Lower Valley

The lower Shenandoah Valley region also includes: Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah and Warren Counties.

We are seeking anyone and everyone associated with Mountain Music to be included on our web site.
Band and Musicians listings are free as well as link to your web-site.

If you host or attend a jam-session in the area, please let us know so we can include the dates, times, and directions.

Music businesses and venues please contact us for listing here and in our 2010 Mountain Music Maker Trail Guide.

Music Makers Trail Key

A Major Venue is defined as having Mountain Music performances or exhibits with regularly scheduled events for the public at least once a week. (Museum, Theater, Gallery, Dining/Stage)

A Venue is defined as an establishment having at least one scheduled event for the public once a month (i.e. monthly jam), seasonally (music series) or once yearly (i.e. festival)

A Trail Stop is defined as an establishment/agency which caters to serving the Mountain Music Community. (i.e. music store, travel center, dining, lodging)

An Historical Marker is defined as a geographic location where a significant Mountain Music Historic moment occurred. (Historic event would include: birthplace, past event, building)

Lower Valley HERITAGE CENTERS in Winchester and Luray. (under development – opening summer 2010)

  • Frederick County Population 73,898 Sq.Miles 414.63
  • Cross junction
    • TLC (The Log Cabin) Campground (Cross Junction) , TLC – 2058 Morgan Frederick Grade, Cross Junction, VA 22625 – (540) 888-3461
      Bluegrass Weekends April thru October – See calendar for event schedules and dates.
  • Middletown
    • Lord Fairfax Community College
    • Belle Grove Plantation
  • Winchester
    • Patsy Cline Historic House (Winchester) Birthplace Patsy Cline
    • Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival (Winchester) Shenandoah Apple Blossom Bluegrass Festival - Held early May
    • Shenandoah University Mountain Dulcimer Week (Winchester) – JULY 11 – 16, 2010 – Co-Directors Madeline MacNeil and RalphLeeSmith
      Costs: Registration Fee is $355. Housing in University Residence Halls is $65 per day single occupancy, $55 per person per day double occupancy. Fifteen meals, Sunday Night through Friday Noon, $96.25.
    • Murphy Henry’s Music Methods (Winchester) Murphy Henry (Founder of the Murphy Method Music Lessons)
    • Birthplace of Herb Smoke – Fiddler/Banjoist Library of Congress
    • Dalton Brill’s Barber Shop (Winchester)
  • Warren County Population 36,663 Sq.Miles 213.70
  • Bentonville
    • Browntown Community Jam (Browntown) Bluegrass Jam – 2nd Friday – Every month – 7pm to 10pm – Browntown Community Center at 96 Browntown Rd, Bentonville, VA 22610 Free – Open to the public – More info contact Jackie & George Hodgkiss – 540-636-3588
  • Front Royal
  • Linden
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Jim Tromater March 31, 2011 at 8:25 pm

You mention loop tours for the 3 regions but I was unsuccessful at finding them on the site. Please point me in the right direction.
Jim

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