Music and Art in the High Country
Over the past twenty years the art "scene" in Ashe County has slowly
blossomed to life, penetrating first West Jefferson, then Jefferson, then
Lansing and then every part of Ashe County through Barn Quilts and artists'
studios, murals and even fireplugs.
Visual art has joined performance art as a mainstay of the cultural scene in
Ashe County, joining the many theatre performances large and small at the
Ashe Civic Center and at the Ashe Arts Center - primarily on weekends, but
occasionally throughout the week as well.
These more traditional venues of performing arts are joined by what have
traditionally taken place in Ashe County for the past century and a half - the
pick-and-grin "jam sessions" on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights in old
barns or feed stores or general stores around the county.
The great thing is, you can still drop into one of these old-time jam sessions -
click here for a list of upcoming dates and places - from Todd to Creston to
neighborhood Volunteer Fire Department fish fries and "pig pickin's" where
the local band picks and ladies push back their yard chairs to dance and
clog in the grass.
No matter what your taste is in entertainment, there is something for you -
from art to poetry to bluegrass to jazz to symphony orchestra - year-round
- in Ashe County. Come join us!
Visit the Ashe Chamber website: www.ashechamber.com for more information on Ashe County!
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