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June 2023

June Pickin’ on the Square

June 10 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
FREE

Join us Saturday, June 10th from 5:00pm - 7:00pm for our 9th Annual Pickin' on the Square Series!       Pickers, come jam informally around the square!  All playing levels welcome.  Secure instrument check is available.   Not a picker?  Come and bring your family and friends and sit back and enjoy as we celebrate the tradition of bluegrass music.     The Earl Scruggs Center Gift Shop will be open during the event for guests to purchase refreshments and…

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Coffee with the Curator

June 21 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
FREE

Do you enjoy local history? Grab your coffee and join us Wednesday, June 21, at 10:30 AM for Coffee with the Curator in our Great Hall! Many of us have an original copy of Architectural Perspectives of Cleveland County, North Carolina in our homes.  This book serves as one of the greatest individual documentations of Cleveland County’s beautiful historic structures.  Now after twenty years the Historic Shelby Foundation is working on a second volume which will focus mainly on structures…

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Center Stage Concert Series: Andrew Finn Magill Jazz Quartet

June 22 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Thursday, June 22 6:00 PM $25   Click here to purchase tickets to Andrew Finn Magill Jazz Quartet     Cash bar will be available.   About Andrew Finn Magill Jazz Quartet:   North Carolina violinist/fiddler Andrew Finn Magill is a Fulbright Fellow, a South Arts Emerging Traditional Artist, a North Carolina Arts Council Fellow, an All- Ireland Fiddle finalist, and a Ropeadope Records recording artist. He has been featured on MTV-U, PBS, and multiple times on NPR. His 2016…

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July 2023

July Pickin’ on the Square

July 8 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
FREE

Join us Saturday, July 8th from 5:00pm - 7:00pm for our 9th Annual Pickin' on the Square Series!   Pickers, come jam informally around the square! All playing levels welcome. Secure instrument check is available.   Not a picker? Come and bring your family and friends and sit back and enjoy as we celebrate the tradition of bluegrass music.     The Earl Scruggs Center Gift Shop will be open during the event for guests to purchase refreshments and souvenirs.…

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Center Stage Concert Series: The Barefoot Movement

July 20 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Thursday, July 20 6:00 PM $30   Click here to purchase tickets to The Barefoot Movement     Cash bar will be available.   About The Barefoot Movement:   “Acclaimed Americana group “The Barefoot Movement” has carved out an indelible space in the acoustic scene since their 2011 debut album, Footwork. Their sound is invigorating, infused with a captivating honesty that transports audiences to a place of complete enthrallment.   The band officially formed in North Carolina in 2006, after front…

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August 2023

Center Stage Concert Series: Mark & Maggie O’Connor

August 10 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Thursday, August 10 6:00 PM $30   Click here to purchase tickets to Mark & Maggie O'Connor   Cash bar will be available.         About Mark & Maggie O'Connor:   Mark O'Connor began his creative journey at the feet of American fiddling legend Benny Thomasson, and the iconic French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli. Now, at age 55, he has melded these influences into a new American classical music, and is perpetuating his vision of an American School…

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August Pickin’ on the Square

August 12 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
FREE

Join us Saturday, August 12th from 5:00pm - 7:00pm for our 9th Annual Pickin' on the Square Series!       Pickers, come jam informally around the square! All playing levels welcome. Secure instrument check is available.   Not a picker? Come and bring your family and friends and sit back and enjoy as we celebrate the tradition of bluegrass music.     The Earl Scruggs Center Gift Shop will be open during the event for guests to purchase refreshments…

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September 2023

Earl Scruggs Music Festival

September 1 - September 3
Tryon International Equestrian Center, 4066 Pea Ridge Rd
Mill Spring, NC 28756 United States

The Earl Scruggs Music Festival honors the life and legacy of American icon and musical legend, Earl Scruggs, who was born in the small Flint Hill community of nearby Cleveland County, NC. It was here in this region, surrounded by a musical family and a host of influences, where Mr. Scruggs laid the foundation for his influential and groundbreaking career. Best known for bringing the “Scruggs style” of playing the 5-string banjo to the world, he crossed musical boundaries and…

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