Blue Ridge Music Center and Museum- The Blue Ridge Music Center celebrates the music and musicians of the Blue Ridge. Visit the Museum while at the Music Center and see 2 handcrafted banjos built by Kevin Fore, one in the Boucher style and another in the Hicks Mountain banjo style. Also, see a fiddle made by Jimmy Edmonds and various instruments built by other local instrument builders. Also look for a sound clip of Kevin Fore, Kirk Sutphin and Jeremy Stephens playing "Grey Eagle."
Ferrum College's Blue Ridge Institute & Museum - Documents the folkways of the people living in and around the Blue Ridge Mountains through gallery exhibitions, the Blue Ridge Folklife Festival, the Blue Ridge Farm Museum and the Blue Ridge Heritage Archives.
High Fidelity Bluegrass Band - High Fidelity is a traditional bluegrass band comprised of young musicians with a passion for the past. Checkout this awesome group's Facebook page.
Galax Public Library - While in Galax stop by the Galax Public Library for your information needs, such as using a computer to Mapquest the directions to Edmonds Guitar Shop.
Edmonds Guitars -Precision Hand-Crafted Instruments by Jimmy Edmonds. Made in Galax, Virginia, The World's Capitol of Old Time Mountain Music.
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GALAX, VIRGINIA
Galax Old Fiddlers Convention - The World's Largest Old-Time and Bluegrass Fiddlers' Convention.
Cunningham String Instruments - Official Facebook page for Jackson I. Cunningham,
maker of custom fiddles and 1920's style archtop guitars, as well as some jumbo flattop guitars.