The lower Shenandoah Valley region also includes: Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah and Warren Counties.

We are seeking anyone and everyone associated with Mountain Music to be included on our web site.
Band and Musicians listings are free as well as link to your web-site.

If you host or attend a jam-session in the area, please let us know so we can include the dates, times, and directions.

Music businesses and venues please contact us for listing here and in our 2010 Mountain Music Maker Trail Guide.

Music Makers Trail Key

A Major Venue is defined as having Mountain Music performances or exhibits with regularly scheduled events for the public at least once a week. (Museum, Theater, Gallery, Dining/Stage)

A Venue is defined as an establishment having at least one scheduled event for the public once a month (i.e. monthly jam), seasonally (music series) or once yearly (i.e. festival)

A Trail Stop is defined as an establishment/agency which caters to serving the Mountain Music Community. (i.e. music store, travel center, dining, lodging)

An Historical Marker is defined as a geographic location where a significant Mountain Music Historic moment occurred. (Historic event would include: birthplace, past event, building)

Lower Valley HERITAGE CENTERS in Winchester and Luray. (under development - opening summer 2010)

• Clarke County Population 14,458 Sq.Miles 176.62
• Berryville
  • Watermelon Park Festival (Berryville) Watermelon Park Fest held in mid/late-September
  • Berryville Bluegrass Series (Berryville) Berryville Bluegrass Series - (6-month Bluegrass series October 2010-March 2011)
  • Bluemont Country Dance (Purcellville)
  • Old Furniture Factory hosts the monthly Bluegrass Jam session last Friday of each month 6pm (Round Hill)

• Frederick County Population 73,898 Sq.Miles 414.63
• Cross junction
  • TLC (The Log Cabin) Campground (Cross Junction) , TLC - 2058 Morgan Frederick Grade, Cross Junction, VA 22625 - (540) 888-3461
    Bluegrass Weekends April thru October - See calendar for event schedules and dates.
• Middletown
  • Lord Fairfax Community College
  • Belle Grove Plantation
• Winchester
• Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (Winchester) Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
• Patsy Cline Historic House (Winchester) Birthplace Patsy Cline
• Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival (Winchester) Shenandoah Apple Blossom Bluegrass Festival - Held early May
• Shenandoah University Mountain Dulcimer Week (Winchester) - JULY 11 – 16, 2010 - Co-Directors Madeline MacNeil and RalphLeeSmith
  Costs: Registration Fee is $355. Housing in University Residence Halls is $65 per day single occupancy, $55 per person per day double occupancy. Fifteen meals, Sunday Night through Friday Noon, $96.25.
• Murphy Henry’s Music Methods (Winchester) Murphy Henry (Founder of the Murphy Method Music Lessons)
• Birthplace of Herb Smoke – Fiddler/Banjoist Library of Congress
• Dalton Brill’s Barber Shop (Winchester)

• Page County Population 24,164 Sq.Miles 311.13
• Luray
  • Luray Valley Museum & Gardens (Luray) Luray Valley Museum & Gardens
  • Skyland Resort - SNP (Skyline Drive)
  • Big Meadows Resort - SNP - (Skyline Drive)
  • Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge Bluegrass Festival (Luray) Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge Bluegrass Festival first weekend in August
  • Shape Note Singing Festival (Luray)
  • BB&T Performing Arts Center
  • 1st Bluegrass Festival in the World (Luray) It all started right here July 4, 1961
    
• ? Rileyville
• ? Shenandoah
• ? Stanley

• Shenandoah County Population 40,777 Sq.Miles 512.20
• ? Basye
• ? Bayse
• ? Edinburg
• ? Fishers Hill
• ? Fort Valley
• ? Maurertown
• ? Mount Jackson
  • WSIG-Radio
  • Birthplace of Buck Ryan (Mt. Jackson)
• ? New Market
  • New Market Fiddle and Banjo Club (New Market) - Every Friday Night at the New Market Community Center 7pm - 9:45pm
• ? Orkney Springs
  • Bishop Bluegrass Festival - July 4th (Orkney Springs) Bishop Bluegrass Festival at Shrine Mont
  • Shenandoah Valley Music Festival (Orkney Springs) Shenandoah Valley Music Festival
• ? Quicksburg
• ? Shenandoah
• ? Shenandoah Caverns
• ? Stanley
• ? Strasburg
  • Strasburg Theater (Strasburg) Strasburg Theater
  • Hotel Strasburg (Strasburg)
  • Cristina’s Café (Strasburg) Nice place to hear local live music Cristina’s Café
• ? Toms Brook
  • Olde Town Days
• ? Woodstock

• Warren County Population 36,663 Sq.Miles 213.70
• ? Bentonville
  • Browntown Community Jam (Browntown) Bluegrass Jam - 2nd Friday - Every month - 7pm to 10pm - Browntown Community Center at 96 Browntown Rd, Bentonville, VA 22610 Free - Open to the public - More info contact Jackie & George Hodgkiss - 540-636-3588
• ? Front Royal
  • Blue Ridge Arts Council and Gallery (Front Royal) Blue Ridge Arts Council
• ? Linden