Live Music at the Orchard: Split Rail Bluegrass Saturday, June 21, 2025 2 PM – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE! Split Rail Bluegrass, a band from South Carolina, is sure to get your feet moving. They’ll bring several types of bluegrass and a selection of other music, sure to please. Flatt and […]
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Live Music at the Orchard: Ferguson & Northup Friday, June 20, 2025 2 PM – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE! Ferguson and Northup are an acoustic duo from the mountains of North Carolina. Andy Ferguson (Marion, NC) is a talented singer, songwriter, acoustic guitarist and sound engineer. Jo Northup (Spruce Pine, NC)
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Live Music at the Orchard: Carolina Bluegrass Style Sunday, August 24, 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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Sunday, August 31, 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 live, traditional music in support of our nonprofit
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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 Saturday, August 2, 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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Thank you to everyone who made our 2025 season possible. We are grateful to all who went out of their way to come visit us in person, and for those who have been here in spirit. We had a bountiful early harvest, and are thrilled that we had apples through a good part of October,
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