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Open Mic - Jam sessionOpen Mic - Jam session
Kick off the start of the year with Matty Metcalfe and Jim Richardson! Join us for a very special jam session with two celebrated musicians, introducing us to various singers, songwriters and performers from the local area. If you want to participate, whether you're a seasoned pro or trying it for the first time, come share your talent in a welcoming, family-friendly setting. Time slots for performing will be allocated to you by Matty and Jim, with sign ups starting at 2pm. The stage and microphone will be set up and waiting, we just need you. Bring your friends and family, show support to our local talent, enjoy a light fare, dry ciders and sing along if you know the words. Everyone is welcome to perform and to enjoy the show!
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Songwriter's Appreciation NightSongwriter's Appreciation Night
Join us for a night of musical innovation and exploration, bring your friends and family and show support to Virginia's music scene. This evening has been put on by our local musician Nicole Giordano to celebrate the craft and passion that goes into creating music, meet other inspired artists from the area and help each other to nurture talent, passion and friendship If you are not musically inclined, feel free to sit back and enjoy the show, if you are new to the music scene, want to try out some old or new material or just want to get some support from other musicians in the area then this is the night for you.
A light fare will be provided for all of our guests & ciders will be available for purchase.
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Irish Music : Aaron Olwell & FriendsIrish Music : Aaron Olwell & Friends
Enjoy this energetic and eclectic Irish jam session every 2nd Sunday of the month. Patrick & Aaron Olwell and friends play their fine renditions of traditional tunes all afternoon.Light bites and hard cider will be available for purchase by the glass, bottle, or flight. Outside food is welcome; feel free to bring a picnic! ABC laws prohibit the consumption of outside alcoholic beverages. *Musicians will setup in the Orchard Room during inclement weather.
Wassail! A Very Special Second Sunday with Patrick & Aaron Olwell and FriendsWassail! A Very Special Second Sunday with Patrick & Aaron Olwell and Friends
Here We Go a-Wassailing! Join us at Albemarle CiderWorks for an afternoon of song, dance and cider in the orchard. “Let every man take off his hat
And shout out to th'old apple tree
Old apple tree we wassail thee
And hoping thou will bear.” Traditionally, Wassails were held in orchards at the beginning of the New Year to wake up the cider apple trees, scare off evil spirits, and welcome good luck for a fruitful harvest. Wassailers would parade out to the grandest tree in the orchard, accompanied by music, torches, and cider, and hang offerings of toast soaked in cider in the branches. Come out Sunday, January 11th and help us get our orcharding year off to a rousing start! The Albemarle CiderWork's Irish Music Circle will lead the way with music and light. There will be plenty of mulled cider to warm cold hands, and "proper" cider to fortify revelers. Bring noisemakers (drums,pots, pans, tambourines) for waking up the trees, and dress warmly. Regularly scheduled Irish music and Wassailing from 2.30 pm. There is no cover charge for this event, and music will be rain or shine.
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Local Open Mic night!Local Open Mic night!
Join us for an evening of local talent featuring Nicole Giordano, who is reknowned for hosting the region's best open mic nights! Whether you’re a seasoned pro or on your first rodeo, you’re invited to share your talent in a welcoming, friendly atmosphere. Performance time slots will be allocated by Nicole, with sign-ups beginning at 5:30 PM. The stage and microphone will be set up and ready... we just need you! Bring your friends and family and show your support for local talent. A small charcuterie selection and dry ciders will be available for purchase. Everyone is welcome to perform, or simply sit back and enjoy the show!
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Botanical Art Mini-Workshop - WINTER WONDERSBotanical Art Mini-Workshop - WINTER WONDERS
Join us for an afternoon with Gail Goodrich Harwood Botanical Artist & Instructor. In this mini workshop, you will:
- Study light and form.
- Practice drawing techniques.
- Learn about the history of heirlooms.
- Experiment with toned drawing,
underpainting, layering colored pencils,
and burnishing.
All experience levels welcome - workshop is limited to 15 participants.
Cost: $40 – all materials included. Class fee includes a take-
home bottle of wonderful Albemarle
CiderWorks cider, your choice of Arkansas
Black (red) or Gold Rush (green). Limited spaces available. Please book a space HERE.
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Live Music in the Orchard: LUA ProjectLive Music in the Orchard: LUA Project
Grab a glass and join us for live music by LUA Project! Lua is a cultural pollinator, bridging musical styles from different continents and different centuries. They write about contemporary themes, about families, and people and work and loss, but draw on the musical traditions of their own families' past. The music is inspired by Mexican Son, Appalachian song forms, Jewish and Eastern European tonalities, baroque melodic ideas, and Scotch-Irish narrative storytelling approaches. They strive to create a repertoire that constitutes new traditional music that they will be able to pass down to their children to experience, transform, and pass on. Grab a glass and relax the weekend away in musical bliss! - Light bites and hard cider will be available for purchase by the glass, bottle, or flight.
- Outside food is welcome; feel free to bring a picnic!
- ABC laws prohibit the consumption of alcoholic beverages other than those purchased onsite.
*Musicians will set up in the Orchard Room during inclement weather and the winter season
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Live Music in the Orchard: Mojo PieLive Music in the Orchard: Mojo Pie
Grab a glass and join us for live music by Mojo Pie! Mojo Pie was created when Susan Munson invited Frank Bechter to a songwriters workshop, and they've been bringing harmonies to wineries, restaurants and events in Central Virginia ever since. Both have been featured artists in Charlottesville's First Night Virginia and Jason Burke's Six-Pack Songwriter Series, and they make up 2/3 of the acoustic trio Oh Wow, Boy! Susan also rocks many a stage with Alligator, Jeebus, and Mama Tried, as does Frank with Das Homage, The Good Guys, and Her Checkered Past - Light bites and hard cider will be available for purchase by the glass, bottle, or flight.
- Outside food is welcome; feel free to bring a picnic!
- ABC laws prohibit the consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased onsite.
*Musicians will set up in the Orchard Room during inclement weather and the winter season
St. Brigid's Eve celebration!St. Brigid's Eve celebration!
Join the Blue Ridge Irish Music School in celebration of the Celtic holidays of St. Brigid's Day and Imbolc, which signal the start of spring in the Celtic cycle of the seasons. This family-friendly fire festival honors St. Brigid, the Irish patron saint and goddess of fire, healing, poetry, domestic animals and spring and also celebrates the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox welcoming the first stirrings of spring.There will be craft making (including St. Brigid's crosses) as well as music, songs and stories around the fire where we'll feast on bread, cheese, honey treats and cider.Join us at this free, after-hours event on Friday, January 31st from 6.30-8.30pm to welcome in spring with fire and song.
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