Regretfully, we have made the difficult decision to cancel our Harvest Party this evening. The weather forecast has changed quite drastically from earlier today and there is now a severe […]
This year, we’ll be kicking off the annual Lunsford Festival with a ballad swap on Friday evening. The event will be MC’d by eighth-generation ballad-singer Donna Ray Norton and will […]
The 2024 Lunsford Festival has been canceled due to the flooding and devastation in our region. The Lunsford Festival is an all-day festival celebrating regional music and dance traditions. The […]
Get in the Halloween mood with scary stories and ballads from NEA National Heritage Fellow Sheila Kay Adams. Adams is the seventh-generation bearer of her family’s 200-year-old ballad-singing tradition. Her […]
Join the Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies for a potluck, old-time jam, and ornament-making on Tuesday, November 12, 5:30-8:00 pm (drop in any time). The event is free and open […]
We have made the call to cancel tonight's square dance with Rodney Sutton due to the wind and snow forecasted for this evening. We will let you know when we […]
Have you ever wanted to try papermaking? To learn how glass is blown? See iron forged up close? Metal embossing? Every year the internationally-renowned Penland School of Craft offers a […]
