The Birthplace of Country Music Museum in partnership with the East Tennessee Bluegrass Association is hosting a monthly gathering of local musicians for a bluegrass jam session!
WBCM Radio Bristol's live variety show featuring The Malpass Brothers and The Wildmans at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, with host Kris Truelsen and house band Bill & the Belles.
If you have a passion for Bristol and its musical legacy and love helping others, our museum volunteer program is the perfect fit for you!
Join us on Wednesday, June 15 for the Virginia Folklife Program's screening of "In Good Keeping in 2022," a feature-length documentary film showcasing the artists and tradition bearers from the 2021-2022 apprenticeship class, followed by a discussion (and a little music) from participating artists.
Join us on Tuesday, June 21 at 7:00 PM, for our hybrid Speaker Series with Dr. Daniel Pierce, who will be talking about ''That's Why All the Folks on Rocky Top Get Their Corn From a Jar: Myth, Reality, and Moonshine in the Southern Mountains."
More experienced or older campers learn the basics of an acoustic instrument, explore the museum, work on projects with WBCM Radio Bristol, and make new friends!
Please join us at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum on Tuesday, July 12, 3:15pm for a FREE dance performance by the Berea Festival Dancers!
This summer the Birthplace of Country Music Museum is offering a Teacher In-Service Program in partnership with the Tennessee State Museum. The workshops will focus on the Birthplace of Country Music Museum's lesson plans, educational resources, classroom activities, and field trip opportunities AND the Tennessee State Museum's resources, activities, and lessons for teaching students about the Reconstruction Era (while this is a Tennessee-focused museum, the materials TSM shares will also be helpful and appropriate to Virginia educators).
This year marks the 95th anniversary of the 1927 Bristol Sessions. In honor of that occasion, we are excited that Ralph Peer II, the son of Ralph S. Peer, the Victor producer at those historic recordings, will be with us via Zoom to talk about his father's career, the legacy and impact of the 1927 Bristol Sessions, and the music industry.
Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, Lauren Morrow, and Roni Stoneman with house band Bill and the Belles to perform at iconic landmark in Historic Downtown Bristol in celebration of the 95th anniversary of the 1927 Bristol Sessions.