Upcoming Events


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

  • Virtual Speaker Series – Food Matters: Exploring History Through Food

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

    Join Paula Johnson, Food History Curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, and Rene Rodgers, Head Curator at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, on Tuesday, January 12, 7:00pm for a conversation about the power of food as a lens for exploring history. We’ll hear about the National Museum of American History’s robust

    Free
  • Special Exhibit: Centennial of Women’s Suffrage

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

    The Birthplace of Country Music Museum is marking the centennial of women’s suffrage in the United States with two poster exhibits: Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service) and To Make Our Voices Heard: Tennessee Women’s Fight for the Vote (Tennessee State Museum). Both exhibits are a wonderful way to

    Free
  • Special Exhibit: A Selection of Hard Rock’s Country Music Memorabilia

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

    The Birthplace of Country Music Museum and Hard Rock International have partnered up to bring priceless items from Hard Rock’s vast collection of country music memorabilia to Historic Downtown Bristol for exhibition. Hard Rock items featured in the museum’s new Honky Tonk special exhibit include costume pieces worn by Loretta Lynn and the Queen of

  • Special Exhibit – Honky Tonk: Portrait of Country Music 1972-1981

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

    In the 1970s, photographer Henry Horenstein shot album covers for upstart bluegrass label Rounder Records. But in his off-hours, he soon became unofficial photographer to the culture of country musicians great and small, and their dedicated fans. It’s a world that looks quite a bit like country songs sound: full of hard-working operators and lonely

  • Radio Bristol’s Farm and Fun Time ft. Merle Monroe, Nora Brown

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

    Be part of the studio audience for Farm & Fun Time featuring music guests Merle Monroe and Nora Brown! Farm and Fun Time hearkens back to the days of classic live radio and features today’s top traditional country, bluegrass and old-time artists. We’re proud to bring back this historic program to a new generation of

    $30
  • Bristol Sessions Super Raffle

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

    A fundraiser for the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, the Bristol Sessions Super Raffle gives you the opportunity to win up to $250,000 in cash and big prizes! Each ticket gives you two chances to win! Drawing will be held on Sunday, September 13, 2020 from noon to 4:00 p.m. with prizes to be given

  • Birthplace of Country Music: Real Folk Exhibit

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

    SPECIAL EXHIBIT: REAL FOLK MAR 6 - 12:00AM TO AUG 30 - 11:59PM REAL FOLK: PASSING ON TRADES & TRADITIONS THROUGH THE VIRGINIA FOLKLIFE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM EXTENDED THROUGH AUGUST! VIRTUAL TOUR & ACTIVITIES Since 2002, the Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program at Virginia Humanities has brought together over 150 experienced master artists and eager apprentices, ensuring various art forms are

  • Square Dance

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

    SQUARE DANCE FEB 15 - 7:00PM TO 9:00PM Time to ‘do si do!’ You’re invited to a square dance at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum! Date: Saturday, February 15, 2020 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Location: Birthplace of Country Music Museum Tickets: Free, but please RSVP! CLICK TO RSVP Back by popular demand

  • Tennessee Songwriters Week Qualifying Round at Birthplace of Country Music

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

    TENNESSEE SONGWRITERS WEEK QUALIFYING ROUND FEB 1 - 1:00PM TO 3:00PM Qualifying Round: Saturday, February 1, 2020 Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: Birthplace of Country Music Museum Tickets: $15 (For spectators. Songwriters register below at no fee.) BUY TICKETS The Birthplace of Country Music is excited to partner with the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development to

  • Radio Bristol Book Club

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

    RADIO BRISTOL BOOK CLUB JAN 23 - 11:00AM TO 11:30AM Tune in to WBCM Radio Bristol as our Book Club explores Gone Home: Race and Roots through Appalachia by Karida L. Brown. Date: Thursday, January 23, 2020 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. EST Readers from Birthplace of Country Music Museum and the Bristol Public