The all-summer-long Shenandoah Valley Music Festival kicked off over the weekend and, like summer itself, doesn't end until early September.
Enjoy the sounds of bluegrass, country and symphonic melodies at the Shrine Mont Conference Center in Orkney Springs, Virginia.
Since it began in 1963, the festival has featured countless Grammy Award-winning artists performing in the pastoral setting of Orkney Springs, always keeping one thing in mind: They provide the music, nature provides the show.
Tickets range from $10 to $40 per show and can be purchased online. This year's concert series includes the likes of the Oak Ridge Boys, Rosanne Cash and the Arrival From Sweden, an ABBA cover band.
The festival is about two and half hours from downtown D.C. located at 217 Shrine Mont Circle, Orkney Springs, Virginia.
SCHEDULE:
- Straight No Chaser, Friday, July 18, 8 p.m.
- Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal, Saturday, July 19, 8 p.m.
- "I'll Be Seeing You" with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, Friday, July 25, 8 p.m.
- Silly Bus, Saturday, July 26, 10 am
- "A Civil War Portrait" with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, Saturday, July 26, 8 p.m.
- United States Air Force Strings, Sunday, July 27, 2 p.m.
- The Arrival from Sweden: The Music of ABBA, Friday, Aug. 1, 8 p.m.
- Hot Strings and Cool Breezes Bluegrass Mini-Fest, featuring Rhonda Vincent and The Rage, Saturday, Aug. 2, 6 p.m.
- Gustafer Yellowgold, Saturday, Aug. 30, 11 am
- The Oak Ridge Boys, Saturday, Aug. 30, 7 p.m.
- Eddie from Ohio, Sunday, Aug. 31, 7 p.m.
