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Augusta Heritage Center The Augusta Heritage Center is known internationally for teaching, presenting, and nurturing folkways
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Friday, January 31st - Square Dance 🎻Join Augusta and the Elkins Barn Dance Collective at Big Timber for another great d...
01/16/2025

Friday, January 31st - Square Dance 🎻

Join Augusta and the Elkins Barn Dance Collective at Big Timber for another great dance! Music will be played by Chris Haddox (fiddle), John Posey (guitar), and Mason Atha (bass) with Nevada Tribble as the caller!

Be there or be square (or not?)!

Admission is $10 at the door with $5 off for AmeriCorps & students. Children 12 & under get free entry!

We are so honored that our local AmeriCorps members are organizing a square dance with proceeds to benefit the Augusta S...
01/16/2025

We are so honored that our local AmeriCorps members are organizing a square dance with proceeds to benefit the Augusta Scholarship Fund! We love a good square dance and we adore giving out scholarships to deserving folks....what could be better?

Come dance on Friday, February 7th and support a good cause!

Spring Sing Instructor Spotlight! 🎤🎇Robin & Linda Williams - Robin and Linda have been performing for almost 5 decades. ...
01/15/2025

Spring Sing Instructor Spotlight! 🎤🎇

Robin & Linda Williams - Robin and Linda have been performing for almost 5 decades. Their illustrious career includes 24 personal recordings, thousands of concerts on three continents, a Robert Altman directed movie, and hundreds of performances on NPR's "A Prairie Home Companion" and other radio and television shows. As live performers they are second to none and are at home on whatever stage they find themselves, be it a tiny coffee house or bar, or a large, storied concert hall or festival. As gifted songwriters, Robin and Linda have earned the respect of their musical peers, their songs having been recorded by such well-known artists as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tom T. Hall, Tim and Mollie O'Brien, Mary Black, The Seldom Scene, and Emmylou Harris, to name a few.

Robin & Linda Williams will be two of our skilled instructors at the upcoming Spring Sing from April 10th to 13th at Blackwater Falls State Park this year! This program is filling up fast so register now to secure your spot! Visit our website for more information or to register for Spring Sing:
https://augustaartsandculture.org/2025-immersive-programs/

Event Reminder!! An Evening With Sparky Rucker: Music’s Role In Appalachian Social ChangeTomorrow, 6:30 PM at The Old Br...
01/13/2025

Event Reminder!!
An Evening With Sparky Rucker: Music’s Role In Appalachian Social Change
Tomorrow, 6:30 PM at The Old Brick Playhouse🎵🎤
We hope to see you all there!

Calling all young musicians! The fifth season of our afterschool kids program is starting next Tuesday!Voices of Augusta...
01/09/2025

Calling all young musicians! The fifth season of our afterschool kids program is starting next Tuesday!

Voices of Augusta (our kids choir for grades 1 though 6) meets on Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30

Augusta Strings Program (group lessons in fiddle, banjo & guitar for grades 4 through 12) meets on Thursdays 5:45-7:15

Plus! Our new Adventure Band program meets Tuesdays, 3:00-4:15 pm. This ensemble, for grades 8 through 12, will be guided by Seth Young but song choices and styles will be student driven.

Scholarships available! More info: https://augustaartsandculture.org/2025-community-programs/

For those that have been involved with Augusta’s Blues week, you’ve probably at least heard a little bit about Sparky Ru...
01/09/2025

For those that have been involved with Augusta’s Blues week, you’ve probably at least heard a little bit about Sparky Rucker, for those that haven't, here’s a little bit about Sparky and the work he has accomplished over his storied career. Sparky is a prominent activist and performer who has taken part in the civil rights movement since the 1950’s, marched with SNCC, campaigned for Appalachian coal miner’s to name a few accomplishments. He is also an accomplished performer, now often performing with his musical and life partner Rhonda Rucker. Sparky is an important part of Augusta’s story as well, having played a pivotal role in starting and organizing our Blues Week, which is still going strong 44 years later!

We have invited Sparky back to Elkins to join us in this exciting and unique event on Tuesday, January 14th. As we approach MLK Day, it is important to remember how activism has shaped Appalachia and how it continues into the modern day.

An Evening With Sparky Rucker: Music’s Role in Appalachian Social Change will feature Sparky Rucker and his partner Rhonda Rucker along with a 1985 recording from Augusta’s archive titled Black Appalachian Issues. This recording was a discussion headed by Sparky 40 years ago which featured other prominent activists, Hollis Watkins and John Handcox. Tuesday nights event will be a revisiting of how the issues and history discussed in the recording has changed in today’s world and Sparky’s personal history with music in activism. The event will be part discussion, with clips of the recording played throughout, and part performance as Sparky and Rhonda play songs for the audience that relate to the night’s topic. The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the evening! Please join us on Tuesday at 6:30pm in The Old Brick Playhouse to celebrate and listen to Sparky Rucker both today and 40 years ago. Entry is free and the event is open to the public!

Photo Credits: Gary Heatherly

An Evening With Sparky Rucker: Music's Role in Appalachian Social Change

👀 Check out everything Augusta has cooking in January 2025, right here in Elkins, WV!
01/08/2025

👀 Check out everything Augusta has cooking in January 2025, right here in Elkins, WV!

Join us for an exciting evening of discussion and music with Sparky Rucker and Rhonda Rucker! 🎵🎤 We’ll be talking about ...
01/05/2025

Join us for an exciting evening of discussion and music with Sparky Rucker and Rhonda Rucker! 🎵🎤 We’ll be talking about music’s role in social change and how it has shaped movements in our country as well as Sparky’s personal history!

Event starts at 6:30pm on January 14th at The Old Brick Playhouse

Free Entry!

This event is cohosted by Augusta and the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area. With special thanks to our sponsors, The Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Elkins, WV, The Old Brick Playhouse, and Joan Fenton!

A great time was had by all at the New Year’s Eve Ceilidh dance with music from the Mud Larks! Thanks to the The Arts Ce...
01/02/2025

A great time was had by all at the New Year’s Eve Ceilidh dance with music from the Mud Larks! Thanks to the The Arts Center, Elkins, West Virginia for hosting and to everyone at the Elkins Barn Dance Collective for organizing this incredible event. What a way to ring in the new year!

🌟 2025 Summer Heritage Workshops – Blind Faith Registration is OPEN! 🌟Can’t wait for the magic of summer at Augusta? Nei...
12/20/2024

🌟 2025 Summer Heritage Workshops – Blind Faith Registration is OPEN! 🌟

Can’t wait for the magic of summer at Augusta? Neither can we! 🎶 Sign up now for Blind Faith Registration and secure your spot for the 2025 Summer Heritage Workshops before the artists are announced.

📅 Workshop Dates:
✨ Cajun & Creole / Classic Country Week: July 6–11
✨ Bluegrass / Vocal Week: July 13–18
✨ Blues / Old-Time Week: July 20–25

Join us for unforgettable music, dance, crafts, and community on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, WV. Reserve your spot now and get ready to experience the best summer ever! 🌞

➡️ Register here: augustaartsandculture(dot)org - experience Augusta - 2025 camps and conferences

Seth, Eric, and Madeline helping sort presents for the annual Toys for Tots Christmas gift drive. We told them to act na...
12/19/2024

Seth, Eric, and Madeline helping sort presents for the annual Toys for Tots Christmas gift drive. We told them to act natural and we would snap a pic and they *nailed it*.

New Year's Eve Celtic Concert & Ceilidh/Contra/ Square Dance 💃🕺.Join us at The Arts Center on New Years Eve for a festiv...
12/16/2024

New Year's Eve Celtic Concert & Ceilidh/Contra/ Square Dance 💃🕺.

Join us at The Arts Center on New Years Eve for a festive night featuring The Mud Larks band and Mike Miller as caller! Starting at 7 PM, the first hour will be a concert, followed by dancing from 8 PM to 10 PM. We hope you join us in ringing in the New Year!

Singers! Take a gander at the out-of-this-world line-up for this year's Spring Sing, April 10-13, 2025. We are thrilled ...
12/13/2024

Singers! Take a gander at the out-of-this-world line-up for this year's Spring Sing, April 10-13, 2025.

We are thrilled to host our 4th Spring Sing at Blackwater Falls State Park this April. Our all-star team of Ginny Hawker, Val Mindel and Emily Miller will be back at the helm, with incredible special guests Robin & Linda Williams!

This will be an unforgettable weekend (and may well sell out!). Don't sleep on this opportunity... come sing!

Register today: https://augustaartsandculture.org/product/spring-sing-2025/

🎶Old Apple Tree, We’ll Wassail Thee!🎶 Thank you to all who came out to Our Jolly Wassail. We hope you had as much fun as...
12/09/2024

🎶Old Apple Tree, We’ll Wassail Thee!🎶 Thank you to all who came out to Our Jolly Wassail. We hope you had as much fun as we did!

Next Saturday, December 14 is the concert for our Lift Your Voice Choir's 2024 Winter Season. We have a wonderful select...
12/04/2024

Next Saturday, December 14 is the concert for our Lift Your Voice Choir's 2024 Winter Season.

We have a wonderful selection of music for you this season, including traditional songs from America, England, and (the country of) Georgia!

This concert will be held at The Arts Center, (2 Park St, Elkins, WV). Please come and support your neighbors as they sing their hearts out!

Help us double our impact this Giving Tuesday! Support traditional arts education! https://conta.cc/4igV2eE
12/03/2024

Help us double our impact this Giving Tuesday! Support traditional arts education!
https://conta.cc/4igV2eE

Who wants to Wassail? Join us at 6pm on December 7th at the Kump House to sing goodwill to their apple orchard! The Lift...
11/22/2024

Who wants to Wassail? Join us at 6pm on December 7th at the Kump House to sing goodwill to their apple orchard! The Lift Your Voice Choir and friends will be carrying on the ancient tradition of Wassailing before Augusta's Scholarship Fundraiser event at Big Timber. Be sure to read our new blog post for more information on Wassailing at: https://augustaartsandculture.org/join-our-jolly-wassail-december-7th-6pm-at-the-kump-house/

We hope to see you at both the Wassail at Kump House at 6pm and the square dance and fundraiser at Big Timber at 7pm on Saturday, December 7th! Waes thu Hael! 🍏🍎🌳

We're looking forward to singing and eating with everyone at the Augusta Heritage Center Dance Hall next week. The addre...
11/21/2024

We're looking forward to singing and eating with everyone at the Augusta Heritage Center Dance Hall next week.

The address is 303 Davis Avenue (between CJ Maggie's and Liberty Tax).

The date is Monday, November 25! 6:30-8:00 p.m.

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21 Third Street
Elkins, WV
26241

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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Join our Apple Tree Wassail at the Kump House this Saturday, 12/7 at 6pm! Square dance and fundraiser to follow at Big Timber at 7pm! #wassail #wassailing #augusta #fyp #traditionalmusic #wv

Thank you to the Manchester Craftmen’s Guild for having us! #augustaheritage #jazz #mcg #art #musicculture #fyp #nonprofits

what is that strange melody? #augusta #augustaheritage #irishmusic #culture #folklife #irish #irishweekend #guesstheinstrument

Hint: It’s not the Scottish bagpipes. #irishmusic #culture #irishretreat #blackwaterfalls #WestVirginia

Emily Miller and Voices of Augusta choral director Olivia Perske lead the students of Third Ward Elementary (where Olivia is the music teacher) in a round. Soon, visiting artists will be stopping by schools to teach traditional songs from around the world. Thank you to Chorus America for sponsoring this wonderful project intended to foster the joy of community singing.

No Gen Xers or Millennials were harmed in the making of this video. #augustaheritage #genzslang #elkinswv #banjo #culturalrizz #millennials #genx

Step aside, Charli, let the banjos play banjo 🪕 #charlixcx #oldtime #fiddle #banjo #appalachia #casswv #brat #apple #augusta #augustaheritage

Tessa McCoy
Tessa McCoy

7 time WV state fiddle champion Tessa McCoy tearing it up at the Augusta Heritage Center’s Fiddlers’ Reunion in the Elkins Rotary Amphitheater come on down! Plenty of fiddlers to go!

The Chris Miller Band sound checking for Augusta concert 2024
The Chris Miller Band sound checking for Augusta concert 2024

The soundcheck is underway for the first Augusta concert of July 2024. It’s going to be an incredible show, including this spooky awesome number from Chris Miller with John Vidrine, Amelia Biere and Gina Forsyth. Tuesday, July 9, 7:30 pm. Harper McNeeley Auditorium at D&E.

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