About the Grounds
The Blue Ridge Music Center is a National Park Service facility and attraction at milepost 213 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Galax, Virginia. BRMC is home to an outdoor amphitheater, visitor center, museum, and gift shop. The visitor center is open seasonally, from May through October, 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. The opening date varies, and is typically Thursday – Monday in early May, open 7 days a week beginning Memorial Day Weekend.
About the Amphitheater Concerts
The Blue Ridge Music Center’s Roots of American Music concerts are held most Saturdays—from Memorial Day through Labor Day—in the natural, terraced, outdoor amphitheater. Musical programming is managed and coordinated by the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, the primary nonprofit fundraising partner of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
About Midday Mountain Music
Midday Mountain Music is a free informal music presentation by local and regional musicians, held noon to 4 p.m. on our covered breezeway, every day the Music Center is open.