Join us on via Zoom on Tuesday, January 21 for our Speaker Session with musician and luthier Dena Ross Jennings as she shares how she creates community through music.
Songwriter registration is now closed. Spectators tickets on sale now!
Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups, we will gather on the first Friday of each month to read a music or Appalachia-related storybook, sing along with WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick, and enjoy a related activity or coloring sheet. There is no cost to attend.
Join the Birthplace of Country Music for a community square dance on Saturday, Feburary 8. Caller Tyler Hughes will lead a short introduction to dance steps, followed by a full square dance with a lively string band. It's always a hand-clapping and foot-stomping good time!
Author, poet, journalist and songwriter Geoffrey Himes will give a brief talk about book signing at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum.
The Fulbright Canada Student Award scholar uncovers the impact of external forces on the preservation and transformation of local music traditions.
Aimed at toddler-age children and their grown-ups, we will gather on the first Friday of each month to read a music or Appalachia-related storybook, sing along with WBCM Radio Bristol show host Ella Patrick, and enjoy a related activity or coloring sheet. There is no cost to attend.
Musical traditions based on groups of stringed instruments are common around the world – how are these bands different and similar to each other, and how do they help us all connect to each other and the environments where we find ourselves? With this Speaker Sessions presentation, Lee Bidgood will introduce a global range of string band sounds and stories, with media and live examples.
A no-cost music business course hosted by Workforce Solutions at Northeast State University, led by Rockwood Booking.
Join the Birthplace of Country Music for a special Introduction to the Ellen Elmes Exhibit for Educators on Thursday, March 20 at 4 p.m. Ellen Elmes: The Art of Music and Mountains features her creativity across a variety of mediums and themes, from traditional instruments, musicians, and songs to the grandiosity and minutiae of nature.
