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A baker’s dozen of yarnspinners and music-makers from around the world gathers in Mount Airy each Spring as the Surry Arts Council presents Blue Ridge & Beyond, its annual festival of storytelling and music.
Featured tellers at previous Blue Ridge & Beyond festivals included Lloyd Wilson (African-American stories); Linda Fang (tales of the Orient); Felix Pitre (stories and songs from Puerto Rico); Mike Lowe (American and Celtic tales and legends); award winning Appalachian storyteller Orville Hicks and many more.
Crowds marveled at the traditional craftsmanship of tinsmith, Peter Blum. Los Viajeros band played its Mariachi music, and Chapel Hill’s own Shady Grove Band played Bluegrass in an earlier Blue Ridge & Beyond festival. Special rates are available for school and other groups.