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Music resounds throughout downtown Bristol

In 1927, downtown Bristol was filled with music and musicians for the 1927 Bristol Sessions, which eventually led to Bristol’s designation as the Birthplace of Country Music.

In This Issue

• Catch some jazz and a pastry in downtown Bristol Blackbird Bakery on Piedmont Street in Bristol, Virginia, is home to a monthly art exhibit and weekly concerts.
• O’Mainnin’s Pub offering live music for more than a decade For more than a decade O’Mainnin’s Pub and Grille, Bristol, Tennessee, has been a busy downtown music venue.
• Craft brew and music a natural combination at Bristol Station Bristol Station Brews and Taproom, one of downtown Bristol’s craft breweries, is located in the old Bristol Bus Station.
• Bloom Café is newest Bristol music venue Bloom Café and Listening Room is Bristol’s newest live music venue.
• Birthplace of Country Music Museum offers live music and exhibits The Birthplace of Country Music Museum celebrates the 1927 Bristol Sessions.
• Border Bash fills downtown streets Celebrating 19 years in historic downtown, Border Bash," Bristol’s summer concert series," is back for another season.
• The Crooked Road Announces Mountains of Music Homecoming Organizers throughout Southwest Virginia are gearing up for the fourth Annual Mountains of Music Homecoming, a nine-day celebration of traditional music and culture June 8-16.
• Other music venues in Bristol Two more Bristol venues offer great music.
• The arts lost a friend in May The arts lost a special friend in May with the death of Ben Collins.
• Silas House speaks in Abingdon In a special Saturday afternoon version of “Sunday with Friends,” Kentucky writer Silas House brings the book tour for his new novel “Southernmost” to Abingdon, Va.
• Arts for Youth Spotlight — Amy Shumaker
• Theatre Bristol presents Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Theatre Bristol presents the spectacular “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” at the Paramount Center for the Arts.
• Storytelling Live begins in Jonesborough Storytelling Live!, the International Storytelling Center’s celebrated teller-in-residence series, continues its season in June.
• Activist poet speaks at library Helen Matthews Lewis reads poems from her new chapbook.
• Scenes from the AAME Arts Achievement Awards Gala Scenes from the Arts Alliance Mountain Empire gala and those who were honored.

A! Extra

• Katy Brown’s “Steel Magnolias” is switch-blade sharp “Steel Magnolias” is one of those plays that could very easily lapse into dull, rusty, maudlin and trash-heap-ready scrap iron but under the masterful direction of Barter Theatre’s Katy Brown and superb acting by a beautifully alloyed cast it is swi
• Theatre of Bristol presents 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' BRISTOL, Tenn. — On Monday evening in downtown Bristol, a homemade car rested backstage at the Paramount, in wait of its passengers.
• Any Way You Habit, ‘Sister Act’ is Nun Fun When Deloris Van Cartier, a very so-so disco singer, witnesses a local mob boss administering “lead poisoning” to a snitch she suddenly finds herself in the greatest demand of her career: as a witness for a local cop who’s been trying to ice said mo
• As it celebrates anniversary, Barter Theatre continues to drive Abingdon’s tourism economy ABINGDON, VA. â€" Rick Rose bolts into the Barter Theatre with a boisterous laugh.
• Bristol Music Club Announces Winners of the 2018 Scholarship Auditions The Bristol Music Club held its annual Scholarship Auditions Saturday, May 5.
• Pieces of the Past: Historic Mighty Wurlitzer graces theater’s stage Only two organs have ever graced the stage of the historic Paramount Center for the Arts on State Street since it opened in February 1931.
• ‘The Lemonade Stand’ is a tangy, sweet surprise Sometimes when you least expect it, lemons, almost by some kind of magic, turn into lemonade. That’s exactly what’s happened with the Barter Theatre’s Stage II production of “The Lemonade Stand.” But then again, one expects nothing less than the