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October 2023
Coffee with the Curator
Shelby, NC 28150 United States + Google Map
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM $10 Get in the mood for spooky season with the ESC’s Zach Dressel and special guests Joe Depriest and Dr. June Hobbs with a curated tour of Sunset Cemetery in Uptown Shelby. One of Cleveland County's oldest burial places, Sunset Cemetery has been operating continuously since the early 1840s. Preeminent scholars of Shelby's historic hallowed ground and authors of Tales and Tombstones of Sunset Cemetery, Depriest and Dr. Hobbs look…
Find out more »December 2023
Mountain Melodies: A Holiday Dulcimer Concert with Joe Collins
Thursday, December 7 6:00PM - 7:30PM General Admission: $20 Come start the Christmas season at the Earl Scruggs Center with a Christmas concert featuring Joe Collins (mountain dulcimer) and Mike McGee (guitar). For the past 35 years, Joe and Mike have been playing Christmas music together in and around Shelby. They have built a repertoire that will leave you fully entertained. Their songs range from the ridiculously funny to the sublimely beautiful. Of course, you’ll have the opportunity to…
Find out more »January 2024
August 2024
Earl Scruggs Music Festival
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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