The Blue Ridge Music Center Announces Summer Evening Concert Series Schedule

The Blue Ridge Music Center (BRMC) recently announced its Summer Evening Concert Series Schedule and it will include artists spanning all styles and iterations of traditional Appalachian music including The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Kruger Brothers, Stevie Barr, Slate Mountain Ramblers, Red June, and that's just a small sampling. Music Center Program Director Richard Emmett says beginning Memorial Day, weekend concerts will continue practically every Saturday night at the BRMC's beautiful outdoor amphitheater, just about an hour's drive from the Triad.

The concert series kicks off Saturday night, May 31^st at 7PM in the beautiful outdoor amphitheater with outstanding Bluegrass and Old Time Mountain Music by Chatham County Line & The Buckstankle Boys. Beginning Memorial Day weekend The Music Center, located on the North Carolina/Virginia border, just south of Galax, Virginia at mile marker 213 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, will be open from 10 AM - 5 PM every day where you can enjoy the Roots of American Music Exhibit and local Mid-Day Mountain Musician concerts daily from noon to 4:00PM. This summer will also feature NPR's Paul Brown and his live radio show: Across the Blue Ridge. The three-part series begins Saturday night, July 19^th and Paul will be here to talk with David Ford about it this Friday afternoon at 1:00PM during Triad Arts Weekend.