Events

Time and Location

November 6
Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA)

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Fiddles, guitars, banjos, and clogging take center stage at the Montgomery Museum’s Cultural Crossroads in Traditional Music and Dance concert, featuring regional heritage artists representing old-time, bluegrass, and dance at the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech on Wednesday, November 6, at 7PM.

The concert program aims to enlighten audiences about the various cultural influences in Appalachian music. This concert will feature a multicultural perspective and emphasis on its roots and early influences from African American, Indigenous First people, Japanese, Hispanic/Latino, and Western European cultures.

The concert will feature 12 diverse performing artists including the New Ballard’s Branch Bogtrotters, The Lua Project, Mist on the Mountain, Kazuhiro Inaba, Earl White Band, Jarrett Wildcatt, Jack Hinshelwood, Phil Jamison, Green Grass Cloggers, Jacob Wright, Dr. Dena Jennings, and Victor Dowdy with an introduction by The Crooked Road Director, Tyler Hughes.

In conjunction with the Cultural Crossroads in Traditional Music & Dance concert, the Montgomery Museum of Art & History is pleased to host a special workshop by Dr. Dena Jennings at the Moss Arts Center Cube at 2:00 PM on November 6. Dr. Jennings, a physician, president of the Board of the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and an accomplished artist known for creating and playing unique gourd instruments, will present Traditions and Transformation: Black Appalachia. This engaging presentation will explore the rich cultural significance of Black Appalachian music, highlighting the transformative role of traditional gourd instruments in the region’s musical heritage. The workshop is free and open to the public.

For more information, please visit: Cultural Crossroads in Traditional Music & Dance

This event is supported through the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.