The Coastal N.C. Bluegrass Association will present its Bluegrass Blast event Jan. 25-26 at Richlands High School on U.S. 258. The Friday show will begin at 6 p.m. The Saturday show will begin at 3 p.m. Friday will feature the Grassy Creek Band, The Muellers, The Wells Family Band, Carolina Connection and Carolina Road. Saturday will feature the Grassy Creek Band, The Martin Family Band, New River Gospel, The Muellers, The Wells Family Band and The Cockman Family. Tickets are $10 each day, or $15 for both days. Concessions will be available Friday. Barbecue pork and chicken plates will available Saturday for $6 per plate.

The Cockman family sings twice on Saturday, at 6:00 PM and 9:45 PM.

Time: 3:00 PM
Phone: (910) 324-3379 or (910) 938-9909
Address: 401 Woodson St. Richlands, NC 28574

Hendersonville, NC

Cockman Family Concert at First United Methodist Church in the Barber Christian Life Center, 204 Sixth Avenue West. Admission is $5.00.

Time: 3:00 PM
Contact: Joy Williams
Phone: (828) 692-0276 or (828) 693-4275
Web: www.hvlfumc.org

Benefit Concert by the Cockman Family at Bethlehem United Methodist Church, 3628 Farmfield Drive.

Time: 7:00 PM
Contact: Norman Hipps
Phone: (828) 459-9286

Westview Baptist Church, Butterpats Only!

Time: 7:00 PM
Phone: (828) 297-3656
Web: Yahoo Local

Homecoming at Whitsett First Baptist Church. It's Old Fashioned Day, so dress in overalls!

Time: 10:00 AM
Phone: (336) 449-6382
Web: Citysearch

Concert at A.L. Brown High School, with The Wishons, The Accidental Trio, Deeper Shade of Blue, and others. Benefits the Rowan County Peace Officers Association.

Time: 7:00
Contact Earleen Hicks
Phone: (704) 650-1996

Concert at Beth Page United Methodist Church at 109 Fellowship Drive in Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Time: 6:00 PM
Contact: Libby Dutch
Phone: (704) 786-8970
Web: bethpageumc.com

Mt. Hebron Wesleyan Church. There will be a fellowship dinner following the service!

Time: 10:00 AM
Phone: (828) 668-4319
Web: Citysearch

Tosco Music Party at the Dale F. Halton Theater on the campus of Central Piedmont Community College. 20 artists of various genres to perform. Cockman Family to perform 2 songs sometime between 7:30 and 8:30 PM, before the break.

Tickets: $12.00 adults, $6.00 (15 and younger). Call the Halton Theater Box Office at (704) 330-6534 or order online at www.cpcc.edu/forms/halton. Purchase online with credit cards at www.carolinatix.org (service fees apply). Parking is free!

Address: 1206 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204
Time: 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Contact: John Tosco
Phone: 704-563-6961
email: ToscoMusic@mindspring.com
web: www.ToscoMusicParty.org

Butterpats Only... Tabernacle Baptist Church on Castle Ford Road -- Revival!

Time: 7:00 PM

North Point Baptist Church, concert with the Kingsmen Quartet and others. Singing begins at 11am. The Cockman Family sings from 12pm to 1pm.

Contact Rev. Bart Culpepper
Phone: (828) 658-2226
Web: northpointbaptist.org

The Charlotte First Wesleyan Church Homecoming with The Cockman Family includes a covered dish lunch immediately following the service. Bring a dish if you wish – The Charlotte First Wesleyan Church Family will also bring GREAT eats.

Time: 10:30 AM
Contact Hubert Rabon
Phone: (704) 399-3622
email: wesleyanfirst@bellsouth.net
web: charlottefirstwesleyan.org

Yadkin Baptist Church
2980 Wilkesboro Highway
Statesville NC 28625

Time: 7:00 PM
Phone: 704-929-0781

Clyde Maness Music Barn and Pottery Shop

Time: 7:00 PM

Second Annual Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet Newton MayFEST '08, on the Court House Square. The Festival lasts from 10am to 8pm. The festival features an Armed Forces Day tribute opening ceremony, sidewalk sales by downtown merchants, animal rides and races, inflatables, a climbing wall, the Little Blue Choo train, food and crafts vendors, two stages of all-day entertainment, and a classic car show. Bring a lawn chair!

Time: All day! The Cockmans perform from 2pm - 4pm
contact: Dana Ramseur
phone: 828-466-1999

Union Grove Christian Church Homecoming/Old Fashion Day with Lunch afterwards. Located on Highway 901, 2 miles west of I-77 in Union Grove.

Time: 10:00 AM Congregational singing/Fellowship, 11:00 AM Cockman Family Concert
Contact: Pastor Allen Lunsford
Phone: 704-592-5643

84th Annual Old Time Fiddlers and Bluegrass Festival, with The Kruger Brothers, Robin Warren, Laura Boosinger, Josh Goforth, Sally Spring, The Trantham Family, Mel Jones and many others! Over $4000 in cash to be awarded to top bands and instrumentalists.

web: fiddlersgrove.com

Cockman Brothers: June JAMboree: Traditional Appalachian music fundraiser at the Blowing Rock Elementary School Auditorium to support the Watauga Junior Appalachian Musician (JAM) program. Junior Appalachian Musicians and teachers, including Wayne Henderson and Helen White, to perform.

Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
contact: wcac@watauga-arts.org
web: watauga-arts.org

Concert at the Altapass Apple Orchard. The Historic Orchard at Altapass is a 100-year-old apple orchard cum Appalachian Cultural Center celebrating the people, music, art, and natural beauty of the Blue Ridge mountains in North Carolina. Built by the Clinchfield Railroad in 1908, the Orchard sits right on the Parkway providing some of the most amazing scenery on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Try out the ice cream and the famous Orchard fudge. Shop for local mountain art, jams, jellies, sauces, sweets, gifts, and more! Take an Orchard hayride where you gaze out at the picture-perfect views while listening to stories that have shaped our area for centuries. Oh, and don't forget the apples! Come for performances by the Cockman Brothers, the Butterpats (and other Cockman grandchildren), and the Cockman Family.

Time: 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Phone: (888)765-9531
Email: billcarson@altapassorchard.com
Map: http://altapassorchard.com/map_page.htm
Web: altapassorchard.com

84th Annual Singing on the Mountain at Grandfather Mountain with The Greenes, Michael Combs, The Primitive Quartet, George Hamilton IV, The Gospel Enforcers, and many more. This free gospel music festival begins at 8:30 AM and continues until around 5:00 PM. There will be a break at mid-day when Korean evangelist and broadcaster Dr. Billy Kim and the Korean Children's Choir bring the message. Bring lawn chairs! Camping (without hookups) is available on a first come basis.

web: grandfather.com

First Baptist Church

Contact: Rev. Rusty Fleming
Time: 6:00 PM

Private event.

Concert in the park, right after the Independence Day Parade

Time: 2:00 PM

11th Annual Music Fest in Sugar Grove, with Doc Watson, The Kruger Brothers, The Carolina Chocolate Drops and many others!

We will host a free concert on Sunday from 12:30 PM to 4:00 PM. Joining us will be Southern Accent at 1:00 and the Kruger Brothers at 3:00.

web: covecreek.net

Concert at Fred's General Mercantile

web: fredsgeneral.com

Center Methodist Church, benefit concert.

Time: 11:00 AM

Bethany Baptist Church, 6465 Richland Road, Lenoir, NC
Richland Road is on the right just after passing Blue Ridge Mountain Stop on the 2 lane portion of 321 about 10 to 12 miles west of Lenoir. The church is one mile on the left on Richland Road. Homecoming meal to follow concert

Time: 11:00  AM
Contact: Rev. Billy Greene
Phone: 828-754-3940

Balls Creek Camp Meeting

Time: 7:00 PM
Contact: David Jones
Phone: 828-478-2765
web: ballscreekcampground.org

Smokey Mountain Folk Festival. Tickets are $10 per night or $7.50 in advance.

Time: 7:00 PM each night -- arrive early for jamming outdoors!
web: smokymountainfolkfestival.com

2nd Annual High Country Bluegrass Festival at the High Country Fairgrounds, featuring The Cockman Family, Blue Highway, Dailey and Vincent, The Infamous Stringdusters, Southern Accent, Steve Lewis and Friends, A banjo workshop conducted by Terry Baucom and Jason Burleson, and MC Cindy Baucom. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the gate. Children under 12 are free!

Time: 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
web: highcountrybluegrassfestival.com

2nd Annual Bluegrass and Bluegrass Gospel Festival at Hickory Grove United Methodist Church, 6401 Hickory Grove Road, Charlotte, NC 28215

Groups: Jones Brothers and the Log Cabin Boys
The Cockman Family
Balsam Range Band

Time: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Contact: John Dobbins
Phone: 704-537-4637
web: Hickory Grove Methodist Church

Homecoming at Pole Creek Baptist Church! Meal to follow the service.

96 Snow Hill Church Road
Candler, NC 28715

Contact: Connie Weeks
Phone: 828-665-7310
Time: 11:00 AM
web: polecreek.org

2nd Baptist Church Sportsman's Banquet
1426 Great Falls Hwy, Lancaster, SC, 29720

This year's guest speaker is Hank Parker; a two-time BASS Masters Classic Champion and host of one of America’s highest rated and most popular outdoor programs, Hank Parker’s Outdoor Magazine. He and his sons, Hank Jr. and Billy now host a hunting show entitled, Hank Parker 3D. Both shows highlight family and promote enjoyable outdoor experiences. We sing around 6:30 PM.

* Outstanding Prizes!
* All you can east BBQ Dinner
* Deer Trophies scored by SCDNR
* Outdoor sports exhibits, Great music
* Incredible fellowship with other Sportsmen!

Contact: Melanie Sanders
Email: melanie.sanders@lancastersbc.org
Phone: 803-283-2015
Time: 5:00 PM
web: lancasterbc.org
Directions: church web site

Murrays Mill Harvest Folk Festival

"Celebrate Catawba County’s agricultural heritage with an array of exhibits, craftsmen, and activities, including petting zoos, antique cars, tractors, and farm machinery, and traditional food preparations such as molasses making. Bluegrass, Country, and Gospel comprise the impressive band schedule, the Cockman Family hosting musicians and audience in the Murray’s Mill Amphitheater. Included in the ticket price ($5 at the gate) is a tour of the mill, whose original French buhr millstones grind away producing bags of flour, a prized and usable souvenir."

Time: Saturday 10 - 5, Sunday 1 - 5
web: catawbahistory.org

Cotton Ginning Days Festival

"Exhibitors from all over the southeast will convene in Dallas, North Carolina on October 12-14, 2007 for the annual 'crank-up' of antique steam and gasoline engines and tractors. One of the highlights of the engine show is the operational 1900 single-stand, Continental Cotton Gin and we will be ginning cotton all weekend long during the festival until we are all ginned out! In addition to the engine show, many activities are planned including a Kids County Fair, Heritage Arts Area, Handmade Craft vendors and Music... As always, the food is good and admission and parking are free."

Time: 12:00 & 2:00 PM, main stage
Contact: Hal White
Phone: (704) 922-2164
web: Gaston County Parks and Rec

All day Fall Fest and BBQ at Concord United Methodist Church. No admission price -- concert will be held in the church after the day's festivities and BBQ

Contact: Mary Ellen Dollyhite
Phone: 828-478-5110
Time: 7:00 PM
web: yellow pages

Bethany United Church of Christ Centennial Celebration, outside under the big tent.

Contact: Donna Ervin
Phone: 828-464-7711
Time: 3:00 PM
Web: usachurch

Liberty Baptist Church Fall Festival
2054 West Maiden Highway, Maiden, NC
FREE EVENT: Food, Fun, Clown, Bounce Machines for kids

Time: 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Cockman Brothers to sing at 5:30 PM
Contact: Dwayne Burke
Phone: 828-310-9699

Taylorsville Apple Festival. Cockman Family at 1:00 PM on the Gospel Stage, Butterpats at 3:00 PM on the Kids Stage.

Contact: Carol Crowgey
Phone: (828) 632-6721

Shady Grove Christian Church
2519 Okeewemee Road, Star, NC

Contact: Rev. Jeff Freeman
Phone: (336) 498-7661 or (336) 498-3830
Time: 11:00 AM
web: www.shadygrovechristianchurch.com
e-mail: pastorjeff@shadygrovechristianchurch.com

Concord United Methodist Church of Coleridge, with the Amazing Grace Quartet. 6009 Concord Church Road, Coleridge, NC

Time: 4:30 PM
Contact: Steve Jones
email: steve011379@gmail.com
Phone: (336) 879-6094

Veteran's Day Festival
Matthew's Rotary Club (Stumptown)
Matthews, NC Downtown near the square
Jones Brothers and the Log Cabin Boys
Feed & Seed Bluegrass
Cockman Family

Time: 1:15 PM
Contact: Dwight Moody
Phone: 704-578-6793

Olivet Baptist Church

Time: 6:00 PM
Contact: John Stroud
Phone: 704-682-0957

THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED

Valmead Community Church
222 Elizabeth Street
Lenoir, NC 28645

Time: 7:00 PM
Contact: Timothy Cross
Phone: 704-363-67544
Map: Google Map

THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED

Winthrop Friends Church, 262 Winthrop Road, Harmony, NC 28634

Time: 10:30 AM
Contact: Robert Davidson
Phone: 704-546-7307
Map: Google Map

"Catch the Spirit of Appalachia" Old Time Concert at the Swain County Center for the Arts.

Time: 7:00 PM
web: spiritofappalachia.org

Private event

Celebrate an Appalachian Christmas at Lake Junaluska's Stuart Auditorium with Doc Watson, Richard Watson, David Holt and the Cockman Family. Tickets are $25 for adults and $12 for children.

Click here for a discount coupon: Save $5 on adult tickets and $4 on child tickets! Print coupon and present at the door!

Time: 7:00 PM
Phone: (800) 222-4930
web: http://www.lakejunaluska.com/

Concert at the George Batte Center, with The Wishons, The Accidental Trio, Deeper Shade of Blue, and others. Benefits the Union County Peace Officers Association.

Time: 8:00 PM utill midnight
Contact Earleen Hicks
Phone: (704) 650-1996