Mountain Made: Appalachian Folk Festival

Name: Mountain Made: Appalachian Folk Festival
Start: 2026-04-07T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-07T21:00:00-04:00
Location: ETSU Reece Museum

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Mountain Made: Appalachian Folk Festival

April 7

12:00 pm - 9:00 pm

ETSU Reece Museum
363 Stout Dr
Johnson City, TN 37614 United States + Google Map

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What’s old is new again at East Tennessee State University. Decades after campus folk festivals filled ETSU’s grounds with regional music and Appalachian storytelling in the 1960s and ’70s, students are bringing that tradition back to life.

About the event:

• Date: Tuesday, April 7

• Time: Noon – 9 pm

• Location: ETSU University Commons and Reece Museum

• Cost: Free and open to the public

• Activities: Live musical performances, square dancing, storytelling showcases, and demonstrations of visual art creation or crafting by local artisans.

Activities at the Reece Museum:

• 12:15 – 1:00 pm – “Barber Tales,” A Cultural Program presented by Craig Charles

• 1:15 – 2:00 pm – Spoken word performance by Caysen Skies, a Reece Museum Hip Hop Celebration performer

• 2:15 – 4:00 pm – Performance Open House, Various performances by spoken word artists

• 4:30 – 6:00 pm – Storytelling workshop with Adam Booth