Border Bash

01/18/2025

We’re only two weeks away! Just a few reminders:

💵 It’s $10 cash only admittance at the door. All money collected will go straight to ReString Appalachia to help aid their efforts.

👖Best 90s dressed inspo will win a Downtown Giftcard from Believe in Bristol!

🍕It’s at Machiavelli's Bristol! Plan early for dinner and drinks, and tip well!

See you soon, F.R.I.E.N.D.S!

01/11/2025

Animal print? Baggy pants? Denim on denim? Little dresses? Combat boots? You do you! Show us your best 90s inspired look on February 1st Machiavelli's Bristol for the ReString Appalachia - Benefit Concert, and you could win a Downtown Giftcard from Believe in Bristol!

01/08/2025

Believe in Bristol’s, Emily Champagne, and Border Bash alum, Anthony Childress, appeared on WJHL this morning sharing details about the upcoming ReString Appalachia - Benefit Concert. Check out their interview below, and we’ll see you in just a few weeks jamming to all those great 90s cover songs! Drop your song requests in the comments!

BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) – The ReString Appalachia benefit concert is happening on Feb. 1 at Machiavelli’s in Bristol, Tennessee. The goal of the concert is to get instruments back into th…

01/05/2025

Hey, friends! Our buddy, Nicholas Williams, the inventor of ReString Appalachia, is inviting all of you to attend the ReString Appalachia - Benefit Concert scheduled for February 1st at Machiavelli's Bristol. Bring $10 cash, and come out to meet Nicholas and hear awesome musicians cover your favorite songs from the 90s for a good cause. Tell us in the comments, what songs do you want to hear?!

01/03/2025

Check out the new issue of A! Magazine for the Arts! The newest issue features interviews from Audioasis, Classic Recording Studio, and The Earnest Tube. We are so fortunate to have these successful businesses in downtown supporting our local, regional, and even national music scenes!

Mike Stephenson, owner of Classic Recording Studio in downtown Bristol, Virginia, engineer and producer, came to recording out of necessity.

01/01/2025

Happy New Year! We hope to see everyone on State Street supporting all things local, especially our music scene, in 2025! Here’s Bristol OG, Blake Collins Mandolin, sharing a jammy “Auld Lang Syne” to take us into this year with good vibes. Be sure to hit up Blake at Goodman Jewelers of Bristol, located on State Street, and definitely catch him picking the mando when you see him with Bristol Lightning and any other project. Happy New Year, Bristol! #2025

12/29/2024

This is how we do it! Believe in Bristol has recruited our good friends to throw a 90s Covers party at Machiavelli's Bristol on Saturday, February 1st to benefit ReString Appalachia! It’s $10 to enter, and all proceeds will go directly to ReString Appalachia to assist their efforts in putting instruments back into the hands of musicians who lost everything in the flooding from Hurricane Helene. We’re even doing tickets 90s style. Cash only at the door - no online sales!

Also, those who have instruments/equipment to be donated, please read the link below on what is being collected at this time. The Birthplace of Country Music Museum will take collection of instruments/equipment through the first quarter of 2025. Those donating will need to complete a form for tax purposes also contained within the below link. Items can be dropped off at the BCMM Tuesdays-Sundays during regular business hours.

https://birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/about/hurricane-relief/

You oughta know, this is gonna be fun! Don’t miss this!

12/03/2024

It’s ! We can’t think of a better nonprofit to support than Believe in Bristol. This Main Street organization is hustling up and down State Street all year long! It’s comprised of one full-time employee and one part-time employee, and everyone else pitching in to make things happen is volunteers.

Believe in Bristol supports all things local, and is responsible for atmosphere in downtown (peep the Christmas trees!), the Halloween and 4th of July parades, the downtown Entrepreneur Contest, Border Bash, and so much more. If you plan to give today, please consider giving to Believe in Bristol. Enjoy this clip of Sam Burchfield and the Scoundrels performing in August 2024 at Border Bash!

11/30/2024

🛍️ It’s Small Business Saturday! Shop all things local from our merchants in downtown Bristol, TN/VA for your holiday gift giving. There’s something for everyone! Dollars spent local, stay local. So, support all things local, especially our merchants downtown, and your local music scene. If you enjoy gifting music, consider buying merch from a local artist. And, speaking of local artist, here’s the Fritz & Co. duo, Logan and McKenna, dropping the Christmas tunes during Downtown Open House.

11/24/2024

Believe in Bristol’s Annual Christmas Open House will be tomorrow, from 5:30pm – 8:30pm. This is a great way to start your holiday shopping early and support locally while our downtown shops stay open late. It’s a great way to stimulate our local economy and find special one-of-a-kind gifts for everyone on your holiday list.

There’s something for everyone! Santa Claus will be making an appearance on State Street and Bristol Ballet will have dancers in costume at Serendipity Boutique.

Paramount Bristol will screen, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” with organist Rex Ward providing Christmas music on the organ starting at 5:30pm.

Misty Mountain Designs will have Momma Molasses playing music beginning at 6 PM.

A holiday favorite will once again return to State Street — Horse and Carriage Rides! Come to the Downtown Center (Country Music Mural) to catch your ride through downtown, $10 per person, children 10 and under are $5, and children 3 and under are free. Rides will run from 5:30pm to 8:00pm. Logan Fritz and McKenna Blevins of Fritz & Co. will be providing Christmas tunes for everyone at this location!

Be sure to keep a lookout for your favorite decorated window as the downtown merchants will be participating in the Merry Merchants Window Decorating Contest with the theme: Santa’s Helpers!

See you downtown!

11/22/2024

Hope everyone is enjoying this first taste of snow for the season! We think it calls for Christmas music! Here’s Anthony Childress performing a wintry Christmas tune from last night’s Christmas tree lighting in downtown Bristol. P.S. He’s available for music and comedy bookings. 😂 Believe in Bristol loves Anthony!

FYI, this version of the song can be heard in Terrifier 3. Songs on the film’s soundtrack were arranged, orchestrated, and produced by Dave Eggar at Classic Studio in downtown Bristol with Mike Stephenson and Ben Francis acting as co-producers. The songs contained other local artists Teni Rane Music, Phil Faconti, Levi Trent Music, Noah Denton, and outlawtrombone. Border Bash alumni, Hawkins French, also performed on the project.

We’ll see you Monday for the Annual Downtown Open House beginning at 5:30pm!

11/22/2024

Santa and the Sleighboys brought us the Christmas tunes and weather tonight for the annual Christmas Tree lighting for Bristol, TN/VA! We’ll see you downtown this Monday for Open House! Merchants will be open late, and there will be horse and carriage rides. See you soon!

11/21/2024

We have the weather, the tree, Appalachian Santa, vendors, and Anthony Childress! We just need you! See you tonight in front of The Bristol Hotelfor the annual tree lighting for both Cities!

11/19/2024

We want to take a moment to shout out Bristol-based, Well Made Music - Mastering Studio! Their team worked on mastering some pretty high profile musicians’ records this year that have been nominated for a Recording Academy / GRAMMYs! Way to go! Big things happening in Bristol!

One of the most exciting parts of cutting records is the opportunity to be involved with the next big thing in music. This year, we cut vinyl masters for 6 Grammy nominated albums!

Béla Fleck - Rhapsody in Blue (Best Contemporary Instrumental Album)

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck - Remembrance (Best Jazz Instrumental Album)

Harlem Gospel Travelers - Rhapsody (Best Roots Gospel Album)

Sarah Jarosz - Polaroid Lovers (Best Americana Album)

Sierra Ferrell - Trail of Flowers (Best Americana Album)

The Del McCoury Band - Songs of Love and Life (Best Bluegrass Album)

Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees, and thank you for working with Well Made Music!

11/03/2024

The Sessions Hotel is hosting another music benefit in downtown Bristol today at 3pm to benefit the flood relief efforts with Joey's Van, Alpine Motel, and Orbital Planes! All proceeds go to local flood relief. See you downtown!