The Upper Shenandoah Valley region also includes: Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, and Roanoke 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.

• Alleghany County Population 16,202 Sq.Miles 444.63
• ? Clifton
• ? Clifton Forge
• ? Covington
• ? Iron Gate
• ? Low Moor

• Botetourt County Population 32,261 Sq.Miles 542.66
• ?Arcadia
• ? Blue Ridge
• ? Buchanan
• ? Daleville
• ? Eagle Rock
• ? Fincastle
  • 1 st multi-day bluegrass festival (1965)
• ? Oriskany
  • The Oriskany Strings hails from the little mountain village of Oriskany, Virginia located about 40 miles west of Roanoke. The band was formed in 1997 to perform and promote old-time country and bluegrass music. http://www.oriskanystrings.com/
• ? Troutville

• Craig County Population 5,087 Sq.Miles 330.61
• ? New Castle
• ? Newport
• ? Paint Bank

• Roanoke County Population 90,867 Sq.Miles 250.87
• ? Bent Mountain
• ? Boones Mill
• ? Catawba
• ? Fishersville
• ? Roanoke
  • Blue Ridge Arts Center
  • Bluegrass Artist Services provides online marketing, promotion, information and fulfillment services for the bluegrass music industry. http://www.bluegrassartistservices.com/
  • Welcome to FiddleFest, one of Virginia's premier traditional music events. Our tradition of top-quality entertainment with concerts, workshops, and jam sessions with the pros will continue this year. http://www.roanokefiddlefest.org/
  Roanoke Fiddle & Banjo Club serves as the clearing house for bluegrass and old-time music in the Roanoke area.
  • Jefferson Center Foundation | 541 Luck Avenue, Suite 221, Roanoke, VA 24016 | Box Office: 540.345.2550 | Toll Free: 866.345.2550
• ? Roanoke County
• ? Salem
  • 3-DAY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL - THE BLUEGRASS BROTHER'S HOMECOMING
    Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 12:00pm to Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 11:00pm
    3 BIG DAYS OF BLUEGRASS MUSIC.. RHONDA VINCENT AND THE RAGE, THE MORON BROTHERS, LOST AND FOUND, JR. SISK AND RAMBLERS CHOICE, NOTHING FANCY, DANNY PAISLEY AND SOUTHERN GRASS, AND MANY MORE. THURSDAY-$20 / FRIDAY- $25 / SATURDAY- $25. $ 5 PER DAY TO CAMP.. LOCATED JUST 3 MILES OFF I-81.. WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE KICKOFF WITH POTLUCK DINNER AT THE PAVILION AND KAROKE IN THE LODGE AFTERWARDS.. BREAKFAST BUFFET AVAILABLE EVERY MORNING. GOLF CARTS ALLOWED WITH WORKING LIGHTS. PETS MUST BE ON LEASH AT ALL TIMES. ALCOHOL SOLD ON PREMISES BUT NOT ALLOWED IN CONCERT AREA.. SOUND BY DOUG CRABTREE / MC SWEET BRENDA AND CALVIN LAWSON/ ADVANCE TICKETS $45
• ? Vinton