Bluegrass & BBQ
Venue: Giles County Historical Society Museum, Pearisburg
Organizations: Eight Point Star
Date: Saturday, August 25, 2018
Time: 5:00 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Charity
Cost:

Description:
Giles County Historical Society Museum presents Bluegrass & BBQ on Saturday, August 25, 2018.

Join the Giles County Historical Society for a fun-filled Americana night! Enjoy BBQ Pork and all the fixings provided by Hangry Swine BBQ & Catering and live music from the Eight Point Star.

Eight Point Star is a New River Valley-Roanoke collective gathered around old-time and improvisational fiddler Mike Gangloff and bluesy fingerstyle guitarist Matt Peyton that draws on traditional and international roots to create a sound all their own.

With hardanger fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, banjos, gongs, singing bowls and lots more, this is a mostly acoustic sound, but with Matt's theremin and other electronics occasionally rising to the surface sometimes from the Golden Age jazz or Great American Songbook classics that Cara grew up singing, sometimes from the urgent, raw blues that Matt has pursued and sometimes from pure, free improvisation aimed at creating an in-the-moment symphony. This is extended Appalachian music with a story of its own to tell.

Solid, bluesy fingerstyle guitar and soaring, scratchy hardanger fiddle combine for duo explorations; a search for beauty.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/Eight-Point-Star-Band-2115905332014152/

The cost is $15.00 per person and children 6 and under are free.

Bring a blanket or chair. Parking available on-site.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/r2QyXHP.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/GilesCountyHistoricalSociety or or http://www.gilescountyhistory.org/ or call 540-921-1050.