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AM 1260 WKXR 336-625-1260 (Saturdays 9:00 - 11:30 am) 336-626-9292 - fax |
| Since October of 1992 True Bluegrass has featured national artists along with the best
up-and-coming local and regional bluegrass talent each
and every week on WKXR. A radio veteran since 1968, Bobby Franklin features a great mix of bluegrass and bluegrass gospel music. Each show is programmed in advance but you can contact Bobby with your request and he will work it into the next show.
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for more upcoming events Old Time Square Dance The third Saturday of each month featuring The Oak Tree Boys 7:00-10:00 pm at the Denton Civic Center West Salisbury Street Denton, NC True Bluegrass Jam Session Beginning 1st Saturday in August 7:00 pm Eleazer, NC |
| Solid Rock Baptist
Church has been led to establish a scholarship fund in Matthew Allred's
name. Establishing this fund will be a memorial to his testimony
and how he loved the youth of the church, always encouraging them to
excel. Donations to this scholarship fund will assist the church's youth, as well as youth of the community, many whose lives were touched by Matthew, in continuing their education. Please forward your contribution to: Matthew Allred Scholarship Fund c/o Solid Rock Baptist Church 2206 Wicker Lovell Road Randleman, NC 27317 |
Eastern North Carolina Bluegrass Association Good Family Entertainment (Plenty of room for jammers) 2nd Saturday night every month 7:00 pm at Lenoir Community College Gym Hwy. 70 East 252-523-5735 Kinston, NC Lil Carolina Opry Dance Hall Family Style Entertainment & Dancing Midnight Express Country Band every Saturay night 8154 Hwy. 64 W. 336-847-9740 Trinity, NC |
| To send a get well card to James King Mail to: James King P.O. Box 10179 Danville, VA 24543 Help needed for Tony Allred Family (Home and all contents burned) Call 336-625-1639 to make a donation Wednesday, September 8, 2010 High Lonesome Strings iCoffee Jam Session 7:00-10:00 pm at iCoffee Summerfield, NC Thursday, September 9, 2010 Crusher Run 6:00 pm at Prissy Polly's BBQ Kernersville, NC Thursday, September 9, 2010 Tommy Edwards and Friends featuring Alice Zincone and Rick Lafleur 5:30-8:30 pm Captain John's Dockside Restaurant Chapel Hill, NC Thursday, September 9, 2010 None of the Above 6:30 pm at RayLen Vineyards Mocksvile, NC September 9-11, 2010 Grottoes Family Bluegrass Festival Grand Caverns Regional Park Grottoes, VA Friday, September 10, 2010 Crusher Run 7:00 pm at Sims' Country BBQ Granite Run, NC Friday, September 10, 2010 Piney River Band, Steel Magnolia, Marcie Horne & Friends Spencer-Penn Centre Spencer, VA Friday, September 10, 2010 Mel Melton & the Wicked Mojos 5:00-8:00 pm at the Carolina Inn (on the front lawn) 211 Pittsboro Street 1-800-962-8519 Chapel Hill, NC Friday, September 10, 2010 Blue Highway 7:30 pm at Fountain Inn Civic Center Fountain Inn, SC Friday, September 10, 2010 Jon Anderson The Carolina Theatre Greensboro, NC Friday, September 10, 2010 The Kickin Grass Band Dancing Fox Music Park Graham, NC September 10 and 11, 2010 Steep Canyon Rangers' 5th Annual Mountain Song Festival featuring Doc Watson, Jerry Douglas, Darrell Scott, Kruger Brothers, David Holt, Red Wine, Whitworth & Smith, and Steep Canyon Rangers Brevard Music Center 349 Andante Lane Brevard, NC September 10 and 11, 2010 Coot Williams Road Bluegrass Festival featuring Darin & Brooke Aldridge, Goldwing Express, Wayne Taylor & Appaloosa, Bill Yates & the Country Gentlemen Tribute Band, Unspoken Tradition, Cane Creek, Deeper Shade of Blue, Carolina Fox Fire & Cross Ties 5799 Coot Williams Road 704-447-5090 Cherryville, NC September 10-12, 2010 Blue Ridge Parkway 75th Anniversary Celebration Cumberland Knob Recreation Area Blue Ridge Parkway South of Hwy. 89 Galax, VA Saturday, September 11, 2010 Hubert Lawson 7:30 pm at True Bluegrass 336-857-2974 Eleazer, NC Saturday, September 11, 2010 Crusher Run 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 109 N. Main Street 910-220-6426 Mt, Gilead, NC Saturday, September 11, 2010 Carolina Sonshine 7:00 pm at the Bluegrass Barn 111 Surles Road Benson, NC Saturday, September 11, 2010 Blue Ridge Parkway 75th Anniversary Weekend featuring Gala 75th BRP Anniversary concert at 7:00 pm with Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys and Round Peak Boys Blue Ridge Music Center Galax, VA Saturday, September 11, 2010 4th Annual Bluegrass & Gospel Festival featuring The Moody Brothers, L.W. Lambert & Blue River, Pinetuckett, and the Don't Give Up Your Day Job Bluegrass Band Hickory Grobe United Methodist Church 6401 Hickory Grove Road 704-578-6793 Charlotte, NC Sunday, September 12, 2010 Charles Petree & FolkPsalm Duke United Methodist Church Durham, NC Wedensday, September 15, 2010 High Lonesome Strings Wednesday Jam Session 7:00-10:00 pm at the Cultural Center, Room 100 (bottom floor) 200 N. Davie Street 336-420-0238 September 16-18, 2010 11th Annual Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival featuring Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme out, Lonesome River Band, Balsam Range, Dailey & Vincent, the Grascals, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, James King Band, Darrin & Brooke Aldridge, G-2, Brand New Strings, Paul Williams & the Victory Trio, jimbo Whaley & Greenbrier, Shadow Ridge, and Next Best Thing Dumplin Valley 525 East Dumplin Valley Road 865-397-7942 Kodak, TN Friday, September 17, 2010 Big Country Bluegrass 1:00 pm and 8:00 pm at the Chesterfield Country Fairgrounds Bluegrass Festival Chesterfield, VA Friday, September 17, 2010 Crusher Run 6:30 pm at Redding's Country Kitchen Ronda, NC Friday, September 17, 2010 Valley Grass Blue Ridge Back Roads Rex Theatre Galax, VA Friday, September 17, 2010 Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver 7:00 pm at the James Garner Center 210 Burnette Street 704-985-6987 Troy, NC Friday, September 17, 2010 The Gravy Boys 5:00-8:00 pm at the Carolina Inn (on the front lawn) 211 Pittsboro Street 1-800-962-8519 Chapel Hill, NC September 17 and 18, 2010 Arnie Solomon & Transatlantica and Danny Bowers High Lonesome String Camp n' Pick & Monthly Meeting Hagan-Stone Park Campground 5920 Hagan-Stone Park Road 336-202-1536 Greensboro, NC September 17-19, 2010 4th Annual Hoppin' John Old Time & Bluegrass Fiddlers Convention Shakori Hills 1439 Henderson Tanard Raod Pittsboro, NC Saturday, September 18, 2010 Cornbread 7:30 pm at True Bluegrass 336-857-2974 Eleazer, NC Saturday, September 18, 2010 Ashleigh Caudill & Narrow Gauge 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 109 N. Main Street 910-220-6426 Mt, Gilead, NC September 23-25, 2010 5th Annual Farmpark Bluegrass Festival featuring The Lawsons, Summertown Road, the Grascals, Bill Emerson & the Sweet Dixie Band, Carrie Hasler & Hard Rain, Constant Change, Hagar's Mountain Boys, the Jeanette Williams Band, Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time, Big Country Bluegrass, Second Chance Bluegrass, Sweet Potato Pie, Buck & Company, Bobby Osbourne & the Rocky Top Express and Ralph Stanley II 1072 Cranford Road 1-800-458-2755 Denton, NC Friday, September 24, 2010 Mick Mixon & the Franklin Street Band 5:00-8:00 pm at the Carolina Inn (on the front lawn) 211 Pittsboro Street 1-800-962-8519 Chapel Hill, NC Saturday, September 25, 2010 McFarland Road Bluegrass with Danny Pate 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 109 N. Main Street 910-220-6426 Mt, Gilead, NC September 28-October 2, 2010 Sweet Potato Pie IBMA Nashville, TN Friday, October 1, 2010 Big Fat Gap 5:00-8:00 pm at the Carolina Inn (on the front lawn) 211 Pittsboro Street 1-800-962-8519 Chapel Hill, NC Saturday, October 2, 2010 9th Annual Candor Bluegrass Festival featuring Everette Powers, Stone Mountain, the Crawley Creek Company, Hubert Lawson and the Country Bluegrass Boys, Hard Times, and Thickety Creek Bluegrass Band 2:00 pm-until at the Candor Lion's Club Candor, NC Saturday, October 2, 2010 705 Bluegrass Band with Charlie Harris and Leroy 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 109 N. Main Street 910-220-6426 Mt, Gilead, NC Friday, October 8, 2010 The Gravy Boys 5:00-8:00 pm at the Carolina Inn (on the front lawn) 211 Pittsboro Street 1-800-962-8519 Chapel Hill, NC Saturday, October 9, 2010 J. Max McGee 7:30 pm at True Bluegrass 336-857-2974 Eleazer, NC Saturday, October 9, 2010 Living Miracles & True Grass 7:00-9:00 pm at the Sunset Theater Proceeds to benefit Operation Red Sleigh 336-625-9624 Asheboro, NC Friday, October 15, 2010 Big Fat Gap 5:00-8:00 pm at the Carolina Inn (on the front lawn) 211 Pittsboro Street 1-800-962-8519 Chapel Hill, NC Saturday, October 16, 2010 Pinetucket 7:30 pm at True Bluegrass 336-857-2974 Eleazer, NC Saturday, October 23, 2010 Southern Junction 7:30 pm at True Bluegrass 336-857-2974 Eleazer, NC Saturday, October 23, 2010 Sandhills Antique Farm Equipment Club Swap Meet 9:00 am-sundown 200 Alexander Drive 910-987-2143 Lillington, NC Friday, October 29, 2010 Mountain Heart with Tony Rice 8:00 pm at the Stewart Theatre, Tally Student Center 2160 Cates Avenue 919-515-1100 Raleigh, NC Saturday, November 6, 2010 James King 7:30 pm at True Bluegrass 336-857-2974 Eleazer, NC Friday, November 12, 2010 Doc and Richard Watson with David Holt 8:00 pm at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts 2 E. South Street Raleigh, NC Saturday, December 11, 2010 Sweet Potato Pie 7:50 pm at Lenoir Community College Kinston, NC |
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