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Fiddlers Concert Series: Kenny & Amanda Smith

Event Time: 7:00 PM - 7:00 PM Venue: McCandless Hall

Winners of the IBMA’s prestigious “Emerging Artist of the Year” award in 2003, the Kenny and Amanda Smith Band combines gutsy, heartfelt vocals, brilliant instrumental talents, and a powerful, contemporary sense of song choice and arrangement into one of the most compelling new sounds in bluegrass today. A creation of the intensely personal musical and romantic connection […]

Special Engagement: Dan Tyminski

Event Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Venue: McCandless Hall

Join us for a special engagement featuring Dan Tyminski presented by the Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention in conjunction with the Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Concert Series! For over 30 years, Dan Tyminski has left his mark in every corner of modern music. Tyminski’s voice famously accompanies George Clooney's performance of the Stanley […]

Fiddlers Concert Series: Appalachian Roadshow

Event Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Venue: McCandless Hall

Appalachian Roadshow is a visionary acoustic ensemble, bringing new-generation interpretations of traditional Americana, Bluegrass, and Folk songs, as well as offering innovative original music, all presented with a common thread tied directly to the heart of the Appalachian regions of the United States. Grammy-nominated banjoist Barry Abernathy joins forces with Grammy-winning fiddler Jim VanCleve, as […]

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out with Special Guest, the Becky Buller Band

Event Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Venue: McCandless Hall

For over 30 years, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out have been touring and releasing great, original bluegrass music. After spending a handful of formative years as a member of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (and recording some legendary bluegrass music in the process), Russell Moore formed IIIrd Tyme Out in 1991, and bluegrass music hasn’t […]

Wanda Vick & Friends

Event Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Venue: McCandless Hall

Once called the “Jill of all strings” by People Magazine, multi-instrumentalist Wanda Vick (Burchfield) has been living the musician’s dream since the 1980s in Nashville. A sought-after studio musician, she has recorded for an impressive list of artists in Country, Gospel, and Pop, including Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean with Alabama, Billy Ray Cyrus, George Jones, […]

Volume Five

Event Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Venue: McCandless Hall

Volume Five continues to demonstrate their unique sound and various styles of bluegrass that has earned them critical acclaim from media, radio, fans, and their peers.  Their latest release, For Those Who Care To Listen on Mountain Fever Records, is no exception. The first single, “The 15th of October” was a chart success along with their official music video […]

Blue Highway

Event Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Venue: McCandless Hall

In 2023, the highly-esteemed Blue Highway celebrates 29 years of touring, with four of the original members still intact. The band has earned a collective 32 IBMA Awards, six SPBGMA Awards, one Dove Award, plus three Grammy nominations. The band was nominated for IBMA’s 2021 and 2020 Vocal Group of the Year and Song of […]

Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers

Event Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Venue: McCandless Hall

Larry Sparks is a dedicated leader for bluegrass music. Larry is among the most widely known and respected touring musicians in bluegrass and gospel music today. He began his career in the mid-1960s as a guitarist with the Stanley Brothers and later became lead vocalist for Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys. Larry went […]

Fiddlers Concert Series: Tina Adair

Event Time: 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Venue: McCandless Hall

The name Tina Adair has become synonymous with excellence as far as female vocalists in bluegrass music are concerned. Her family band, The Adairs, gave Tina her first introduction and exposure to the industry and when Tina was just 17 years old, she signed a recording contract with Sugar Hill Records. Her first album, Just […]

Fiddlers Concert Series: Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

Event Time: 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Venue: McCandless Hall

Concert rescheduled to April 4 due to health issues Take a 15-time IBMA Dobro Player of the Year and a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy who made his Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 11, and you have Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, a powerhouse acoustic duo that has electrified the acoustic music scene. Known […]