38th Annual Celebration of Traditional Music

38th Annual Celebration of Traditional Music
October 13-16, 2011
Berea College Berea, Kentucky

This year’s Celebration of Traditional Music is dedicated to the late Wade Mainer, the show-stopping, banjo playing, North Carolinian who was instrumental in the evolution of bluegrass music; and in honor of the living legend Jean Ritchie, who is known as “The Mother of Folk.”

The Celebration of Traditional Music strives to represent homemade music passed on from person to person in the Appalachian Region and the musicians who play it. Old time string band music, blues, traditional gospel singing, ballads, and acoustic instruments are featured in a family-friendly atmosphere. Berea College’s students, faculty, and staff welcome the public to enjoy this festival of roots music and dancing on our campus. Bring your instruments, feet, and voices, and enjoy the many jam sessions and opportunities to learn how to sing, play, and dance to this music.
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The Kentucky Arts Council, a state agency in the Commerce Cabinet, has provided funding for the Celebration of Traditional Music with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.