Events from May 9 – February 24 – The Birthplace of Country Music
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Ongoing Exhibits

Through text and artifacts, multiple theater experiences, film and sound, and interactive displays, the Birthplace of Country Music Museum shares the story of the 1927 Bristol Sessions recordings, explores how evolving sound technology shaped their success, and highlights how this rich musical heritage lives on in today’s music.

VMFA on the Road Artmobile at the Museum!

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on the Road Artmobile at the Museum! - Sixty-five years after the launch of the its original Artmobile, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is once again bringing traveling art exhibitions and educational offerings to audiences across the state with VMFA on the Road: An Artmobile for the 21st century!

Event Series Scotty’s Tune-Up

Scotty’s Tune-Up

Scotty's Tune-Up explores the raw and primal sounds of garage rock by showcasing tunes from obscure bands you won't hear anywhere else. Tune up and get into high gear with Scotty every Wednesday at 5pm EST!

American Ballads: A Conversation with Marty Stuart

Join Grammy Award-winning country music star Marty Stuart for a conversation about his special exhibit, American Ballads, now on display at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum.

Film Screening: Fiddlin’

Fiddlin' is an old-time and bluegrass music documentary that takes place at the world's oldest fiddler's convention in the Appalachian Mountains. This rollicking, inspiring film shines a light on what is best about America and shows the upliting power of music.

Radio Bristol Book Club

Tune in to WBCM Radio Bristol as our Book Club examines Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog with Richard Erdoes.

PUSH! Pop-Up: Screening of The Ballad of Shirley Collins

The Birthplace of Country Music and PUSH! Film Festival present a film screening of the documentary film The Ballad of Shirley Collins, a meditative and carefully textured piece of portraiture of one of the 20th century’s most important singers of English traditional songs.