• Marcus King Band – SOLD OUT

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Marcus King faces heartache, addiction, and mental health head-on in his music. Pain quakes below the vibrato of his voice, and his delivery weighs heavy with booze-drenched regrets and mistakes in lonely hotels. The GRAMMY®-nominated fourth-generation musician from Greenville, SC, started playing guitar at eight-years-old following in the footsteps of his guitarist father and grandpa. […]

  • Billy Jonas Band

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Throw out the rules when the Billy Jonas Band hits the stage. It's a musical conversation… a sonic celebration … a splendiferous gathering of old and young, because at a Billy Jonas Band show, the ensemble is… everyone! Billy Jonas — performer, singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and educator — has perfected the art of the neo-tribal […]

  • Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – SOLD OUT

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    “American folk masters.” —The New York Times “There’s that harmony blend that no-one else can achieve besides these two. They are so influential…” —NPR Music “…modern masters of American folk.” – Pitchfork “The protectors of the American folk song.” – Rolling StoneThis event has been rescheduled from Oct. 17, 2024. If you already hold tickets to Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Digital tickets purchased for […]

  • Sandbox Percussion presents “Seven Pillars”

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Appalachian State University's Hayes School of Music hosts Sandbox Percussion's Seven Pillars, an immersive, theatrical percussion performance. Hailed by The New York Times as “a lush, brooding celebration of noise,” Andy Akiho’s GRAMMY-nominated Seven Pillars is his most ambitious project to date.  Thanks to sponsorship from the Hayes Circle Fund, this performance is Free and open to the public. […]

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  • Leon Thomas

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Join us for a night of music with Leon Thomas! Thomas, a 30-year-old Brooklyn native, seamlessly bridges the worlds of music, acting, and production. Signed to Ty Dolla $ign’s EZMNY Records in 2022, Thomas made a notable debut with his album Electric Dusk (2023), featuring collaborations with Victoria Monét, Benny the Butcher, and Ty Dolla […]

  • 49th Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Get off the beaten path and explore the edge of believable with captivating stories from the 49th Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival coming to App State, on March 20, 21, and 22 at 7:30pm. The ROAD WARRIOR will be returning this year and will be curating the film selection for the APP State […]

  • 49th Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Get off the beaten path and explore the edge of believable with captivating stories from the 49th Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival coming to App State, on March 20, 21, and 22 at 7:30pm. The ROAD WARRIOR will be returning this year and will be curating the film selection for the APP State […]

  • 49th Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Get off the beaten path and explore the edge of believable with captivating stories from the 49th Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival coming to App State, on March 20, 21, and 22 at 7:30pm. The ROAD WARRIOR will be returning this year and will be curating the film selection for the APP State […]

  • Laura Boosinger and Josh Goforth: Storytelling and Ballads of the North Carolina Mountains

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Laura Boosinger has won glowing reviews wherever she appears and is blessed with an “essence of the mountains” spirit that can take you back to the good old days when folks used to huddle around the radio.  It’s said that people who haven’t seen her live should prepare themselves for a “goose pimples experience.” Josh […]

  • Ballet Hispánico: CARMEN.maquia

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    George Bizet's Carmen has seen countless interpretations over the past 150 years, but never one like this. Acclaimed choreographer Gustavo Ramírez Sansano brings this full-length ballet to the stage, inspired by tauromaquia — the art of bullfighting — breathing a modern life into this legendary character. “This Carmen has a spare, elegant, Modernist look.”  —The New […]

  • Ballet Hispánico: Performances for Young People

    Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Performances for Young People take audiences on a guided journey through Latinx dance and culture. This interactive, fun-filled exploration features excerpts of the Ballet Hispánico repertoire narrated by the company’s artistic leadership. Music, cultural connections, choreography insights, and history come together to deepen the audience’s experience of dance. Students are exposed to world-class choreographers and […]