**The party starts at 5:30pm / the concert starts at 7:30pm – All Ticket Holders are invited to the whole event**
The Yadkin Arts Council’s annual gala celebration is always a night to remember! Dress to impress and join us for a cocktail party and a concert! We will kick off the night with heavy hors d’oeuvres and adult beverages (your first two drinks are on us!) before moving into the Willingham Theater for an intimate concert with the award-winning Bluegrass band, The Steeldrivers. Dessert will be served at intermission and we will have an exciting silent auction featuring an assortment of amazing experiences and prizes!
Everyone who purchases a VIP ticket will be given preferred seating through an entry into our seating lottery. What is a seating lottery? Glad you asked! When you buy a VIP ticket, your party’s name is added to a list with other VIP ticket buyers and when we get two weeks out from the event date (or once we sell out the VIP tickets) we will draw party names from a hat and you will get to select your seats in the order your name is drawn. **Single side seats will be limited to 2 per party (per draw)**. In addition to preferred seating, all VIP ticket holders will receive a goody bag! Please note that there are only 24 side seats – this means that not all VIP ticket holders will be able to sit select seats in that section. And for those who would like to reserve seats the middle section (on an aisle), we will be requiring that all attendees in your party sit next to each other in the same row. Reserved seating will be limited on the back row as well so that we are able to hold ADA seats open for patrons in need. If you have questions about how the seating selection will work, please give us a call prior to purchasing your tickets.
About the Band:
The SteelDrivers are a bluegrass band from Nashville, Tennessee. While there’s a strong traditional streak in the SteelDrivers’ sound, they bring a passion to their delivery that adds a distinctive flavor, and forceful grit adding undertones of blues, soul, and rock. The band took home the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album in 2015 for The Muscle Shoals Recording. 2021 brought the latest member on board, lead singer Matt Dame. The quintet is touring the US in 2025 on their “20th Anniversary” tour.
Only Nashville could give birth to a band like the SteelDrivers: a group of seasoned veterans –each distinguished in his or her own right, each valued in the town’s commercial community – who are seizing an opportunity to follow their hearts to their souls’ reward. In doing so, they are braiding their bluegrass roots with new threads of their own design, bringing together country, soul, blues, and other contemporary influences to create an unapologetic hybrid that is old as the hills but fresh as the morning dew. This is new music with the old feeling. SteelDrivers fan Vince Gill describes the band’s fusion as simply “an incredible combination.”
Specializing in a unique mix of what might be called bluegrass soul, the SteelDrivers have become one of the biggest names in progressive bluegrass after making their debut in 2005. While there’s a strong traditional streak in the SteelDrivers’ sound, they bring a passion to their delivery that adds a distinctive flavor, and they’re not afraid of adding a forceful grit to the music.
The SteelDrivers have been nominated for four Grammys, the Americana Music Association’s New Artist of the Year and was IBMA’s 2009 Emerging Artist of The Year. In 2015, “The Muscle Shoals Recordings” won the Grammy award for Best Bluegrass Recording. The SteelDrivers are: Richard Bailey (banjo), Tammy Rogers (fiddle) Mike Fleming (bass) Brent Truitt (mandolin) Matt Dame (Guitar)
MORE ABOUT THE BAND:
https://www.thesteeldrivers.com/
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