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| 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 Ken Beck is the caller 7:00-10:00 pm at the Denton Civic Center West Salisbury Street Denton, NC Friday Night Gospel Singing 6:30 pm at Bestfood Cafeteria Siler City, NC 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 |
May 16-18, 2013
Central Virginia Family Bluegrass Music Festival featuring Danny Paisley, Highway 249, California Ramblers, Wildwood Valley Boys, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Dark Hollow, James River Cutups, Sweet Potato Pie, Malpass Brothers, Bluegrass Brothers, Marty Raybon, Salt Marsh, Jus Cuz, and Joe Mullins Amelia Family Campgrounds Amelia, VA Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18, 2013 Fairview Ruritan's Old Fiddler's Convention 1691 Fairview Road Galax, VA May 17-19, 2013
Got To Be NC Festival Antique Farm Equipment, Tractor Pulls, Draft Horse Pull, Live Music Entertainment and More NC State Fairgrounds Raleigh, NC Saturday, May 18, 2013
Pickin' in the Park featuring Darin and Brooke Aldridge Band, the Outliers, Cornbread Revival, Skip Kelley, Ed Dodson & the Kingfishers, the Farlow Family, the Grassifieds, and the Stills Family 9:30 am-6:00 pm at Clyde David Memorial Stage Hagan-Stone Park 5920 Hagan-Stone Park Road Pleasant Garden, NC Saturday, May 18, 2013 Destination Bluegrass 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 910-220-6426 109 N. Main Street Mt. Gilead, NC Saturday, May 18, 2013 The Grassifieds Prissy Polly's Kernersville, NC Saturday, May 18, 2013 Fairview Ruritan's Old Fiddler's Convention 1691 Fairview Road Galax, VA Saturday, May 18, 2013 Lil John's Mountain Music Festival Band Contest 6:30 pm at Cane Creek Campground 336-376-8324 1256 Longest Acres Road Snow Camp, NC Saturday, May 18, 2013 Jamming at Sharp's Store 10:00 am at Corner of Reno Sharpe Store Rd. & Goldston-Pittsboro Rd. (SR 1010) Between Goldston and Pittsboro, NC Saturday, May 18, 2013 Bill & Maggie Anderson 3:00-4:00 pm at Henry Whittier Festival Fries, VA Saturday, May 18, 2013 Carolina Rebels Rivertown Bluegrass Society Conway, SC Saturday, May 18, 2013 Deeper Shade of Blue 12:00 pm and 3:00 pm at Waxhaw Spring Festival Waxhaw, NC Saturday, May 18, 2013 Charlie T Saturday Night Jam 7:00-9:00 pm at Brown's Ole Opry McLeansville, NC Saturday, May 18, 2013 Ron Ireland 12:00 pm at Blue Ridge Music Center Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Marker 213 Sunday, May 19, 2013 John Cowan and Tiller's Folly The Poplar Knight Spot The Rooster's Wife 201 Blue St. Aberdeen, NC Sunday, May 19, 2013 Fisher Peak Timber Rattlers 12:00 pm at Blue Ridge Music Center Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Marker 213 Sunday, May 19, 2013 Uptown/Downtown Jam (pickers welcome) 1:00-4:00 pm at The Storytelling Arts Center of the Southeast 131 North Main St. Laurinburg, NC Monday, May 20, 2013 Boys from Carolina 7:00 pm at Water Festival White Lake, NC Monday, May 20, 2013 Buck Mountain Band 12:00 pm at Blue Ridge Music Center Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Marker 213 Tuesday, May 21, 2013 High Lonesome Strings Tunes on Tuesday Jam 7:00-10:00 pm at Stonefield Cellars Winery 336-644-9908 Stokesdale, NC Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Hard Times Tuesday Night at "The Barn" Eden, NC Thursday,
May 23, 2013
Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road 7:00 pm at Tir Na Nog 919-779-5672 218 South Blount Street Raleigh, NC Thursday, May 23, 2013 Carolina Breeze Prissy Polly's Kernersville, NC Thursday, May 23, 2013 Marie Vanderbeck Trio Bella Donna's Restaurant 919-545-0900 440 East St (Hwy 64 East) Pittsboro, NC Thursday, May 23, 2013 Scott Freeman and Willard Gayheart 12:00 pn at Blue Ridge Music Center Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Marker 213 Thurday, May 23, 2013 Donna Hughes 9:00 pm at The Blue Vine 704-797-0093 209 S. Mail St. Salisbury, NC May 23-25, 2013 Lil John's Mountain Music Festival featuring Al Batten & Bluegrass Reunion, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Marty Rabon & Full Circle, Daily & Vincent, Michael Cleveland & FlameKeeper, James King Band, Little Roy & Lizzy, Joe Mullins & the Radio, Constant Change, Ronnie Reno & the Reno Tradition, Sideline, Darrell Webb Band, and Passin' Thru Cane Creek Campground 336-376-8324 1256 Longest Acres Road Snow Camp, NC Friday, May 24, 2013 Boys From Carolina with Tommy Edwards 7:00 pm at Bynum Front Porch Bynum, NC . Friday, May 24, 2013 Jim Marshall and Friends 12:00 pm at Blue Ridge Music Center Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Marker 213 Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25, 2013 Fiddler's Grove 2013 featuring Wayne Henderson, Wicker & Jones, Cane Creek Cloggers, Lissy Rosemont & Blackgrass, Bluegrass Church, Don Pedi, Spirit Fiddle, Green Grass Cloggers, Cockman Family, Shiver Show, Steve Houser & Storytellers, Laurel Creek String Band Fiddlers Grove 11819 West Memorial Hwy. Union Grove, NC Saturday, May 25, 2013 Edwards Family 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 910-220-6426 109 N. Main Street Mt. Gilead, NC Saturday, May 25, 2013 OLDGRASS Tradfest-Traditional Youth Festival Blueridge Music Center Mile Marker 213 of the Blueridge Parkway Galax, VA Saturday, May 25, 2013 Wood & Steel Patrick County Music Association Monthly Music Jamboree Stuart, VA Saturday, May 25, 2013 Gathering at the Gap Fiddlers Convention and Bluegrass Festival featuring Johns Carter Cash, Mountain Heart, Dale Jett & Hello, Stranger and Dave Eggar and Deoro Big Stone Gap, VA Saturday, May 25, 2013 Stoney Ridge Prissy Polly's Kernersville, NC Saturday, May 25, 2013 Chantilly Farm Bluegrass & BBQ Festival featuring Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Lonesome River Band, Mac and Jenny Trayham with Janet Turner and others 10:00am-10:00 pm at Chantilly Farm Floyd, VA Saturday, May 25, 2013 Fiddlers Convention and Bluegrass Festival Big Stone Gap, VA Saturday, May 25, 2013 The Mostly Bluegrass Spring Festival featuring The Outliers Band, The Bluegrass Misfits, and Other Local Musicians 8:00-5:00 pm at Riverside Park 910-603-2995 Main St. Shallotte, NC Saturday, May 25, 2013 Clarence and Bobbi Roberts 12:00 pm at Blue Ridge Music Center Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Marker 213 Sunday, May 26, 2013 Betse Ellis and Wurlitzer Prize The Poplar Knight Spot The Rooster's Wife 201 Blue St. Aberdeen, NC Sunday, May 26, 2013 Fisher Peak Timber Rattlers 12:00 pm at Blue Ridge Music Center Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Marker 213 Monday, May 27, 2013 57 Express 7:00 pm at Saturdays at The Barn Eden, NC Monday, May 27, 2013 Buck Mountain Band 12:00 pm at Blue Ridge Music Center Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Marker 213 Monday, May 27, 2013 Coyote Ridge 10:00 am at Hanks Chapel Church Hanks Chapel Road Pittsboro, NC Tuesday, May 28, 2013 High Lonesome Strings Tunes on Tuesday Jam 7:00-10:00 pm at Stonefield Cellars Winery 336-644-9908 Stokesdale, NC Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Hubert Lawson & the Bluegrass Country Boys Tuesdays at The Barn Eden, NC Wednesday, May 29, 2013 High Lonesome Strings Wednesday Jam Session 7:00-10:00 pm at the Cultural Center, Room 121 (bottom floor) 200 N. Davie St. Greensboro, NC Wednesday, May 29, 2013 4 Plus 1 with Haley Owens 6:30-9:00 pm at Potent Potables Jamestown, NC Wednesday, May 29- October 30, 2013 Bill & Maggie Anderson 12:00-4:00 pm at Blue Ridge Music Center Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Marker 213 Thursday, May 30, 2013 Samantha Casey & the Bluegrass Jam Wayne Mental Health Association 6:30 pm at Wayne County Museum Goldsboro, NC Thursday, May 30, 2013 Scott Freeman and Willard Gayheart 12:00 pm at Blue Ridge Music Center Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Marker 213 Thursday, May 30, 2013 M.J. & Friends Prissy Polly's Kernersville, NC Thursday,
May 30, 2013
Constant Change 7:00 pm at Tir Na Nog 919-779-5672 218 South Blount Street Raleigh, NC May 30-June 2, 2013
6th Annual NEPA Bluegrass Festival featuring Reno & Harrell, Bluegrass Mountaineers, Larry Stephenson Band, Gold Wing Express, Smokey Greene, Nu-Blu, Mailpouch Express, and many more Lazy Brook Park Route 6 & Route 92 across from Deer Park Lumber Tunkhannock, PA Friday, May 31, 2013 Carolina Gator Gumbo 8:00 pm at Rodi Restaurant Bar & Bakery Gastonia, NC Friday, May 31, 2013 Jim Marshall and Friends Blue Ridge Music Center Blue Ridge Parkway, Mile Marker 213 Friday, May 31, 2013 Red June The Evening Muse Charlotte, NC Friday, May 31, 2013 Steep Canyon Rangers with Steve Martin and featuring Edie Brickell 8:00 pm at War Memorial Auditorium Greensboro, NC Friday, May 31- Saturday, June 1, 2013 Tommy Edwards 5:00-8:00 pm at The Roost, Fearrington Village (weather permitting) Pittsboro, NC Saturday, June 1, 2013 Grass Strings 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 910-220-6426 109 N. Main Street Mt. Gilead, NC Saturday, June 1, 2013 Destination Bluegrass Prissy Polly's Kernersville, NC Saturday, June 1, 2013 Jamming at Sharpe's Store 10:00 am at the corner of Reno Sharpe Store Rd & Goldston-Pittsboro Rd (SR 1010) Between Goldston and Pittsboro, NC Saturday, June 1, 2013 Battle of the Bands Unplugged Fund Raiser to save Mrs. Hyatt's Music House 828-633-1136 Asheville, NC Saturday, June 1, 2013 Samantha Casey & the Bluegrass Jam 7:30 pm at General Store Fountain, NC Saturday, June 1, 2013 Brown's Tractor Show Brown's Old Opry Timbermill Road McLeansville, NC Saturday, June 1, 2013 Ken Scoggins & Miller's Creek Pickin' on the Square Franklin, NC Saturday, June 1, 2013 The Jeanette Williams Band, Wrecked Fretts & TBA Song of the Mountains Marion, VA Sunday, June 2, 2013 The Cleverlys, The Good Fellers, and Stokes Tadpoles King Central Park 302 Kirby Rd. King, NC Sunday, June 2, 2013 Missy Raines & the New Hip and Casey Driessen The Poplar Knight Spot The Rooster's Wife 201 Blue St. Aberdeen, NC Sunday, June 2, 2013 TBA 5:00 pm at E. Carroll Joyner Park Wake Forest, NC Wednesday, June 5, 2013 High Lonesome Strings Wednesday Jam Session 7:00-10:00 pm at the Cultural Center, Room 121 (bottom floor), 200 N. Davie St Greensboro, NC Thursday, June 6, 2013 Kickin' Country Classic Country Band Prissy Polly's Kernersville, NC Thursday, June 6, 2013 Grass Cats 7:30 pm at Mac's Tavern Cary, NC Thursday, June 6, 2013 Fiddlin' Al McCanless with Julie Glaub 6:30-8:30 pm at The Pittsboro Roadhouse Pittsboro, NC Friday, June 7, 2013 Linda & Company 7:00-9:00 pm at Brown's Ole Opry McLeansville, NC Friday, June 7, 2013 Robin Bullock Fiddle and Bow Community Arts Cafe Winston-Salem, NC Friday, June 7, 2013 Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line 8:00 pm at The ArtsCenter Carrboro, NC Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8, 2013 The 42nd Annual Blue Grass & Old Time Fiddlers Convention Veterans Park Mt Airy, NC June 7-9, 2013 The Outliers Ocrafolk Festival Ocacoke, NC Saturday, June 8, 2013 Passin' Thru 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 910-220-6426 109 N. Main Street Mt. Gilead, NC Saturday, June 8, 2013 Jake Shimabukuro Carolina Theatre Durham NC Saturday, June 8, 2013 Tarheel Travelers Prissy Polly's Kernersville, NC Saturday, June 8, 2013 Chatham County Line Twin City Rib Fest Winston-Salem, NC Saturday, June 8, 2013 Deeper Shade of Blue Dixie Dreams Bluegrass Festival Santa Claus Rd. Monroe, NC Saturday, June 8, 2013 Gravel Road, Nancy Joyner & Early Station, and Dixie Strings Eastern North Carolina Bluegrass Association Lenoir Community College Kinston, NC Saturday, June 8, 2013 The Great American Music Reunion featuring Nu-Blu, Nantucket, Robbin Thompson Band, and Slowhand-A Tribute To Eric Clapton East Carolina Motor Speedway 4918 U.S. 64 Alt. Robersonville, North Carolina Saturday, June 8, 2013 Mountain Duets Blue Ridge Music Center Galax, VA Tuesday, June 11, 2013 High Lonesome Strings Tunes on Tuesday Jam 7:00-10:00 pm at Stonefield Cellars Winery 336-644-9908 Stokesdale, NC June 13-15, 2013 Bluegrass in Cherokee featuring Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Gentlemen of Bluegrass, Skip Cherryholmes Quintet, Daughters of Bluegrass, Goldwing Express, Raymond Fairchild, Mountain Faith, Crowe Brothers, Ralph Stanley II, James King Band, Marty Raybon, Fontanna Sunset, Gary Waldrep Band, Bluegrass Mountaineers, and Little Roy & Lizzie Happy Holiday RV Village 919-779-5672 Cherokee, NC Friday, June 14, 2013 Elizabeth LaPrelle 7:30 pm at CFS Monthly Gathering Great Aunt Stella Center Charlotte, NC Friday, June 14 and Saturday, June 15, 2013 Charlie Poole Festival Eden, NC June 14-16, 2013 Maury River FiddlersConvention Buena Vista, VA Saturday, June 15, 2013 Tri-County Bluegrass 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 910-220-6426 109 N. Main Street Mt. Gilead, NC Saturday, June 15, 2013 Nu-Blu Bluegrass Rivertown Bluegrass Society Conway, SC Saturday, June 15, 2013 Jamming at Sharpe's Store 10:00 am at corner of Reno Sharpe Store Rd & Goldston-Pittsboro Rd (SR 1010) Between Goldston and Pittsboro, NC Saturday, June 15, 2013 Second Chance Prissy Polly's Kernersville, NC Wednesday, June 19, 2013 High Lonesome Strings Wednesday Jam Session 7:00-10:00 pm at the Cultural Center, Room 121 (bottom floor), 200 N. Davie St. Greensboro, NC June 19-21, 2013 Music in the Mountains Bluegrass Festival Summersville Music Park 7441 Webster Rd. Summersville, WV Friday, June 21, 2013 Samantha Casey & the Bluegrass Jam 7:00 pm at Ft. Macon State Park Atlantic Beach, NC Friday, June 21, 2013 Greg Trooper Fiddle and Bow Community Arts Cafe Winston-Salem, NC Saturday, June 22, 2013 Crusher Run 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 910-220-6426 109 N. Main Street Mt. Gilead, NC Saturday, June 22, 2013 Highway 61 Bluegrass Band Patrick County Music Association Monthly Meeting Stuart, VA Saturday, June 22, 2013 The Outliers Prissy Polly's Kernersville, NC Saturday, June 22, 2013 Robin & Linda Williams Joy Theater Kings Mountain, NC Sunday, June 23, 2013 Millstream 2:00 pm at High Lonesome Strings Monthly Meeting & Jam, Hagan-Stone Park Stage by the Lake 5920 Hagan-Stone Park Road Greensboro, NC June 24-28, 2013 PineCone Bluegrass Camps for Youth Page Walker Arts & History Center Charles Pettee (mandolin instructor): Lynda Dawson (songwriting instructor) & Pattie Hopkins (fiddle instructor), Snyder Family Band (culminating performance with camp students) 119 Ambassador Loop Cary, NC Tuesday, June 25, 2013 High Lonesome Strings Tunes on Tuesday Jam 7:00-10:00 pm at Stonefield Cellars Winery 336-644-9908 Stokesdale, NC Thursday, June 27, 2013 The Connor Lambert Bluegrass Band Prissy Polly's Kernersville, NC Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29, 2013 The 44rd Annual Grayson County Fiddlers Convention Elk Creek, VA Saturday, June 29, 2013 Dixie Moon 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 910-220-6426 109 N. Main Street Mt. Gilead, NC Saturday, June 29, 2013 The Dixie Bluegrass Boys Prissy Polly's Kernersville, NC Saturday, July 6, 2013 Blue Mountain 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 910-220-6426 109 N. Main Street Mt. Gilead, NC Saturday, July 13, 2013 Deeper Shade of Blue 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 910-220-6426 109 N. Main Street Mt. Gilead, NC Saturday, July 20, 2013 Cabin Creek 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 910-220-6426 109 N. Main Street Mt. Gilead, NC July 26-28, 2013
Danny Stewart's Jam Fest and Pick-off featuring Danny Paisley & Southern Grass, Kevin Richardson & Cuttin Edge, Sweet Potato Pie, Smokey Greene, Travers Chandler & Avery County Chenango County Fairgrounds 168 E. Main Street Norwich, NY Saturday, July 27, 2013 Sons of the South 7:30 pm at Mt. Gilead Music Barn 910-220-6426 109 N. Main Street Mt. Gilead, NC |