Shenandoah Valley Music Festival

Shenandoah Valley Music Festival is a series of live-concert performances that take place over July, August and September at Shrine Mont in Orkney Springs, Virginia. Dating back to 1963, the Festival has a long history of bringing quality music to the Shenandoah Valley. The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival began when a group of volunteers began sponsoring public symphony and chamber music concerts each summer. More recently, the Festival has expanded to include more eclectic acts from a variety of genres including bluegrass, soul, country, folk, rock, world and big band.[1] In addition, the Festival announced their 2018 summer concert series, featuring Home Free, The Piedmont Symphony Orchestra - "The Music of Pink Floyd" and "Oh Shenandoah! Music for Your Eyes", The Temptations, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Kenny G, and the Bluegrass Minifest. [2]

The Festival is run by a Board of Directors and a small, full-time staff and general operating support funding is received from the Virginia Commission for the Arts. [3] Dennis Lynch currently serves as the Festival's Executive Director.[4] Hundreds of local volunteers from the Shenandoah Valley help to put on the concerts every year.

Venue

The Shenandoah Valley Music Festival, is held in the secluded town of Orkney Springs, Virginia. A rustic, open-air pavilion on the grounds of a historic mineral springs spa and resort hotel, is home to the Festival's summer concert series. Formally known as the Orkney Springs Hotel, it is now owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and now called the Shrine Mont Camp and Conference Center. The Hotel, which has undergone recent renovations, continues to attract a variety of visitors and Festival audiences.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "History – Shenandoah Valley Music Festival". musicfest.org. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Concert Schedule". Musicfest.org. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Virginia Commission for the Arts: Grants Awarded June 2007" (PDF). Virginia Commission for the Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 11, 2008. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  4. ↑ Clayton, Laetitia. "Music festivals: Cue the music". The Northern Virginia Daily. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  5. ↑ "About Us". Shrine Mont. Retrieved 2015-03-03.

Coordinates: 38°47′44″N 78°49′05″W / 38.795526°N 78.818050°W / 38.795526; -78.818050

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