String Band Summit Downtown Festival

Name: String Band Summit Downtown Festival
Start: 2026-04-11T09:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-11T23:30:00-04:00
Location: Downtown Johnson City

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String Band Summit Downtown Festival

April 11

9:30 am - 11:30 pm

Downtown Johnson City
300 E. Main St
Johnson City, Tennessee 37604 + Google Map

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We’re looking forward to the String Band Summit at the end of this week – and the festival in Downtown Johnson City next weekend! Thanks to the The Reece Museum for hosting conference sessions on Friday and to the folks hosting events on Saturday: The Hideaway, Johnson’s Literary Depot, Mulligan’s Irish Pub and James Smith and Dick Nelson of 324 East. And of course many thanks to the ETSU Martin School of the Arts and the IBMA Foundation for grants supporting all of the events, and to Visit Johnson City for their support and guidance!

Full conference program, and information about the Friday night concerts with Maria Muldaur and ATMA Ensemble here: https://www.etsu.edu/…/string-band-summit/sbs_2026.php

String Band Summit
Saturday, April 11, 2026

ETSU Bud Frank Theater
9:30 – 10:15am – College Goup Session
10:30am – 12:00pm – Academic panel
1:10 – 1:40pm – Rusty Rooster String Band (UNG)
1:40 – 3:00pm – Roundtable – Religion and Bluegrass

11:00–11:45am – Missy Raines Workshop at ETSU University School / JAM Picking In the Schoolyard festival.

Yee Haw
3:30 – 5:30 Open Jam

324East
3:00 – 3:45pm – MTSU String Band
3:55 – 4:40pm – Hardin Valley Thunder (PSTCC)
4:50 – 5:35pm – Rusty Rooster String Band (UNG)
5:45 – 6:30pm – UT Appalachian Strings

Johnson’s Literary Depot
3:30–4:15pm – Matthew and Isabel – Song / Sones of Latin America
4:20–4:50pm – ETSU Global String Band
5:00–5:45pm – Elizabeth McCorvey
5:45 – 6:30pm – Pete Ward & Friends

Mulligans
6:30 – 7:30pm – Joseph Decosimo Trio
7:30–8:30pm – Missy Raines and Friends
8:30 – 9:30pm – square dance

The Hideaway
9:30pm – ETSU Spacegrass Band