Shenandoah Valley Music Festival

Shenandoah Valley Music Festival is a concert series that takes place mid-July through Labor Day weekend at Shrine Mont in Orkney Springs, Virginia.[1] The Festival started in 1963 as a way of bringing symphonic music to the rural Shenandoah Valley.[2] Symphonic music is still included in the series; other genres including bluegrass, country, folk, pop-rock, roots, and Americana are also presented.[3] Past artists have included Bruce Hornsby, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Home Free, The Temptations, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kenny G, LeAnn Rimes, Ricky Skaggs, Kris Kristofferson, Pure Prairie League, Poco, and The Beach Boys.[3]

The Festival is a nonprofit organization.[4]

Concerts take place in the pavilion of the former Orkney Springs Hotel, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places[5] and is now owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, which calls it "Shrine Mont".[5]

With the 2020 edition cancelled as the COVID-19 pandemic was to blame, the 58th was deferred to 2021.

References
  1. "Summer Concert Series". Shenandoah Valley Music Festival. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  2. "History". Shenandoah Valley Music Festival. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  3. "About the Festival". Musicfest.org.
  4. "SVMF Organization and Structure".
  5. "Shrine Mont". Shrine Mont. Retrieved 2019-08-27.

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