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TICKETS Please bring proof of status for Special Admission tickets (Senior, Student or CCPS) Regular Admission: $28 Seniors 65+: $25 Students with ID, aged 25 years and under: $25 Carroll County Art Center Members: 10% discount
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Westminster Concerts are presented in cooperation with the Carroll County Arts Center as part of the Common Ground Downtown partnership.
Tickets $28 general admission; $25 senior 65 and up/students 25 and under.
It’s holiday time in the hollers of Appalachia, and Walt Michael & Co. are breaking up Christmas! In Appalachia, the tradition of 'breaking up' includes gatherings for music and merriment in the days leading up to Christmas. Join hammered dulcimer virtuoso/multi-instrumentalist Walt and friends as they celebrate the season with Southern Appalachian, Celtic, old-time, bluegrass and original tunes.
A key player in the revival of the hammered dulcimer, Walt Michael’s repertoire includes old-time Southern Appalachian, Celtic, & original compositions in performances ranging from the coal camps of Appalachia to the White House, and the Closing Ceremonies of the 13th Olympic Winter Games. His music has been heard on ABC-TV, NBC's Tonight Show, Broadway, BBC, TNN, CBC, OLN and PBS. Walt’s many collaborations include works with the Pilobolus Dance Theater and the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater.
Tickets $28 general admission; $25 senior 65 and up/students 25 and under.
It’s holiday time in the hollers of Appalachia, and Walt Michael & Co. are breaking up Christmas! In Appalachia, the tradition of 'breaking up' includes gatherings for music and merriment in the days leading up to Christmas. Join hammered dulcimer virtuoso/multi-instrumentalist Walt and friends as they celebrate the season with Southern Appalachian, Celtic, old-time, bluegrass and original tunes.
A key player in the revival of the hammered dulcimer, Walt Michael’s repertoire includes old-time Southern Appalachian, Celtic, & original compositions in performances ranging from the coal camps of Appalachia to the White House, and the Closing Ceremonies of the 13th Olympic Winter Games. His music has been heard on ABC-TV, NBC's Tonight Show, Broadway, BBC, TNN, CBC, OLN and PBS. Walt’s many collaborations include works with the Pilobolus Dance Theater and the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater.
It’s holiday time in the hollers of Appalachia, and Walt Michael & Co. are 'breaking up' Christmas! In Appalachia, the tradition of 'breaking up' includes gatherings for music and merriment in the days leading up to Christmas. Join hammered dulcimer virtuoso/multi-instrumentalist Walt and friends as they celebrate the season with Southern Appalachian, Celtic, old-time, bluegrass and original tunes.
A key player in the revival of the hammered dulcimer, Walt Michael’s repertoire includes old-time Southern Appalachian, Celtic, & original compositions in performances ranging from the coal camps of Appalachia to the White House, and the Closing Ceremonies of the 13th Olympic Winter Games. His music has been heard on ABC-TV, NBC's Tonight Show, Broadway, BBC, TNN, CBC, OLN and PBS. Walt’s many collaborations include works with the Pilobolus Dance Theater and the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater.
FREE EVENT! Three separate jams (blues/folk, bluegrass/old-time and Celtic) occurring simultaneously at the Carroll Arts Center on the first Wednesday of every month. All ages, instruments and skill levels are welcome, as well as listeners and singers. Leaders will help everyone take part. Stay in one or spend time in each.
No enrollment necessary. FREE, but donations are welcome.
FREE EVENT! Three separate jams (blue/folk, bluegrass/old-time and Celtic) occurring simultaneously at St. Paul's UCC on the third Wednesday of every month. All ages, instruments and skill levels are welcome, as well as listeners and singers. Leaders will help everyone take part. Stay in one or spend time in each.
No enrollment necessary. FREE, but donations welcome.
Tony Trischka's EarlJam: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs
Common Ground Downtown presents Tony Trischka's EarlJam: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs
ALL TICKETS: $30
NOTE: This concert will take place at S. Carroll High School
Tony Trischka is considered the consummate banjo artist and perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world. For more than 50 years, his stylings have inspired a whole generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians with the many voices he has brought to the instrument.
Tony Trischka will be honoring the music of Earl Scruggs, pioneer of the three-finger banjo style and one of the two most important musicians in bluegrass.
Trischka recently came into possession of extremely rare recordings of jam sessions with Earl Scruggs and John Hartford, and he’ll be debuting Scruggs’s note-for-note solos from a few of these. Never-before-heard Earl Scruggs material!
Tony and his ace band—Michael Daves on vocals and guitar, bassist Jared Engel, fiddler Brittany Haas and sometimes Maddie Witler on mandolin — will trace the story of Scruggs from his childhood to his final years.
“Earl is my North Star, a lifetime pathway. And I’m not alone,” says Trischka, a banjo innovator and educator who has influenced everyone from Béla Fleck to Steve Martin.
Common Ground Downtown presents Victor Furtado & Friends.
Tickets $28 general admission; $25 senior 65 and up/students 25 and under.
Victor Furtado is a clawhammer banjo player, teacher and performer from Virginia. Victor has performed at the Grand Ole Opry, WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour and more. He has played with musicians including Eli and Aila Widman, Andrew Vogts, Sophie Wellington, Danny Knicely, Nate Leath, Mark Schatz, Stella Beams, Gina Furtado, Claude Martin, Nick Falk and Dori Freeman, and more. Victor received the prestigious 2019 Steve Martin Prize for excellence in banjo and bluegrass, joining past recipients including Noam Pikelny, Jens Kruger, and Rhiannon Giddens.
"A young man with an absurdly precious talent, and a depth of understanding of old-time music that is at odds with his age.” – Bluegrass Today
Common Ground Downtown presents the Kruger Brothers.
Tickets $28 general admission; $25 senior 65 and up/students 25 and under.
The Kruger Brothers seamlessly blend bluegrass, Americana and classical music with extraordinary musicianship. Jens Kruger is a recipient of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo & Bluegrass Music, as well as a member of the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame and American Banjo Hall of Fame. The Kruger Brothers have performed with the Kontras Quartet and a number of symphonies, while they have been lauded by roots music stalwarts including Doc Watson and Happy Traum, and performed to rave reviews at music festivals across the world.
“The Krugers are nothing short of magnificent.” – Bluegrass Journal
“I used to think the banjo was somewhat limited to certain styles, until I heard Jens Kruger. Jens has played some of the most beautiful and expressive banjo I’ve ever heard.“ – Ron Block, Alison Krauss and Union Station
Common Ground Downtown presents Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius.
Tickets $28 general admission; $25 senior 65 and up/students 25 and under.
Multi-Grammy award winner Tim O’Brien and his wife Jan Fabricius have performed together nationally and internationally either as a duo or as part of the Tim O’Brien Band since 2015. Co-founder of Colorado’s Hot Rize, Tim’s songs have been covered by Kathy Mattea, Garth Brooks, and the Dixie Chicks, and his collaborators include Darrell Scott, Dirk Powell, Mark Knopfler, and Sturgill Simpson. Awarded Grammy’s in both the Folk and Bluegrass categories, Tim is a member of both the West Virginia and the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.
Find out more about the Tim O'Brien and Jan Fabricius online HERE.
Common Ground Downtown is a partnership between Common Ground on the Hill and the Carroll County Arts Council.
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