Live Music at the Orchard: Carolina Bluegrass Style Sunday, June 15, 2025 2 PM – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE We are so excited to welcome back Carolina Bluegrass Style for their 3rd year performing at the Orchard. If you haven’t heard them yet– wow what a treat! Their style includes standard […]
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Live Music at the Orchard: Good Ol’ Boys Saturday, June 14, 2025 2 PM – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE! The Good Ol’ Boys, from Morganton, NC, are a four-piece long time, ol’ time music, Orchard favorite. They are sure to have you on the dance floor! The Orchard Music Program offers
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Live Music at the Orchard: Quinn Crowe Friday, June 13, 2025 2 PM – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE! Quinn Crowe is a dynamic, classically-trained duo with roots in jazz and country and a love for all genres of music. Meshing the sounds of melodic lead guitar and flavorful rhythm guitar together with powerful vocal harmonies found in traditional Appalachian Mountain music, this duo makes any song
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Live Music at the Orchard: The Dollar Brothers Sunday, June 8, 2025 2 PM – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE! We are so excited to welcome the Dollar Brothers back to the Orchard! The Dollar Brothers provide a high-energy, family-oriented bluegrass stage show — a traditional bluegrass band from Watauga and Ashe
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Pipes on the Parkway Saturday, June 7, 2025 Noon – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE Join us for the 3rd annual Pipes on the Parkway on June 7th, from noon to 4 PM, at The Orchard at Altapass, where the rich Scots-Irish heritage of our region comes alive through the soulful sounds
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Gospel Hymn Sing Sunday, May 25, 2025 3 PM – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE We are so excited to kick off our 2025 music season with the Gospel Hymn Sing, where the voices of our local area churches will unite in celebration of faith and song. Set in our music pavilion
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We are absolutely thrilled to host this year’s Bluegrass & Bluegrass Gospel Festival, Bluegrass at Altapass. This pre-opening event will be full of music and fun for the whole family! There will be music from 10 AM to 5 PM, a clogging workshop, guitar drawing, and our General Store will be open, serving warm apple
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We wanted to take a minute to first thank each and every one of you that visited us this year and continue to inquire and care about the Orchard’s well-being after Hurricane Helene. We know that some of you haven’t been able to reach us yet and are anxious to know our situation. There is
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Our final performance for September is talented musician Randy Flack. A native of Western North Carolina, Randy’s been writing and performing since his early teens. Growing up in the 60s in Bryson City, NC, a half-mile outside of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park provided an interesting perspective from the point of view of an
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Join us in welcoming the Ruglifters Trio back to the pavilion stage for their final performance of the 2024 season. The Ruglifters play Southern Old Time music; the traditional songs and fiddle tunes of the Appalachian Mountains. Leo Shannon (fiddle), John Herrmann (banjo), and Meredith McIntosh (guitar) have been playing together for 10 years. In
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