Live Music Coming To The Blue Ridge Parkway

By Compiled From N... - June 3rd, 2022

Big Ron Hunter is among the musicians playing along the Blue Ridge Parkway this summer/BRPF

Take some time as you drive the Blue Ridge Parkway this summer to pull over and tap your foot to some great musicians who bring the mountains to life with their instruments and singing.

The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation and Blue Ridge Music Center are launching free Milepost Music presentations on rotating Sunday afternoons at popular destinations along the parkway.

These intimate outdoor concerts will showcase regional musicians playing traditional music at Humpback Rocks, Peaks of Otter, Roanoke Mountain Picnic Area, Mabry Mill, and Doughton Park. The first session is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday, June 5, at the Peaks of Otter at milepost 86 in Bedford, Va.

Performers include The McKenzies, Twin Creeks Stringband, The Bouncers, Big Ron Hunter, Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Small, Harmony Hill, Beverly Street String Band, His and Hers, Root 2 Music, Eric + Addie, Uncle Henry’s Favorites, and more.

Milepost Music sessions are offered from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., on the following dates, from June through September.

Humpback Rocks, milepost 5.8 (near Visitor Center & Picnic Area), Virginia

Third Sunday of the month (June 19, July 17, Aug. 21, Sept. 18)

Peaks of Otter, milepost 85.6 (near the Peaks of Otter Lodge), Virginia

First Sunday of the month (June 5, July 3, Aug. 7, Sept. 4)

Roanoke Mountain Day Picnic Area, milepost 120.4, Virginia

Third Sunday of the month (July 17, Aug. 21, Sept. 18)

Mabry Mill, milepost 176.1 (in the Old Mill Village), Virginia

Second Sunday of the month (June 12, July 10, Aug. 14, Sept. 11)

The Bluffs Restaurant, milepost 241 (near the lodge at Doughton Park), North Carolina

Fourth Sunday of the month (June 26, July 24, August 28, September 25)

The Blue Ridge Music Center, located at milepost 213 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Galax, Va., celebrates the music and musicians of the mountains. The Music Center is a national park facility, a major attraction along the Blue Ridge Parkway, and a venue partner of The Crooked Road, Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail and Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina. For more information, visit BlueRidgeMusicCenter.org.

To learn more about the music center, listen to Episode 85 in National Parks Traveler's podcast series. In it, Lynn Riddick visits with Richard Emmett, director of the Blue Ridge Music Center, to find out what’s happening in the interpretation, presentation, and promotion of traditional American mountain music.

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