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Appalachian Music Live
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2018/06 - June
Appalachian music is an eclectic blend of bluegrass, English and Irish balladry, Irish and Scottish fiddle tunes, African-American Blues, hymns, gospel tunes, country music, American folk, Jam Americana, and a chunk of mountain rock. Within this broad spectrum of entertainment styles there’s something for every performer and every audience to tap-atoe to.
Preserving Appalachian history in melody and lyric is a passion of the Highlands Chamber of Commerce, so much so that they’ve dedicated Friday and Saturday nights to supporting regional musicians.
Every weekend, rain or shine, people come from far and wide to enjoy hours of pickin’, singin’, strummin’, fiddlin’, and impromptu story-tellin’.
Friday Night Live draws a huge crowd in Town Square from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. The Saturdays on Pine Concert Series, a Highlands tradition at Kelsey-Hutchinson Park, gets folks dancin’, even if it’s just a toe-wiggle under the table, at 6:00 P.M. and goes until 8:00 P.M.
Performers love entertaining the enthusiastic Plateau crowd and welcome the support of the Chamber of Commerce. Visitors and residents clear their calendars for relaxing musical nights downtown. Businesses, restaurants, and bars relish serving the influx of customers and the socializing, shopping, drinking, and dining they bring. The chamber benefits from word-of-mouth advertising that visitors take home to friends and neighbors. It’s a win-win-win.
Ugly Dog owners Kay and Thomas Craig and Marianne Vines and Beverly Wichman of the chamber have done a phenomenal job booking local favorites and shepherding in new, quality performers. They spend hours orchestrating a season that’s filled with variety, fun, and sounds from soothin’ ‘n’ groovin’ to rockin’ ‘n’ rollin’.
Both these events are ongoing through the season and are kid-friendly, pet-friendly, and free. So bring a chair, sit yourself down, and let the chillin’ begin.
For more information about these events and more, call (828) 526-2112.
