Join us at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum on Tuesday, February 13, 7:00 p.m. for our February Speaker Sessions with Bailey George and Jessica Stiles as they explore the story of country music's rich duet tradition.
Join us as we explore how regional chefs meld different cultural traditions with Appalachian foodways to create a wonderful and tasty dining experience – from food on the road with The Pakalachian Food Truck to a meal in a historic bus station with Union 41 Bristol!
Join us at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum on Tuesday, April 9, 7:00 p.m. for our monthly Speaker Sessions with Celene Aubry exploring the history and work of Hatch Show Print (HSP), a letterpress poster and design shop located in Nashville, Tennessee.
With this Speaker Sessions, musician Dave Eggar and MMM fighter Len Cook will share how they developed their program "Composing a Champion," their experience taking it on the road to 25 colleges to work with artist-side confidence-building and finding their unique voice, and the impact this work has had.
Join us at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum on Tuesday, June 11, 7:00 p.m. for our monthly Speaker Sessions with musician Andrew Finn Magill on "The Relationships between Irish, Scottish, and American Fiddle Styles: An Immigration Story."
WBCM Radio Bristol's "Big Lon" gives an insightful overview of the indie recording studios, record labels, and artists that have helped shape the landscape of the Tri-Cities music scene.
This talk will focus on the recordings of Alfred Karnes, Ernest Phipps, The Alcoa and Stamps Quartets, and the Tennessee Mountaineers and consider how worship traditions and beliefs influenced song selections and performance styles.
Just in time for "spooky season," join us for our October Speaker Sessions with Cam Collins, co-creator of the Old Gods of Appalachia, an eldritch horror fiction podcast set in an Alternate Appalachia.
Join us for a "Songwriter in the Round" evening at the museum on Thursday, October 17, 7:00 p.m. featuring three songwriter-musician acts from the Bristol area and the surrounding region: Linda and David Lay, Sandy Shortridge, and Rafe Van Hoy.
Join us on Tuesday, November 12 for our Speaker Sessions with artist and bootmaker Lisa Sorrell as she explores "From the Saddle to the Stage: Country Music and the Evolution of Cowboy Boots."
