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May 2023
Center Stage Concert Series: Jake Blount
Thursday, May 25 6:00 PM $25 Click here to purchase tickets to Jake Blount Cash bar will be available. About Jake Blount: A powerfully gifted musician and a scholar of Black American music, Jake Blount speaks ardently about the African roots of the banjo and the subtle, yet profound ways African Americans have shaped and defined the amorphous categories of roots music and Americana. His 2020 album Spider Tales (named one of…
Find out more »June 2023
The Blue Healers – Tribute to Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
Shelby, NC 28150 United States + Google Map
On Saturday, June 10, at 3pm join us on the court square as Sandy and Phil pay tribute to the music of Blues duo Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Pull up your lawn chair and enjoy Blues music made popular by Terry, who began his musical journey here in Cleveland County. This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Find out more »June Pickin’ on the Square
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
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…
Find out more »Center Stage Concert Series: Andrew Finn Magill Jazz Quartet
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…
Find out more »July 2023
July Pickin’ on the Square
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.…
Find out more »Center Stage Concert Series: The Barefoot Movement
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, is the brainchild of founding members Noah Wall and Tommy Norris. Emerging on the acoustic scene in 2011, they have continually navigated the alt-bluegrass waters through the years while refining that which gives them their particular sound. Invigorating and infused with a captivating honesty, The…
Find out more »August 2023
Coffee & Catawba Pottery: Exhibit Opening Celebration
Join us Tuesday, August 8, from 10am - 12pm as we celebrate our new exhibition, Language of Clay: Catawba Indian Pottery and Oral Tradition. View the exhibit, chat with the curator, and enjoy coffee and pastries. Click here to RSVP to the exhibit opening.
Find out more »SOLD OUT – Center Stage Concert Series: Mark & Maggie O’Connor
Thursday, August 10 6:00 PM $30 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 of String Playing. Mr. O’Connor has won three Grammys, seven…
Find out more »August Pickin’ on the Square
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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