UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS August 1-2 The Carter Family Memorial Festival, Carter Family Fold, Hiltons, VA http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?AttrID=20690 http://www.carterfamilyfold.org/ On-going Events MONTHLY EVENTS 1st Saturday: Appalshop Jam at the Appalshop, noon until 5pm. Call 606-633-0108 for more info. 2nd Saturday : (March-Dec.) Carcassonne Square Dance w/Charlie Whitaker calling and music by Lee Sexton, Ray Slone, Shawn Stamper and more. For directions/more information, contact Jon Henrikson (606) 633-7958 2nd Saturday: Acoustic Jam at Hometown Music, Whitesburg (Walmart Shopping Cnt), 11am until 3pm 2 nd & 4 th Saturdays Old Time Jam from 2-6pm at First Baptist Church, 5 th Street, London, KY. Contact Eileen Delaney (606) 878-7823 3rd Saturday: Mountain Empire Community College Old Time Jam, Big Stone Gap, VA. 1pm at the Goodloe Center lounge (at the top of the hill), all levels of pickers are welcome. For more info: (276) 523-7489 3 rd Saturday: Elkhorn City's Old Time Jam at the Elkhorn City Library from Noon until 4:00. Call Nina Aragon for more info: (606) 754-7150 4th Friday: Square Dance at Cowan Community Center, Whitesburg, KY. Begins at 7pm. (606)633-3187 or ssavell@appalshop for more info EVERY MONDAY The Hemphill Community Center hosts an acoustic/bluegrass jam. Monday evenings at 7. For info call Roy Johnson 606-855-4578 or Red & Jane Roberts 855-4396 EVERY TUESDAY “Picking and Grinning” at the Community Center in Hindman. The Community Center building is next to the Hindman Settlement School. It begins at 6 and all pickers and grinners are welcome! Bluegrass Pickin’ at Watts Fire Department from 6pm to Midnight. The Watts Fire Department is located 7 miles south of Jackson, KY on Highway 15. Everyone is welcome and everyone gets to play. GV Noble 606-666-7999 EVERY WEDNESDAY The Down Home in Johnson City features “Open Hoots” featuringlive music. EVERY FRIDAY Hemphill Community Center has bluegrass every Friday night from 7:30-10:30 pm. For info call Astor Taylor 633-2708 EVERY SATURDAY The Country Cabin II in Josephine, VA (near Norton) featuresbluegrass & old time music as well as cake walks, clogging, & broom dances. (276)679-2632 The Carter Family Fold at the old homeplace in Hiltons, VA presents bluegrass & old time music, starting at 7:30 pm. Museum opens at 6pm. (276)386-9480 The Tacoma Community Center on Stone Mtn. Rd. at Tacoma, VA presents bluegrass & old time music on Saturdays. Bands interested in playing should call: (276)328-6844 The Virginia-Kentucky Opry 241-seat theater featuring musical talent performing live radio broadcasts every Saturday night. Be part of the audience! 7:30-9:30 pm (276)679-1901. www.wisecounty.org   Festivals, Workshops SUMMER WORKSHOPS & CAMPS July 28-August 1 MECC Mountain Music School, Mountain Empire Community College, Big Stone Gap, VA 276-523-7489 http://www.me.cc.va.us/programs/music/index.html August 3-9 Dulcimer Week, The Swannanoa Gathering, Warren Wilson College – Swannanoa, NC http://www.swangathering.com/ August 3-10 Old Time Week - Augusta Heritage Center, Davis & Elkins College - Elkins, WV 304.637.1209 http://www.augustaheritage.com/workshops.html SUMMER FESTIVALS & CONCERTS July 30-August 3 Appalachian String Band Festival, Camp Washington-Carver, Clifftop, WV http://www.wvculture.org/stringband/index.html August 1-2 The Carter Family Memorial Festival, Carter Family Fold, Hiltons, VA http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?AttrID=20690 http://www.carterfamilyfold.org/ August 4-9 Old Time Fiddlers’ Convention, Felts Park, Galax, VA http://www.oldfiddlersconvention.com/ Aug 14-16 Jenkins Riverside Days, Jenkins, KY http://www.riversidedays.com/ Aug 16 OLD TIME MUSIC REVIVAL, Goldbug, KY Revive Oldtime Music where it has been lost! Learn, listen jam, dance with some of E KY's finest oldtime musicians. WHITLEY COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE Hwy 25W North, Exit 15 on I-75 Inf: ((606) 549-1430 / otmrevival@aol.comhttp://www.thetimestribune.com/entertainment/local_story_213090456.html     August 15-17 Fries Fiddlers’ Convention, Fries Town Park, Fries, VA http://www.graysoncountyva.com/eventsingraysoncountyvirginia.asp?MerchantEventID=302 August 31 Papa Joe Smiddy Mountain Music Festival, Natural Tunnel State Park, Duffield, VA http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?AttrID=45789 FALL FESTIVALS , CONCERTS & WORKSHOPS September 3-7 JP Fraley’s Mountain Music Gatherin’ http://www.reedisland.com/RIR/fraleyfest.htm September 5-7 Isom Days, Isom, KY http://www.isomdays.com/ September 12-14 Neon Days, Fleming-Neon, KY 2nd Sept weekend September 13 Dock Boggs-Kate Peters Sturgill Festival, Country Cabin/Appalachian Traditions Village, Norton, VA http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?AttrID=17955 September 19-21 Bristol Rhythm & Roots Festival, Downtown Bristol, TN/VA http://www.bristolrhythm.com/ September 22-27 Mountain Heritage Festival, Whitesburg, KY http://www.mountainheritagefestival.com/ September 27-28 Ralph Stanley Museum Mountain Music Festival, Clintwood, VA http://www.ralphstanleymuseum.com/ October 24-25 The South Louisiana Black Pot Festival & Cook-Off Acadian Village, Lafayette, LA http://www.blackpotfestival.com/about.html October 16-18 Celebration of Traditional Music Festival, Berea College, Berea, KY http://www.berea.edu/appalachiancenter/ctm/default.asp October 17-18 Home Craft Days, Mountain Empire Community College - Big Stone Gap, VA http://www.homecraftdays.org/ October 25 Blue Ridge Folklife Festival, Blue Ridge Institute & Farm Museum, Ferrum, VA http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?AttrID=42756 October 26-November 2 October Old Time Week, Augusta Heritage Center, Davis & Elkins College - Elkins, WV http://www.augustaheritage.com/octotw.html     Suzanne Savell Traditional Music Program 91 Madison Avenue, Whitesburg, KY 41858 606.633.0108 ssavell@appalshop.org

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