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Doors 7:30 // Show 8:00 PM A recent high school graduate, Chris Murphy has been establishing himself as a musician in the Charlottesville community for the past few years. He released his debut EP, "Grow" in early 2018, and has been working on his first full-length project since that release. The album, "Disconnect", has been over a year long effort demonstrating his strongest songwriting and playing so far. Heading off to a music school in London next year, Chris is…

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:00 PM Missy Raines, as one of "The First Ladies in Bluegrass", was just awarded Recorded Event of the year! Check it out HERE! 7-time award winner of the IBMA Bass Player of the Year, Missy Raines, is considered to be one of the most respected, popular, and trailblazing figures in bluegrass today. A member of Alison Krauss’ first all-female bluegrass band, she has backed greats such as Claire Lynch, Mac Weisman, Kenny Baker, and Peter…

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:00 PM Robin and Linda Williams return to The Front Porch for a double header concert on Friday and Saturday, December 7th and 8th! For more than three decades now, Robin & Linda Williams have made it their mission to perform the music that they love, “a robust blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time and acoustic country that combines wryly observant lyrics with a wide-ranging melodicism.” Today some might call it “Americana,” but these two revered music…

Doors 7:30 / Show 8:00 PM Robin and Linda Williams return to The Front Porch for a double header concert on Friday and Saturday, December 7th and 8th! For more than three decades now, Robin & Linda Williams have made it their mission to perform the music that they love, “a robust blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time and acoustic country that combines wryly observant lyrics with a wide-ranging melodicism.” Today some might call it “Americana,” but these two revered music…

Please join us for our bi-monthly Front Porch Open Mic. The Front Porch open mic is free and open to all. Enjoy some of Central Virginia's songwriters in an intimate listening room setting. Wine and Champion Brewing beer will be available for purchase. Front Porch students – this is the perfect opportunity to perform some of the songs you have been working on and learning! Sign up for the open mic via emilyjulia@frontporchcville.org We are pleased to host Charlottesville's own Andrew…

Doors 7:30 // Show 8:00 PM Please join us for an evening with Wild Common in an intimate, acoustic setting. Wild Common is a genre-defying “New Appalachian” band out of Charlottesville, Virginia. Frontwoman Davina Jackson is a soul and gospel singer with a killer voice at the center of the band’s music. She used to sing back-up with the Wailers. Fiddle player Nate Leath won the famous Galax Fiddler’s Convention when he was 11 and has since grown into one…

Doors 7:30 // Show 8:00 PM Jack Dunlap is the mandolinist for the trio Bud's Collective, and has worked alongside past and present members of Mountain Heart, Audie Blaylock and Redline, Dailey and Vincent, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen, Blue Highway, Chris Jones and the Night Drivers and Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, to name a few. Though growing up playing bluegrass music, Jack stretches his instrument into other genres such as jazz, swing, blues, rock,…

Dinner/Doors 5:30 // Show 7:00 PM Soul Suppers: Masters of Roots Music, featuring Jontavious Willis This monthly Sunday evening concert series, featuring masters of American Roots Music, will feature a family style dinner at 6 pm and music at 7 pm. Dinner tickets are $20, $10 for kids 12 and under, only 50 slots available. Concert tickets are $15 early and $18 at the door. Join your neighbors for a delicious home-cooked supper followed by a concert with Blues Master…

Dinner/Doors 5:30  // Show 7:00 PM Soul Suppers: Masters of Roots Music, featuring Blue Highway This monthly Sunday evening concert series, featuring masters of American Roots Music, will feature a family style dinner at 6 pm and music at 7 pm. Dinner tickets are $20, $10 for kids 12 and under, only 50 slots available. Concert tickets are $30. Join your neighbors for a delicious home-cooked supper followed by a concert with Blue Highway! Highly esteemed bluegrass band Blue Highway…

Doors 7:30 // Show 8:00 PM Heartfelt, energetic, and down home. Heralded by CMT Edge as "one of the most promising bands on the bluegrass scene," the music of the Nashville based group The Barefoot Movement is as down to earth as their intention for members of their audience: sit back, relax, take your shoes off, and stay a while. All the worries and frustrations of the world melt away as this charming, acoustic band takes listeners back to a…

Doors 7:30 // Show 8:00 PM ALASH are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this gifted trio from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies, western instruments, and contemporary song forms in Alash’s music, but its overall sound and spirit is decidedly Tuvan. Trained in traditional Tuvan music since childhood, the Alash…

Dinner/Doors 5:30  // Show 7:00 PM Soul Suppers: Masters of Roots Music, featuring Kenny and Amanda Smith This monthly Sunday evening concert series, featuring masters of American Roots Music, will feature a family style dinner at 6 pm and music at 7 pm. Dinner tickets are $20, $10 for kids 12 and under, only 50 slots available. Concert tickets are $15 early and $18 at the door. Join your neighbors for a delicious home-cooked supper followed by a concert with…

Doors 7:30 // Show 8:00 PM Black Music Excellence Through the Ages is a joyous ride through the history of African-American music across the diaspora. It's more than a soul revue, more than a gospel concert, more than a night of great jazz...it's all of those things and more. Let Charlottesville's own Richelle Claiborne lead you through this musical journey with her soul-stirring vocals, accompanied by some of the best musicians in the area. You will laugh, you will cry,…

Doors 7:30 // Show 8:00 PM In 2018, Seamus Egan, founding member of the seminal band Solas, will be touring for the first time ever, as The Seamus Egan Project, bringing along friends and musical guests, and introducing fans to both the entirety of his immense and influential catalog of music, as well as new music he’s never recorded or performed live. Beginning with tunes from his groundbreaking album, When Juniper Sleeps, which was the impetus for the formation of…