Upcoming Events


From music festivals, racing, history, heritage, food and everything in between. Here's your guide.

  • Hoot and Holler Live: Soundtrack of My Life

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Hoot and Holler Live: Soundtrack of My Life November 16 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Roanoke’s Hoot and Holler live storytelling event at the museum! Date: Thursday, November 16, 2023 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EDT Location: Performance Theater, Birthplace of Country Music Museum Tickets: $15+ tax/fee BUY TICKETS Do you have a theme song?

  • Monthly Speaker Sessions: Damean Matthews on Appalachian Folklore

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Join us in-person or virtually via YouTube for our next Speaker Sessions as we explore Appalachian folklore with Damean Matthews. Have you lived your life hearing tales of the strange goings on in the mountains? Did your grandparents warn you about what might lurk in the dark after the lights go out? Or do you want to learn

  • Screening: All Wigged Out: The Musical

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Screening: All Wigged Out: The Musical October 29 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Date: Sunday, October 29, 2023 Time: 2:30 p.m. Eastern Location: Monarch Auditorium, Bristol Regional Medical Center, 1 Medical Park Boulevard, Bristol, TN 37620  Cost: FREE and open to the public; donations are encouraged and all money raised at the screening will go to

  • Community Day at the Museum

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Community Day at the Museum – With Performances by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer! October 28 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Date: Saturday, October 28, 2023 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Location: Birthplace of Country Music Museum  Cost: FREE and open to the public! Join us on Saturday, October 28 for our annual Community Day

  • Birthplace of Country Music Community Day

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    FAMILY FUN! COMMUNITY DAY WITH PERFORMANCES BY CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER Saturday, Oct. 28 | 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. ET Birthplace of Country Music Museum & Cumberland Square Park FREE and open to the public Plan a day of discovery in Historic Downtown Bristol starting at 9 a.m. with Believe in Bristol's Pumpkin Palooza and trick

  • Weekly Music Lessons with JAM Kids

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    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Weekly Music Lessons with JAM Kids at the Museum! October 21 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Date: Weekly on Saturdays Time: 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. ET Location: The Learning Center, Birthplace of Country Music Museum Cost: $5 per class or $45 for 10 lessons Through a new partnership with Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM), the Birthplace of Country

  • Monthly Country Jam

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Monthly Country Jam October 14 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm The Birthplace of Country Music Museum hosts a monthly gathering of local musicians for a country jam session focusing on country, old-time and blues music. The jam events are intended to provide a space for local musicians to gather and pick, collaborate, share their experiences, and—most

  • Speaker Sessions: Ballad Singer Donna Ray Norton on Murder Ballads

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Speaker Sessions: Ballad Singer Donna Ray Norton on Murder Ballads Tuesday, Oct. 10 | 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.  Cost: FREE and open to the public, but please RSVP Join us on Tuesday, October 10, 7:00pm for our next Speaker Sessions as we explore balladry and murder ballads as part of “spooky season.” Eighth-generation ballad singer Donna Ray

  • Museum Story Time: Piggies in a Polka by Kathi Appelt

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Museum Story Time: Piggies in a Polka by Kathi Appelt October 6 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Date: Friday, October 6, 2023 Time: 10:30 a.m. EST Location: The Learning Center, Birthplace of Country Music Museum Cost: Free and open to the public Join us in the museum’s Learning Center for our monthly Museum Story Time program. Aimed

  • Square Dancing in Bristol

    Birthplace of Country Music Museum 520 Birthplace of Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States

    Square Dancing Is Back Time To "Do-Si-Do"!   Join us for an evening of old-fashioned square dancing with caller Tyler Hughes, who will lead the evening with live music to get your feet moving. No partner or experience necessary – just a desire to have a great night out! We recommend sturdy shoes - no