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Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Bristol, VA 24201 United States Get Directions
Events at this venue
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Community Square Dance
Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United StatesDate: Friday, April 10, 2026 Time: 7-9 p.m. EST Location: Special Exhibits Gallery, Birthplace of Country Music Museum Cost: Free and open to the public, donations appreciated REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE Come do-si-do and promenade with us! Join the Birthplace of Country Music Museum for a community square dance on Friday, April 10. Caller Tyler Hughes will lead a
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Museum Storytime
Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United StatesDate: Friday, April 10, 2026 Time: 10:30 a.m. EST Location: The Learning Center, Birthplace of Country Music Museum Cost: Free and open to the public Theme: A Nest Is a Story: “The stories curled inside, waiting to hatch, hop, or hum.” Join us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Storytime program. Aimed at toddler-age
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Special Exhibit | Boot Scootin’ History: The Craft and Stories of Cowboy Boots
Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United StatesDates: October 14, 2025 – April 6, 2026 Location: Special Exhibits Gallery, Birthplace of Country Music Museum Cowboy boots are an iconic element of country music. Bespoke boot maker Lisa Sorrell’s creations illustrate how cowboy boots can fulfill both art and function. Boot Scootin‘ History: The Craft and Stories of Cowboy Boots explores the history
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Boot Scooting Block Party
Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United StatesBRISTOL, TN-VA - The Birthplace of Country Music Museum invites the public to come celebrate the last week of the Boot Scootin’ History: The Craft and Stories of Cowboy Boots Special Exhibit with a Boot Scootin’ Block party! Everyone is invited to bring out your best boots for the Cowboy Boot Contest, explore the Special
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Boot Scootin’ Block Party
Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United StatesCelebrate the last week of the Boot Scootin’ History: The Craft and Stories of Cowboy Boots Special Exhibit with a Boot Scootin’ Block party! Bring out your best boots for the Cowboy Boot Contest, explore the Special Exhibit for free to learn about the history of cowboy boots and what it takes to make boots by hand
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Cardboard Dulcimer-Building Workshop
Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United StatesJoin us at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum on Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22, 1-4 p.m. for a cardboard dulcimer-building workshop! Class size is limited to 15 people and recommended for ages 16 and up; registration fee is $37.47 including all taxes, fees and materials. The class occurs in two sessions to
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Songwriters Circle
Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States2026 Dates: Monthly, every 2nd Saturday January 10 February 14 March 14 April 11 (SHOWCASE) May 9 June 13 July 12 August 8 September 12 (TBD) October 11 November 14 (SHOWCASE) December 12 Time: 2-5 p.m. ET Location: The Learning Center, Birthplace of Country Music Museum Cost: Free and open to the public, donations encouraged
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Farm & Fun Time
Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United StatesJoin us for Radio Bristol's Farm and Fun Time live at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum on Thursday, March 12, 2026 with musical guests Jake Xerxes Fussell & Hannah Juanita, Radio Bristol's Farm and Fun Time is recorded before a live studio audience for broadcast television, and is available to more than 143 PBS stations nationwide. Hosted by Kris Truelsen and
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Speaker Session: Malcolm Smith on the Clawhammer Banjo Masters of Southwest Virginia
Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United StatesSouthwest Virginia has been and continues to be a hotbed of clawhammer banjo playing and old time music. Over the past year, a group of researchers and musicians have put together a new website featuring more than 50 Masters of the folk art, that includes biographies, tunes and anecdotes about the development of the style
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Museum Story Time – From Seed to Song
Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United StatesDate: Friday, March 6, 2026 Time: 10:30 a.m. EST Location: The Learning Center, Birthplace of Country Music Museum Cost: Free and open to the public Theme: From Seed to Song: “The stories we carry in our hearts and our history, planted in soil and song.” Join us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Storytime
