BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211120T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211120T200000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:**SOLD OUT** New Standard Bluegrass in Concert DESCRIPTION:Doors open at 5:30New Standard brings together a variety of styles and influences ranging from traditional artists to contemporary bluegrass and gospel artists. The band was founded in October\, 2011 by Zach Brown\, Spencer Blankenship\, and Mason Thomas - all students at Virginia Tech at the time. One month later\, Stewart Scales was asked to be a part of the band as the bass player and the band began performing at local restaurants in the Blacksburg area. In the following years\, the group played more festivals such as Sedalia\, and has performed at the Harvester in Rocky Mount on two occasions\, once as a solo act and another opening for the Lost & Found. Zach Gilmer & Jason Wheeler have played banjo with the group in the past. Robert Overstreet was added on banjo in 2018\, and the band continues to expand its performance horizons up and down the Blue Ridge today. In late 2019\, the group wrote several new songs to be featured on a 2021 release entitled 'One More Tear' which was recorded and mastered at Hambone Productions in Lynchburg\, VA.Watch New Standard Bluegrass performing at the Bower Center in 2019https://youtu.be/jnwjrPDW4HAAdvance tickets may be purchased at http://www.lynchburgtickets.com/newstandardbluegrass\, through the registration button on this page or in person at the Bedford Area Welcome Center or Bower Center for the Arts. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Doors open at 5:30
New Standard brings together a variety of styles and influences ranging from traditional artists to contemporary bluegrass and gospel artists. The band was founded in October\, 2011 by Zach Brown\, Spencer Blankenship\, and Mason Thomas - all students at Virginia Tech at the time. One month later\, Stewart Scales was asked to be a part of the band as the bass player and the band began performing at local restaurants in the Blacksburg area. \;
In the following years\, the group played more festivals such as Sedalia\, and has performed at the Harvester in Rocky Mount on two occasions\, once as a solo act and another opening for the Lost &\; Found. Zach Gilmer &\; Jason Wheeler have played banjo with the group in the past. Robert Overstreet was added on banjo in 2018\, and the band continues to expand its performance horizons up and down the Blue Ridge today. In late 2019\, the group wrote several new songs to be featured on a 2021 release entitled '\;One More Tear'\; which was recorded and mastered at Hambone Productions in Lynchburg\, VA.
Watch New Standard Bluegrass performing at the Bower Center in 2019
Advance tickets may be purchased at http://www.lynchburgtickets.com/newstandardbluegrass\, through the registration button on this page or in person at the Bedford Area Welcome Center or Bower Center for the Arts.
LOCATION:305 N. Bridge Street Bedford VA 24523 UID:e.1991.372073 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20240328T213548Z URL:https://members.bowercenter.org/call-for-artists/Details/sold-out-new-standard-bluegrass-in-concert-367930?sourceTypeId=Hub END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR