Wytheville Community College (WCC) is pleased to announce its free monthly Bluegrass and Old-Time Jamboree! The jamboree will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2026, in the William F. Snyder Auditorium on the WCC campus located at 1000 East Main Street, Wytheville.
Jerry Steinberg and his Dixie Blue Grass Boys is a traditional band featuring three-part harmony as well as instrumentals. The band consists of Jerry Steinberg-bass; Adam Borrows, fiddle and mandolin, Mikayla Burrows, guitar; and, Lee Dunbar, Banjo. Jerry Steinberg is from Salem, Virginia, and plays the doghouse bass. He has worked with Jim Eanes, Curly Seckler and the Nashville Grass, and Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys.
The Crooked Road Ramblers are an old-time band from the Blue Ridge Mountains, steeped in the traditional music of the area. You can find them providing a mixture of instrumental dance music, old ballads, traditional country, and bluegrass at notable venues across the region like the Carter Family Fold, the Albert Hash Memorial Festival, and local dance halls.
Kilby Spencer, a native of Whitetop, Virginia, founded the Crooked Road Ramblers in 2001. Kilby is renowned for his powerful, regional, and rhythmic fiddling, having won numerous blue ribbons at contests across North Carolina and Virginia. Kelley Breiding is an accomplished and award-winning musician whose talents span clawhammer banjo, fiddle, guitar, and bass. A dedicated tradition bearer, Kelley has been teaching old-time fiddle and flatpicking guitar in the Ashe County Junior Appalachian Musicians program since 2017. John Perry, guitarist and singer who brings a signature sound to the band. A retired welder from Independence, Virginia, John grew up playing music with his brothers—Buck and Arnold. Music runs deep in John’s roots.
Seating for the event is available on a first-come, first-served basis. The event is free and open to the public; however, donations will be accepted to help defray the travel expenses of the bands.