(276) 236-5309
blueridgemusiccenter.org
Hours:
Open daily 10AM - 5PM
Weekly Participatory Jams
June 10 - 12, 1PM - 4PM
June 17 - 18, 1PM - 4PM
Roots of American Music Exhibit
June 10 - 18, 10AM - 5PM
Mid Day Mountain Music at BRMC
June 13 - 16, 2PM - 4PM
Carter Family Fold
The Carter Family Memorial Music Center, Inc
3449 AP Carter Hwy., Hiltons, VA 24258
(276) 386-9480
carterfamilyfold.org
June 11 & 18, 7:30PM
The Museum & Cabin open at 6:00pm on Saturdays.
Admission to the Museum and Cabin is by donation.
Tickets are available at the door the evening of the shows.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Country Cabin II
Heartwood: Southwest Virginia’s
Artisan Gateway
Benny Jones & CMT Country
June 11, 7:30PM
One Heartwood Circle, Abingdon, VA 24210
(276) 492-2400
myswva.org/heartwood
6034 Kent Junction Rd., Norton, VA 24273
appalachiantraditionsinc.com
Appalachian Strings
June 18, 7:30PM
County Sales
Hours:
9AM - 5PM
Thursday: 9AM - 9PM
Sunday: 10AM - 3PM
117A W Main St., Floyd, VA 24091
countysales.com
The world’s largest selection of old time and
bluegrass music.
Painting Demonstration with James Turner
June 11, 10AM - 4PM
See `Round the Mountain juried member, James Turner, as
he creates his spheres within spheres paintings.
Record Shop Hours:
Monday - Friday
9AM - 4:30PM
5th Annual Southwest Virginia Wine Festival
June 11, 1PM - 5PM
The 5th Annual Southwest Virginia Wine Festival! We will
have a wide variety of wines, ciders and craft beers!
Floyd Country Store
206 S. Locust Street, Floyd, VA 24091
(540) 745-4563
floydcountrystore.com
Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday - Thursday: 10AM – 5PM
Friday: 10AM – 10:30PM
Saturday: 10AM – 6PM
Sunday: 12PM – 5:30PM
Friday Night Jamboree
June 10, 6:30PM - 10:30PM
Old Time Country Dance with The Zephyr Lightning Bolts
June 11, 7:30PM
Old Time Music Jam
June 12, 1:30PM
Bluegrass Music Jam
June 12, 4PM
A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed
June 12, 7:30PM
June 17, 6:30PM - 10:30PM
Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics: Roots and Branches of
Southern Appalachian Dance (book signing)
June 18, 5PM
Southern Appalachian Dance Workshop
June 18, 6PM
Floyd Country Store Square Dance with Phil Jamison
June 18, 7PM
Americana Afternoon
June 11, 12PM - 3PM
Americana Afternoon
June 18, 12PM - 3PM
CALLING IN ADVANCE is recommended to verify
admissions fees and for event updates for all venues.
Heartwood’s Sunday Brunch
June 12, 10AM - 3PM
Experience a true Southern tradition— the farm fresh
Sunday brunch at Heartwood.
Southwest Virginia Community College Jazz Choir
Performance
June 14, 11AM - 1PM
Drop by and enjoy lunch and live music provided by the
Southwest Virginia Community College!
Heartwood Thursday Night BBQ
June 16, 5PM
Come out and join us for our Thursday night BBQ!
Heartwood’s Open Jam
June 16, 6:30PM - 9PM
Open bluegrass and old time music jam from 6:30 pm
until 9PM.
Heartwood’s Sunday Brunch
June 19, 10AM - 3PM
Experience a true Southern tradition— the farm fresh
Sunday brunch at Heartwood
Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional
Mountain Music Center
249 Clintwood Main Street, Clintwood, VA 24228
(276) 926-8550
ralphstanleymuseum.com
Museum Hours:
Monday – Saturday, 10AM – 4:30PM
Rex Theater
113 E Grayson St., Galax, VA 24333
(276) 236-0329
Blue Ridge Backroads Live Radio – Loose Strings
June 17, 7PM
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In addition to The Crooked Road concerts, there are many more
heritage music concerts to take in during the Homecoming.
Carter Family Fold
Rex Theater
Community Barn Dance
The Carter Family Memorial Music
Center, Inc., 3449 A. P. Carter Highway
Hiltons, VA 24258
(276) 386-6054 (recorded
information)
113 E Grayson St
Galax, VA 24333
(276) 236-0329
Chantilly Farm
2697 Franklin Pike, Floyd, VA 24091
(540) 353-5898
June 14, 7PM - 9PM
June 11 & June 18, 7:30PM
Blue Ridge Backroads Live Radio with
Loose Strings
June 17, 7PM
Country Cabin II
Big Walker Lookout
6034 Kent Junction Rd.
Norton, VA 24273
(276) 679-3541
8711 Stoney Fork Rd.
Wytheville, VA 24382
(276) 663-4016
99 Coulson Church Rd.
Woodlawn, VA 24381
(276) 236-3034
Benny Jones & CMT Country
June 11, 7:30PM
Banjo Music with Jim Lloyd
June 10, 5:30PM – 6:30PM
June 17, 5:30PM – 6:30PM
Appalachian Strings
June 18, 7:30PM
Floyd Country Store
206 S. Locust Street
Floyd, VA 24091
(540) 745-4563
June 10, 6:30PM - 10:30PM
Old Time Country Dance with The
Zephyr Lightning Bolts
June 11, 7:30PM
June 17, 6:30PM - 10:30PM
Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics:
Roots and Branches of Southern
Appalachian Dance (book signing)
June 18, 5PM
Southern Appalachian Dance
Workshop
June 18, 6PM
Floyd Country Store Square Dance
with Phil Jamison
June 18, 7PM
Schedules for events
subject to change; calling in
advance is recommended to
verify schedule.
Davis Bradley Duo
June 11, 2PM
Mike Gray Gospel
June 12, 2PM
Night Crossing Celtic Band
June 18, 2PM
Border Bash
State Street
Downtown Bristol VA/TN
(276) 644-9700
June 17, 6:30PM - 11:00PM
Chautauqua Festival
195 W Washington St
Wytheville, VA 24382
(276) 228-6855
wythevillefestival.org
June 18 - 25
Clinch Mountain
Music Fest
Jackson Street, Downtown Gate City
Gate City, VA
(276) 386-3831
June 18, 12PM - 5PM
The Fiddle & The Plow
June 10, 7PM
June 17, 7PM
Floyd Contra Dancing
Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane S
Floyd, VA 24091
(540) 745-2784
Hillbilly Opry
4925 State Park Rd
Dublin, VA
(540) 267-6535
June 11, 7PM - 10PM
June 18, 7PM - 10PM
Patrick county music
association
Rotary Building, Rotary Field
420 Woodland Dr., Stuart, VA 24171
(276) 694-4232
Country Boys, Bill & Maggie Anderson,
Roger Hardy & Friends, Hilton Family
Gospel Singers
June 18, 5PM
Pickin’ Porch
Foundation Event Facility (2nd Floor)
620 State Street
Bristol, TN
(423) 573-2262
June 13, 7PM - 9PM
GENERAL INFORMATION
Whether you play or not, the region’s jam sessions are where the music is
preserved and handed down from generation to generation. If you do play
or sing and want to join in, you’ll be welcomed as part of a family that loves
its music and you’ll go home with some new best friends – guaranteed.
Blue Ridge Music Center Bluegrass/Old Time
700 Foothills Road (Mile Marker
Music Jam
213 Blue Ridge Parkway)
Galax, VA 24333
(276) 573-1927
Weekly Participatory Jam
June 10, June 12, June 17
12PM - 4PM
Floyd Country Store
206 S. Locust Street
Floyd, VA 24091
(540) 745-4563
June 10, 6:30PM - 10:30PM
Jams take place on Main Street
Central Cafe Glade
139 Town Square
Glade Spring, VA 24340
(276) 608-2578
June 10, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
Capo’s Music Store
Weekly Jam Session
Capo’s Music Store
903 E Main St
Abingdon, VA 24210
(276) 525-1880
June 11 and June 18, 6PM
Old Time Music Jam
June 12, 1:30PM
Grundy Music Jam
Bluegrass Music Jam
June 12, 4PM
1185 Plaza Dr.
Grundy, VA 24614
(276) 935-2551
June 17, 6:30PM - 10:30PM
Jams take place on Main Street
Heartwood: Southwest
Virginia’s Artisan
Gateway
One Heartwood Circle
Abingdon, VA 24210
(276) 492-2400
Heartwood Open Jam
June 16, 6:30PM
Allen Hicks’ Jam
1844 Bethel Rd.
Nickelsville, VA 24271
(276) 479-2739
June 10, 6PM - 10PM
June 17, 6PM - 10PM
Allison Gap Jamboree
Allison Gap Ruritan Club
165 Lick Skillet Road
Saltville, VA 24370
(276) 496-4514
June 10 and June 17
6:30PM
June 14, 6PM
Lambsburg Community
Center
Market Square Jam
Super Jam
102 Draper Road, NW
Blacksburg, VA
(540) 961-1199
Fries Community Center
316 W. Main St.
Fries, VA 24330
(276) 744-2231
June 15, 8PM - 10PM
Musical Jam Sessions
44 4th Street NW
Pulaski, VA 24301
(540) 994-8631
Old Time Jam at
MacArthur Inn
117 MacArthur Lane
Narrows, VA 24124
(540) 726-7510
June 16, 7PM - 9PM
Pickin’ in Pound
Town Hall Building
Pound, VA
(276) 796-5062
June 17, 7PM
130 Learning Lane
Lambsburg, VA 24351
(336) 648-2078
Radford Fiddle and
Banjo Jam
June 10 and June 17, 7PM
River City Grill
103 Third Ave
(540) 629-2130
Radford, VA 24141
Lays Hardware Center
for the Arts Jam
Lays Hardware
413 Front St E
Coeburn, VA 24230
(276) 395-5160
June 16, 6:30PM – 10:30PM
Salty Dog Jam
Holston River Coon Club
Lake View Drive
Saltville, VA 24370
(276) 496-4514
June 14, 7PM
18928 U.S. Hwy 58
Castlewood, VA 24224
(276) 762-7533
Smyth County Jam
Gospel Jam
June 12, 2PM
Tuesday Old time Jam
Campo Verde Mexican Grill
165 Kinter Way
Pearisburg, VA 24134
(540) 921-0166
Wednesday Night Old
Time
Mountain Music Jam
1908 Courthouse
107 E. Main St
Independence, VA 24348
(276) 773-3711
June 15, 2016, 6:30PM - 9PM
Willis Gap Community
Center Open Jam
Willis Gap Community Center
144 The Hollow Road
Ararat, VA 24053
(276) 251-9906
June 10 and June 17
7PM - 10PM (every Friday night)
June 13, 7PM
Ma & Pa’s Restaurant
Bluegrass Jam
June 13, 6PM
June 16, 6PM - 9PM
Chilhowie Lions Club Building
116 Industrial Park Road
Chilhowie, VA 24319
(276) 496-5467
Schedules for
jam sessions
subject to
change; calling
in advance is
recommended
to verify
schedule.
June 13, 6:30PM
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Where to stay. Where to eat.
All along the Crooked Road, Southwest Virginia’s unique communities feature a host of
accommodation options — from charming country inns to sprawling campgrounds and cabins that
line the blue waters of a mountain lake. A smorgasbord of lip smackin’ good food awaits, whether
traditional barbecue, chicken and dumplins’, sausage biscuits and gravy, or fine dining featuring the
haute cuisine from the kitchens of Appalachia’s best chefs.
You’re warmly invited to come stay with us awhile and sample all the treats that the Crooked Road
Region offers. Just click any of the websites below to discover a whole new world of wonderful
choices.
Y’all come!
locality
Website
telephone #
Bland County
blandcountyva.gov
(276) 688-4622
Smyth County
visitvirginiamountains.com
(276) 646-3306
Town of Marion
marionva.org/play-here
(276) 783-4190
Wytheville CVB
VisitWytheville.com
(276) 223-3355
City of Galax
visitgalax.com
(276) 238-8130
Carroll County
pickplaystay.com
(276) 730-3100
Grayson County
graysoncountyva.com
(276) 773-2000
Tazewell County
visittazewellcounty.org
(800) 588.9401
Scott County
explorescottcountyva.org
(276) 386-2525
Dickenson County
dickensonva.org/index.aspx?NID=31
(276) 926-6074
Town of Haysi
dickensonva.org/index.aspx?NID=31
(276) 345-2052
Buchanan County
buchanancountytourism.com/tourism.html
(276) 935-5093
Bristol CVB
discoverbristol.org
(423) 989-4850
Lee County
ilovelee.org
(276) 346-4629
Wise County
visitwisecounty.com
(276) 328-2321
City of Norton
nortonva.org/index.aspx?NID=9
(276) 679-1160
Russell County
russellcountyva.us
(276) 889-8000
Abingdon CVB
visitabingdonvirginia.com
(276) 676-2282
Giles County
virginiasmtnplayground.com
(540) 921-2079
Franklin County
visitfranklincountyva.org
(540) 483-3030
Town of Boones Mill
townofboonesmill.org/visitor-info
(540) 483-3030
City of Radford
visitradford.com
(540) 267-3153
Town of Blacksburg
blacksburg.gov
(540) 961-1199
Town of Christiansburg
christiansburg.org
(540) 394-2120
Patrick County
visitpatrickcounty.org
(276) 694-6094
Montgomery Regional Tourism
visitmontva.com
(540) 394-2120
Town of Rocky Mount
rockymountva.org/visitors
(540) 483-0907
Pulaski County
pulaskivatourism.org
(540) 440-0200
Floyd County
visitfloydva.com
(540) 239-8509
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Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington,
and Wise Counties and the Cities of Bristol and Norton
Photo by: Justin Wiseman
The West Zone
features, in its southeastern corner,
a small section of the Blue Ridge range; in its central
section is the wide valley that carries Interstate 81
travelers headed south to Tennessee or north to the
Shenandoah Valley. The western section of this zone
incorporates a section of Central Appalachia’s coalfields
region, and coal has been a dominant influence on the
life and culture of the region for many decades. The
steep eastern slopes of the Cumberland range form the
western border of the zone, and flowing through the
zone is the Clinch River, one of the most biologically
diverse rivers in North America.
The West Zone is home to five Crooked Road Major
Venues: the Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional
Mountain Music Center (in Clintwood), the Country
Cabin II (in Norton), the Carter Family Fold (in Hiltons),
the Birthplace of Country Music (including the
Birthplace of Country Music Museum and the annual
Rhythm and Roots Reunion), and Heartwood, an
architecturally stunning visitor center that showcases
the music, craft, history, and outdoor splendor of
Southwest Virginia (in Abingdon).
As in the East and Central Zones, the many Affiliated
Venues and Festivals in the West Zone provide a vibrant
year-round opportunity to enjoy heritage music in many
different settings. The West Zone is home to several
legendary American musicians, including bluegrass
pioneers, the Stanley Brothers (Clintwood), Jim and
Jesse McReynolds (Coeburn), the old time banjo player
and singer Dock Boggs (Norton), and the Carter Family
(near Hiltons).
Visitors can see several sites of historical and cultural
significance: in Lee County, the eastern approach to
Cumberland Gap, through which Daniel Boone and
other settlers entered what at the time was considered
“the West”; in Big Stone Gap, the setting for popular
literary works by early twentieth century author John
Fox Jr. and contemporary author Adriana Trigiani; in
Abingdon, the world-famous Barter Theatre, officially
designated as the State Theatre of Virginia; and in
Bristol, the site of legendary 1927 and 1928 location
recording sessions for Victor Records, known as
the Bristol Sessions (Bristol was also the site of the
influential WCYB radio program “Farm and Fun Time”
and the birthplace and boyhood home of Country Music
Hall of Fame inductee Tennessee Ernie Ford). The West
Zone is home to two important institutions of higher
learning: Emory and Henry College (in Emory) and the
University of Virginia at Wise.
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Trinity River Band, Crooked
Road Ramblers
Lonesome River Band,
South Mt. Boys
7PM • $12 in advance, $15 after May 31, 2016
Hosted by: Lays Hardware, Center for the Arts
Location: 409 East Front St., Coeburn THE TRINITY RIVER BAND, from Callahan, Florida,
is an award-winning bluegrass, Americana, and
acoustic roots band. Tracing their beginnings to
performances in their local churches in early 2008,
the group went to full-time touring in 2011 and
quickly gained a devoted following nationwide.
An old time fiddle-driven string band formed in 2001
and based in the Virginia Blue Ridge, THE CROOKED
ROAD RAMBLERS carry on family traditions of
old time music. The band’s leader, fiddler Kilby
Spencer, grew up in a musical household in the small
community of Whitetop. The band will bring a loyal
group of dancers to this great dance hall venue.
Hosted by: Haysi Kiwanis
Location: Dickenson County Fairgrounds (Kiwanis
Park #1), Kiwanis Park Rd., Haysi
The progressive sound of THE LONESOME RIVER
BAND has featured such leading bluegrass musicians
as Adam Steffey, Dan Tyminski, Ronnie Bowman,
Kenny Smith, and Don Rigsby, and Sammy Shelor.
The latter musician—the only one of the above still
with the group today—is one of the most respected
banjo players in bluegrass history. A native of
Stuart, Virginia, Sammy has been with the Lonesome
River Band since 1990, while the other four members
joined more recently.
Based in Haysi, Virginia, THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN
BOYS began playing bluegrass music together in
1992. The band was formed by Danny Hackney and
Scotty Deel. Straight ahead solid bluegrass is their
forte, with some country music material added in for
good measure.
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Lost & Found, Jim and Ada
McCown, Will Caudill & Route 7,
Sunrise Ridge, Phil & Ann Case
2PM • $8, Free for children 10 and under
Hosted by: Breaks Interstate Park
Location: Conference Center, 627 Commission
Circle, Breaks For lodging and meal packages, call
the Breaks Interstate Park at (276) 865-4413 or visit
breakspark.com
A full day of great mountain music in the scenic
“Grand Canyon of the South”. THE LOST AND
FOUND BAND was formed in 1973 and became
quite popular playing bluegrass festivals, with Mills’
exceptional songwriting contributing much to the
group’s fame; “Love of the Mountains,” has become
a bluegrass standard.
Bluegrass duo, JIMMY AND ADA MCCOWN
have recorded numerous albums of songs and
instrumentals.
WILL CAUDILL & ROUTE 7 is a bluegrass band from
Letcher County, Kentucky. Their first three albums,
released between 2010 and 2012, featured 28 of
Will Caudill’s original songs. Playing a combination
of slow and fast music—a winning mix of bluegrass,
country, and gospel—Will Caudill & Route 7 is a
consistent crowd pleaser.
SUNRISE RIDGE is a lively and entertaining
bluegrass band from Letcher County, Kentucky.
Their repertoire includes traditional bluegrass, a little
newgrass, and an occasional country tune. They can
also change gears and lay down some great flat
footing old time music.
ANN AND PHIL CASE have been singing and playing
music together since 1990. They specialize in
singing old time Appalachian duets, old-fashioned
parlor songs and Depression-era tunes as well as
performing old time instrumental duets. Their sound
draws upon the influences of the Carter Family and
their contemporaries, early country blues, ragtime,
and traditional ballad singing.
Crooked Road All Star
Bluegrass Band
Hosted by: Country Cabin
Location: 6034 Kent Junction Rd., Norton
Can any other comparably sized area in the USA
claim as talented an array of bluegrass musicians as
the Crooked Road? Indisputably the five musicians
who together form THE CROOKED ROAD ALL
STAR BLUEGRASS BAND—SAMMY SHELOR (banjo),
JUNIOR SISK (guitar and vocals), BILLY BAKER
(fiddle), WAYNE TAYLOR (bass and vocals), and
SHAWN LANE (mandolin and vocals)—are among
the finest bluegrass musicians anywhere, with
countless performances in leading venues, numerous
influential bluegrass recordings, and an astounding
number of major awards to their collective credit.
These musicians (with the exception of Taylor
and Lane) have primarily worked separately,
not together. While building their reputations
performing with other musicians in legendary
bluegrass bands (Shelor with The Lonesome River
Band, Sisk with Rambler’s Choice, Baker with
Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, and Taylor
and Lane with Blue Highway), these talented
natives of Southwest Virginia all love to play
bluegrass with other musicians who, despite the
competitive nature of the music business, are not
rivals, but good friends. These five musicians—
growing up within a culture that values tradition,
community, and homemade entertainment—will
enjoy every moment of performing together at the
Homecoming, and anyone wanting to hear the most
inspired and inspiring bluegrass music in America
today would be wise not to miss this group.
HERITAGE AND HISTORY
by Ted Olson
The guitar, brought by the Spanish to the New World in
the seventeenth century, was not common in the Blue
Ridge through the dawn of the twentieth century. During
his ballad-collecting trips in Appalachia during World War
I, English folklorist Cecil Sharp heard many traditional
ballads but encountered few guitars. By the mid-1920s,
though, as the commercial recording industry began to
record musicians from Appalachia, the guitar had become
established in the Blue Ridge, and was used in a range of
musical settings, whether traditional or popular.
Among the earliest Appalachian musicians to make
recordings featuring the guitar were three musicians from
the Crooked Road area: Henry Whitter, from Grayson County;
Ernest Stoneman, from Carroll County; and the Carter
Family’s Maybelle Carter, from Scott County. Those three
musicians were part of the famous recording sessions for
Victor Records in Bristol during the summer of 1927 (though
Whitter played harmonica in Bristol), and all three continued
to showcase the guitar on many subsequent recordings.
Another influential guitarist who recorded at the Bristol
sessions was Meridian, Mississippi-native Jimmie Rodgers.
The guitar was initially distributed across Appalachia as an item from the Sears-Roebuck and other retail
mail-order catalogs. Before the arrival of the guitar to the Crooked Road area, traditional music consisted of
a cappella singing, or singing accompanied by the fiddle and the banjo, or instrumental performance on those
two instruments. By the 1920s, the guitar had already become nearly as popular as the fiddle and the banjo.
Maybelle Carter’s approach on the instrument—playing the melody on the bass strings with a thumbpick, in
alternation with higher-string strum patterns—was influenced by the African American guitarist Lesley Riddle,
who also assisted A.P. Carter on song-collecting trips.
Several other musicians associated with the Crooked Road area have contributed to the development of guitar
style through the later decades of the twentieth century and to the prominence of the instrument in American
music. A number of talented guitarists from Southwest Virginia—including such black players as Archie
Edwards and the Foddrell brothers (Marvin and Turner) and such white players as E.C. Ball and Fields Ward—
have advanced the possibilities for the guitar in traditional music. While playing for the Stanley Brothers,
George Shuffler introduced a cross-picking guitar technique that has proven influential in bluegrass, while
several contemporary bluegrass musicians, including Wyatt Rice and Junior Sisk, make recordings that feature
their own sophisticated bluegrass guitar stylings. One contemporary master guitarist in the region—Wayne
Henderson—is also a master luthier whose hand-crafted instruments have been praised by guitarists from
around the world (most famously by rock guitarist Eric Clapton).
The composer Beethoven referred to the guitar as “an orchestra unto itself” because the instrument could
readily be played solo. However, as demonstrated by many musicians from the Crooked Road area, the guitar
has also revealed itself as adaptable to a wide range of other musical arrangements, and it is no surprise that
today the guitar is probably the most common instrument in Southwest Virginia.
Ted Olson is the author of Blue Ridge Folklife, a study of Blue Ridge culture, and a Grammy Award-nominated
music historian.
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Completing this foray into the Southwest Virginia
guitar world will be fingerstyle guitarist JIM LLOYD.
Originally from the Virginia coalfields, Lloyd now
lives in Rural Retreat, where he operates Lloyd’s
Barber Shop and plays guitar solo and with others
(he was the longtime guitarist for the old time string
band the Konnarock Critters).
Photo by: Chelsa Yoder Photography
TCR Guitar masters concert:
Steve Kilby, Mac Traynham,
Garry Dalton, nick weitzenfeld,
Jim Lloyd
Hosted by: Town of Damascus
Location: The Rock School, 505 Shady Ave.,
Damascus
Ever since the guitar arrived in Appalachia, artists
in The Crooked Road region have been creatively
wielding its expressive power and voice. This first of
two concerts brings together 5 of the region’s best
guitarists to illustrate what a range of styles the guitar
is capable of in the right hands. The concert will be
emceed by Appalachian music historian Ted Olson.
STEVE KILBY, a teacher and award-winning
performer specializes in flatpicking traditional
fiddle tunes on the guitar. Steve lives in Mouth of
Wilson, Virginia, and is a North Carolina State guitar
champion.
Willis, Virginia-resident MAC TRAYNHAM, a
builder of cabinets and banjos who plays several
instruments, keeps the style of Maybelle Carter alive
in his guitar work. A teacher of mountain music
at music workshops nationwide, Traynham has
recorded and released several albums.
GARRY DALTON, of Draper, Virginia, will delight
listeners not only with great bluegrass style guitar
flatpicking but is a captivating vocalist as well.
NICK WEITZENFELD is still able to enter youth
music competitions but plays guitar at a level way
beyond his years in a flatpick style that is powerful
and nuanced.
IIIrd Tyme Out,
Bluegrass Kinsmen
Hosted by: Town of Honaker & Honaker
Lion’s Club
Location: Honaker High School, 1795 Thompson
Creek Rd., Honaker
RUSSELL MOORE & IIIRD TYME OUT is one of
the leading contemporary bands on the national
bluegrass scene and the Homecoming is part of their
25th Anniversary tour. Based in Cumming, Georgia,
the band has appeared at major venues around
the USA, has recorded numerous albums, and has
received top bluegrass honors from the IBMA.
THE BLUEGRASS KINSMEN have been playing great
traditional bluegrass music since 1971. The Bluegrass
Kinsmen features superb harmony, singing and skilled
playing on both traditional and original material.
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Larry Keel Experience
John Doyle Trio, Sigean
6:30PM • $15 in advance, $20 after May 31, 2016
Hosted by: Birthplace of Country Music
Location: Birthplace of Country Music Museum, 520
Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol
Hosted by: Emory and Henry College
Location: McGlothlin Center for the Arts,
30481 Garnand Drive, Emory
THE LARRY KEEL EXPERIENCE combines a
multitude of musical influences, instrumental
dexterity, and original songs to create an explosive
acoustic sound. The band draws from folk,
progressive bluegrass, jazz, and reggae, creating
an exciting mix of music that is impossible to
pigeonhole. Grammy Award-nominated Irish musician and
songwriter JOHN DOYLE, a native of Dublin, Ireland,
is one of the leading performers of Irish music. Doyle
played guitar for four years with the popular IrishAmerican band Solas before leaving that band to
work as a solo artist. The John Doyle Trio—featuring
Doyle on guitar and vocals, Duncan Wickel on fiddle,
and David Curley on vocals, bodhran, mando, and
banjo—will play a range of Celtic ballads, songs, and
tunes, and Curley will likely take a turn or two as a
step dancer.
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Bristol-based SIGEAN (pronounced she-gun)
performs traditional Irish music with a full
complement of 6 musicians. Sigean is just beginning
its 20th year and has performed at virtually all
of the music festivals in the region, including the
Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion Festival, the
East Tennessee Celtic Festival, The Knoxville Irish
Festival, the Virginia Highlands Festival, and many
others. interpretation services
If requested at least 21 days in advance of a
performance, signing interpretation services at Crooked
Road concerts can be provided for the deaf and hard
of hearing. If requested less than 21 days prior to a
performance, The Crooked Road cannot guarantee such
services can be provided, but will make every attempt
to do so. To request signing services, call The Crooked
Road at (276) 492-2409 or email us at
[email protected].
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Lou Reid & Carolina,
Black Twig Pickers
Hosted by: Natural Tunnel State Park
Location: Natural Tunnel State Park Amphitheater,
1420 Natural Tunnel Pkwy, Duffield
LOU REID AND CAROLINA performs traditional
bluegrass with an emphasis on dynamic vocals. In
1992, after stints with Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver,
Ricky Skaggs, and the Seldom Scene, talented
vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Reid formed his
own band, Carolina, with Terry Baucom on banjo.
Their new song, “The Crooked Road,” will be
debuted at this year’s Homecoming.
THE BLACK TWIG PICKERS is a musically
adventurous Appalachian old time band whose
music sounds like they are having way too much
fun. You will too.
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley,
Reed Island Rounders
Hosted by: Town of Glade Spring
Location: Glade Spring Middle School, 33474
Stagecoach Rd., Glade Spring
Dobro player ROB ICKES is a well-established
instrumental giant, and Trey Hensley is newly
arrived, but brimming with talent both as a vocalist
and guitarist. Trey has already in his young life
played with Johnny and June Carter Cash, Charlie
Daniels, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, The Oak Ridge
Boys, and Janie Fricke. Rob Ickes has been playing
bluegrass with his much-decorated band Blue
Highway for over twenty years, during which time he
has been named Bluegrass Dobro Player Of the Year
15 freakin times!
THE REED ISLAND ROUNDERS began playing
together in 1993, when Betty Vornbrock (a fiddler
and singer) and Billy Cornette (a guitarist and
vocalist) formed a band to compete at local fiddlers’
conventions. Eventually, acclaimed musician Kirk
Sutphin (a banjo player and fiddler) joined the
Reed Island Rounders, and the band made a name
for itself as a leading interpreter of the old time
repertoire historically associated with Southwest
Virginia (where the band is based) and nearby
Appalachian areas.
The famous Cumberland Gap, through which Daniel Boone and others
in 1775 constructed a trail into Kentucky for western settlement, is at
the western edge of the West Zone. In 1773, at the base of Wallen’s
Ridge in Lee County’s Powell Valley, Indians ambushed Boone’s son
James and some fellow pioneers during an earlier effort to build a trail
toward the Cumberland Gap.
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The Church Sisters
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Sheri Castle - Keynote Speaker
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Nell Fredericksen Jewelry
homecoming “feastival”: a celebration of appalachian creativity
5:30PM • $85
Hosted by: William King Museum of Art & Heartwood
Sponsored by: Blue Ridge Beverage, Food City, and Virginia Tourism Corporation
Locations: William King Museum (415 Academy Dr. NW, Abingdon)
& Heartwood (One Heartwood Circle, Abingdon)
More than a meal, this is a celebratory food gala,
designed to feed body, soul, and imagination!
Think of it as farm-to-table-plus. Along with great
food, there will be music, art, and artisanship. The
evening’s focus is on Appalachian creativity—a
hallmark of the region’s culture. Chef Charles Parker
has carefully crafted a menu featuring local and
seasonal foods, paired with regional wines and craft
beers. (There will be a very tasty vegetarian option.)
The evening begins with hors d’oeuvres and drinks
at the William King Museum of Art. This jewel of
a museum offers outstanding exhibits, including
contemporary, world, and regional art and cultural
heritage, and this evening will be no exception.
In an exhibit entitled ¡Viva Appalachia!, LatinAmerican artists who live and work in the region
share photography, sculpture and other art forms
that chronicle how divergent cultures are coming
together in the mountains. Roadside Attractions:
The Weird and Wonderful Worlds of Mark Cline
explores the life and work of this Rockbridge Countybased artist through drawings, photos, video, and
large-scale fiberglass creatures ranging from King
Kong and Humpty Dumpty to Frankenchicken and
the artist himself. You’ll meet some of these artists
during your visit.
And of course, there will be music. The Pointer
Brothers, an acoustic trio based in Southwest
Virginia, will be sure to please. They have one
collective foot firmly planted in the world of
traditional bluegrass, country, and folk, and the
other exploring Dawg, spacegrass, and jazz. After
the cocktail hour, it’s all aboard the Abingdon Town
Trolleys, which will whisk you away to Heartwood,
gateway to Southwest Virginia’s craft, music, food,
local culture and the main course—a sumptuous
dinner designed to make use of June’s abundance.
Keynote speaker Sheri Castle, mountain-born and
committed to celebrating Appalachian cuisine and
its potential, will talk about creativity and artistry in
mountain cooking.
Nell Jefferson Fredericksen, Virginia Juried
Master Artisan, will discuss how she translates her
mountainous home environment into gorgeous
one-of-a-kind pieces of jewelry. And for dessert?
Chef Charles has something special in store for
your palate, and we also have a treat for your ears.
Our after-dinner concert will feature The Church
Sisters, twins from Galax, Virginia, whose vocals will
raise the hairs on the back of your neck with their
intricacy and beauty. This up-and-coming duo is
Appalachian music at its newest, freshest best. After
the concert, there will be a meet-and-greet with all
of the artists and artisans, then the trolleys will return
you to the museum parking area, satiated, inspired,
and fully entertained. Please join us. For more
information, email the Crooked Road office at admin@
thecrookedroad.org or call us at 276-492-2409.
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Blue Highway, Tyler Hughes
Hosted by: Lee Theatre
Location: 41676 W. Morgan Ave., Penniington Gap
A leading progressive bluegrass band with roots
in Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee, BLUE
HIGHWAY has logged 10 albums spread out across
the 22 years of the band’s existence. Blue Highway
has defined both excellence and consistency within
the bluegrass world. The band’s most recent album
The Game (2014) spent 7 consecutive months at the
top of the Bluegrass Unlimited Album Chart and was
nominated for IBMA Album of the Year.
TYLER HUGHES hails from Big Stone Gap, Virginia,
and is a prominent interpreter of the musical
traditions of the coalfields region. He performs
regularly as a soloist and with such bands as
Fifthstring and the Empty Bottle String Band.
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Folk art exhibit by Southwest
Virginia painter, Shawn Wallace
8:30AM - 5:00PM • FREE
Exhibit featuring works by native Virginian
Shawn Wallace, a professionally trained,
award-winning artist and a self-described
“outsider” in the folk art community. Paintings
feature pictures of mountain life, people,
places and things in a surrealist manner.
Haysi Community Library
157 O’Quinn St., Haysi, VA 24256
Contact: [email protected], 276-865-4851
Quilt Show
10AM – 2 PM • FREE
Display of handmade quilts submitted by
local quilters – some machine quilts as well as
hand quilted – lap quilts – wall hangings – full
bed quilts and coverlets.
Town Square Center
136 Town Square, Glade Spring, VA 24340
Contact: [email protected]
276-608-4489
Crossing Over - A Retrospective
by Margaret Gregg
10AM – 4PM • FREE
Unique fiber art works focusing on and
inspired by Gregg’s work on and involvement
in social movements in the mountains of East
Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. This event
is created especially for a Mountains of Music
Homecoming experience.
Town Square Center Glade Spring
276-356-5183
Lunch on the Lawn
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12PM – 1PM • FREE
Event showcases the best in regional culture
featuring a different local performer each
week in the beautiful garden settings in the
park. Come enjoy music under the shade
of Ash trees and then also visit the museum
before or after the event.
Southwest Virginia Museum Historical Park
10 West 1st Street North
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219
276-523-1322
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Wilderness Road Blockhouse
Celebrating Appalachia
1PM -5PM • FREE
Tour the Anderson Blockhouse with a period
dressed interpreters from the Daniel Boone
Wilderness Trail Association. The Blockhouse
was built in 1775 on the North Fork of the
Holston by John Anderson and became a
landmark along the Wilderness Road. Over
the next thirty years, some 300,000 people
passed Anderson’s home on their journey
westward.
6:30PM • DONATIONS
Dance concert including five pieces (Growing
up Appalachia, Oppressing Appalachia,
Praying Appalachia, Healing Appalachia, and
Engaging Appalachia) that celebrate the
culture, traditions, spirit of the mountains.
1420 Natural Tunnel Parkway
Duffield, VA 24244
276-940-1643
Bluegrass/Old Time Music Jam
Clintwood Farmers Market and
Roadside Show
Farmers Market with local produce, crafts,
and other items for sale. Local artists
will be performing ol’ timey music along
with dancing. Appalachian Sustainable
Development will also be at the market with
their roadside show, promoting local foods.
Vendors start selling at 1:00 pm, music will
begin at 2:00 pm.
Clintwood Farmers Market
200 Chase Street, Clintwood, VA 24228
Music at the Market
6PM • FREE
Music at the Market is a free community
event that will feature traditional bluegrass
concerts. Food trucks will also be open for
business.
Emory and Henry College Duck pond
30461 Garnand Dr., Emory, VA 24327
Contact: [email protected], (423) 895-2012
6:30PM – 8:30PM • DONATIONS
Bluegrass/Old Time music jam for all ages
Central Café Glade
276-608-2578
Songcatcher Movie
9PM • FREE
The Glade Spring Library, a branch of the
Washington County Public Library, in honor
of Mountains of Music Homecoming, will
show the movie “Songcatcher” . This is
an older (2000) movie which celebrates
Appalachian music. This is an outside event
and will be shown on a large movie screen.
Glade Spring Branch Library
305 North Glade Street
Glade Spring, VA 24340
276-492-5626
Russell County/ Town of Lebanon
Lebanon Farmer’s Market (below the Russell
County Government Center)
137 Highland Dr., Lebanon, VA 24266
276-254-0153
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Farmers Market
Local growers, farmers, bakers and craftsmen
in an open air market. Come enjoy the
market with fresh coffee and events and the
opportunity to purchase locally produced
vegetables, organic vegetables, seasonal
fruits, meats, eggs, baked goods and crafts.
Glade Spring Farmers Market
Glade Spring Town Square
Glade Spring, VA
276-429-5038
by Margaret Gregg
See listing description under June 10.
Boones Run Kayak Trip
9AM • $15 PER PERSON
Experience the countryside of Scott County
from a view of a kayak. This 7 mile, 4 hour
float will take guests along the slower moving
stretch of the Clinch River. View water fowl
and aquatic life. Near the end of the trip,
during low water levels, there is a class II
rapid. Pre-registration is required. 13 years of
age or older.
Duffield, VA 24244
(276) 940-2674
1PM - 5PM • FREE
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Tub Hike
8:30AM • $5 DONATION
The Devil’s Fork Loop Trail is a beautiful
route through an old-growth hemlock and
rhododendron forest in Jefferson National
Forest featuring amazing rock formations,
waterfalls, swimming holes and mountain
views. The 1.5 mile hike will take roughly 4
hours and is strenuous; crossing the creek 12
times going in and out. You will be getting
wet. Pre-registration is required. 10 years of
age and up.
Duffield, VA 24244
Contact: (276) 940-2674
“Write Up the Road”
10AM - 3PM • $58 FOR CLASSES, SONG
CRITIQUE AND LUNCH • $158 FOR
CLASSES, SONG CRITIQUE, LUNCH, A
SIGNED DALE ANN BRADLEY CD, A
COMPLETED COPYRIGHT
Bluegrass Entertainer of the Year and
songwriter, Dale Ann Bradley and Claire
Gardiner, of the Library of Congress, with
Donna G. Sullivan, booking agent, will instruct
courses in songwriting, performing and
copyright.
Crooked Road General Store
6292 Gate City Hwy, Bristol, VA 24202
423-782-0254
by Ted Olson
Visitors fortunate enough to hear the John Doyle Trio
during the Mountains of Music Homecoming will be
reminded of the old but not forgotten bonds between
Appalachia and the British Isles. A native of Dublin,
Ireland, Doyle formerly played guitar with the Irish
super-group Solas and is today a leading luminary in the
traditional Celtic music revival. The John Doyle Trio—
featuring Doyle on guitar and vocals, Duncan Wickel on
fiddle, and David Curley on vocals, bodhran, mando, and
banjo—will play a range of Celtic ballads, songs, and tunes,
and Curley will likely take a turn or two as a step dancer.
Add to that the American based Irish music masters trio of
Rose Conway Flanagan, Laura Byrne, and Pat Egan as well
as Bristol based Sigean (pronounced She-gun), and the
extent of the connection between Ireland and Appalachia
is revealed.
A major reason for the inclusion of these artists in the Mountains of Music Homecoming is to
acknowledge the significant impact of Celtic traditions on Appalachian music. Because more
than half of the settlers that emigrated to Appalachia came from Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, the
Celtic influence constitutes the single-most dynamic ethnic influence upon Appalachian music. The
fiddle, for instance, was brought to Appalachia by settlers from Scotland and Northern Ireland, who
also brought with them fiddle tunes and ballads that continued to be played across Appalachia.
The Irish influence in Appalachia became more prominent after the 1840s when the potato blight
in Ireland forced many people into immigrating to the New World. Appalachian musicians began
reinterpreting traditional Irish hornpipes, reels, and jigs.
In the mid-nineteenth century, Celtic American music merged with African American music.
Appalachian musicians of Celtic ancestry—such as the Virginian Joel Walker Sweeney—were
among the earliest white rural folk to learn banjo from African Americans, resulting in a widespread
blending of fiddle and banjo heard in commercial minstrel shows as well as in folk ensembles. A
strong Scottish or Scots-Irish influence, which lingered in twentieth-century Appalachian music,
remains evident today in the performing styles of a wide range of singers and instrumentalists from
The Crooked Road area.
Ted Olson is the author of Blue Ridge Folklife, a study of Blue Ridge culture, and a Grammy Awardnominated music historian.
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Best Friend Festival
VARIES • FREE
The Best Friend Festival is in its 30th year
in the City of Norton. The event is free and
offers everyone a chance to meet with old
friends and make new ones, all while enjoying
good food, music contests, a variety of
entertainment with activities such as free
lunch in the park day, senior citizens day,
Friends and Farmer’s Market, karaoke, kid’s
night, city block party, Kiwanis pancake
breakfast, and 5K.
City of Norton
276-679-0961
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2016 Big Glades Summer
Concert Series
7PM • FREE
Outdoor bluegrass concert featuring
traditional and contemporary bluegrass
music from Cumberland River Band and The
Cowboy Poets. Bring dancing shoes and a
lawn chair!
Big Glades Ampitheater
309 E. Main St., Wise, VA 24293
Contact: 276-328-6013
[email protected]
Duffield, VA 24244
276-940-2674
Bristol Craft Beer Festival
8:30AM - 5:00PM • FREE
9:30AM • $15 PER PERSON
Quilt Show
Sunday Service at Slates Farm
4PM – 10PM • $8 NON-DRINKING
ADMISSION • $35 FOR BEER TASTER
ADMISSION PLUS BEER
Bristol’s 1st Annual Craft Beer Festival will
showcase local craft beer from VA and TN
with live music
11:00 • DONATIONS
Music (Local LIVE musicians performing
old tunes, and a few modern) FREE Meal
following music, a short devotion, and FREE
Kayak and Canoe use and tour on designated
section of the Clinch River.
Cumberland Square Park
Bristol, VA
(276) 645-7300
Slates Farm
Rt. 672 Stump Town Rd., Honaker, VA 24260
276-730-4534
Fincastle Hayride
6:30PM • ADULTS: $5 • CHILDREN 12 AND
YOUNGER: $3
Take a step back in time and travel 7 miles (1
½ hours) along the historic Fincastle Turnpike
Road. See the wonderful splendor of Rye
Cove’s countryside and listen to stories about
structures that remain standing from 100’s
of years ago, including The Masonic Lodge,
Brick Church, and much more. Wagon is
pulled by a diesel tractor. Preregistration is
required.
Duffield, VA 24244
276-940-2674
Second Sunday Concert & Dessert
2PM - 4PM • $10 ADVANCE • $12 AT THE
DOOR (Advance tickets are available at
Capo’s Music in Abingdon and Glade Green
Grocer in the Glade Spring town square)
Carol Raedy & friends will play an eclectic mix
of music ranging from old time fiddle tune
to rags to Carter Family songs to original
hammered dulcimer tunes. She will be
accompanied on guitar by her husband Pat
Raedy with David & Ann Ledgerwood adding
tight harmony vocals. Guests will be served
a sampler of traditional Southern desserts
between musical sets.
Central Cafe Glade
276-608-2578
Wild Cave Tour: Bowling Cave
2PM • $15 PER PERSON • GROUPS OF 10 IS
$12 PER PERSON
Get down and dirty with our wild caves.
Come and view a different world of unique
formations and historical remains that
lies under your feet by experiencing the
underground world of caves and caverns on a
guided tour. The tour involves more effort and
ability due to the crawls and passages found
within the cave. Pre-registration is required. 8
years and older.
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VARIES • FREE
1PM - 5PM • FREE
Cherokee Run Canoe Trip
2:30PM • $15 PER PERSON • GROUPS OF 10
OR MORE $12 PERSON
5.5 mile Float along the Clinch River. View
a variety of water fowl and aquatic life
including fresh water mussels and learn about
the history of the river including Eastern
Woodland Cherokee life. Cool off with a
splashing war! No experience needed, prereservations required. Minimum 6 years old.
Duffield, VA 24244
276-940-2674
8:30AM - 5:00PM • FREE
VARIES • FREE
Music and Meal
5:30PM – 7:30PM • DONATIONS
The church will host a musical event with a
meal served in the large fellowship hall. The
music will consist of the old gospel standards
that have filled the mountains all these years
and will invite the participants to sing along.
The meal will be prepared by the members of
the church.
First Baptist Church Gate City – Fellowship
Hall
307 East Jackson Street, Gate City, VA 24251
276-393-4177
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Home Canning - How to Preserve
Foods the Ol’ Fashion Way
10AM – 2PM • $8
Expand your knowledge about food
preservation and canning. Event will
feature hands on experience and cover
how to preserve foods safely and canning
techniques. Participants will keep the finished
canned product.
Coalfield Agricultural Center
449 Agricultural Drive
Clintwood, VA 24228
Contact: 276-926-4605, [email protected]
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Quilters Showcase
Snorkel the Clinch
10AM – 5PM • $3.00 / PER CAR DAY OF
EVENT AT PARK ENTRANCE
Quilt show and demonstration by local
quilters at the historical Karlan Mansion.
Park historic interpretive staff will also be on
hand on the mansion lawn demonstrating
corn husk doll making, candle making, hide
tanning, and open fire cooking.
2PM • $5
Spend a warm afternoon feeling the coolness
of the Clinch River water pass by while
crawling around the river floor viewing
several freshwater mussels, crayfish, and a
small full grown fish called Darters and river
snails. 7 years or older. Trip length: 1 hour to
1 hour and 30 minutes. Trip is limited to 15
participants. Pre-registration required.
Wilderness Road State Park
8051 Wilderness Rd Trail, Ewing, VA 24248
276-445-3065
VARIES • FREE
11AM - 7:30PM • FREE
VARIES • FREE
Music at the Market
6PM • FREE
8:30AM - 5PM • FREE
Canorkel
10AM • $15 PER PERSON • GROUPS OF 10
OR MORE $12 PERSON
A canoe trip with a twist. Explore and learn
of the rich history of the Clinch from when
Native Americans and Longhunters lived
along its banks to current day. At points, river
guests will have the opportunity to snorkel
looking for freshwater mussels, darters, and
other aquatic river life. Minimum 6 years of
age. Pre-registration is required.
Duffield, VA 24244
276-940-2674
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Stock Creek Passage
Duffield, VA 24244
(276) 940-2674
Heartwood Open Jam
6:30PM • FREE
Open Old Time and Bluegrass Jam at
Heartwood: Heartwood: Southwest Virginia’s
Artisan Gateway and a Major Venue of The
Crooked Road. Bar-B-Que meals, coffee and
wine bar available. Bring your instrument or
just your ears and don’t forget your appetite!
10AM • $5
See Natural Tunnel from the inside! Hike to
the Natural Tunnel and surrounding area
and through Stock Creek from the Stock
Creek Interpretive Center. This walk can be
strenuous. Wading attire, a flashlight, and a
wading staff are highly recommended. NO
sandals, flip-flops, or crocs. Trip length: 2-4
hours. Minimum age: 8 years. Trips limited to
12. Pre-registration is required.
Heartwood: Southwest Virginia’s Artisan
Gateway
One Heartwood Circle, Abingdon, VA 24210
276-492-2409
Duffield, VA 24244
276-940-2674
Quilt Show
10AM – 2PM EACH DAY • FREE
by Margaret Gregg
11AM - 7:30PM • FREE
VARIES • FREE
8:30AM - 5:00PM • FREE
VARIES • FREE
1PM • $15 PER PERSON
Outdoor Skills
10AM • $4 PER VEHICLE FOR DAILY PASS
TO PARK • PROGRAM IS FREE
Families will have the opportunity to learn
basic outdoor skills from a park guide
including knot tying, to fire starting, to how
to dress in different weather conditions and
more. Some skills allow families to race with
one another; all in friendly fun.
Natural Tunnel State Park (Chairlift parking lot)
Duffield, VA 24244
(276) 940-1643
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Lunch on the Lawn
VARIES • FREE
1PM - 5PM • FREE
Art D’Vine - Downtown Gallery Hop
6PM – 9PM • $5 SUGGESTED DONATION
Downtown galleries and some local favorites
join together to host Art D’Vine event. This
art walk offers patrons the chance to gain
after-hours access to merchants, sample
domestic and international wines, and enjoy a
range of works from artists across the region.
The Art D’Vine participating galleries, which
vary depending on schedule availability,
will be highlighting various special events,
releases or artists.
10AM - 2PM • FREE
Quilt Show
Crossing Over - A Retrospective by
Margaret Gregg
Historic Downtown Bristol
Bristol, VA 24201
276-644-9700
Historic Downtown Bristol VA/TN
State Street, Bristol, VA 24201
276-644-9700
Shawnee Run Canoe Trip
9AM • $15 PER PERSON • GROUP OF 10 OR
MORE $12 PER PERSON
Over 200 years ago Eastern Woodland
Cherokee Indians used the Clinch River for
transportation and now you can paddle along
the same route as some of your ancestors.
Enjoy a seven mile paddle and view a variety
of rock cliff formations, enjoy skipping
rocks or a short swim in the clean water.
Preregistration is required. This program
is open to anyone age 6 and up. For your
comfort and safety appropriate footwear is
required, no flipflops, crocs, or sandals.
Duffield, VA 24244
(276) 940-2674
Farmers Market
schedule also available online
mtnsofmusic.com
Monthly 3rd Saturday Meal
and Music
3PM – 7PM MUSIC • 4PM – 6PM MEAL • $10
Onsite meals will be prepared and live local
Bluegrass, Country and Southern Gospel
bands. On June 18th, three bands will be
featured: Boozy Creek Grass, Ramblin’ Rose
and Kytchyn Sync. There will also be auctions
and other fun activities.
Boozy Creek Community Center
1989 Shellys Rd, Bristol, VA 24202
423-323-5266
Beaver Dam Jam and Craft Fair
Enjoy an afternoon and evening with Wise
Old River and Shady Appalachia playing in
the town park by the river. There will also
be a variety of local artists with their crafts
available for purchase. Food vendors will be
set up to provide meals for anyone wanting
to picnic in the park.
Border Bash
6:30PM – 11:30PM • FREE
Free summer concert series held on State
Street in downtown Bristol includes live
music, children’s activities, arts & crafts and
food vendors.
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Clinch Mountain Music Fest
11AM - 9PM • FREE
Annual festival featuring performances of
traditional Bluegrass, Folk, and Americana,
local arts, crafts and food vendors, and even a
car show open to everyone! Come strut your
stuff! Help us preserve and perpetuate the
heritage of the Appalachian region through
its music at Clinch Mountain Music Fest!
Jackson Street – Downtown Gate City, VA
276-386-3831
1PM - 5PM • FREE
Wild Cave Tour:
Natural Tunnel Cavern
2:30PM • $10 PER PERSON • $7 PER
PERSON FOR GROUPS OF EIGHT OR MORE
Have you ever wondered what lies under
your feet? Experience unique rock formations
such as stalactites and stalagmites and walk
the rim of a waterfall. We will visit, but not
disturb, the homes of cave critters such as
salamanders, crickets, and snails. Equipment
provided. Pre-registration is required. Ages
8 and up. For your comfort and safety
appropriate pants and close toe shoes
required. Guests must use park gear.
Duffield, VA 24244
276-940-2674
Damascus Town Park
Laurel Avenue, Damascus, VA 24236
423-571-1830
Night Hike
8PM • FREE
Ever wonder what goes on at night in a park?
Join park guides as they take you on a hike
through the park. Learn how to use your night
vision, and night hearing to get you through
the woods. Maximum participants – 12.
Duffield, VA 24244
(276) 940-1643
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Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Tazewell,
Wythe Counties and the City of Galax
The Central Zone
features, to the south, the highest
mountains in Virginia (culminating in the 5,729-foot Mount
Rogers), while the northern portion (in Tazewell County)
falls within the realm of Central Appalachia’s coalfields
region; in between lies a broad valley where Interstate
81 now carries the nation’s travelers parallel to the
Wilderness Road that carried them over 200 years ago.
Running north and south through the heart of the
Central Zone is Interstate 77 providing another means of
highway access to Southwest Virginia. Lovely stretches
of the scenic New River meander through this zone.
Mount Rogers and nearby Whitetop Mountain (elev. 5,518
feet) are known as the “rooftop” of Virginia and are the
only places in Virginia high enough to be crowned with
a forest of red spruce trees more commonly found in
Canadian forests.
The Central Zone is home to three Crooked Road Major
Venues: the Blue Ridge Music Center (along the Blue
Ridge Parkway); the Rex Theater (in Galax); and the
annual Old Fiddler’s Convention (likewise in Galax)
presented every year since 1935 by the Galax Moose
Lodge. Ernest “Pop” Stoneman and the legendary
Stoneman Family made their home near Galax and
played a dominant role in the beginnings of recorded
country music. Affiliated venues and festivals featuring
heritage music are plentiful in this zone as well.
Sites of historical and cultural significance in the Central
Zone include: the Edith Bolling Wilson Birthplace
Museum, the former First Lady of the US (in Wytheville);
Ripshin, the home of influential American novelist
Sherwood Anderson (in Grayson County); the Carroll
County Courthouse, site of a famous and deadly
1912 courthouse shootout (in Hillsville); the Saltville
Battlefields Historic District, a Civil War site (in Saltville);
Austinville, the home town of Texas founder Stephen
F. Austin; as well as the workshops of such renowned
musical instrument luthiers as Wayne Henderson (in
Grayson County).
Also found within the Central Zone are several popular
recreational sites, such as Mount Rogers National
Recreation Area (occupying more than one county); the
New River Trail State Park (beginning in Fries); the aptlytitled “Back of the Dragon Motorcycle Trail” (Virginia
State Route 16, between Marion and Tazewell); the
100-feet-high observation tower on Big Walker Mountain,
Big Walker Lookout (in Wythe County); and the upland
valley known as Burke’s Garden, a distinctive geological
area (in Tazewell County).
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HoustonFest
Ricky skaggs & kentucky thunder, Lonesome River
Band, and more (many more!)
12PM - 10:30PM • 2 Day Ticket $30 • 1 Day Ticket (Fri
or Sat) $20 • At The Gate: $25 per person per day •
Children 12 & under admitted free with paying adult
Location: Felts Park, 601 South Main St., Galax
Some of the finest bluegrass and old time acts will
perform June 10-11 at Felts Park in Galax as part
of HoustonFest. This 2-day doozy of a festival was
started in 2011 to commemorate the memory of
Houston Caldwell, a locally beloved banjo-player
who died at the age of 18. On Friday, June 10 at
6PM, HoustonFest will be presented with a banner
recognizing them as the newest affiliated festival
of the Crooked Road. In addition to relaxing while
listening to music, attendees may participate in
workshops and showcases and also meet and learn
from local luthiers and other artisans. And youths
can head over to Camp Houston, a gathering area
where young people can make music and participate
in other fun activities. This is an incredibly fun,
action packed music festival with a wonderful
community feel. Limited grand stand seating so you
may want to bring a lawn chair. Camping available
on site. More information at houstonfestgalax.com or
call HoustonFest at (276) 236-9908.
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FRIDAY JUNE 10: Church Sisters, Loose Strings,
Amber Collins & Branch House Pavilion, Michael &
Jennifer McLain & Dan Kelly, Larry Sigmon & Martha
Spencer, Danny Paisley & Southern Grass, Galax
Homecoming Showcase, Flatt Lonesome, Lonesome
River Band, Kitty Amaral & Presley Barker, Houston’s
Bluegrass Kids, ShadowGrass, Country Boys, Rich
In Tradition, Whitetop Mountain Band, Jonny & The
Jambusters, Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome, Annabelle’s
Curse, Wildmans, Jonah Riddle & Carolina Express,
Jones Sisters, Galax JAM Students, Sigmon Stringers,
Ben & Eric Marshall, Kitty Amaral & Scott Freeman, Dori
& Scott Freeman with Willard Gayheart, Sammy Shelor
& Clay Russell, Carolina Line, Brien Fain & Stu Shenk
SAT JUNE 11: South Carolina Broadcasters,
Whitetop Mountain Band, New Ballards Branch
Bogtrotters, Wayne Henderson & the Virginia Luthier
Band, Dori Freeman, Emi Sunshine, Blue Highway, Galax
Homecoming Showcase, Fiddlin’ Carson Peters Band,
Jeff Little Trio, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder,
Flatfooting Showcase, Ben Marshall, Kitty Amaral
& Presley Barker, Jesse Burleson & Danielle Yother,
Liam Purcell & Gerald Anderson, Presley Barker &
Wayne Henderson, Annabelle’s Curse, Crooked Road
Ramblers, Mountain Park Oldtime Band, Cane Mill Road,
Strictly Strings, Gravel Road, ShadowGrass, Clinchfield
Mountain Boys, Regional JAM Students, Houston
Caldwell Scholarship Winners, Austin Tate, Ben Marshall
& Friends, Galax Sound with Eddie Bond & Jared
Boyd, Galax Flat Footers, Jennifer, Foy & Reva Banks,
Amber Collins & Branch House Pavilion, Blue Highway
& Young Players, Made & Played in Virginia Luthier
Performances, Jeff Little
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SHADOWGRASS is a phenomenal youth bluegrass
band based out of Southwest Virginia and Western
North Carolina. Band members adopted the name
“ShadowGrass” in recognition of playing bluegrass
music in the “shadow” of all the great bluegrass
musicians that lived before them. The band is
comprised of five talented musicians between the
ages of 11 and 16 and it’s clear they are all future
All Stars.
Crooked Road AlL Star
Bluegrass Band, ShadowGrass
Hosted by: The Town of Marion and the
Lincoln Theatre
Location: 117 East Main St., Marion
claim as talented an array of bluegrass musicians
as the Crooked Road? Indisputably the five
musicians who together form The Crooked Road
All Star Bluegrass Band—SAMMY SHELOR (banjo),
SHAWN LANE (mandolin and vocals)—are among
the finest bluegrass musicians anywhere, with
countless performances in leading venues, numerous
influential bluegrass recordings, and an astounding
number of major awards to their collective credit.
These musicians (with the exception of Taylor
and Lane) have primarily worked separately, not
together. While building their reputations performing
with other musicians in legendary bluegrass bands
(Shelor with The Lonesome River Band, Sisk with
BlueRidge, Baker with Bill Monroe and His Blue
Grass Boys, and Taylor and Lane with Blue Highway),
these talented natives of Southwest Virginia all love
to play bluegrass with other musicians who, despite
the competitive nature of the music business, are
not rivals, but good friends. These five musicians—
community, and homemade entertainment—will
enjoy every moment of performing together at the
Homecoming, and anyone wanting to hear the most
inspired and inspiring bluegrass music in America
today would be wise not to miss this group.
Steep Canyon Rangers,
Dori Freeman
7PM • $25
Hosted by: Blue Ridge Music Center
Location: 700 Foothills Rd., Galax (milepost 213 on
the Blue Ridge Parkway)
After more than a dozen years together, The STEEP
CANYON RANGERS are instantly recognized as
one of the most successful bluegrass bands touring
today. The group’s recordings and dynamic live
performances have earned them many accolades,
including Grammy and IBMA Awards. These talented
musicians play progressive bluegrass music firmly
rooted in tradition, with smart, original songs.
DORI FREEMAN is a 24-year-old singer and
songwriter from Southwest Virginia. While her
style subscribes to no single genre, the influence
of her Appalachian upbringing lies at the core of
her music—and her silky voice is simply one of the
best to come from the region in decades. Freeman’s
most recently released CD has received nationwide
critical acclaim as one of the most anticipated roots/
country albums of the year by Rolling Stone, No
Depression Magazine, NPR’s World Cafe, and the
New York Times.
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CLAIRE LYNCH, one of the leading singers in
contemporary bluegrass, was named Female Vocalist
of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music
Association (IBMA) in 1997, 2010, and 2013. She is
also a powerful songwriter, with songs recorded by
The Seldom Scene, Patty Loveless, Kathy Mattea,
Cherryholmes, and The Whites. Her career began in the
1970s when she launched the influential Front Porch
String Band. Take advantage of this opportunity to see
the Claire Lynch Band as they offically retire at the end
of this year.
LEIGH BEAMER is one of the leading carriers of
Appalachian song traditions in Southwest Virginia.
Residing in Wytheville, Virginia, she has released two
albums: Reflections of Me (2010) and I’ll Be All Smiles
Tonight (2011). In 2011, she performed on the Roots
of American Music Tour along The Crooked Road in
Virginia with an all-star cast of Appalachian, African,
and Irish artists.
Claire Lynch Band, Leigh Beamer
Hosted by: Bland County
Location: Bland County Fairgrounds
31 Fairground St., Bland
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, the second wife of President
Woodrow Wilson and First Lady of the U.S. from 1915
to 1921, was born in Wytheville in 1872. After President
Wilson suffered a stroke while in office in October
1919 and through the end of the Wilson presidency,
Edith Wilson played a major role in administering the
executive branch of the US government.
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Independence Farmers Market
A local grower/producer market, the
Independence Farmer’s Market is open
Fridays featuring local, naturally raised meats,
local and heirloom vegetables, baked goods,
herbs, arts and crafts.
Southwest corner of the intersection of US 21
and US 58 , Downtown Independence, VA
276-773-2471
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Exhibit: Galax Fiddlers
Convention: Decades of Music
9AM - 5PM • FREE
Exhibit will be a historical look at the Galax
Fiddlers Convention, highlighting past
winners with various stories, photos and
recordings. This exhibit is part of CCSA’s
Music Making in Galax program, which is
supported in part by a grant from National
Endowment for the Arts.
Chestnut Creek School of the Arts
100 N Main Street, Galax, VA 24333
276-236-3500
Visitors will experience the compelling story
of the region’s rich musical heritage while
learning about the national significance
of music in Blue Ridge Mountain cultural
heritage. Music listening, the evolution of the
banjo and the fiddle included in the exhibit.
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700 Foothills Rd. (Mile Marker 213 Blue Ridge
Parkway), Galax, VA 24333
276-236-5309
The sounds of fiddle, banjo and guitar are
likely to welcome you when you visit the
Blue Ridge Music Center. The music center
will host a Bluegrass Jam on the covered
breezeway of the Visitors Center.
276-236-5309
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Let There Be Light Community
Quilt Challenge
Marion Downtown Summer
Concert Series
Quilts interpreting the theme: “Let There
be Light” will be on display. Quilters may
interpret the theme in any way and a wide
variety of sizes and techniques are used to
create the quilts.
8PM – 10:30PM • FREE
Start the evening at Appalachian Spirit
Galleries “Alive After Five” Second Fridays
ArtWalk. Listen to local bluegrass music, walk
through an art exhibit and showcase, eat at a
local downtown restaurant, then make your
way to the Farmers Market Pavilion to listen
to LIVE music! Jarid Reedy, a local musician,
and his band “Hails Lake” will be performing.
Appalachian Arts Center
2157 Steelburg Hwy, Cedar Bluff, VA 24609
276-596-9188
Second Fridays “Alive After Five”
ArtWalk
Walk through downtown Marion and
experience art, crafts, music, jewelry, special
events, exhibits and more. The ArtWalk
begins at Appalachian Spirit Gallery, where
local musicians will be pickin’ on the front
porch of the gallery, and meanders through
downtown shops and restaurants with special
activities and promotions, ending at The Herb
House Trading Company.
Appalachian Spirit Gallery
144 West Main Street, Marion, VA 24354
276-706-2909
6:30PM • FREE
Bring your instrument and or talent and join
in the music making, or just sit back and
experience the rich traditional Appalachian
musical heritage traveling throughout the
gathering. Food is available and coffee is
free!
Saltville Ruritan Club
Saltville, VA 24370
276-783-3161
Music in the Park
Our popular concert series returns! Join us
on the lawn at the Gazebo for great music in
the great outdoors. Musical styles range from
and include bluegrass, old tyme, acoustic and
more. Be sure to bring a chair or blanket to
sit on.
Hungry Mother State Park – Gazebo behind
the restaurants
2854 Park Blvd., Marion, VA 24354
276-781-7415
schedule also
available online
mtnsofmusic.com
Marion Farmers Market Pavilion
Town Square Parking Lot, corner of Cherry
and Chestnut Streets, Marion, VA 24354
276-783-4190
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The Art of Gourd Banjo Making
with Jeff Menzies
9AM – 7PM • $702
Students will produce a highly playable gourd
banjo of their own design and creation. Each
process is demonstrated in great detail and
students receive close one-on-one support
to assist them with each process. Course
covers historical overview of the banjo and
will discuss the gourd banjo as an instrument
from the past and present. Pre-registration is
required.
276-236-3500
Marion Farmers Market
Marion’s Farmers Market features fresh local
produce from farmers of the area as well as
locally-made products available for purchase!
Shop local and enjoy live bluegrass music.
Marion Farmers Market Pavilion
Downtown Marion (located in the Town
Square Parking Lot, just behind Macado’s)
276-783-4190
Quilt Challenge
Ivy Rowe with Barbara Bates
Smith, accompanied by Jeff
Sebens
3PM • $20
Ivy Rowe” is a stage presentation of Lee
Smith’s novel, “Fair and Tender Ladies”, and
is the story of one crusty mountain woman’s
life through 20th century Appalachia, with
musical accompaniment by Jeff Sebens on
lap and hammered dulcimer. Reception with
artists following the performance.
276-236-3500
11AM - 3PM • FREE
Mid Day Mountain Music at Blue
Ridge Music Center
Experience regional traditional music with the
Mtn Music Makers on the covered breezeway
of the Visitors Center.
276-236-5309
9AM - 5PM • FREE
with Jeff Menzies
9AM – 7PM • $702
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Ridge Music Center
Smyth County Jam
6:30 PM • FREE
Musical event showcasing the various
musicians and singers in the area while
teaching the aspects of musicianship as well
as encouraging the development of new
talents. Dancing is welcome!
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Salty Dog Jam
Wednesday Night Old Time Music Jam
7PM • FREE
Bring your instruments and talent and join
in the music making! Or just sit back and
experience the Contra and Blue Grass music.
Don’t forget to bring you dancing shoes!
Concessions are available.
6:30PM – 9:30PM FREE
Every Wednesday, the Historic 1908
Courthouse sponsors an informal Oldtime
Mountain Music Jam. In the summer, the jam
is held on the band stand. Musicians play for
their own entertainment and plenty of folks
just come to listen or dance. If you play, bring
your instrument.
Holston River Coon Club
Lake View Drive, Saltville, VA 24370
276-783-3161
Chilhowie Lions Club
116 Industrial Park Rd, Chilhowie, VA 24319
276-783-3161
1908 Courthouse
107 E. Main St., Independence, VA 24348
Contact: 276-773-3711
[email protected]
7PM - 9PM • FREE
On Cloud Nine Mini Music Camp
8:30AM – 4:30PM • 3 DAY TUITION: $150.00
8:30AM – 4:30PM • 3 DAY TUITION: $150.00
Intense 3 day music camp for all levels ages
6-16 featuring certified instructors Eddie
Bond (fiddle), Brandon Davis (guitar) and
Stanley Widener (mandolin and banjo). Daily
lessons and workshops focused on improving
musician skills with fun free time and jams.
On Cloud Nine Mini Kids Music Camp
328 Golden Eagle Lane
Independence, VA 24348
Contact: [email protected] • 276-768-6887
9AM - 5PM • FREE
with Jeff Menzies
9AM – 7PM • $702
Ridge Music Center
9AM - 5PM • FREE
with Jeff Menzies
Quilt Challenge
9AM – 7PM • $702
Gospel Singing in the Park
Ridge Music Center
Join Valley Grass and Front Porch Gospel
for Gospel Singing in the Park. Concessions
available.
Town of Chilhowie
Railroad Avenue, Chilhowie, VA 24319
276-783-3161
Quilt Challenge
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8:30AM – 4:30PM • 3 DAY TUITION: $150.00
9AM - 5 PM • FREE
with Jeff Menzies
9AM – 7PM • $702
Ridge Music Center
Quilt Challenge
Walking Taste of the Town
6PM • $25
Tour Downtown Marion for a four course
progressive meal. We will sample appetizers,
entrees, desserts and drinks along the way!
Downtown Marion
214 West Main Street, Marion, VA 24354
276-783-3161
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Wayne Henderson Music Festival &
Guitar Competition
6PM – 9PM • $5
Beginners and accomplished musicians jam
and share stories about their instruments
and the music they are playing (bluegrass
and oldtime). Beginners can learn new music,
rhythms or methods. Flatfoot or clogg to the
music or just come, sit and enjoy, clap your
hands or stomp your feet.
10:30AM - 6PM • $20
Guitar competition and traditional music
concert which benefits scholarship funds to
aid local youth and youth music programs
such as JAM. Our music festival has
generated over $130,000 in scholarships to
date.
Fries Community Center, West Main Street
Fries, VA 24330
276-233-1104
Grayson Highlands State Park
Mouth of Wilson, VA 24363
276-579-7092
11AM - 3 PM • FREE
9AM - 5PM • FREE
with Jeff Menzies
9AM – 7PM • $702
Marion Farmers Market
80th Anniversary Celebration
2016 Marks Virginia State Parks’ 80th
Anniversary and Hungry Mother is celebrating
with activities including a ribbon cutting at
our new Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
signs, a new geocache scavenger hunt, and
of course, birthday cake! Come out and
celebrate 80 years of history here at Hungry
Mother State Park.
Hungry Mother State Park
2854 Park Blvd., Marion, VA 24354
276-781-7415
Quilt Challenge
Experience Art & Music Wythe-In
6:30PM • FREE
Bring your instrument and or talent and join
in the music making, or just sit back and
experience the rich traditional Appalachian
musical heritage traveling throughout the
gathering. Food is available and coffee is
free!
Downtown Saltville Stage
146 Palmer Ave., Saltville, VA 24370
Contact: 276-783-3161
[email protected]
Music in the Park
10AM – 3PM, WITH CONTINUED CONCERTS
AT THE CHAUTAUQUA FESTIVAL UNTIL
11PM • FREE
Join the town of Wytheville in celebrating the
opening day of the 32nd Annual Chautauqua
Festival with bluegrass music at the Bolling
Wilson Hotel, youth art at the Black Horse
Artisan Guild, the Wytheville Farmer’s
Market and special art/photography contest
highlighting mountain music and musicians.
A workshop for first time cloggers will also
be held.
Ridge Music Center
The Art of the Book
3PM – 4PM • $10/$15
In this demonstration, professional book
artist, Becca Imbur, will take participants
through the process of creating a book from
cover to binding the pages.
Black Horse Artisan Guild, LLC
115 East Main Street, Wytheville, VA 24382
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COMMUNITY MEAL
Downtown Wytheville, Inc
276-620-5864
PARTICIPATORY EVENT
Quilt Challenge
AGRITOURISM
OUTDOOR EVENT
CULTURAL FOOD EVENT
COMMUNITY MEAL
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BLUEGRASS AND OLD TIME MUSIC
Airs Saturday from 8-10 PM and Sunday
from 2-4 PM on WVTF. Frequencies
include 89.1 (Roanoke and NRV), 91.9
(Marion, Wytheville, Galax), 90.5 (Wise and
Coeburn), and 90.1 (Abingdon, Bristol)
As a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, The Crooked Road
organization appreciates donations to its
Believers program to help support its work.
Donations may be made online at
www.thecrookedroadsupport.org
or mailed to The Crooked Road,
One Heartwood Circle, Abingdon,
Virginia, 24210.
Classical, Jazz, NPR
wvtf.org
JUST FOR FUN
Or “You’re not from around here, are you?”
“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a
lightning bug.” Mark Twain’s famous quote could also apply to the way we pronounce words. People take
pride in their place names, because it is part of their history, part of who they are. So here is a primer to help
you navigate through your visit to The Crooked Road talking like you’ve lived here all your life. And don’t
worry, we mangle names here all the time ourselves, so if you stumble, you’ll fit right in.
ABINGDON:
All you have to do here is pay attention. That’s a “d,” not a “t.”
APPALACHIA:
This is kind of a biggie, so if you only have time to study up on one word, this is probably
it. Writer Sharyn McCrumb often describes the importance of names when visitors in Ireland ask directions
to a certain town by referring to it as either Derry or Londonderry. The minute they choose one or the other,
they are actually making a political statement and revealing quite a lot about themselves. Sharyn is a tireless
advocate for the local preference for calling it Ap-pa-”latch”-ia, not Ap-pa-“lay”-chia. Just remember, if you
get it wrong, someone might throw an “apple-atcha.”
BUCHANAN:
CRITZ:
If Bew is not for yew, then you may get this one. Rhymes with “the cannon.”
“it’s Critz like lights, not Critz like grits.”
DANTE:
A historical coal town, this one stumps many a well read visitor. Don’t think Inferno. Imagine your
hike up Birch Knob has made you “pant.” Hard core locals even rhyme it with “paint.”
FRIES: If you sound like you’re ordering fast food, you’ve got it all wrong.
Think “Freeze.”
GALAX:
Named for the lovely plant used in floral decorations and once shipped in mass quantities from the
City of Galax all over America. If you rhyme it with Alex you’ll be arrested immediately by the pronunciation
police. If you say “Gulax with the accent on the “lax” you won’t even get a trial. Say “Gay” lax.
GILES:
Named for William Branch Giles, former Governor of Virginia. If he were alive, he would also want you
to make it rhyme with “files” using a “J” sound for the “G.”
GLADE SPRING: You probably won’t miss-pronounce this, but there is only one.
HAYSI: If you have a love affair with hay that makes you sigh, you’ll get this one right.
HONAKER:
This town name derives from early German settlers with family names commonly spelled
Honnegger, but large numbers of Scots-Irish settlers eventually changed it to Honaker. Rhymes with “Hoetaker,” and bears no resemblance to the pronunciation for the Jewish holiday. Although again, even locals get
a kick out of saying “Hanukker,” so if you slip up and say it wrong, just pretend you were making a joke. Then
slip out the back as quick as possible.
LEBANON:
SMYTH:
Pronounce this town’s name with -nin not –non.
If rhyming say “with.”
TAZEWELL:
If you say it right, you’ll say it “az-well” as the locals do.
WYTHE/WYTHEVILLE:
“withy-ville.”
Sounds like “with” or “with-ville,” though locals enjoy miss-pronouncing it as
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Floyd, Franklin, Giles, Montgomery, Patrick,
and Pulaski Counties and the City of Radford
Festival. Numerous affiliated venues and festivals
dot the landscape in the East Zone as well.
The East Zone features, as its eastern half, a
prominent section of the Blue Ridge mountain
spine, while its western half is within Appalachia’s
long Ridge and Valley Province; bisecting this
zone is one natural landmark (the New River, one
of the oldest rivers on Earth) and two manmade
passageways: the Blue Ridge Parkway and the
Appalachian Trail. The East Zone is home to three
Crooked Road Major Venues.
In Floyd are the Floyd Country Store, which
features year-round old time music and dancing,
and County Sales, one of the earliest and largest
mail-order retailers of American roots music.
Another Major Venue is the Blue Ridge Institute
& Museum at Ferrum College which serves as the
State Center for Blue Ridge Folklore. Located
at Ferrum College, this organization implements
special events, workshops, and museum exhibits
and annually sponsors the Blue Ridge Folklife
The East Zone is home to several sites of historical
and cultural significance: the birthplace of Booker
T. Washington (near the town of Hardy); the
Smithfield Plantation (near Blacksburg); the
memorial monument commemorating the life of
frontierswoman Mary Draper Ingles (in Radford’s
West End Cemetery); Calfee Park, the ninth oldest
baseball stadium in the US (in Pulaski); Lover’s
Leap Scenic Overlook (in Patrick County); Mabry
Mill, one of the most photographed buildings in the
US (along the Blue Ridge Parkway); distinctively
shaped Buffalo Mountain, which inspired the
popular inspirational book The Man Who Moved
A Mountain (Floyd County), Virginia Tech (in
Blacksburg); and Radford University (in Radford).
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Five Mile Mt. Road, Yates Family
Hosted by: Blue Ridge Institute & Museum at
Ferrum College
Location: Sale Auditorium in Schoolfield Hall,
200 Wiley Dr., Ferrum
FIVE MILE MOUNTAIN ROAD, a string band based
in Boones Mill, Virginia, brings a fiery intensity to a
repertoire full of dance tunes, older country material,
western swing, and bluegrass. Award-winning fiddler
Billy Hurt plays like a thing possessed when the
music gets rolling good, and the entire band follows
suit with Brennen Ernst on guitar and banjo, Steven
Dowdy on bass, and Seth Boyd on banjo and guitar.
THE YATES FAMILY BAND highlights the truly lovely
harmony singing of daughters Molly and Sadie and a
delightful hybrid sound derived from the bluegrass
guitar stylings of Tim Yates (proud papa) and old
time banjo style of Debbie Yates (proud mama).
Both these groups are carrying on some of the
most valuable traditions of The Crooked Road with
great skill.
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Crooked Road All-Star
Bluegrass Band
Hosted by: Reynolds Homestead Center
Location: 463 Homestead Ln, Critz
claim as talented an array of bluegrass musicians as
the Crooked Road? Indisputably the five musicians
who together form THE CROOKED ROAD ALL STAR
BLUEGRASS BAND — SAMMY SHELOR (banjo),
SHAWN LANE (mandolin and vocals)—are among the
finest bluegrass musicians anywhere, with countless
performances in leading venues, numerous influential
bluegrass recordings, and an astounding number of
major awards to their collective credit. These musicians
(with the exception of Taylor and Lane) have primarily
worked separately, not together. While building
their reputations performing with other musicians in
legendary bluegrass bands (Shelor with The Lonesome
River Band, Sisk with BlueRidge, Baker with Bill Monroe
and His Blue Grass Boys, and Taylor and Lane with Blue
Highway), these talented natives of Southwest Virginia
all love to play bluegrass with other musicians who,
despite the competitive nature of the music business,
are not rivals, but good friends. These five musicians—
community, and homemade entertainment—will enjoy
every moment of performing together at the Homecoming,
and anyone wanting to hear the most inspired and
inspiring bluegrass music in America today would be wise
to be on the Crooked Road this June.
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of the strings in constant vibration around his lead
playing. VICTORIA “TORI” BARTFAI, from Cedar
Bluff in Tazewell County, has studied music in New
York City, and as a guitarist, her clean and precise
style has been influenced by a range of musical
genres, from bluegrass, rock, and jazz, to classical.
Rounding out this great collection of guitarists will
be two-time national flatpicking guitar champion
SCOTT FORE, a Radford, Virginia-resident who
resides in the upper echelon of guitarists that grace
the cover of national guitar magazines.
Photo by: [email protected]
Courtesy Virginia Tourism Corporation
TCR Guitar masters concert
- Wayne Henderson, Gerald
Anderson, Ralph Stanley II, J.C.
Poff, Tori Bartfai, Scott Fore
Hosted by: Mt. Lake Lodge
Location: Mountain Lake Lodge, Gazebo Lawn,
(Mary’s Barn rain location) 115 Hotel Circle,
Pembroke Bring a lawn chair or blanket
This second concert of Southwest Virginia master
guitarists to be held during the Mountains of Music
Homecoming will feature six additional guitar talents
with a wonderful variety of styles, including two
players who are also renowned makers of guitars.
WAYNE HENDERSON, one of the acclaimed luthiers,
is a recipient of the National Endowment for the
Arts National Heritage Award, and a masterful
finger-style guitar player who has performed at
Carnegie Hall, in three national tours of “Masters of
the Steel-String Guitar,” and in seven nations in Asia.
His guitar-making counterpart, Troutdale, Virginiaresident GERALD ANDERSON has many records
and guitar playing awards to his credit, such as
contest winner at the Galax Old Fiddlers Convention.
RALPH STANLEY II grew up around the Stanley
Brothers tradition and is a master of the cross-pick
style pioneered by former Stanley Brothers guitarist
George Shuffler. After playing guitar in his father’s
band, the Clinch Mountain Boys, Ralph II went solo,
and has thus far released six albums. Guitarist J.
C. POFF, a Christiansburg, Virginia-resident who
once owned a regionally significant music store in
Christiansburg, plays a unique style that features
an unusually full sound generated by keeping most
John Doyle Trio; Rose Conway
Flanagan, Laura Byrne & Pat Egan
Hosted by: Harvester Performance Center and Town
of Rocky Mount
Location: 450 Franklin St, Rocky Mount
Grammy Award-nominated Irish musician and
songwriter JOHN DOYLE, a native of Dublin, Ireland,
is one of the leading performers of Irish music. Doyle
played guitar for four years with the popular IrishAmerican band Solas before leaving that band to
work as a solo artist. The John Doyle Trio—featuring
Doyle on guitar and vocals, Duncan Wickel on fiddle,
and David Curley on vocals, bodhran, mando, and
banjo—will play a range of Celtic ballads, songs, and
tunes, and Curley will likely take a turn or two as a
step dancer.
Acclaimed fiddler ROSE CONWAY FLANAGAN
was a founding member of the popular Celtic band
Cherish the Ladies. Recently inducted into the
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Mid-Atlantic Region
Hall of Fame, Flanagan released Forget Me Not,
an album with the Baltimore, Maryland-based
flute player LAURA BYRNE, a two-time recipient
of the Maryland State Arts Council grant in solo
performance. Originally from Ireland’s County
Tipperary, singer and guitarist PAT EGAN toured
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the U.S. and Europe before becoming a Maryland
resident. This group brings the pure joy of authentic
Irish music to the fore.
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Jesse McReynolds & the
Virginia Boys
7PM • $20
Hosted by: Floyd Country Store
Location: 206 South Locust St., Floyd
JESSE MCREYNOLDS is renowned for being part of
the successful bluegrass duo Jim and Jesse and also
for his influential mandolin style. Born and raised
near Coeburn, Virginia, in the small community of
Carfax, Jesse and his older brother Jim grew up
surrounded by traditional music and went on to
become Grand Ole Opry stars. Early in their career,
Jesse developed a “McReynolds style” technique on
the mandolin, combining cross-picking and splitstring playing to permit fast execution of intricate
melodic patterns. At last year’s Homecoming, Jesse
gave a solo mandolin performance of the Star
Spangled Banner, the first time he had ever done so.
Still perfecting his craft! Don’t miss Jesse’s first ever
performance at the Floyd Country Store.
Hosted by: Pulaski Theatre
Location: 14 West Main St., Pulaski
THE FAIRFIELD FOUR is a historic and celebrated
African American gospel vocal group that has been
in existence for nearly a century, having originally
formed as a trio in 1921 in Nashville’s Fairfield Baptist
Church. The group has maintained their authenticity
by carrying on the traditional performance stylings
associated with early- and mid-twentieth century
African American gospel trios, quartets, and
quintets. Singing as a crew of gravediggers in the
hit movie “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou” brought
them to the attention of appreciative new audiences.
Their Grammy-winning career and collaborations
with artists such as Dolly Parton and Amy Grant led
to their induction into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame
in 1999.
ADA SHERMAN of McCoy, Virginia is a regionally
beloved singer of gospel music whose gentle and
lovely spirit lights up a room whenever she sits at
the piano to sing and play. Ada is a featured subject
in the book Keepers of the Tradition: Portraits
of Contemporary Appalachians, a collaboration
between portrait artist Leslie Roberts Gregg and
author Michael Abraham. Natural talent and many
years of performing for her Southwest Virginia
church community have helped her achieve a level of
accomplishment usually reserved for highly trained
artists rather than a self-taught musician as she in
fact is. Watch out Ada, and don’t let the Fairfield
Four steal you back to Tennessee!
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Get ready for a party! The “Mountains of Music
on Main” is a full day of music on Main Street in
downtown Christiansburg with bluegrass by some of
the genre’s finest. For 45 years the iconic SELDOM
SCENE have been leading legions of urban followers
to bluegrass with their progressive material and
style. Christiansburg High School graduates and
brothers Ronnie and Rickie Simpkins now play with
the Scene.
Seldom Scene, Olen & Frances
Gardner, Loose Strings, Cox &
Company
Hosted by: Montgomery Museum and Lewis Miller
Regional Art Center and Montgomery County
Regional Tourism Office
Location: Main Street, Downtown Christiansburg
OLEN AND FRANCES GARDNER have been
fronting great bands for decades playing traditional
bluegrass songs and lively instrumentals, with classic
hymns mixed in for good measure. Always a lover
of great fiddle music and fiddle players, Olen has an
extensive repertoire of fiddle tunes on the banjo, in
both melodic and the older Scruggs styles. Frances
uses her very pure and pleasantly unadorned singing
voice to great effect on the songs she carefully
chooses to fit her style. Clean lines rather than
vocal gymnastics is a quality sometimes missing in
traditional singers, but Frances has that in spades.
The dynamic all female group LOOSE STRINGS hails
from the Galax area and their tight harmony singing
along with their high level bluegrass chops will make
your ears smile.
Nothing but great bluegrass music comes from COX
AND COMPANY, composed of some very seasoned
pickers. Having learned from the best, former Doyle
Lawson and Quicksilver member Joey Cox now leads
this excellent group.
Booker T. Washington, who was born a slave in 1856 in Franklin
County, rose to prominence as the most influential African
American of his generation. An educator, orator, and noted author
of the best-selling book Up From Slavery, Washington in 1901
became the first African American to be invited to the White House
to participate in a formal meal.
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Note: The following event begins
BEFORE the start of the Mountains
of Music Homecoming on June 10.
Beach Music Festival 35th Annual
Hot Fun in the Summertime
6PM • SAVE WITH WEEKEND PASS
ADV. $45 AT GATE $55 • ADV. TICKETS
THURSDAY $15 • FRIDAY $20 • SATURDAY
$30 - AT GATE THURSDAY $20 • FRIDAY
$25 • SATURDAY $35
The oldest continuous festival held in
Southwest VA, now celebrating 35 years
of your favorite live beach music in the
beautiful Appalachian country setting. Come
“Experience the Simple Life” for one day or
join us for all 3 days of LIVE music, with Band
of Oz, The Tams, Ken Knox & Co. (Chairman
of the Board), Castaways, and more, vendors
and food. It will be the best time you’ll ever
have… ‘til next year.
Wayside Park
332 Wayside Park Rd., Stuart, VA 24171
276-692-7322
Quilt Exhibit
Handmade quilts will be on display at Quilted
Colors for public viewing and purchasing.
Quilted Colors
107 N. Main Street, Stuart, Virginia 24171
276-694-3020
Art and Craft Demonstrations
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Local craftspersons and artisans will be set
up in the Blacksmithing Forge, Ceramics
Studio and Hot Glass Studio to demonstrate
their craft. Talk to the demonstrators as they
heat steel in coal fired forges, hand build and
throw pottery on the wheel, and melt glass
rod with a bench torch.
The Jacksonville Center for the Arts
220 Parkway Lane South, Suite 1A
Floyd, VA 24091
Contact: (540) 745-2784
[email protected]
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Guitar and Fiddle Making at Windy
Hill GuitarWorks
Woodworking: Phoenix Hardwoods
Open House
10AM – 4PM • OTHER TIMES AVAILABLE BY
APPOINTMENT • FREE
Visit a working guitar and fiddle maker’s
shop and learn about guitar and fiddle design
and construction, woods, tools, jigs and
other materials used and participate in a jam
session on the picking porch overlooking
the Little River. There will be guitars, fiddles,
banjos, mandolins, ukuleles and a bass
available to play.
Learn about the furniture making process in
this woodworking shop featuring hand-made
furniture crafted with traditional methods
from local Virginia hardwoods. Woodworking
demos all day. From Slab Stools, to Beds,
Tables, and Cutting Boards, there’s something
for everyone!
Phoenix Hardwoods Woodworking Shop
2540 Floyd Hwy North, Floyd, VA 24091
540-745-7475
6:00 • SAVE WITH WEEKEND PASS
ADV. $45 AT GATE $55 -- ADV. TICKETS
THURSDAY $15; FRIDAY $20; SATURDAY
$30 - AT GATE THURSDAY $20; FRIDAY $25;
SATURDAY $35
Windy Hill GuitarWorks
446 Sowers Mill Dam Road, Riner, VA 24149
703-731-6846
Floyd Artisan Trail- June Tour
The June Artisan Trail Tour is a 3-day tour
featuring over 40 sites across Floyd County
area with activities at artisan home studios;
galleries and shops; wineries; farms and farm
markets; and restaurant and lodging sites.
Floyd, VA 24091
Contact: (540) 745-2784
[email protected]
Take a rare glimpse into the grand era of
canning with video interviews, labels, vintage
canning equipment, and historic photographs
from the small commercial canneries that
connected Virginia farmers to markets across
America from the late 1800s to the 1950s.
Blue Ridge Institute & Museum of Ferrum
College
540-365-4412
Oxen in the Blue Ridge Weekend at
the Blue Ridge Farm Museum
10AM – 5PM • $5
Experience the rare opportunity to watch
teams of oxen being trained and driven by
their owners and other aspiring teamsters
from throughout the Mid-Atlantic and see
costumed interpreters carry out living-history
tasks typical of daily rural life in the region in
the year 1800.
Blue Ridge Farm Museum at the Blue Ridge
Institute & Museum of Ferrum College
Ferrum College
540-365-4412
The Way We Worked
11AM – 5PM • DONATIONS
This exhibit documents the lives of ordinary
working Americans, and it explores how
work became a central element in American
culture. The exhibit also traces the many
changes that have affected the workforce
and work environment over the past 150
years.
The Raymond F. Ratcliffe Transporation
Museum
55 Commerce Street, Pulaski, VA 24301
540-994-8931
“By Ear & By Heart” Exhibit
2PM - 5PM • FREE
View a hundred years’ worth of stories,
photos, and songs on music makers of Floyd
County including singing school masters,
banjo pickers, instrument makers, and the
earliest recording artists. Hear recordings by
Blind Alfred Reed, Elder Golden Harris, and
the Floyd County Ramblers. Bluegrass Hall
of Fame songwriter, Randall Hylton, is also
featured.
Old Church Gallery
110 Wilson Street, Floyd, VA 24091
Contact: 540-745-2979
Henry Reed Memorial Fiddlers
Convention
5PM • ADMISSION IS $8 PER PERSON PER
DAY/ $15 FOR WEEKEND. CONTESTANTS
PAY $15. CAMPING IS AN ADDITIONAL
$10 PER PERSON PER NIGHT (ROUGH) OR
$15 PER PERSON PER NIGHT (ELECTRIC,
LIMITED NUMBER AVAILABLE). THE 2-DAY
FIDDLE WORKSHOP IS $40.
14th Annual Fiddlers Convention honoring
the life and music of local old time fiddler
Henry Reed features old time and bluegrass
bands and individual and band competitions
as well as family-friendly fun activities over
the weekend. Fiddle workshop will also be
held on Friday and Saturday.
Newport Recreation Center
434 Blue Grass Trail, Newport, VA 24128
540-921-0166
6:30PM – 10:30PM • $5
An outstanding and authentic experience
shared by old timers and new visitors alike.
Participants can join in a square dance,
sit and enjoy the live old time music and
participate in workshops on flatfoot dancing
and old time music performance and history.
Floyd Country Store
540-745-4563
Willis Gap Community Center Open
Jam
Located minutes from Andy Griffith’s
hometown Mount Airy, NC and the Blue
Ridge Parkway, Patrick County, VA, join in an
open jam directed by Mr. Otto Hiatt. Bring
your instruments (acoustic), your voice – or
both - as Bluegrass, Country, Old Time and
Gospel are played during the open jam.
Dancing is permitted and concessions are
available.
144 The Hollow Road, Ararat, VA 24053
Contact: 276-692-6561
[email protected]
Chuck Johnson & Charlyhorse in
Concert
8PM – 11PM • $5
A concert featuring regional Americana band
Chuck Johnson & Charlyhorse.
Dogtown Roadhouse
302 South Locust Street, Floyd, VA 24091
Quilt Exhibit
10AM - 1PM • FREE
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Riverstone Organic Farm Tour
and Tastings
Enjoy a day on a working farm situated in a
high valley at the headwaters of Little River in
Floyd, VA. Farm Tour and Tastings featuring
a meet-and-greet with the farmers, a guided
tour and samplings of farm products.
Riverstone Organic Farm
708 Thompson Rd, Floyd, VA 24091
Contact: (540) 267-4432
[email protected]
Franklin County Court Days
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Virginia Cheese Festival
11AM – 4PM $20 ADVANCE /
$25 AT THE GATE
Celebrate National Dairy Month by enjoying
local and national artisan cheeses at
this event for all ages. Featuring cheese
samplings, pairings and accompaniments,
wineries, live music, educational cheese
chats, vendors and local artists and children’s
activities.
Hilton Garden Inn
900 Plantation Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060
540-443-2008
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Visitors to Court Days will experience a day
full of local culture including a vibrant farmers
market, authentic shops and restaurants,
local artists, artisans and crafters, live music,
jam sessions, kid’s games, storytelling and
many more local customs.
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Rocky Mount Farmers Market
435 Franklin Street, Rocky Mount, VA 24151
540-420-8657
Tours of the vineyard with emphasis on the
importance of Giles county location and soil.
Wine tastings and information about pairing
wines with traditional, local cuisine.
Hill GuitarWorks
Giles Mountain Vineyard and
Winery Tastings and Tours
Giles Mountain Vineyard and Winery
290 Moye Road, Staffordsville, VA
(540) 267-4125
12PM • SAVE WITH WEEKEND PASS
ADV. $45 AT GATE $55 -- ADV. TICKETS
THURSDAY $15; FRIDAY $20; SATURDAY
$30 - AT GATE THURSDAY $20; FRIDAY $25;
SATURDAY $35
Open House
The Re-”Placing” of Solitude
Festival
Make-N-Take Everyday Ornament
Local artisan Lora Mahaffey will guide the
participants through the creation of their
own souvenir of their time on the Crooked
Road while music played will feature local
artists, including Mahaffey, and treats will be
available for sale from our local bakers.
Mattie B’s LLC
105 N. Main Street, Stuart, VA 24171
Contact: 276-694-4438
[email protected]
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Tracing Our Roots: A Tour of
Laurel Branch Road
1PM – 4PM • $20
Historical tour featuring stories of the area’s
first 18th and 19th century settlers, their
homes, farms, churches and schools; and the
impact of the Civil War.
Topeco Church of the Brethren
3460 Floyd Highway S, Floyd, VA 24091
540-789-7552
Daylily Garden Seminar
Learn about daylilies, including some general
gardening tips. Following the presentation, an
optional self-guided tour of the 2-acre field
grown daylily garden is open to everyone.
Wildwood Farms General Store
2380 Floyd Hwy S., Floyd, VA 24091
540-745-5155
Henry Reed Memorial Fiddlers
Convention
3:00 PM • ADMISSION IS $8 PER
PERSON PER DAY/ $15 FOR WEEKEND.
CONTESTANTS PAY $15. CAMPING IS AN
ADDITIONAL $10 PER PERSON PER NIGHT
(ROUGH) OR $15 PER PERSON PER NIGHT
(ELECTRIC, LIMITED NUMBER AVAILABLE).
THE 2-DAY FIDDLE WORKSHOP IS $40
Live Bluegrass Music, Local Band Cox & Company
Live music performances by local bands that
perform music local to the region including
Bluegrass, Oldtime Bluegrass and Bluegrass
Gospel. Come listen to Cox & Company and
do some flat-footing on the dance floor!
540-745-5155
This festival will feature crafts,
demonstrations, and music events including
building tours, woodcarving, music
instrument making, spinning, Blacksmithing,
Chair bottom weaving, herbals, gospel music,
and bluegrass history through its music.
Displays, demonstrations and performances
showcase activities that probably occurred
in this area, particularly at Solitude and
the other Preston homes (Smithfield and
Whitethorne) circa 1855.
Old Time Country Dance with The
Zephyr Lightning Bolts
Solitude house and grounds on the Virginia
Tech campus
705 West Campus Drive, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231-9526
Floyd Country Store
540-745-4563
7:30PM • $5
Old Time Dance with The Zephyr Lightning
Bolts, an Old Time band that plays traditional
Old Time music that includes knockdown
tunes for flat footing, ballads for waltzes and
two-steps, jigs and reels for square dances
and Virginia Reels, and old gospel songs for
the audience to sing along.
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Contra Dancing
8PM – 11PM • BEGINNER LESSON AT 7:35 •
$5-8
Blue Ridge Country Dancers sponsored
Contra Dance with caller Gretchen Caldwell
with band Big Celtic Fun. Contra dancing is
suitable for all ages, wear soft flexible shoes
for dancing and the caller will teach each
dance. Come to dance or come to listen - no
partner needed.
Floyd, VA 24091
Contact: (540) 745-2784
[email protected]
Mountain Music Down on the
Farm
Free Concert from 2-5pm featuring Bluegrass
and Old Timey Music with “bigmama joy”
under a lovely timber frame pavilion. Artisan
booths will also be on site.
Apple Ridge Farm
9230 Pine Forrest Rd., Copper Hill, VA 24079
540-982-1322
Chateau Morrisette presents The
Whitetop Mountain Band
Quilt Exhibit
Hill GuitarWorks
Boones Mill Car Show
10AM – 5PM • FREE FOR PUBLIC • FEE FOR
CAR ENTRY
Car show featuring classic cars, performances
by local roots music performers, vintage car
rides and burnout demonstrations. Food
featuring local produce.
20 Main Street, Boones Mill, VA 24065
540-334-1013
Oxen in the Blue Ridge Weekend at
the Blue Ridge Farm Museum
10AM – 5PM • $5
Open Hous
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Relax while listening to the popular Whitetop
Mountain Band, a family-based band that
performs with energy while showcasing
old time fiddling, banjo picking and even
authentic mountain dancing. Guests should
bring their own seating. The winery and
restaurant will be open. Tastings, Sunday
brunch, and shopping will be offered.
Bluegrass Music Jam
4PM • FREE
The Floyd Country Store hosts a Bluegrass
Jam led by Ben Silcox. Over the years
Ben Silcox has made numerous stand-in
appearances with some Bluegrass heavy
hitters including Jimmy Martin, Hylo Brown,
Ralph Stanley, Mac Wiseman, and Johnny
Williams. Bring your instrument and join in!
Floyd Country Store
540-745-4563
Old Time Gospel Music Night
Chateau Morrisette
287 Winery Rd., Floyd, VA 24091
540-593-9223
Flag Day Celebration and
Bluegrass Concert
1PM – 7PM • $2 GATE FEE • $8 HOUSE
TOURS
Day features an interactive Historic Flag
Display on the grounds, Blacksmith
Demonstrations, Cannon Firing from the
Giles Artillery, Live Bluegrass from Indian Run
Stringband, a Civil War Era Brass Band, and
square dancing. House tours available of the
1774 Manor House for regular tour fees - $8.
Food Truck also on premises.
Historical Smithfield Plantation
1000 Smithfield Plantation Road
Blacksburg, VA
Old Time Music Jam
1:30 • FREE
Old Time Jam led by Mac Traynham, an
accomplished fiddler and banjo player as
well as a fine guitar player and singer, with a
hard-driving style of playing which keeps the
rhythm going strongly and delights dancers!
Bring your instrument and join in!
Floyd Country Store
540-745-4563
6PM • FREE
One hour long event of music with various
local participants and church members
performing a variety of old time and southern
gospel songs, vocals and instrumentals.
Fairystone Baptist Church
82 Fairystone Church Loop, Stuart, VA 24171
Contact: 276-930-2668
Open Mic Night
Open Mic Night features local talented
musicians playing for an appreciative
audience. All skill levels are welcome and this
is an excellent way for folks to experience the
musicianship of our culturally rich region.
Dogtown Roadhouse
302 South Locust Street, Floyd, VA 24091
Contact: 540-745-6836
[email protected]
A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed
7:30PM • $10
Join us at The Floyd Country Store for a
Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed, Appalachian
Visionary and Floyd County native. This
concert will celebrate Reed’s life and music,
from his important recordings at the 1927
Bristol Sessions to Reed’s other works,
including his definitive Depression Era song
“How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And
Live”.
Floyd Country Store
540-745-4563
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Quilt Exhibit
Open House
The Way We Worked
Radford Fiddle and Banjo Jam
7PM • FREE
Bluegrass, old time and country songs are
performed with enthusiasm, skill and wild
and wooly abandon, usually to a lively,
appreciative crowd. Come to listen or bring
your own instrument and join in the fun at
this Crooked Road Affiliated Site.
Radford Fiddle and Banjo Jam at River City
Grill
103 Third Ave., Radford, VA 24141
540-629-2130
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Afternoon Arts
Market Square Jam
4PM – 5PM • $3
An inexpensive and fun activity for kids!
Geared toward Pre-K to 5th grade, this
weekly, a one hour art class is drop in style,
so each class is a new theme.
The Indian Run String Band hosts
Blacksburg’s Market Square Jam, a Crooked
Road affiliated venue providing traditional
old time music and dancing. The jam brings
in musicians of all levels and all types to pick
tunes and enjoy fun times with friends and
family.
Floyd, VA 24091
Contact: (540) 745-2784
[email protected]
Community Barn Dance
A fully interactive community barn dance
featuring Floyd County’s own, Back Porch
Cloggers, who will be on-site to teach and
dance alongside participants with music
provided by traditional music students of the
Floyd Music School.
Chantilly Farm Barn
2697 Franklin Pike, Floyd, VA 24091
540-353-5898
Tuesday Old time Jam
Market Square Park
102 Draper Rd. NW, Blacksburg, VA 24060
540-961-1199
Quilt Exhibit
Weekly old time open music jam. Everyone
is welcome to come join in, or you can just
sit back and have a fun evening enjoying the
great music.
Open Hous
Campo Verde Mexican Grill
165 Kinter Way, Pearisburg, VA 24134
540-921-0166
The Way We Worked
Afternoon Arts
4PM – 5PM • $3
Music at the Market – Outdoor
Music Concert
Quilt Exhibit
Local Farmer’s market with wine garden and
an outdoor concert featuring Sugar Run. This
event opens the Pearisburg Festival in the
Park.
Open House
The Way We Worked
Quilt Exhibit
Chamber Block Party
Open House
5:30 PM • FREE
Block party featuring a performance stage
with local musicians playing traditional
mountain music, entertainment for the kids
as well as food.
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Pearisburg Community Center
1410 Wenonah Avenue
Pearisburg, VA 24134
540-921-0340
Patrick County Chamber of Commerce
103B Stonewall Court, Stuart, VA 24171
276-694-6012
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Musical Jam Sessions
Informal jam sessions where everyone takes
a turn playing a combination of old time,
bluegrass, country and gospel music. The
public is encouraged to come and listen and
dance.
Musical Jam
44 4th Street NW, Pulaski, VA 24301
540-994-8631
Old Time Music Jam
Old Time Music Jam every Thursday night.
All participants and spectators are welcome
for a bluegrass jam with local musicians and
maybe a little flatfooting.
Mac Arthur Inn
117 MacArthur Lane, Narrows, VA 24124
540-726-7510
Kristin Myers Live
7PM- 10PM • FREE
Folk guitarist, Kristin Myers, will perform in
a solo concert on the Dogtown Roadhouse
stage, a Crooked Road affiliated venue.
Dogtown Roadhouse
302 South Locust Street
Floyd, VA 24091
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Bushels and Barrels
Sustainability Workshop
8AM – 5PM • $10 PER SESSION • $40 FOR
THE ENTIRE DAY’S WORKSHOP
3rd annual Sustainability Workshop designed
to provide learning opportunities for those
interested in learning about cultural food
skills, sustainable living and gardening, and
other topics including composting, home
brewing, seed saving, medicinal herbs.
Reynolds Homestead
463 Homestead Lane, Critz, VA 24082
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Southwest Virginia Antique Power
Festival, Inc.
8AM – 5PM • ADULTS $6 • CHILDREN
UNDER 12 FREE
Southwest Virginia Antique Farm Days takes
place over three days and features a variety
of working demonstrations, entertainment, a
tractor pull, horse pull, chainsaw competition,
quilting demo, plus Bluegrass music. Our
objective is to educate the public about the
importance of early farm machinery and its
role in shaping life in Franklin County and the
larger area.
Franklin City Recreation Park
2150 Sontag Rd., Rocky Mount, VA 24151
Contact: 540-230-2606
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Pearisburg Festival in the Park
32nd annual festival featuring two days of
Folk and Americana music as well as food,
entertainment, vendors, rides, local artists,
farmer’s market and car show.
Pearisburg Community Center
1410 Wenonah Avenue, Pearisburg, VA 24134
540-921-1222
6:30PM – 10:30PM • $5
Bushels and Barrels Local Food,
Wine and Beer Festival
7PM - 10PM • $15 FOR FRIDAY NIGHT • $15
SATURDAY IN ADVANCE • $40 FOR BOTH
DAYS AND A VIP PASS (OTHER GOODIES
INCLUDED!) • $10 DESIGNATED DRIVER
Two day festival celebrating local foods and
agricultural renaissance of Patrick County
including local wines, beers, foods, artists,
artisans and music. Friday night concert
with Ombrew and headline Big Daddy Love.
Saturday music line-up includes Rinaldi Flying
circus, Yarn and Slick Jr. and the Reactors.
Reynolds Homestead
463 Homestead Lane, Critz, VA 24082
Open Jam
Quilt Exhibit
Stuart Farmers’ Market with
music by the F.A.R.M. T.E.A.M.
Community farmers’ market featuring local
produce, baked items, teas, coffee, meats,
eggs and craft items. Come enjoy the small
town experience while the F.A.R.M. T.E.A.M.
(Free Alliance of Recalcitrant Musicians
Totally Eclectic About Music) plays their
blend of bluegrass and mountain music.
Team members all live in Patrick County, VA
and include Mary Jo & Charlie Leet and Gayle
& Rory McTighe.
Stuart Farmers’ Market
320 Chestnut Avenue
Stuart, VA 24171
Hill GuitarWorks
Open House
Festival, Inc.
8AM – 5PM • ADULTS $6 • CHILDREN
UNDER 12 FREE
Pearisburg Festival in the Park
The Way We Worked
2PM - 5PM • FREE
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Beginning Blacksmithing
Workshop
9AM – 5PM • $110
This beginning blacksmithing class will
introduce students to the equipment, tools
and safety precautions involved in the use
of the blacksmith’s forge. Once familiar with
the tools of the trade, the class will practice
fundamental blacksmithing techniques while
learning to make basic hooks, tools and
decorative flares.
Floyd, VA 24091
Contact: (540) 745-2784
[email protected]
Quilt Exhibit
10AM - 1PM • FREE
Hill GuitarWorks
Virginia Covered Bridge Festival
Annual festival celebrating local covered
bridges and heritage featuring traditional
and eclectic music, bridge tours, horse and
wagon rides, arts, crafts, food vendors,
children’s activities.
Jacks Creek Covered Bridge and the former
site of Bob White Bridge
Jacks Creek Road & Bob White Rd.
Stuart, VA 24171
Open House
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The Way We Worked
Bushels and Barrels Local Food,
Wine and Beer Festival
11AM - 5PM • $15 FOR FRIDAY NIGHT • $15
SATURDAY IN ADVANCE • $40 FOR BOTH
DAYS AND A VIP PASS (OTHER GOODIES
INCLUDED!) • $10 DESIGNATED DRIVER
Giles Mountain Vineyard and
Winery Tastings and Tours
Tracing Our Roots: A Tour of
Laurel Branch Road
1PM – 4PM • $20
Bull & Barrel Rodeo & Festival
GATES OPEN AT 5 PM – RODEO AT 7 PM
ADULTS: $10 • AGES 6 – 13: $5 • 5 & UNDER
FREE
Festival featuring excitement of Bull Riding
and Barrel Racing as well as live music and
hands on demonstrations.
Stuart Rotary Field
420 Woodland Drive, Stuart, VA 24141
(276) 692-7322
Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics:
Roots and Branches of Southern
Appalachian Dance
5PM • FREE
Book signing and presentation with Phil
Jamison featuring his book Hoedowns, Reels,
and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern
Appalachia Dance. Meet Phil Jamison and
stay for a dance workshop and square dance.
Floyd Country Store
540-745-4563
Juneteenth Celebration of Emancipation of
Booker T. Washington with a free outdoor
gospel concert, living history re-enactments
of the moment of freedom, and children’s
activities.
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OUTDOOR EVENT
Southern Appalachian Dance
Workshop
6PM • FREE
Workshop with Phil Jamison, a nationallyknown dance caller, old time musician,
and flatfoot dancer. He has called dances,
performed, and taught at music festivals
and dance events throughout the U.S. and
overseas since the early 1970s. Join us and
learn how to dance with one of the world’s
best Southern Appalachian dancers.
Floyd Country Store
540-745-4563
Floyd Country Store Square Dance
with Phil Jamison
7PM • ADMISSION FEE - $5
A good old fashioned Square Dance with Phil
Jamison and friends. A Southern Appalachian
Dance Workshop with Jamison will be held
prior to the square dance.
Floyd Country Store
540-745-4563
Live Bluegrass Music, Local Band The Marshall Brothers & High Road
Live music performances by local bands that
perform music local to the region including
Bluegrass, Oldtime Bluegrass and Bluegrass
Gospel. Come listen to The Marshall Brothers
& High Road and do some flat-footing on the
dance floor!
540-745-5155
Note: The following two events
start during the Mountains of Music
Homecoming, but finish after the
Homecoming ends on June 18.
COMMUNITY MEAL
Juneteenth Gospel Event
Booker T. Washington National Monument
12130 BTW Highway, Hardy, VA 24101
(540) 721-2094
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Festival, Inc.
8AM – 5PM • ADULTS - $6 • CHILDREN
UNDER 12 - FREE
CULTURAL FOOD EVENT
Beginning Blacksmithing
Workshop
COMMUNITY MEAL
9AM – 5PM • $110
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Bluegrass and Old-time
music nightly 6pm-Midnight
by Ted Olson
Visitors to the Crooked Road and the Mountains of Music
Homecoming will hear both old time and bluegrass music,
though the difference between the two is sometimes unclear.
Old time music in the Crooked Road area includes such
genres of music as folk songs and ballads; fiddle and banjo
tunes; traditional and early commercial sacred songs; blues;
and popular songs by known songwriters recorded before
World War II and disseminated via 78 rpm records and the
radio and eventually entering oral tradition. Old time music
was created from the blending of music from several cultures:
traditional ballads, lyric songs, and sacred songs from
English, Scottish, and Scots-Irish sources; blues, blues ballads,
spirituals, and banjo tunes from African American tradition;
the fiddle and mandolin of Italian origin; the guitar of Spanish
origin; and the autoharp and harmonica and fretted dulcimer
of German origin.
Evolving out of old time music, bluegrass is a more modern
style of music in terms of structure, delivery, and repertoire.
The classic bluegrass sound emerged with the 1945 introduction of Earl Scruggs’s three-finger banjo
picking to mandolinist Bill Monroe’s innovative band the Blue Grass Boys. Monroe’s western Kentucky
cultural heritage was heavily influenced by the Appalachian region, and his musical impact was felt
throughout Appalachia. By the late 1940s, Monroe’s group was inspiring other country string bands,
including such groups from the Crooked Road area as the Stanley Brothers and Jim & Jesse. Bluegrass
is an ensemble music that emphasizes instrumental virtuosity and emotive vocals.
The typical bluegrass band features such acoustic instruments as the mandolin, fiddle, five-string banjo,
acoustic guitar, upright acoustic bass, and dobro (resonator guitar), with the instruments alternating
lead parts while the bass and the remaining instruments provide a rhythmic background. Bluegrass
harmony singing was derived from the harmony duo and gospel traditions of Appalachia, and the tonal
character influenced by the modal vocalizations in traditional Appalachian balladry. The standard
bluegrass repertoire includes fiddle and banjo tunes; folk and folk-like commercial songs; and gospel
music. A typical bluegrass song consists of several verses sung by the lead singer, each of which is
followed by a chorus in two-, three-, or four-part harmony. The verse-chorus pairings are interspersed
with instrumental interludes, each one showcasing one or more of the lead instruments.
Ted Olson is the author of Blue Ridge Folklife, a study of Blue Ridge culture, and a Grammy Awardnominated music historian.
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