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26th Annual Alleghany County Fiddler’s Convention

Alleghany County Fairgrounds 1375 US-21, Sparta, NC, United States

Gathering of string musicians, dancers and fans in Sparta, NC. Bluegrass and old time musicians will compete on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. Then on Saturday night, the top 15 senior bluegrass and top 15 senior old time bands will return to the stage for a hot pickin' championship playoff!

$10.00

Big Walker Lookout Crafts, Authors & Free Live Music

Big Walker Lookout 8711 Stoney Fork Rd, Wytheville, VA, United States

Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction, Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store has been owned and operated by the same family for over 75 years. It features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long.

Free

Summer Concert Series at the Blue Ridge Music Center

Blue Ridge Music Center Music Center Rd, Galax, VA, United States

The Blue Ridge Music Center’s Roots of American Music concerts are held most Saturdays—from Memorial Day through Labor Day—in the natural, terraced, outdoor amphitheater. Musical programming is managed and coordinated by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, the primary nonprofit fundraising partner of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

The Quebe Sisters in Concert

The Floyd Country Store 206 S. Locust St., Floyd, VA, United States

Grace, Sophia, and Hulda Quebe front an innovative Progressive Western Swing band of archtop guitar, upright bass, fiddles and sibling harmony. The Dallas-based five-piece presents a unique Americana blend of Western Swing, Jazz-influenced Swing, Country, Texas-Style Fiddling, and Western music. “We differentiate our music as ‘Progressive Western Swing’ from simply ‘Western Swing’ because we aren’t […]

$30