BLUE RIDGE & BEYOND
This season's Blue Ridge & Beyond concerts includes numerous winners of IBMA Awards, including Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and multiple instrumentalists of the year.
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Friday, November 22, 2024 at 6:30 p.m.
Historic Earle TheatreReserved Seats $12
Mountain Blessings is a bluegrass and bluegrass gospel band formed out of the Foothills of NC. These award-winning band members love to play music and engage the audience.
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DAILEY & VINCENT CHRISTMAS TOUR 2024
Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Historic Earle TheatreFor the last 4 years, Dailey & Vincent have brought their multi-award-winning American Music (bluegrass, traditional country, and gospel music) to a national television audience on their top-rated, national, weekly television show, The Dailey & Vincent Show on RFD TV. Grand Ole Opry Members, Five-time GRAMMY® award winners individually, three-time GRAMMY® award nominees collectively, four-time DOVE Award winners and winners of 35 IBMA Awards altogether (including 3-time IBMA Entertainer of the Year Award winners and 3-Time Vocal Group of the Year Award winners), Dailey & Vincent’s reedy harmonies and world-class musicianship has gained them well-deserved praise for their own distinctive style and worldwide recognition as American Music gold. Dailey & Vincent has garnered worldwide attention with their national, top-rated television series, "The Dailey & Vincent Show," on RFD TV for 4 years running and over 1,000 airings of their PBS special "Dailey & Vincent ALIVE - In Concert." Additionally, each of the last 6 CD releases has landed at the #1 spot on the Billboard charts including their first-ever Christmas album, “Dailey & Vincent: The Sounds of Christmas,” debuting at #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart and #8 on the Billboard Holiday Chart, landing right behind Michael Bublé and Pentatonix as the only country, bluegrass and gospel act in the Top Ten.
Tickets:
Preferred $90
Orchestra Preferred $85
Orchestra $80
Balcony Preferred $70
Balcony $65 -
NORTH SURRY HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Andy Griffith Playhouse -
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Andy Griffith Playhouse
Tickets:
Preferred $25
Orchestra $20The Elkin Big Band featuring Teresa Jasper on vocals will perform a program of traditional Christmas music entitled, "Big Band Christmas Classics". The show will include seasonal tunes. Everything from traditional carols to holiday jazz classics as well as many movie and TV soundtracks. This unique event will be one that everyone will enjoy. Come out for a family-friendly event that will be sure to put you in the spirit of the season!
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CHRISTMAS WITH THE EMBERS featuring CRAIG WOOLARD
Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Andy Griffith Playhouse
Reserved Seat Tickets $30The world-famous Embers Band with Craig Woolard presents their Christmas show featuring holiday favorites and a few visitors, like Frosty, Rudolph, and friends. The stage is magically transformed into a holiday showplace, setting the mood for holiday cheer and maybe, just maybe a little snow.
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BREAKING UP CHRISTMAS
featuring TRISH FORE and the WILDCATSSaturday, January 4, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Historic Earle TheatreTickets: $12
It is time once again for the annual Surry County holiday tradition with an evening full of dancing, music & fun at The Historic Earle Theatre with Trish Fore and the Wildcats in concert.
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WPAQ 77th Birthday Celebration
Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 5:30 pm
Historic Earle Theatre
Free
Bands celebrate 77 years of WPAQ in Mount Airy.
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SEAN OF THE SOUTH
Friday, February 14, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Historic Earle TheatreTickets:
Preferred $55
Orchestra Preferred $45
Balcony Preferred $35Sean Dietrich is a multi-instrumentalist, novelist, and stand-up storyteller known for his commentary on life in the American South. His work has appeared in Newsweek, Southern Living, Reader’s Digest, Garden and Gun, The Tallahassee Democrat, the Birmingham News, The Mobile Press Register, and his column appears in newspapers throughout the U.S. He has authored 18 books, he is the creator of the Sean of the South Podcast, and makes appearances on the Grand Ole Opry. His stories can make you laugh and cry, sometimes within the same sentence. Join him for a night of laughs and good ole southern entertainment!
After the show Sean will do a meet & greet where he’ll be hugging necks, signing books & taking photos!
Books and other merchandise will be available for purchase before and after the show.
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AMERICAN HISTORY: THE BLACK EXPERIENCE
featuring WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY INSPIRATIONAL VOICES and local talentSaturday, February 15, 2025 at 6:30 pm
Andy Griffith Playhouse
FreeA night of history, music and celebration for all.
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TOMMY JARRELL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
March 1-2, 2025
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WAYNE ERBSEN BEGINNING BANJO WORKSHOP
Workshop on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Historic Earle Theatre
Registration coming soonWorkshop and Concert $35
The workshops will take place in the Betty Wright Room at the Arts Center (across the street from the Andy Griffith Playhouse) and will include bluegrass banjo. Participants will be given the opportunity to learn from our bluegrass and old-time master Wayne Erbsen. . The bluegrass banjo workshop is for total beginners with zero experience with the banjo. We'll learn such songs as "I'll Fly Away" and "Jed Clampett." Banjos will be available for a rental fee of $10 per banjo.
As a musician, Wayne is a master of old-time, bluegrass, folk, Appalachian, cowboy, pioneer, railroad, and gospel music and music of the Civil War. He plays clawhammer and bluegrass banjo, fiddle, mandolin and guitar. Wayne has performed at across America and in western Europe. He has recorded many solo CDs and written dozens of music instruction books and songbooks. Wayne has won numerous prizes at fiddler’s conventions, including 1st place in clawhammer banjo (Galax, Virginia, 1973) and 1st place in senior old-time fiddler (Fiddler’s Grove, North Carolina, 2004).
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TOMMY JARRELL BIRTHDAY CONCERT & DANCE
with WAYNE ERBSEN followed by THE ROUND PEAK BOYSSaturday, March 1, 2025 at 6:30 pm
Historic Earle TheatreTickets $12
The Tommy Jarrell Birthday Celebration and Dance features Surry County Old-Time music and traditions.
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Saturday, March 15, 2024 at 7:00 pm
Historic Earle TheatreGeneral Admission Tickets $15
The Morris Family Band is comprised of five members of the Morris family from Davidson County, North Carolina; Aaron Morris, Debbie Morris, Jessica Morris, Joshua Morris, and Jacob Morris. For the past 15 years, the Morris Family Band has delighted area residents with its Irish-American sounds during St. Patrick's Day festivals, at local cafés, and in shows at regional amphitheaters. All Morris family members are trained with most string instruments, which comes in handy for the family's distinct, Celtic style. Guitars, violins, flutes, whistles, cello, mandolin... they've got it all!
The Morris children grew up learning the Suzuki method of playing stringed instruments in professional classes and from their parents at home. Eventually, the family started jamming at home, then at live shows in the area. The family continued playing shows on a consistent basis, up until the children started going off to school. With most of the children scattered about the East Coast, the full family band now plays most of its shows over the holidays, especially around St. Patrick's Day.
To date, the family has released two albums, “Farewell to Summer” and a self-titled release from 2000.
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ELKIN BIG BAND "BIG BAND TRIBUTE"
Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Andy Griffith Playhouse
Tickets
Preferred $25
Orchestra $20 -
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Historic Earle TheatreTickets:
Preferred $80
Orchestra $75
Balcony $55To date, Rhonda Vincent and her band, The Rage, have won one Grammy, nineteen IBMA Awards (including the top Entertainer of the Year honor in 2001 and consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year wins between 2000 and 2006), and eighty-nine SPBGMA Awards.
World Class Musicians and an Award-Winning Voice seamlessly set the stage for a breath-taking, one-of-a-kind, must-see performance; that reaches beyond the boundaries of bluegrass music!
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TAYLOR VADEN & MEMPHIS THUNDER
Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Historic Earle TheatreTickets:
Preferred $35
Orchestra $30
Balcony $20 -
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
THE LEGACY MOTOWN REVUEThursday, June 19, 2025
Celebration begins at 6:30 pm
Band at 7:30 p.m.
Blackmon AmphitheatreFree Event
The project is funded in part by the Grassroots Grant Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts
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JOHN FLOYD - THE MOUTH OF MAYBERRY
Monday-Thursday, September 22-25, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.
Historic Earle TheatreJohn Floyd "The Mouth of Mayberry" performs four hilarious shows full of comedy suitable for the whole family. John's clean comedic talent has taken him across the globe entertaining millions of people. He has worked with numerous artists including Milton Berle, Frankie Valli, Jamie Foxx, Chubby Checker and Martina McBride.
Reserved Seats $20
Click on the photo for his official website
Monday at 2:00 p.m.
September 22, 2025Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.
September 23, 2025Wednesday at 2:00 p.m.
September 24, 2025Thursday at 2:00 p.m.
September 25, 2025
Friday, September 26, 2025 at 11:00 am
Historic Earle TheatrePreferred Seats $35
Orchestra Seats $30
Balcony Seating $20Author-actor-comedian and daughter of your favorite television Deputy, Karen Knotts returns to a new show.
Her latest book is available at the Andy Griffith Museum Gift Shop and Historic Earle Theatre. She will be autographing her book and photos after the event.
Click on the photo for her official website.
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RODNEY DILLARD and THE DILLARDS
Friday, September 26, 2025 at 1:00 pm
Andy Griffith PlayhouseTickets:
Preferred Seats $50
Orchestra Seats $45 Rodney Dillard, one of the original Darling Boys from The Andy Griffith Show, returns with his band to Mayberry Days for another great bluegrass concert, filled with songs performed on the show and original Dillards hits. Rodney is a member of the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and two time Grammy Nominee. Dillardgrass - often imitated, never duplicated!
Click on the photo for their Facebook page
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MICHAEL HOOVER: "MEMORIES OF ELVIS" with Denise Glass as Patsy Cline
Friday, September 26, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Historic Earle TheatreTickets: coming
Preferred Seats $30
Orchestra Seats $25
Balcony Seating $20 Michael Hoover returns to Mount Airy with another spectacular evening of music and memories of Elvis Presley with Special Guest Denise Glass as Patsy Cline. You'll hear all the favorites from Elvis' favorite gospel songs to the hits that made him the King of Rock-n-Roll. The show has expanded to 90 minutes this year. Denise Glass as Patsy Cline will join Michael Hoover for special selections. Don't miss this exciting show and see why Michael Hoover is one of the finest entertainers in the business!
Click on the photo for his official website
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Friday, September 26, 2025 at 8:00 pm
Andy Griffith PlayhousePreferred Seats $90
Orchestra Preferred $85
Orchestra $80From "Let Your Love Flow", to "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me)?" to their latest double cd, "40 Years", this duo continues to connect with audiences all over the world- and especially the Mayberry audience with their song "The Andy Griffith Show". So, don't miss your chance for a fantastic afternoon at the Andy Griffith Playhouse with the Bellamy Brothers.
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TIM WHITE & TROUBLESOME HOLLOW
Friday, September 26, 2025 at 9:30 pm
Historic Earle TheatreTickets:
Reserved Seats $20 / Balcony $15
Troublesome Hollow is a dynamic bluegrass and Americana band from Hickory Tree, Tennessee. The band has been together for many years performing all across the eastern United States. Tim White on banjo, guitar and vocals, Donnie Ollis on guitar and vocals and his younger brother Garry Ollis on upright bass and vocals. The band performs everything from hard driving traditional bluegrass to newgrass, old time music, ballads as well as Americana and comedy. They have six recordings to their credit as well as appearing on many television shows and recently on Song of the Mountains seen across America on public television (PBS). Tim White has hosted Song of the Mountains since its beginning in 2005. Tim also hosts his nationally syndicated radio show “The Tim White Bluegrass Show” across America on 60 plus radio stations.
Click on the photo for their official website
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Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 2:30 pm
Andy Griffith PlayhousePreferred Seats $30
Orchestra Preferred Seats $25
Orchestra Seats $20 With over 40 years of combined experience touring America, these six TAGS fanatics have come together to form one of the most exciting shows. From the obscure whistle or hum to a song on Andy's front porch or maybe even 'Good Ole 14A', you'll come away from Mayberry Melodies with a smile on your face and a song in your heart as you hear the music and learn the stories behind them. Mayberry Melodies is a must-see for every musical fan of TAGS.
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Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 2:00 pm
Andy Griffith PlayhousePreferred Seats $30
Preferred Orchestra Seats $25
Orchestra Seats $20 There were more faith-based songs on TAGS than any other genre, so they must have been very important to Andy. Join Mayberry Melodies as these classics as well as other gospel and contemporary favorites are brought to life. You'll leave with a spring in your step and your spirit uplifted at this year's Mayberry Melodies Gospel Show!
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CRAIG SOUTHERN AND PHOENIXX
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Blackmon AmphitheatreFree concert during Autumn Leaves Festival
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ELKIN BIG BAND "HOLLYWOOD HITS"
Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Andy Griffith Playhouse
Tickets
Preferred $25
Orchestra $20 -
ELKIN BIG BAND "LIGHT UP THE ANDY GRIFFITH PLAYHOUSE"
Sunday, December 21, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.
Andy Griffith Playhouse
Tickets
Preferred $25
Orchestra $20
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