Milepost Music brings live music to Mabry Mill

MEADOWS OF DAN, VA — Milepost Music is bringing live mountain music to Mabry Mill, located at milepost 176 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Meadows of Dan, Virginia. Free outdoor concerts will take place from 2 to 4 p.m., on the first and third Sundays of each in through the summer.

Jared Boyd and Friends will perform on Sunday, June 2. Boyd is a clawhammer banjo and rhythm guitar player from Galax, Virginia. He has played at the Galax Old Fiddlers’ Convention and gigs around Virginia and North Carolina solo and as a member of Twin Creeks Stringband.

The Glenwood Choppers will perform Sunday, June 16. Band members Molly Stouten, Alan Teichman, and Randy Johnson play blues, early country and traditional acoustic music from the North Carolina Piedmont and Southern Appalachians.

Upcoming Milepost Music concerts at Mabry Mill:

July 7: Cedar Ridge

July 21: Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Small

Aug. 4: Mac Walker Duo

Aug. 18: Lovely Mountaineers

Sept. 1: Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones

Sept. 15: Slate Mountain Ramblers

Visitors should take a chair or blanket for seating. Food and drinks are allowed on site, but alcoholic beverages are not permitted.

Milepost Music at Mabry Mill is sponsored by Skyline National Bank and Visit Patrick County.

About Milepost Music

Milepost Music is a collaboration between the Blue Ridge Music Center, Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, and Blue Ridge Parkway/National Park Service. Milepost Music concerts are held at destinations along the Parkway including Humpback Rocks, Peaks of Otter, Mabry Mill, Doughton Park/The Bluffs, and the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center in Asheville in June, July, August, and September. For more information, visit BlueRidgeMusicCenter.org/concert-calendar.