Ed Snodderly News Today

Blue Highway Fest organizers have one less thing to make them blue.

This week, our Spring broadcast season continues with a new episode of Mountain Stage featuring guest host David Mayfield. Joining us is Virginia Bluegrass band Nothin’ Fancy, 10-time International Bluegrass Music Association Bass Player of the Year Missy Raines & Allegheny, acoustic blues guitarist Rory Block, singer-songwriter and guitarist Ed Snodderly, and multi-instrumentalist folk artist Meredith Moon.

49 Winchester, Ashley McBryde, The Wallflowers, The Red Clay Strays, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Sam Bush, Wilderado, The SteelDrivers, Brittney Spencer, Drayton Farley, Jaime Wyatt, Bella White, and Silverada are set to headline the 23rd annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion. Presented by Ballad Health and produced by the nonprofit Birthplace of Country Music (BCM), the festival returns to State Street in Historic Downtown Bristol, Tenn.-Va. Sept. 13-15.

A full slate of musical acts will perform in historic downtown Bristol for this years Rhythm & Roots Reunion. Tickets are available now.

The region prepares for Veterans Day while music and comedy reigns throughout the Tri-Cities.

The annual blue Highway Festival featured various performers, from Carson Peters & Iron Mountain to Ed Snodderly, Scythian and more.

As blue Highway Fest entered day three in Big Stone Gap, festival goers moved far beyond the 50-yard line for the final site of the event.

Blue Highway Fest warmed up Wednesday with several area bands playing at the festival downtown stage next to the Big Stone Gap Visitors Center.

Tim Stafford and Wayne Taylor were enjoying Tuesday evening at a highlight of Big Stone Gap’s cultural history, the John Fox, Jr. House.

If you are looking for something to do in mid- October, there is always the internationally-recognized blue Highway Fest in Big Stone Gap.