# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Concert with Joe Newberry
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 16 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Known around the world for his clawhammer banjo playing, Joe Newberry is also a powerful guitarist, singer and songwriter. The Gibson Brothers’ version of his song “Singing As We Rise,” featuring guest vocalist Ricky Skaggs, won the 2012 IBMA “Gospel Recorded Performance” Award. With Eric Gibson, he shared the 2013 IBMA “Song of the Year” Award for “They Called It Music.”
 
A longtime and frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion, he was a featured singer on the Transatlantic Sessions 2016 tour of the U.K. with fiddler Aly Bain and Dobro master Jerry Douglas, and at the Transatlantic Session's debut at Merlefest in 2017 with fellow singers James Taylor, Sarah Jarosz, Declan O’Rourke, Karen Matheson, and Maura O’Connell.  In addition to performing solo, Joe plays in a duo with mandolin icon Mike Compton, and also performs with the dynamic fiddler and step-dancer April Verch.  
Joe has taught banjo, guitar, singing, and songwriting at numerous camps and festivals, including Ashokan, Midwest Banjo Camp, American Banjo Camp, the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, Targhee Music Camp, the Swannanoa Gathering, Centrum Voice Works, the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, Pinewoods Camp, the Australia National Folk Festival, the Blue Ridge Old-Time Music Week, Bluff Country Gathering, and Vocal Week, Bluegrass Week, and Old-Time Week at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, WV, 
 
Growing up in a family full of singers and dancers, Joe took up the guitar and banjo as a teenager and learned fiddle tunes from great Missouri fiddlers. he moved to North Carolina as a young man and quickly became an anchor of the incredible music scene in the state. He does solo and studio work, and plays and teaches at festivals and workshops in North America and abroad.

The Folk School features some of the finest regional and national acts performing eclectic roots music. We’ll have standard seating available, first come first serve. A donation of $5-15 per adult is suggested, but all are welcome regardless of contribution. Folk School Students and Staff are not asked to donate. Any funds raised support traditional arts and help us strive for equitable pay for performers.  *Lineup and schedule are subject to change, for the most up to date details check the schedule at www.folkschool.org…
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brasstown/concert-with-joe-newberry/200029485693622
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, festivals, concerts, performances, nonprofit, workshops, art, country-music-festivals
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029485693622?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=brasstown-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Brasstown
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 1 Folk School Rd, Brasstown, NC, United States, North Carolina 28902
- **lat**: 35.03522
- **long**: -83.96537
- **full address**: 1 Folk School Rd, Brasstown, NC, United States, North Carolina 28902

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: John C. Campbell Folk School (https://allevents.in/org/john-c-campbell-folk-school/9712058)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 16 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1 Folk School Rd, Brasstown, NC, United States, North Carolina 28902
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** John C. Campbell Folk School
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, festivals, concerts, performances, nonprofit, workshops, art, country-music-festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Concert with Joe Newberry ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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