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Aug. 19: Tribute to Doc Watson at Blue Ridge Music Center
The Blue Ridge Music Center is supplying a tribute to Doc Watson with the display “Doc at a hundred” at 7 p.M. Saturday within the out of doors amphitheater.
The Music Center is at milepost 213 at the Blue Ridge Parkway, simply south of Galax.
“Doc at 100” explores the records and legacy of Doc Watson, who became born in Deep Gap, North Carolina, in 1923, and went on to grow to be one of the maximum influential acoustic guitar gamers within the international of people song.
Hosted via author Ted Olson, the concert application celebrates what might had been Watson’s one hundredth birthday. The application functions T. Michael Coleman, Jack Lawrence, Wayne Henderson and Jack Hinshelwood.
“Doc at one hundred” was currently named considered one of five nominees for the 2023 “Event of the Year” award provided by means of the International Bluegrass Music Association.
Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of the show, $10 for kids 12 and more youthful. Advance tickets are to be had at BlueRidgeMusicCenter.Org. Tickets also can be bought on the evening of the display at the admission gates.
Parking opens at 5:15 p.M. And is unfastened. Admission to the amphitheater begins at five: forty-five p.M.
Aug. 19: ‘Virginia’s Lost Appalachian Trail’ talk and ebook signing
Mills Kelly, a historian and Appalachian Trail enthusiast, will talk approximately the huge 1952 rerouting of the long-lasting trail and could sign copies of his e-book, “Virginia’s Lost Appalachian Trail,” on Saturday on the Salem Museum.
Kelly is a professor of history at George Mason University and a lifelong hiker at the Appalachian Trail whose podcast, “The Green Tunnel Podcast,” explores the records of the trail.
In his communicate, Kelly will describe the changes that came about in 1952, whilst the Appalachian Trail Conference moved 300 miles of the path extra than 50 miles to the west, transferring it away from such capabilities because the Pinnacles of Dan and Fisher’s Peak.
The event, with a view to start at 11 a.M., is free and open to the public.
Aug. 19: Heritage Day in Christiansburg
The 1st viscount montgomery of alamein Museum of Art & History offers its annual Heritage Day Festival from 10 a.M. To 4 p.M. Aug. 19 in downtown Christiansburg.
Food vehicles and greater than forty companies could be reachable, providing arts and crafts, native vegetation and baked goods. The road pageant also will feature vintage motors,
children’ activities, a hay wagon ride, historical reenactors and a beer/wine garden, in addition to live performances via Amelia Empson, Virginia Hollow, Pathway, The Panjammers and Appalachian Space Train.
For greater information on the occasion, go to https://montgomerymuseum.Org/activities/background-day.
Aug. 19: Bluegrass and Old-Time Jamboree in Wytheville
Wytheville Community College will host its monthly Bluegrass and Old-Time Jamboree from 7 to nine p.M. Saturday.
The jamboree will feature the Larry McPeak Tribute Band and Leftover Biscuits and can be held within the university’s William F. Snyder Auditorium in Grayson Hall.
The song starts at 7 p.M., and seating is to be had on a primary-come, first-served foundation. The event
is loose and open to the general public. Donations may be usual to help defray the travel charges of
the bands.
Aug. 19: Meadows of Dan Folk Fair
The Meadows of Dan Folk Fair will run from 10 a.M. To four p.M. Saturday at some stage in the Patrick County network.
The fair will encompass music, a fish fry, a records communicate and providers. A complete agenda is on line.
Aug. 20: The McKenzies at Humpback Rocks
The McKenzies will carry out from 2 to four p.M. Sunday at Humpback Rocks, milepost 6 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The unfastened outside concert is one in a chain of Milepost Music sessions supplied at popular locations inside the national park. Visitors are invited to deliver a camp chair.
Milepost Music live shows exhibit nearby musicians playing conventional tune at Humpback Rocks, Peaks of Otter, Mabry Mill, Doughton Park, and the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center Sunday afternoons. The packages are a collaboration among the Blue Ridge Music Center, Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, and National Park Service.
The final Milepost Music session at Humpback Rocks will characteristic Uncle Henry’s Favorites from 2 to four p.M. Sept. 17.