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(Saturdays 9:00 - 11:30 am)

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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.




Jam Sessions
Thursdays
6:00-10:00 pm
Hwy. 705 Music Hall
Seagrove, NC

Jam Sessions
Thursdays
6:00-10:00 pm
Bob's Country Store
  2061White's Memorial Road
Franklinville, NC


Curtis Coble's Bluegrass Jam
Friday Nights
7:30 pm
1151 Langley Rd.
Between Asheboro and Siler City

Buddy's Play House
Bluegrass & Gospel Music Friday nights
 6:30 pm
3826 Bethany Church Rd.
Franklinville, NC
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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 

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 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