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The Blue Ridge Music Center celebrates the music and musicians of the Blue Ridge. Established by the U.S. Congress in 1985, the site includes an outdoor amphitheater and indoor interpretive center used to highlight an important strand of American musical culture, which is still alive and thriving in the region.
The site is operated through a partnership between the National Park Service and the National Council for the Traditional Arts.
In this region one finds many variations of the ancient fiddle and banjo music of Virginia and North Carolina. This music can be traced to the meeting of the African banjo and the European fiddle in the Tidewater before our nation was created. Here also are found older ballads and religious music that reach deeply into the American past.
Our concert series, performance-talks and new exhibition, The Roots of American Music, will trace the history of this music through local artists back to the creation of the music generations ago by persons from Europe and West Africa, and will show how it continues to influence many forms of folk and popular music made across America today.
Grand Opening of the ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC Exhibition After more than 20 years of planning, this new, permanent interactive exhibition will open with a free, 3-day celebration on Memorial Day weekend. A public ribbon cutting ceremony on May 27, 2011 will be followed by two days of free concerts, jam sessions and other festivities! More Info |
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Contact the Blue Ridge Music Center at:
Mailing Address:
Blue Ridge Music Center
700 Foothills Road
Galax, VA 24333
Physical Address: Milepost 213 on The Blue Ridge Parkway
Phone: (276) 236-5309
Fax: (276) 236-5310
Email: info@blueridgemusiccenter.org
The Blue Ridge Music Center, operated jointly by the National Park Service and The National Council for the Traditional Arts, is located at milepost 213 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near the Virginia-North Carolina state line, ten miles south of Galax.
Blue Ridge Music Center
April 29 – May 25 9:00 am-5:00 pm daily
(5 Days a Week, Closed Tuesday & Wednesday)
May 26 – October 30 9:00 am-5:00 pm daily
(7 Days a Week)
Last Day Open: October 30
The Blue Ridge Music Center will be open starting April 29 five days a week, Thursday - Monday, 9-5. It will be open 7 days a week from Memorial Day to October 30, 9-5 (later on concert nights). Admission to Visitor's Center is free. Resident musicians perform when the center is open.
Mid-day Mountain Music in the Visitor Center breezeway is offered every day that the Music Center is open 12-4pm (see schedule above). Admission is free.
Ticket prices vary for weekend concerts in the outdoor amphitheater. Children 12 and under are admitted free. Bring lawn chairs, blankets and flashlights. Concessions available. Pets and alcohol are not permitted in the amphitheater area. Picnics welcome. Concerts may be moved in case of inclement weather except the Doc Watson concert which will be held at BRMC rain or shine. Call (276) 236-5309 or visit www.blueridgemusiccenter.orgfor more information.
For General Blue Ridge Parkway Information, visit www.nps.gov/blri.
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DIRECTIONS:  (Click here to get detailed driving directions from MapQuest.com) |
From the North/East (VA)
Interstate 77 South
Exit 8
LEFT off exit onto Route 148
RIGHT onto Route 52
Follow signs to Blue Ridge Parkway
RIGHT onto Blue Ridge Parkway south
Blue Ridge Music Center is on the left near Milepost 213
From the South/East (NC)
Interstate 77 North
Exit 8
RIGHT off exit onto Route 148
RIGHT onto Route 52
Follow signs to Blue Ridge Parkway
RIGHT onto Blue Ridge Parkway south
Blue Ridge Music Center is on the left near Milepost 213
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From the West
Route 58 East to Galax, VA
Right onto Route 89
7 miles to Blue Ridge Parkway
Left onto Blue Ridge Parkway North
Blue Ridge Music Center is on the right near Milepost 213
From the Blue Ridge Parkway (VA)
South to Milepost 213
From the Blue Ridge Parkway (NC)
North to Milepost 213 | |
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