Past Events
Events Search and Views Navigation
April 2023
Coffee with the Curator
Interested in historic textile production? Join Zach Dressel (Earl Scruggs Center) and Dr. Natalie Bishop (Gardner Webb) as they take a look into how textiles were made at the time of the founding of Cleveland County. Dr. Bishop will demonstrate early textile making techniques and Dressel will exhibit pieces from the Cleveland County Historical Collection from the 18th and 19th centuries including quilts, blankets and clothing alongside the tools that would have been used to make them. Grab your coffee…
Find out more »Pickin’ at the Pavilion with the Henhouse Prowlers
Shelby, NC 28150 United States + Google Map
Hey Shelby, come get yourselves a serving of high octane, internationally-influenced Bluegrass music when the Henhouse Prowlers come to the Bobby Bell Pavilion on Thursday, April 20! FREE CONCERT! Come out from 6 pm – 8 pm for music, food trucks, and more. About the Artists: The Henhouse Prowlers are Bluegrass Ambassadors. Founded over 16 years ago with the simple desire to play original and powerful bluegrass, this quartet now finds themselves at the intersection of…
Find out more »May 2023
SOLD OUT – Coffee with the Curator
Shelby, NC 28150 United States + Google Map
It's time to enjoy the outdoors for our upcoming Coffee with the Curator event. Join Earl Scruggs Center Assistant Director Zach Dressel and special guest Joe Depriest on a tour of historic Sunset Cemetery. Be prepared to learn the stories of some of Cleveland County’s most famous (and infamous) citizens while visiting their graves. To take part in the tour, please register in advance and meet at the front gate of the cemetery (between the Boys and Girls Club…
Find out more »Educational Presentation by Jake Blount
Wednesday, May 24 6:00 PM FREE As part of the Jagged Path exhibit programming series, the Earl Scruggs Center presents a special educational program led by Smithsonian Folkways recording artist Jake Blount. A skilled educator, Blount frequently gives lectures and presentations pertaining to both his original research and the history of Black string band music. For this program, he'll dive into the influences of African culture on America, from the rhythms we still recognize today to the creation…
Find out more »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…
Find out more »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 »