Music in the Mountains this Weekend 6-22-12

June 22
NC City: WEST JEFFERSON
Event: Backstreet Park Summer Concert Series Free summer concert series held every 3rd and 4th Friday nights from May-August, 5:30pm - 7:00pm. Bring your chair, blanket or picnic and enjoy the sounds of traditional, old time, and bluegrass music for ages. Rain locations: the Farmer's Market or the Ashe Arts Center.  Get a link for details HERE

June 22
NC City: HENDERSONVILLE
Event: Music on Main Street The 14th annual Music On Main Street concert series will be held every Friday evening from June 8 through August 17, 2012. Music On Main Street showcases a diverse lineup of musical talents, from jazz, pop, oldies, rock, to contemporary music. Bring a chair and enjoy the music from 7 PM - 9 PM. Admission is FREE.  Get a link for details HERE

June 22
NC City: SYLVA
Event: Concerts on the Creek Mountain Faith (www.mountainfaith.bandzoogle.com) will be in concert. Concerts on the Creek are held at the Bridge Park Pavilion in downtown Sylva from 7:30 - 9:30 PM on Friday nights beginning Memorial Day weekend and continuing through the end of July.  Get a link for details HERE

June 22
NC City: WAYNESVILLE
Event: Mountain Street Dance Put on your cloggin' & square dancin' shoes and enjoy an old-fashioned mountain hoedown. Live mountain music, demonstrations and instruction by local clogging teams. Refreshments are available for purchase. Limited bleacher seating available so feel free to bring a chair or blanket for the Courthouse lawn.  Get a link for details HERE

June 22
NC City: BREVARD
Event:    Opening Night at Brevard Music Center Brevard Music Center Orchestra with JoAnn Falletta, conductor, and Norman Krieger, piano. Works by Berlioz, Beethoven, Schmidt and Strauss.  Get a link for details HERE

June 22

NC City:  OLD FORT
Event:    Old Time Mountain Music - for more than a decade, folks have gathered to hear and play bluegrass and traditional mountain music. Nobody’s paid, everyone’s welcome and coffee and sodas are still just a quarter!  Get a link for details HERE

June 23

NC City:  BRYSON CITY

Event:     Music in the Mountains  7 PM - Regional talent is showcased in a relaxed, outdoor venue located in the heart of historic downtown. Bring a chair or blanket and settle in for an evening of great music.  Get a link for details HERE

June 23-24
NC City: LINVILLE
Event: Singing on the Mountain Now in its 88th year, the "Singing" is a day-long country gospel convention held out-of-doors in a meadow at the base of Grandfather Mountain. The music begins at 8:30 AM and continues throughout the day, with a break at midday for the sermon. Bring lawn chairs or blankets and picnics and make a day of friends, family and enjoying performances by top Southern Gospel groups.  Get a link for details HERE

June 24
NC City: BREVARD
Event: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 at Brevard Music Center JoAnn Falletta conducts the Brevad Music Center Orchestra performing Shostakovich's The Gadfly Suite, Glazunov's Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra in E flat major, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 in F minor. Joseph Lulloff, saxophone. Pre-concert talk at 2:00 PM in Thomas Hall behind the auditorium.  Get a link for details HERE