Featured photo: Images of Asheville Junction, The Julie McConnell Jazz Quartet, Nicholas Edward Williams, and Free Flow Band. All images courtesy of respective bands.
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Blue Ridge Community College invites the public to the 2026 ‘Music by the Lake’ concert series. This favorite local summer music series returns with four public performances.
The popular outdoor musical concert series by Blue Ridge’s on-campus lake is offered free to the community. Visitors are invited to bring lawn chairs and picnics to the bluegrass, folk, blues, and cover music events from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday evenings on June 28, July 26, August 9 and August 16.
This year’s featured musical artists appear in the following order:
Asheville Junction, June 28, 5 – 7 p.m.
The Julie McConnell Jazz Quartet, July 26, 5 – 7 p.m.
Nicholas Edward Williams, August 9, 5 – 7 p.m.
Free Flow Band, August 16, 5 – 7 p.m.
Performances will take place on the east side of the College’s Henderson County Campus lake, behind the Technology, Education, and Development Center (TEDC), located at 49 East Campus Drive in Flat Rock. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will take place inside the TEDC.
For more information about Music by the Lake and this year’s artists, visit www.blueridge.edu/music-by-the-lake Campus maps and directions to Blue Ridge are available at www.blueridge.edu/locations. All campus events are listed online at www.blueridge.edu/events.
This project is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
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