3 Days of Music, Competitions, Workshops, and History

Schedule of Events:

June 13, 2025

4:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Gates open at 3:00 pm)
6 pm: New North Carolina Ramblers
7 pm: Thomm Jutz
8 pm: Presentation of Charlie Poole Festival Lifetime Achievement Award to Wayne Henderson and Helen White and performance by Wayne Henderson
9 pm: Lonesome River Band

June 14, 2025

1:00 pm - 10:00 pm
2:00 pm: Jesse Smathers
3:00 pm: Payday at the Mill featuring
Laurelyn Dossett, DaShawn & Wendy Hickman, Mark Dillon, Colin Cutler, Chaisaray Schenk, Tyson Baker & poet Annie Woodford
4:00 pm: Tray Wellington Band
5:00 pm: Amythyst Kiah
6:00 pm: Lonesome River Band
7:15 pm: Presentation of Tony Rice Music Scholarship
7:30 pm: John McEuen & the Circle Band
8:45 pm: Presentation of the Charlie Poole Festival Lifetime Achievement Award to Sammy Shelor and Riley Baugus
9:00 pm: Africa to Appalachia with Riley Baugus and Cheick Hamala Diabate

Date: June 13-14, 2025

Time:
June 13, 2025 from 4:00pm to 9:00pm
June 14, 2025 from 1:00pm to 10:00pm

Location: Rockingham Community College, 215 Wrenn Memorial Road Highway 65 Wentworth, NC 27375

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