

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Speaker Sessions: Malcolm Smith on Clawhammer Banjo Masters of SW Virginia
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us on Tuesday, March 10 for a Speaker Session with Malcom Smith on the Clawhammer Banjo Masters of Southwest Virginia. SW Virginia has been and continues to be a hotbed of clawhammer banjo playing and old time music. 

Over the past year, a group of researchers and musicians have put together a new website featuring more than 50 Masters of the folk art, that includes biographies, tunes and anecdotes about the development of the style in the Blue Ridge and beyond. Hear these Masters come to life as Dr. Malcolm Smith, who spearheaded the project along with banjoist Mac Traynham and fiddler and web designer, Jason Phillips, shares stories, music and highlights from this new resource.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bristol/speaker-sessions-malcolm-smith-on-clawhammer-banjo-masters-of-sw-virginia/200029718951107
- **Event Categories**: art, music, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 7

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Bristol
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 101 Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States, Virginia 24201
- **lat**: 36.59628
- **long**: -82.18288
- **full address**: 101 Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States, Virginia 24201

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- **organizer**: Birthplace of Country Music Museum (https://allevents.in/org/birthplace-of-country-music-museum/11119790)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 10 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 101 Country Music Way, Bristol, VA, United States, Virginia 24201
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, music, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Speaker Sessions: Malcolm Smith on Clawhammer Banjo Masters of SW Virginia ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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