Welcome to the homepage of the Charlie Poole Music Festival. Many of today's legends in American roots music have graced our stage - Mike Seeger, Norman & Nancy Blake, Tony Trischka, The Oxborne Brothers, J.D. Crow, Bryan Bowers, The McPeak Brothers, Tony Rice, Alice Gerrard, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Uncle Earl, The Freighthoppers– all in honor of a true icon in American music, Charlie Poole. The past few years have seen exciting developments for our festival, as we hosted the official release of the critically acclaimed and three-time Grammy nominated “You Ain’t Talkin’ To Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music” (Columbia Legacy) and the preview of the upcoming feature length documentary about Poole being filmed by George Goehl of Straight Six Films.

The 2009 Charlie Poole Music Festival will take place June 12-14 at the Fairgrounds in Eden N.C

Scheduled performers include Carolina Chocolate Drops guitarist Dom Flemmons, The Wiyos, Faster Than Walking, The East River String Band, The New North Carolina Ramblers and Pete Peterson & Kelli Allen.

Friday evening, our Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to the North Carolina banjo and fiddle master Joe Thompson.

As always, attendees will be coming from all over the country and the world. Last year, the record for the furthest distance this time went to a couple form Melbourne, Australia. Other visitors came from Arizona, Washington state, Tennessee, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, West Virgina, and many, many from Virginia and North Carolina.

On Saturday morning the youth competition will take place.

Saturday's competition for adults will kick off at 1:00 PM.
Download the flyer for more info(pdf).

Advisory Board For Charlie Poole Music Festival
Louise W. Price, President
Hank Sapoznik, Vice-President
Marianne S. Aiken, Treasurer
Melissa Whitten, Secretary
Jennifer Griffin, Corresponding Secretary
Cindy Adams
Joe Mead
Christopher King
Dan Peck
Bill Kornrich
Dr. Sheldon "Shelly" Balbirer