A Tennessee Entertainment Commission Regional Pilot Partner

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Your free community advocating for everyone who makes music happen across Appalachia.

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01 / What this is

One home for all of us.

The Appalachian Music Collective is the shared home for the musicians, venues, and music supporters of Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, Western North Carolina, and Eastern Kentucky.

Together, we advocate at a hyperlocal level for artists, venues, and all those that support them, in every genre this region plays.

Join our digital hub, featuring business resources, a gigs board, connections to industry professionals, regional rooms, and everything you need to know about IRL meetups. And most importantly, connections to each other.

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Logan & McKenna performing during Bristol Sessions Nights, Bristol, Tennessee

02 / In our own words

The data always says the same thing: we need each other.

“We are fragmented across cities and counties.”● “Sometimes it is still about who you know”● “I would love to collaborate with other musicians and/or join with a band but have no idea how to connect with like-minded folks.”● “cant find bandies”● “Though there is incredible talent, there is no concerted effort nor assistance in networking with these folks that I could employ and award gigs to. Very frustrating.”● “You shouldn't have to move to Nashville to "make it" in the music biz.”● “Some backstabbing between musicians. We all need to work together.”● “I feel very isolated.”● “How can this survey help to unite the area in creativity”●

Real, unedited answers from the 2024 Northeast Tennessee Music Census. See everything the census found →

Tim Stafford singing and playing guitar on stage — **Tim Stafford** Co-founder of Blue Highway · Three time IBMA Songwriter of the Year · ETSU Bluegrass, Old Time and Roots Music Artist in Residence

03 / Your path in

Three ways in. Pick yours.

A festival crowd filling a downtown street at Boonerang Music & Art Festival in Boone, North Carolina

Creatives · venues · supporters

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Gigs, resources, regional rooms, and real meetups with the people who make music here. Free, always.

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A packed downtown street lined with mountains during a festival in Damascus, Virginia

Cities · colleges · industry

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For cities, tourism offices, schools, and industry ready to invest in this community and its music economy.

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A night crowd at the Blue Plum Festival stage in downtown Johnson City, Tennessee

The story · the data · the curious

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The story, the partners, and the census data behind every decision we make together.

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You've carried this scene alone long enough.

Your people are already here.

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