Festival Activities

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' traveling exhibit and education studio stops at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum! Open to school groups, drop-in visitors, and Bristol Rhythm festivalgoers at no cost.

Join us for a very special pre-festival kick-off on Thursday, Sept. 10 featuring Scythian with glorious views of Historic Downtown Bristol and the Appalachian mountains at The Bristol Hotel's LUMAC Rooftop Bar!

Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion with Sierra Ferrell, Old Crow Medicine Show, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Los Lobos, The War And Treaty, The Del McCoury Band, Braxton Keith, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, and many more!

Bring an instrument and an original song or two and join the Songwriters of Highlands Appalachia (SOHA) at their regularly scheduled 2nd Saturday songwriters session, September 12 for a special Songwriters Circle Song Swap!

Get ready for the 8th annual Bristol Sessions Super Raffle! There are $250,000 in cash and prizes and only 5,000 tickets available, so make sure you purchase your tickets soon for a chance to win big!