Willis Gap Community Center holds an open jam session every Friday night! The Center has been jamming successfully for over eleven years. All skill levels are invited to attend. Bluegrass. Country, old time is played during the jam, the Center also loves Gospel. Mr Otto Hiatt is Director for the order of the Jam. He plays the Large Base, and his wife Nellie plays the Flat Top Guitar. Hotdogs, chips, snacks, and drinks are available for purchase. All proceeds of the Jam Session go to the Willis Gap Community Center.
Join us each Sunday from 2pm - 5pm at The Floyd Country Store for a Mountain Music Jam Session. Acoustic musicians of all levels are invited to come and play in an informal round style jam. Dedicated to the sharing of the musical tradition and stories of this area this is another way to enjoy the music and energy of Floyd. Everyone is welcome, bring the family, have some lunch and sit and listen to some good old time, gospel and Bluegrass music.
Our goal is to provide a musical event that will showcase the various musicians and singers in the surrounding area while teaching the aspects of musicianship as well as encouraging the development of new talents while at the same time providing entertainment as a service to the community and the county. The Smyth County Jam has really grown over the years and is almost solely responsible for exposing our area to the many great talents and people who have adorned our stages and audiences. Its like everywhere weve stepped, a new jam has sprung up. This is a testament to our success.
The Radford Fiddle and Banjo Jam is a bluegrass jam session held every Monday in the intimate environment of River City Grill. Bring an instrument or just listen to the sounds of bluegrass and old-time mountain music played by local musicians. The jam appeals to a cross-section of folks, from old-school bluegrass fans to college students. A large crowd gathers every Monday, so get your table early.
Every Tuesday Night- 7:00 PM. The Mt. Rogers Combined School in Whitetop, VA offers free music lessons (banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bass, and dance) and a community jam session on every Tuesday night. The music begins around 7 pm and goes on until late. Everyone (including children & pets) is welcome.
Every Wednesday evening at the Historic 1908 Courthouse! Come to play. Come to listen. Come to dance. Experience a true mountain music jam, where you will hear acoustic, unamplified music as it is played when folks seek only to entertain themselves and each other. This is not a performance! This is a wonderful opportunity to 'sit close', hear the clack of guitar picks and the feet tapping as music is shared among the group. Between tunes, you'll hear the folks discussing everything from the history of a tune to the last bad joke they heard. Come join in!
At first glance there is nothing very unusual about the Dairy Queen in Rocky Mount Virginia. It is pretty much a typical Dairy Queen as Dairy Queens go. But if you are there on a Thursday morning from September to the end of May you are in for a treat. There is mountain music - mainly bluegrass - at the Rocky Mount Dairy Queen on Thursday mornings! You had better get there early too or you will be left standing out by the coffee dispenser. The Dairy Queen dining area quickly fills up with the regular attendees who make it there week after week.
Thursday evenings in Fries (pronounced "freeze"), everyone meets for a friendly 2 hour (or longer) jam of old time, bluegrass, and country music commences. Everyone is welcome to come and join in - from local musicians to visitors to those just learning to play. And if you just like to listen to music played the old time way, then this is the place to come. Although many of our local artists are known nationally and internationally and have travelled extensively performing our area's traditional heritage music, they still drop by the Jams as time allows.
The Pickin Porch at the Bristol Mall just off exit 1 of I-81 is a weekly showcase of local, regional and national performers. If you like bluegrass, old time, Celtic and Americana music you'll love the Pickin Porch concerts every Thursday evening! Admission is free but donations are requested thru the non-profit ACMA and proceeds go to benefit the Mountain Music Museum also located in the Bristol Mall which is open 7 days a week and tells the history of the music born in the southern Appalachians.
