Find your people.
Your free community connecting and advocating for everyone who makes music happen across Appalachia.
One home for all of us.
If you play, book, teach, or just plain support music anywhere in Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, Western North Carolina, or Eastern Kentucky, this is your home.
We advocate for artists, venues, and the people who back them, town by town, in every genre this region plays.
Inside our free digital hub you'll find business resources, a gigs board, industry professionals, and everything you need to know about IRL meetups. And most importantly, each other.
The data always says the same thing: we need each other.
When the 2024 music census asked 1,213 of the region's music people what they needed most, the top answer wasn't money or gear. 51% said a place to connect and collaborate, and 59% wanted it built and led by the community itself. That is exactly what AMC is.
Real, unedited answers from the 2024 Northeast Tennessee Music Census. See what the census found →
Three ways to jam with us. Pick yours.
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Gigs, resources, and real meetups with the people who make music here. Free, always.
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The story, the partners, and the census data behind every decision we make together.
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This is the hub as it looks right now: real conversations, member driven events, and neighbors asking for intros, advice, and a hand.
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Gigs, resources, and real conversations, all in one place.
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Post a gig, find a bandmate, plug into a meetup, or just listen in for a while.
Free forever. Nobody takes a cut of your work. No spam, ever.
Three things people wonder before they join.
Do I have to be a professional musician?
No, but this is a working creative community: musicians at every stage, venues, bookers, engineers, educators, and the people who put shows on across the region. All belong here. If you make music happen, you are in the right place.
What's the catch on free?
There isn't one. AMC is a nonprofit backed by ETSU, the flagship university of Appalachia, whose mission is to improve the lives of people in our region and beyond.
This community is made to advocate for those who make music happen. Membership costs nothing, nobody takes a cut of your work, and we never sell your information.
How much time does it take?
It's your community. You can spend as much or as little time as you want.
The community enables you to connect with others, create localized events and meetups, work alongside other venue operators and presenters, and meet anyone who supports our music community.
You've carried this scene alone long enough.
Your people are already here. Join today and start connecting.
Join Now. It's Free.Free forever. Nobody takes a cut of your work. No spam, ever.