The Crooked Road will host a Next Generation Youth Music Festival & Competition on Saturday, May 14 at the Southwest Virginia Cultural Center & Marketplace from noon – 7 pm. There is no admission fee, but donations will be accepted, which will be split between The Crooked Road’s education programming and Junior Appalachian Musicians.
The festival will prominently feature a new youth music competition. The music competition will feature over $1,200 in cash prizes for individual instruments and bands. Categories include Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Clawhammer Banjo, Bluegrass Banjo, Other Instruments and Band. Prizes for individual instruments are: 1st place: $75, 2nd place: $50, 3rd place: $25. The band competition prizes will be 1st place: $125, 2nd place: $100, 3rd place: $85.
Music competition registration will begin at 12 pm on Saturday, May 14 and the music competition will begin promptly at 3 p.m. There is no entry fee for the contestants. Full details on the entry rules and form can be found at www.thecrookedroadva.com/education.
Other activities will include music workshops and jam spaces. The day will close with a livestream fundraiser for The Crooked Road and Junior Appalachian Musicians featuring the New River JAM Band.
The Next Generation Youth Music Festival is supported in part by the Wayne Henderson Festival, David & Judie Reemsnyder, the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
For more information about The Crooked Road, please visit www.thecrookedroadva.com, call (276) 492-2400 ext. 2409, or email: [email protected].
