Celebrate 30! Full Schedule
Music Maker Foundation is turning 30 – and you’re invited to the party! Join us in Durham and Fountain, NC from October 10-12, 2024 for three days of music, dancing, food, and fellowship as we celebrate 30 years of Music Maker.
VIP PACKAGEs ($650/per person) available now!
General admission tickets go on sale June 6th.
Taj Mahal, Dom Flemons, and Jackson Browne Celebrate Music Maker!
7:30 PM at Page Auditorium (Duke University)
402 Chapel Dr, Durham, NC 27708
We kick off big with a concert presented in partnership with Duke Arts. This concert opens with Music Maker next generation stars Faith & Harmony, Gail Ceasar, Lakota John Locklear, Martha Spencer and Dom Flemons! Taj Mahal, and Jackson Browne will close the evening with a tribute to the roots of American music.
Get access to priority VIP seating and exclusive Artist After Party with Terry “Harmonica” Bean with our VIP Package! Please note: Concert ticket is not included and must be purchased separately from Duke Arts. However, we will provide VIP passholders with a special registration link to gain access to our reserved VIP seating area.
General admission tickets on sale NOW through Duke Arts.
*VIP exclusive* artist after party
Time/Venue TBA
For VIP ticket holders only! Keep the good times rollin’ at this exclusive after party, where you’ll get the chance to meet artists from the evening’s concert as well as Terry “Harmonica” Bean and celebrate with fellow music lovers. You never know who will show up…!
Song Keepers: A Music Maker Foundation Anthology Book Talk
12:00 PM at Letters Bookshop
116 W Main St, Durham, NC 27701
The festivities continue with a lunchtime book talk on our 30th anniversary collection with author Georgann Eubanks and special musical guest Dom Flemons. Free! Seating is first come, first served.
Music Maker Homecoming
6:00 PM at Old Murphey School
3717 Murphy School Rd, Durham, NC 27705
Break out your dancing shoes at the historic Old Murphey School! From 6 PM until the music stops, we’ll catch up with old and new friends to the sounds of Kelley and the Cowboys and the Music Maker Blues Revue, featuring Albert White, Aretta Woodruff, and Jimbo Mathus and Leonard Lowdown Brown.
Dinner and drinks included in your ticket price!
VIP packages available now. General admission tickets available June 6th from musicmaker.org.
Master class with Earle Pughe
10 AM-12 PM at Hilton Garden Inn
2102 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27705
Bring your guitar and learn insider techniques and blues classics from Earle Pughe, the master teacher who transcribed the compositions of Deep in the South: A Music Maker Songbook!
Free, but you must reserve your spot. Register here. Registration opens July 30th.
Music Maker Studios Dedication
3 PM at Music Maker Studios (Fountain, NC)
6740-6744 E. Wilson St. Fountain, NC 27829
We look to the future of Music Maker with the dedication of Music Maker Studios in Fountain, NC. Join us for a field trip to Fountain to help us officially dedicate our new production studios, where Music Maker artists will have access to state-of-the-art recording and photography facilities as well as an Artist-in-Residence workshop.
After touring the new studios, we’ll gather at local gem R.A. Fountain General Store for dinner and one final concert before heading back to Durham.
Studio dedication, dinner, and concert included in your ticket price! Note that charter transportation to/from Fountain, NC is only available for VIP ticketholders.
VIP packages available now. General admission tickets available June 6th at musicmaker.org.
VIP Add-On Package ($650/each)
Let Music Maker give you the star treatment this weekend! Our VIP Add-On Package is on sale now and includes:
- Special link for early access (May 30-June 6) and exclusive VIP seating to purchase your ticket ($125 each) for Oct 10th concert*
- Entry for one (1) person to exclusive Artist After Party on October 10
- One (1) all-inclusive ticket to the Music Maker Homecoming on October 11
- Priority registration for the Earle Pughe masterclass on October 12
- Round-trip charter transportation from Durham to Fountain on October 12
- One (1) all-inclusive ticket to the Studio Dedication on October 12, including dinner and concert
- Commemorative t-shirt and tote bag
- $650 purchase price includes $500 tax-deductible contribution
Purchase limit 4 VIP packages per person.
* Per Duke Arts’ ticketing policy, you must purchase your tickets for the October 10th concert directly from the Duke Arts website. Please purchase your VIP add-on package first to receive our exclusive registration link. Once you have received your registration link from Music Maker, proceed to Duke Arts and purchase tickets for the October 10th concert here. NOTE: Limited to 1 concert ticket per VIP package.
General Admission tickets
Tickets for the October 10 concert will go on sale through Duke Arts June 6th.
Tickets for the Music Maker Homecoming (Oct 11th) and Studio Dedication (Oct 12th) will go on sale at musicmaker.org June 6th.
Please note that general admission tickets for the Studio Dedication (October 12th) do not include transportation to/from Fountain, NC.
Travel and Accommodations
If you are traveling by air, we recommend flying into the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU).
We have reserved a block of rooms at the Hilton Garden Inn (2102 West Main Street, Durham, NC 27705) for Music Maker supporters and artists. Book through this link to get our special discounted rate of $169/night. Reserve now – these rooms are fully cancellable until October 8th!
As a dedicated member of our family of music lovers, your support is the reason why Music Maker can continue tending the roots of American music. We hope you’ll join us this October to celebrate everything we’ve accomplished together – and raise a glass to the next 30 years!
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