Affiliated Venues

The Willis Gap Community Center Open Jam, 144 The Hollow Road, Ararat, VA 24053, has been jamming since around 1995.  Initially started by Otto and Nellie Hiatt in their home and then moved to the Community Center.   The Open Jam is a few miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway (Maybry’s Mill). A few miles from Meadows Of Dan (Primland Auberge Read more...

Every Saturday evening from 6pm to 8pm we have live bluegrass music from various bands. The neighborhood event requires NO Cover Charge and we invite you to come listen to the music, grab a bite to eat and feel free to do some shopping for your garden, too! Read more...

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is the longest continually running outdoor drama in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is now the official Outdoor Drama of Virginia. It is the objective of the Lonesome Pine Arts & Crafts, Inc. to provide an exciting entertaining and accurate accounting of the story made famous in the early 1900’s by the noted author Read more...

The Jettie Baker Center, formerly known as the Mullins Theater, was built in the late 1940′s. The property has been completely renovated with federal, state, and local funding with tremendous support by citizens of Dickenson County. The large auditorium and balcony area will seat 350, and the state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems truly mean “there’s not a bad seat in Read more...

They take authentic Old Time music seriously at this jam. In warm weather they gather under the trees on the lawn or under the picturesque gazebo to play tunes until late in the evening. In winter, the jam moves inside the old courthouse building (look for the historical museum exhibits inside) and the musicians gathered in a circle take turns Read more...

From May through October, the Stables Saloon at world renowned Primland Resort in the mountains of Patrick County resounds with some of the region’s finest bluegrass music every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Primland is a remarkable natural retreat located in Meadows of Dan, VA. The property features a diverse and immersive menu of indoor and outdoor activities, world-class driven hunting Read more...

Gathering in the Gap Festival each year on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Friday Noon concerts June & July, Open Mic concerts first Saturday of the month.Gathering in the Gap Festival each year on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Friday Noon concerts June & July, Open Mic concerts first Saturday of the month. Read more...

Song of the Mountains is an award winning television series of Bluegrass, Old Time, Celtic, and Americana music recorded live at the Lincoln Theater in Marion, Virginia. The concerts are rebroadcast on public TV channels nationwide. The beautifully restored Lincoln Theatre is famed for its Mayan decorative motif and six large murals on the inside walls depicting key moments in Read more...

Bluegrass and old-time mountain music are on the menu every week at Radford Coffee Company. Join the jam session or just enjoy the sounds of fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and upright bass. Being held outside as weather permits. Monday evenings, 7 p.m. Radford Coffee Company 333 West Main St. Radford, Virginia Read more...

The Rabbit Ridge Pea Pickers were given their name by the State Police when they played for the coal mine strikers on Rabbit Ridge in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Burl Rhea, and the Rhea family and friends now host the Old Time and Bluegrass jam every Friday night at the Cleveland ballfield and the annual celebration day in the summer. Read more...

Patrick County has some of the richest musical heritage anywhere along The Crooked Road and the area’s musicians love to play in the Rotary Memorial building for enthusiastic crowds usually numbering in the hundreds. Plenty of space for dancing, socializing, and grabbing a bite to eat before the next band comes on. Read more...

Started by former dean of the college and mountain music lover Charlie White, this event regularly entertains several hundred at a time. Their successful format is having one Bluegrass band and one Old Time band for each performance, which satisfies the folks that like to just listen to Bluegrass but love to dance to Old Time music. The music on Read more...

Papa Joe Smiddy Mountain Music Festival – Sunday of Labor Day weekend at 3 p.m. Pickin’ in the Park- last Sunday of the summer months of May, June, and July – 2 to 4 PM Read more...

Located in a former hardware store, this is the cultural heart of the Town of Coeburn. The stage is a replica of Jim & Jesse McReynolds’ mother’s front porch. Jammers take turns coming to the microphone to do their song and everyone joins in, sometimes until the wee hours. Friday night concerts feature some of the favorite regional Bluegrass bands. Read more...

This annual gathering at Jim Lloyd’s barbershop over the Thanksgiving holiday is a reunion of the many musicians that Jim has taught and performed with over the years. Like Jim, they share a love and deep respect for the music traditions of The Crooked Road region that comes through big time in the music they make. It is an appropriate Read more...

This jam features some folks who have been immersed in the region’s music for decades so there are probably few Old Time or Bluegrass tune requests you could make that they couldn’t play. Pickers sit in the jam circle, with plenty of chairs for listening and enough floor space for the dancers. Wade Petty, a fine fiddler from the area Read more...

Possibly the only Dairy Queen in America with a regular Bluegrass jam session. Good friends meet there to share a cup of morning coffee and some old songs. Read more...