Events

The 50th Anniversary Celebration of The Appalachian South Folklife Center will continue a long tradition of festivals and creative events at our beautiful rural setting, starting with traditional mountain music festivals in 1968, and continuing with blues and jazz festivals, rock concerts, and world music festivals to this day. This very special event will set the stage for a blossoming of creative energy for the next 50 years. We will honor our history as we move boldly to create our future. We will appreciate the past through remembrance and sharing, we will examine our legacy with scholarly exposition, we will explore future possibilities with facilitated discussion and we will celebrate with story and song. The Festival will begin on Friday, July 17th with a Symposium honoring Don and Connie West at Concord University. Friday evening will feature a concert at the Folklife Center followed by 2 full days of music, dance, crafts and workshops on Saturday and Sunday.

July 17-19 at Pipestem. http://www.folklifefest.com/