Foster Falls Music Series: Eddie Bond and The New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters

Location of New River Trail State Park in Virginia

Where

New River Trail State Park, 116 Orphanage Dr., Max Meadows, VA 24360.
Amphitheater at Historic Foster Falls - 116 Orphanage Dr. Max Meadows, Va. 24360

When

May 18, 2024. 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Join us at New River Trail State Park for our Foster Falls Music Series! Enjoy the outdoors, bring your chair, sit back and relax, and enjoy the show. There's something for everyone: traditional mountain music, bluegrass, rock, pop, country, and jazz.

The music begins at 7:00 p.m. at the outdoor amphitheater at Foster Falls. The Foster Falls Music Series is generously provided FREE by the Friends of New River Trail. Donations are graciously accepted. The standard $7 parking fee still applies.

The present-day line up consists of Dennis Hall (band leader and guitarist), Eddie Bond (fiddle and vocals), Bonnie Bond (bass and vocals), Josh Ellis (banjo and vocals), and Caroline Noel Beverley (mandolin and vocals). Fiddler Eddie Bond was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2018, the highest award given to a folk artist by the U.S. Government. Several of the band members have played internationally in Scotland, England, Ireland and Australia. Over the years since 1986 the band has placed first in the Galax Old Fiddlers Convention a total of ten times.

Events in the Series:
The New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters - 5/18
Highland Reverie - 5/25
Scarlet Lemonade - 6/08
Star City Swag - 6/15

Summer music series

Other details

Standard parking or admission fee applies: Yes.
Extra fee: No.
Children welcome: Yes.
Phone: 276-699-6778
Email Address: NewRiverTrail@dcr.virginia.gov