Apr 20 Saturday
Live music, food trucks, arts & crafts vendors, kids' activities, rock climbing sessions, and more... don't miss RockyFest 2024 on Saturday, April 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Rocky Face Mountain Recreational Area! Live music will be performed under the big tent with bench seating provided. Performers include: Hilltoppers Review (10:00 am), Nobody’s Business (11:00 am), Gap Civil (12:00 noon), Twin Creeks Stringband (1:00 pm), Whitetop Mountain Band (2:00 pm), and Kelley & The Cowboys (3:00 pm). Children will enjoy the inflatables, trackless train, face painting, and more. A wide variety of vendors will delight attendees. There will be free rock-climbing sessions for beginners that last 1.5 hours (online registration will be available on Eventbrite). Visit https://rockyfacepark.com/rockyfest for complete details about this awesome free family-friendly event!
Snarky Puppy is a collective of sorts with as many as 20 members in regular rotation. At its core, the band represents the convergence of both black and white American music culture with various accents from around the world. Japan, Argentina, Canada and the United Kingdom all have representation in the group’s membership. But more than the cultural diversity of the individual players, the defining characteristic of Snarky Puppy’s music is the joy of performing together in the perpetual push to grow creatively.
Their latest Grammy-winning album, Empire Central, was released in September 2022. Its sound is big and bold, chill and laid back, rooted in its native culture while reaching outward, forward bound. With 16 new compositions, the group looks fondly at where it’s come from, confident in the polished power from which its members continue to build the unique Snarky Puppy sound.
Apr 21 Sunday
Join us for the monthly Downtown Elizabethton Maker's Market - an opportunity to directly support local artists, crafts-workers, and makers in our community. A variety of live musicians and food trucks will also add to the festivities each month.
This is a free event with plenty of public parking available. Gather your friends and family for an afternoon filled with creativity, camaraderie, and charm. We invite you to join us in celebrating the talent and beauty found in our region!
Date: 3rd Sunday of the MonthTime: Noon to 5pmLocation: 411 East Doe Avenue, Elizabethton, Tennessee
The most followed military music group in the world, Six-String Soldiers, will play Lee Theatre in Pennington Gap at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 21st. Six-String Soldiers is a five-member music group performing country, Americana, and patriotic music to connect America to its army. Brought to you in conjunction with the Town of Pennington Gap and Pro-Art’s 47th season, the performance is free and open to the public. For more information and to make reservations visit proartva.org.
Six-String Soldiers is a component of the U.S. Army Field Band formed in 2015 by active-duty soldiers who were looking for ways to fulfill the Army’s commitment to its soldiers and veterans. From Boston to Baghdad, Tampa to Toronto, the United States Army Field Band has been thrilling audiences of all ages for more than six decades. The internationally acclaimed organization travels thousands of miles each year presenting a variety of music to enthusiastic audiences throughout the nation and abroad. Through these concerts, the Field Band fosters the support of the American people for members of the armed forces and supports diplomatic efforts around the world. Since its formation in March 1946, the Field Band has appeared in all fifty states and in more than thirty countries on four continents.
Apr 27 Saturday
Earth Day Celebration sponsored by a regional conservation committee of the Sierra Club. Music, poetry, plant swap, electric tools and cars, displays and discussions of earth friendly products, TVA will answer questions about EnergyRight
May 19 Sunday
May 27 Monday
"Never Forget" - Johnson City Community Concert BandCome join us for a memorable evening at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park with the Johnson City Community Concert Band. Let the music transport you to different times and places as we pay tribute to those we will never forget. This in-person event promises to be a heartwarming experience for all attendees. Don't miss out on this special concert!
Admission is free.
May 28 Tuesday
The Annual Spring Concert of the Toe River Chamber Ensemble, led by director Kevin Paul, takes place on Tuesday, May 28, 7:30 pm at the First Baptist Church, Burnsville NC on the Town Square. Works by composers Vaughan Williams, C. Saint-Saens, Rimsky-Korsakov, Beethoven and others are included in the program. The public is invited to this free concert, donation graciously accepted.
https://www.toeriverchamberensemble.org/ or https://www.facebook.com/toeriverchamberensemble for more information.
Jun 07 Friday
The High Country Jazz Festival presented by Mast General Store with additional support from Explore Boone has a fabulous line-up for its third annual festival including the Brubeck Brothers Quartet (June 7), Jazzmeia Horn (June 8), and Ziad (June 9). The three headliners will perform on the stage at the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, a historic Art Deco theatre built in 1938, renovated, and restored to a 629-seat state-of-the-art performance venue which reopened to audiences in October 2019. Other events will include a lecture at the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, a free performance on the lawn at the Jones House Cultural & Community Center in Downtown Boone, jazz brunches and lunches, and a jam session after the performances on Friday and Saturday evenings (so bring your horn! and sit in on a set).
The High Country Jazz Festival benefits the community programs of the Boone Sunrise Rotary Club, the Appalachian Theatre, and the Jazz Studies Program at Appalachian State University.
Jun 08 Saturday