The 27th Annual Music in the Mountains Folk Festival is coming to the Burnsville Town Center on Saturday, September 29 from 5:30 to 9:30 pm. This year the festival honors Steve and Wayne Ledford for their contributions to old-time music. Wayne and Steve Ledford were born into a musical family in the Little Rock Creek community of Mitchell County. Wayne, the youngest of 11 children, has been playing for over 75 years. “I play by ear,” he says. “I couldn't hardly reach around my guitar when I started. ” He began playing guitar to provide backup rhythm for his brother Steve, a fiddle player. Steve bridged the gap between older and newer styles, learning some of his style from the late John Carson, but then moved closer to bluegrass fiddling.
The Annual Festival is “dedicated to the preservation of mountain music and culture” and includes bluegrass and traditional music, ballad singers, storytellers, and dancing. Instruments range from fiddle to dulcimer to guitar and sometimes include a harmonica or zither. Our evening celebration of traditional performers is uncommon in diversity and artistic excellence! You won’t want to miss one knee-slapping, hand-clapping minute of this evening’s fun! Performers this year include old-time musicians Will Ritter and Ray Dellinger, Trevor and Travis Stuart, Herman Coffey, Green Grass Cloggers, Hilary Dirlam, and Rhonda Gouge. The evening’s emcee is ballad singer and musician, Maggie Lauterer. You'll find a rare evening of entertainment resonating to the old and the new from our traditional performers. Food and refreshments will be available. Tickets are $14 adults, $12 for students and seniors 65+. Save $2 and buy your tickets in advance at the Burnsville or Spruce Pine TRAC Galleries through Friday, September 28.
The Music in the Mountains Folk Music Festival is sponsored by the Toe River Arts Council in part by a Grassroots Art Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency.
Questions? Info? Contact TRAC Phone: 828.682.7215 or 828.765.0520 Email: trac@toeriverarts.org
The Annual Festival is “dedicated to the preservation of mountain music and culture” and includes bluegrass and traditional music, ballad singers, storytellers, and dancing. Instruments range from fiddle to dulcimer to guitar and sometimes include a harmonica or zither. Our evening celebration of traditional performers is uncommon in diversity and artistic excellence! You won’t want to miss one knee-slapping, hand-clapping minute of this evening’s fun! Performers this year include old-time musicians Will Ritter and Ray Dellinger, Trevor and Travis Stuart, Herman Coffey, Green Grass Cloggers, Hilary Dirlam, and Rhonda Gouge. The evening’s emcee is ballad singer and musician, Maggie Lauterer. You'll find a rare evening of entertainment resonating to the old and the new from our traditional performers. Food and refreshments will be available. Tickets are $14 adults, $12 for students and seniors 65+. Save $2 and buy your tickets in advance at the Burnsville or Spruce Pine TRAC Galleries through Friday, September 28.
The Music in the Mountains Folk Music Festival is sponsored by the Toe River Arts Council in part by a Grassroots Art Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency.
Questions? Info? Contact TRAC Phone: 828.682.7215 or 828.765.0520 Email: trac@toeriverarts.org
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