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  • Birthplace of Country Music Museum: Digital Photography Course

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

    Saturday, November 2 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum Is your digital camera still on auto mode, just like the day you took it out of the box?  Whether you are brand new to photography or you have dabbled in photography for years, this 3-hour course covers topics that

    $45
  • Birthplace of Country Music Museum: FREE Admission Day

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

    Saturday, October 26 FREE Museum Admission All Day! Fun Family Activities 12:00-2:00 PM The Birthplace of Country Music Museum invites you to our FREE Community Day on Saturday, October 26. All day long you can visit the Museum’s permanent exhibits and the current special exhibit, American Ballads: The Photographs of Marty Stuart, for free. (The

    FREE
  • Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion

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

    Bristol Sessions Super Raffle & More in September Bristol, Va./Tenn. (August 28, 2019) – In three short weeks, State Street in Historic Downtown Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia will be filled with music as 40,000-plus visitors from all over the world converge on the site of the legendary 1927 Bristol Sessions for the 19th annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots

  • Birthplace of Country Music: The Day We Walked on the Moon

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

    Saturday, July 20 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM Thursday, July 25 6:30 PM As a Smithsonian Affiliate museum, we have the opportunity to be part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. And so half a century after humanity’s historic first step on the

    FREE
  • Pick Along Summer Camp: Week 3 for Intermediate

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

    Pick Along Summer Camp at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum provides a fun educational experience like no other. In addition to exploring the museum and learning about Bristol’s important role in the history of country music, campers learn the basics of a stringed instrument and work on projects with Radio Bristol—then apply the skills

  • Pick Along Summer Camp: Week 2 for Beginners

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

    Pick Along Summer Camp at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum provides a fun educational experience like no other. In addition to exploring the museum and learning about Bristol’s important role in the history of country music, campers learn the basics of a stringed instrument and work on projects with Radio Bristol—then apply the skills

  • Birthplace of Country Music Museum: Upstate in Concert

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

    The Birthplace of Country Music is proud to present a 1927 Society Concert experience featuring Upstate. Our 1927 Society Concerts provide a unique experience where fans have the opportunity to interact with the artists in a relaxed setting over cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, all included in the ticket price.  

    $80
  • Pick Along Summer Camp

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

    Pick Along Summer Camp at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum provides a fun educational experience like no other. In addition to exploring the museum and learning about Bristol’s important role in the history of country music, campers learn the basics of a stringed instrument and work on projects with Radio Bristol—then apply the skills

  • Bristol: Appalachian Song & Voice Workshop / Concert

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

    Acclaimed Vocalist Elizabeth LaPrelle Workshop, Performance March 30 Appalachian Song & Voice at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum BrAcclaimed folk singer and musician Elizabeth LaPrelle has been studying and performing Appalachian ballads and old-time songs since she was eleven years old. On Saturday, March 30, 2019, she will be teaching elements of what she