Fiddle & Fork Dinner at The Bluffs Restaurant

Friday, June 12 | 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. | $100
45338 Blue Ridge Parkway, Laurel Springs, N.C., milepost 241 on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Kick off the weekend of festival events with a dinner party featuring locally sourced ingredients and recipes prepared by guest chefs Jamie Swafford & Keia Mastrianni of Old North Farm. The program includes a conversation with festival grand marshals, chef Sheri Castle of the PBS program The Key Ingredient with Sheri Castle and musician and luthier Wayne Henderson, about the intersection of food, music, and cultural traditions of the Blue Ridge region.

Proceeds benefit the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation’s Midday Mountain Music Fund, created to sustain free, daily traditional music presentations at the Music Center.

Tickets: $100 (includes meal, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, tax, and gratuity)

ADDITIONAL EVENT DETAILS

This event is part of Fiddle & Fork Festival, taking place June 12-14, 2026. Hosted by the Blue Ridge Music Center and The Bluffs Restaurant, the festival celebrates the music and foodways of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Fiddle & Fork is presented in collaboration with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival as part of the “Of the People: The Smithsonian Festival of Festivals,” a nationwide series of programs and exchanges marking the 250th anniversary of the United States and showcasing the country’s cultural landscape. For more information and a full festival schedule, visit fiddleandforkfestival.com