2018 Banjo gathering

The 20th Anniversary Banjo Gathering was held at the
​Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Bristol, Virginia on
​Thursday November 1, through Sunday November 4, 2018
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The 20th Anniversary Banjo Gathering

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     The 20th Anniversary Banjo Gathering took place at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Virginia, from November 1 to 4, 2018. Since 1998, the Banjo Gathering has been the platform for banjo collectors, researchers, instrument builders, and musicians to share new scholarship and findings about the banjo as a historical, cultural, and built object.
     
This year we celebrated with an anniversary concert, broadcasts on Radio Bristol, and our traditional community gathering with three days of presentations, exhibitions, and a banjo marketplace for studying, buying, selling, and trading historical and vintage banjos, parts, and related items, as well as banjos from some of today’s finest instrument makers.


Videos of the 20th Anniversary Banjo Gathering Concert


Schedule

Thursday, November 1*

9:00am-2:00pm
 Exhibit space set up at Birthplace of Country Music Museum (BCMM)
2:00-4:00 pm
Explore BCMM with curator-guided tour
4:00-7:00 pm
Dinner Break
7:00-7:30 pm
Welcome, Organizer Announcements, and Introductions​
7:30-8:00 pm
A Digital Museum for Banjo History: New Opportunities for Curating Cultural Heritage by Marc Fields
8:00-8:45 pm
Banjo Roots and Branches Panel with Bob Winans and contributors including Chuck Levy, Pete Ross, George Gibson, Greg Adams, Tony Thomas
9:00-11:00 pm
Social**

Friday, November 2

8:00am
BCMM opens to Gathering attendees
9:oo-9:45 am
The Banjo in America’s Square Dance Revival (1930s-’50s) by John Hoft
10:oo-10:45 am
Working the Root: Contemporary Banjo Music as Conjure by Jake Blount
11:oo-11:45 am
Traditions and Transformations: The Banjo Speaks by Dena Jennings and Greg Adams
12:oo-2:00 pm
Lunch Break
2:oo-2:45 pm
Dixie Dewdrop: Uncle Dave Macon’s Banjos by Michael Doubler
3:oo-3:45 pm
Vintage Banjos, Provenance, and Performance Panel with Cathy Fink and Bill Evans
4:oo-4:45 pm
Playing Banya by Kristina Gaddy and Pete Ross
5:oo-8:00 pm
Dinner Break
8:oo-10:00 pm
The Banjo Gathering 20th Anniversary Concert featuring  Adam Hurt, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Bill Evans, Bob Carlin, George Gibson, Jake Blount, Aaron Jonah Lewis, and Greg Adams. 

Saturday, November 3

8:oo am 
BCMM opens to Gathering attendees 
10:oo-10:45 am 
Hula Dreams: The Influence of the 5-String Banjo on Classic Hawaiian Music by Michael Wright 
11:oo-11:45 am 
Stinson, Eas(t)on, and Lowry: Late 19th & Early 20th Century Show Business Banjoists by Tony Thomas
12:oo-2:00 pm 
Lunch Break
2:00-2:45 pm 
Current State of Banjo Building and Sales Panel
3:00-3:45 pm 
Unusual S.S. Stewart Banjos: The Early Years by Joe Hornung and Norm Peterson 
4:00-4:45 pm 
A Banjo Factory in the Bronx? New Findings About John Henry Buckbee by Reginald W. Bacon
5:00-7:00 pm 
Dinner Break
7:00-7:45 pm 
A Bang Or A Whimper: 19th Century Banjo Legacies in Commercial Country Recordings from the ‘Big Bang’ in Bristol and Beyond by Christian Stanfield  
8:00-8:45 pm 
Fisher Hendley: Recording and Radio Pioneer Update by Bob Carlin
9:00-11:00 pm 
Social**

Sunday, November 4

8:00-11:00 am 
Clean up at BCMM
1:00-4:00 pm 
 Uncle Dave Macon talk at BCMM by Michael Doubler
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**​Throughout the day and evening, there will be time between presentations for conversation and jamming, as well as viewing, trading, or purchasing banjos, other instruments, and banjo-related ephemera. ​
* Early-bird and other activities to consider in the area: Bristol’s historic and walkable downtown; Steele Creek Park in Bristol, TN; Sugar Hollow Park in Bristol, VA; Osceola Island (near South Holston Dam about 15 minutes from town); Virginia Creeper Trail in Abingdon, VA; Paramount Center for the Arts;  Abingdon Barter Theater (state theater of VA) and William King Museum of Art; Gray Fossil Site in Gray, TN; Rocky Mount Historic Site; Reece Museum at Eastern Tennessee State University.

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