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LIVE MUSIC VENUE IN THE HEART OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS
LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN GALAX, VIRGINIA

The Reverend Payton's Big Damn Band
Sat, January 25, 2025
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
Jan 25th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Three time BMA nominee's The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band are "the greatest front-porch blues band in the world". They are led by Reverend Peyton, who most consider to be the premier finger picker playing today. He has earned a reputation as both a singularly compelling performer and a persuasive evangelist for the rootsy, country blues styles that captured his imagination early in life and inspired him and his band to make pilgrimages to Clarksdale, Mississippi to study under such blues masters as T-Model Ford, Robert Belfour and David “Honeyboy” Edwards. Their latest record Dance Songs For Hard Times went #1 on the Billboard, iTunes and Sirius XM Blues Charts and was produced by Grammy winner Vance Powell (Jack White, Chris Stapleton).

JD Simo & Luther Dickinson
Thur, February 6, 2025
JD Simo & Luther Dickinson
Feb 6th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Celebrated guitarists, producers, band leaders and sonic shamans Luther Dickinson and JD Simo join forces in a trailblazing collaboration. The duo, known for their individual successes, mutual admiration, and deep friendship, have finally come together to create a musical project that transcends genres.
Luther Dickinson, one half of the 5-time Grammy-nominated North Mississippi All Stars and former Black Crowes lead guitarist has extensive production and session credits for artists like John Hiatt, Cedric Burnside, and William Bell. JD Simo, the leader of his own solo project, boasts session and production credits for Jack White, Beyoncé, Chris Isaak, Stevie Nicks, Phil Lesh, and Baz Luhrmann's Elvis movie.

Lonesome River Band
Fri, February 7, 2025
Lonesome River Band
Feb. 7th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Since its formation decades ago, Lonesome River Band continues its reputation as one of the most respected names in bluegrass music. Five-time International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Banjo Player of the Year, and winner of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass, Sammy Shelor leads the group that is constantly breaking new ground in acoustic music. With two stellar lead vocalists, Jesse Smathers (guitar) and Adam Miller (mandolin), and the impressive talents of Mike Hartgrove (fiddle) and Kameron Keller (bass), the band seamlessly comes together, performing the trademark sound that fans continue to embrace

The Georgia Thunderbolts
Sat, March 1, 2025
The Georgia Thunderbolts
March 1, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The road to being hailed as the new torchbearers of Southern rock hasn’t been as glamorous as you might imagine for The Georgia Thunderbolts. It wasn’t many years ago that the guys busked at gas stations, fumbled through covers, and drove four hours to Alabama to play to a bartender and a three-legged dog sitting on a barstool.
These days, however, the Rome, Georgia-based quintet is a critically acclaimed and internationally touring band fending off the sophomore slump with its latest album, Rise Above It All, out on Mascot Records. The 13-track record is an artistically assured collection of hard-hitting Southern rock, blues, and heartfelt Americana.

The Cold Stares
Thur, March 6, 2025
The Cold Stares
March 6th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
For almost ten years, The Cold Stares had toured the world relentlessly as a duo, blowing away audiences across the US and Europe with a fierce, blistering live show that belied their bare bones, guitar-and-drums setup. In 2023 the band began embracing a whole new kind of chemistry and launched into their next chapter, adding a third member and channeling the classic power trio sound they grew up on with their explosive acclaimed album, Voices.
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The Cold Stares have created a buzz in the music world that has landed them on the road with the likes of Joe Bonamassa, Larkin Poe, Rival Sons, Reignwolf, Spoon, Grand Funk Railroad, and Thievery Corp, among many others.

Dar Williams
Sat, March 8, 2025
Dar Williams
March 8th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Dar Williams’ lyrics contain bouquets of optimism, delivered on melodies alternating between beguiling lightness and understated gravity. Williams strongly believes that all of us possess our own power and ability to achieve, and she rejects the exceptionalism that encourages us to “admire that yonder star,” while making us feel small and insignificant; unworthy of shining on our own but hoping to catch enough distant light to inspire some tiny accomplishment. Williams has always been very interested in how to control our future and this album has to do with the fact that at some point, you just can’t.

Gap Civil
Thur, March 13, 2025
Gap Civil
Mar 13th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Gap Civil is an Appalachian Mountain Music band built on their motto of honor and innovate. They honor the mountain traditions that have shaped and rooted their music, and they take great pride in innovative and exciting original songs and tunes and arrangements. Fluidly blending the genres of old-time, country, bluegrass and Americana, their music is sure to make you want to dance - whether that's hitting the floor with a driving flatfoot or pulling that special someone close with a honky tonk two-step.

Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Sat, March 15, 2025
Re-scheduled from Jan10
Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Mar 15, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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On May 26, 2017, Stanley Family Records released the self-titled album by Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys. This is the first recording released since Ralph II honored his father's wishes by taking over the Clinch Mountain boys name. These big shoes are being filled by the talents of Clinch Mountain Boys Curtis Coleman on banjo, Alex Leach on guitar, Randall Hibbitts on the upright bass, and Stanley Efaw on fiddle and mandolin.

Selwyn Birchwood
Sat, March 29, 2025
Selwyn Birchwood
Mar 29th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
"No one in blues compares to young Florida-based guitarist Selwyn Birchwood. With the quality of his material, combined with a vibrant stage persona, there's no need to borrow tunes from the greats who went before him. Lean yet mean and tough...lyrically and musically intense" —American Songwriter
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"Rising blues star Selwyn Birchwood is the real deal. Birchwood puts his own fresh spin on the blues, taking the tradition and making it into something new." —Guitar World
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Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
Fri, April 4, 2025
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
April 4, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Take a 15-time IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Dobro Player of the Year and a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy called “Nashville’s hottest young player” by Acoustic Guitar magazine, and you have Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, a powerhouse acoustic duo that has electrified the acoustic music scene around the world. Known for their white-hot picking and world class musicianship, as well as their soulful stone country vocals, the GRAMMY® nominated duo cleverly and uniquely melds bluegrass, country, blues, rock, jamgrass, and string band music of all kinds to create a signature blend of music that defies restrictions of genre.

Compton & Newberry
Sat, April 19, 2025
Compton & Newberry
April 19, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Mike Compton and Joe Newberry mine a rich vein of country music - the period during the ‘30s and '40s when brother duet music was transitioning into what is now known as bluegrass.
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As virtuosos of mandolin, banjo, and guitar, combined with their deeply rooted singing, their music has reached audiences at venues such as the Grand Ole Opry, A Prairie Home Companion, Merlefest, the Transatlantic Sessions, as well as the soundtracks of O Brother, Where Art Thou and Cold Mountain.

Carson Peters and Iron Mountain
Fri, May 9, 2025
Carson Peters and Iron Mountain
May 9, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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CARSON PETERS AND IRON MOUNTAIN HAS QUICKLY BECOME ONE OF THE MOST ENERGETIC AND HOTTEST BLUEGRASS BANDS IN THE BUSINESS, MAKING NUMEROUS TRIPS TO THE GRAND OLE OPRY AND MULTIPLE INTERNATIONAL APPEARANCES. THEIR TRADITIONAL BLUEGRASS STYLE AND A CAPPELLA ARRANGEMENTS ARE A REFRESHING REMINDER THAT THE BLUEGRASS OF OLD IS ALIVE AND WELL.

Chris Jones & the Night Drivers
Fri, July 11, 2025
Chris Jones & the Night Drivers
July 11, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Collectively, Chris Jones & the Night Drivers have won 12 IBMA awards and have racked up 24 #1 songs. The band’s full-length release, their first all-original album, Make Each Second Last, has received rave reviews and yielded an unprecedented eight consecutive #1 songs, including the title track "We Needed This Ride." Their song, "Riding the Chief," co-written by Chris and Thomm Jutz, was nominated for 2022 IBMA Song of the Year
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Jon Stickley Trio
Fri, July 18, 2025
Jon Stickley Trio
July 18, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Jon Stickley Trio is a genre-defying and cinematic instrumental trio who’s deep grooves, innovative flatpicking and sultry-spacy violin moves the listener’s head, heart, and feet. “It’s not your father’s acoustic-guitar music, Instead Stickley’s Martin churns out a mixture of bluegrass, Chuck Berry, metal, prog, grunge, and assorted other genres—all thoroughly integrated into a personal style,” -Guitar Player Magazine.