Cooking Class With Joseph and Boyd
2022-08-27 10:00 - 23:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
The Meadowlark Motel & Smoky Mountain Heritage Center are proud to announce a world-class heritage cooking event curated and hosted by Haywood County native and Motel
owner, Joseph Franklyn McElroy.
Join Joseph and his guests: Meadowlark Motel GM Boyd Burton, as they prepare a traditional southern mountain pig smoked pork picnic with all the sides, complemented by Boyd’s special elk chili as a delicious appetizer, topped off with Joseph’s family heirloom recipe pineapple upside down cake for dessert.
Event guests will enjoy this delectable process while partaking in adult beverages and swapping tall tales with event hosts and friends. Join us for a one-of-a-kind event, starting Saturday morning at daybreak. and culminating with the meal and music by Martin Vee at 6:00 PM. Nightcaps will follow in the Skylark Speakeasy.
Event is free to motel guests and Heritage Club members, and $25 (includes two tasty beverages) for guests not staying at the Motel. Dial 828-926-1717 to book your room and reserve your meal ticket. Y’all come!

Steve "Piano Man" Whiddon With Angie Toomey
2022-09-08 17:30 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Steve began playing piano at age 3 and there has been some slight improvement. After high school he performed in clubs, restaurants, honky tonk bars, and anywhere else he could play for food, tips, drinks, and various other assorted methods of payment. He was even the organist for the Detroit Tigers for spring training games in the early and mid 90’s and never once caught a foul ball.
He later discovered that country clubs would trade meals and free golf in exchange for his musical services. Aha! Life was good! His waistline expanded but his golf game
remained lousy.
Somehow he found time to use what was left of his fragile brain to write some songs and then some more songs. Some rock, some country, and some nobody has figured out yet.
In 2001 Steve met Dave Magill, a producer, musician, and studio wizard. The two hit it off immediately and started recording Steve’s songs in Dave’s studio. They continue to work together on many different projects.
Steve lives in Maggie Valley, North Carolina where he fishes, hikes, and loves the Smoky Mountains. His golf game remains the same.

Join us for an evening of live music with Steve on Thursday, September 8 at 5:30 PM! It’s a free event, with BBQ dinner available for $12. Cash bar is available as well. We hope to see you there!

Martin Vee at the Meadowlark
2022-09-10 18:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Martin Vee is a multi-stylist. He plays eclectic-acoustic. Americana, acoustic rock and folk.
Latin stylings and World Music.

Martin has been singing and playing guitar/violin from an early age. He grew up in the tradition of East European blues and folk music. Yes, the blues is very much in Eastern Europe altho’ in a slightly different form.
Martin has traveled extensively sharing his music with the world and on September 10 he’ll be sharing a musical evening with YOU at the Meadowlark Motel starting at 6 pm.

Meadowlark Motel Live Music: Mike Ogletree
2022-09-24 18:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
The Blaxcotsman (aka Mike Ogletree) was born and grew up in Scotland. His mother was a Scottish woman and his father, an African/American, was from Birmingham, Alabama. The blend of these cultural influences over time have given him a unique perspective on life and a singular approach to the art of music and what he contributes to it. His rather quirky origins give life to music with a difference, a sound that is at once familiar yet different and new at the same time, something that can’t be defined without first giving it a few listens.
Having spent most of his time fantasizing about, or being, a musician, Mike has acquired skills and experience as a drummer, percussionist, singer/songwriter, guitarist, sound engineer and music producer. Throughout his career he has toured and recorded with some of the top performers in their fields culminating in his debut as a solo artist – The Blaxcotsman.
While his current album, Passing White, is the best sounding introduction to his music, Mike’s back catalog is also worthy of your attention. It includes a new take on the Simple Minds album New Gold Dream where he plays almost all the instruments and sings. As well as his first solo album “The Kilmarnock Edition,” which includes his take on the works of the 18th c. Scottish poet Robert Burns.
Overjoyed to be living and working in the USA, a mere two hours drive from his Alabama family and a pond hop from his Scottish one, Mike performs regularly as the “artist-in-residence” at the Meadowlark Motel. Join Mike for an evening of music accompanied by a delicious BBQ dinner. Tickets are $15 or $10 for music only.

Meadowlark Annual Christmas Party
2022-12-17 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Come join us at 5pm for our annual Christmas party featuring Santa and Mrs Claus and the official lighting of our Christmas tree.
Santa and Mrs Claus will be there at 5pm.
Home Craft Restaurant will be open 5pm – 11pm for dinner seating and the speakeasy will feature our favorite Christmas movies and music.
Open to our guests and locals.
Call 828-926-1717 to book your room.

Charlie Chamberlain
2023-01-14 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Charlie Chamberlain is a Nashville, TN based musician, songwriter and record producer. He is recognized for his organic, honest approach to writing and recording music as well as his tastefulness, creativity, and devotion to craft.
Whether in the writing room, studio or on the stage, Charlie’s consistent professionalism and genuine character are equally matched by his deep musical knowledge and respect for the song.
Charlie Chamberlin is performing at the Meadowlark Motel’s Speakeasy Bar on January 14, 2023, from 6PM until 9PM. The cost of attendance is $10; and Wine, Beer, or Soda will be available for additional cost throughout the performance. Food is available from the Meadowlark’s HomeCraft restaurant. Afterwards, feel free to drink and hang out in the Speakeasy bar until Midnight!
YOU MUST CALL 828-926-1717 TO RESERVE YOUR TICKET

Len Graham
2023-01-21 18:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Len Graham began his career in Newport Rhode Island in 1979 as a singer with the acoustic duo “Euphoria” who later became the managers for the critically acclaimed singer Natalie Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs. Ever restless, one day Len sold his MG spitfire and fled to the Rocky Mountain National Park where he hunkered down with his songwriting craft and joined the ever popular band “Load Limit.” Back to Connecticut where he and step-brother John Noble formed “Graham Noble,” a band that would join Toy Caldwell and the Marshall Tucker Band during their 1985 tour. After that Len went solo and “Lenny Graham and the Phoenix” would release an EP and be touted by many a record label. He did eventually sign with an independent label in 1987.
Later that year an appearance on “You Can Be a Star”, the first of many a talent show to come, would put him in touch with the Nashville music scene. On to Michigan and a second meeting with drummer Kenny Aronoff, who at the time was with John Cougar Mellencamp, helped him inch closer to realizing his dream. Then with everything in place including management teams on both coasts and after an appearance at the infamous “Bluebird Cafe” in Nashville and a chance encounter with David Olney who was later known as the grandfather of Americana music, Len just walked away.
He kept on honing his craft and releasing his music through his publishing company “Summer Boy Music.” With songs from his double album “Chronicles” now streaming all throughout Europe and America, Len is now content to be retired and nestled here in the Smoky Mountains, performing solo and with the trio “Smoky Blue Rain.” Come and enjoy some songs and many a story from our now native son, Len Graham.

Tickets are $10 for music only; $15 for music + BBQ dinner.

Call 828-926-1717 for tickets!

Pigeon River Messengers
2023-02-11 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
The Blaxcotsman live
Meadowlark Motel

February 11th 2023 6:30-8:30
$10 music

Out of an abundance of caution this evening’s Pigeon River Messengers gig is cancelled due to potentially bad weather conditions in our area. Instead, resident musician The Blaxcotsman aka Mike Ogletree will now perform, and we will be open after till midnight for VDJ fun and more. Join us!

The Pigeon River Messengers are a duo based in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. Consisting of Couple Zach & Lori who met over their common love for Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings and folk music as a whole. Zach who is originally from Knoxville and later moved to Nashville, is heavily influenced by a wide range of musical genres. From the high lonesome sounds of Bill Monroe to the funky syncopated rythyms of James Brown, Zach’s musical style reflects a unique blend of old & new. Lori is a North Carolina singer/song writer who grew up listening to Appalachian ballads and attending bluegrass festivals with her musical family. A fourth generation ballad singer herself she embraces the old songs while always eager to share her own. Learning many of the old songs from her Late uncle Bobby Mcmillon. Together the two make the perfect team for some truly expressive art through sound.

Superbowl Party
2023-02-12 18:00 - 23:00 UTC | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Road, Maggie Valley, 28751, United States
Super Bowl LVII is set to take place on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, with the Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Philadelphia Eagles. Kickoff from the State Farm Stadium in Glendale Arizona is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET
Come join us at the SpeakEasy in the Meadowlark Motel and watch the Super Bowl on our big screen. We will have food and drink specials all evening. No cover. Pregame is Americana and Bluegrass jam from 4pm-6pm. Drinks and Food available, including food from the critically acclaimed HomeCraft Kitchen.

Darren Nicholson - Original Americana music from the Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina
2023-02-18 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Road, Maggie Valley, 28751, United States
A GRAMMY nominee and winner of 13 International Bluegrass Music Association awards, Darren Nicholson has taken his own brand of mountain music around the world. A regular for years on the Grand Ole Opry out of Nashville Tennessee, and a founding member of acclaimed bluegrass group Balsam Range, Darren now spends his time recording, writing new songs, and performing. He will perform an evening of intimate songs with audience conversations, and perhaps a jam in the SpeakEasy on Saturday, February 18, 2023 starting at 6:30pm. Tickets are $20 and your spot can be reserved by calling 828-926-1717.

The Blaxcotsman aka Mike Ogletree
2023-03-04 18:30 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
The Blaxcotsman (aka Mike Ogletree) was born and grew up in Scotland. His mother was a Scottish woman and his father, an African/American, was from Birmingham, Alabama. The blend of these cultural influences over time has given him a unique perspective on life and a singular approach to the art of music and what he contributes to it. Throughout his career he has toured and recorded with some of the top performers in their fields culminating in his debut as a solo artist. The Blaxcotsman.
Overjoyed to be living and working in the USA, a mere two hours drive from his Alabama family and a pond hop from his Scottish one, Mike performs regularly as the “artist- in residence” at the Meadowlark Motel.

Tickets are $10 for music only. The start time is 6:30 pm.
Call 828-926-1717 for tickets.

Anana Kaye
2023-03-11 18:30 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Anana Kaye is a Nashville-based Indie Alt-Americana Duo. Hailing from Georgia, the other one, where Argonauts sailed to steal The Golden Fleece and where wine was invented 8000 years ago, Anana Kaye and Irakli Gabriel deliver a unique sound we rarely experience in such potent doses today. With influences including Kate Bush, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, and David Bowie their music is a genre-bending musical experience akin to a twisting kaleidoscope.
Huffington Post calls them “rich, strong, tender, translucent, and dynamic. The luminous vibrancy simply embraces the listener, enfolding you into sumptuousness.” Anana’s voice brings their ambient sound back to reality with its luxuriously earthy tone and husky timbre.
Anana and Irakli currently live in Nashville TN where they also own and operate Duende Vision, a professional photo and video production company. They pride themselves on bringing a musical perspective to visual work with stylistic influences wide-ranging in time period and geography. Their detailed, patient, meticulous, and enthusiastic approach has been carefully bringing New York and Nashville artists’ visions to life in a unique fashion.

Len Graham
2023-03-25 18:30 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Len Graham began his career in Newport Rhode Island in 1979 as a singer with the acoustic duo “Euphoria” he later became the manager for the critically acclaimed singer Natalie Merchant of “10,000 Maniacs”. Ever restless, one day Len sold his MG spitfire and fled to the Rocky Mountain National Park where he hunkered down with his songwriting craft and joined the ever-popular band “Load Limit”. Back to Connecticut where he and step-brother John Noble formed “Graham Noble”, a band that would join Toy Caldwell and the “Marshall Tucker Band” during their 1985 tour. After that Len went solo and “Lenny Graham and the Phoenix” would release an EP and be touted by many a record label. He did eventually sign with an independent label in 1987.
Later that year an appearance on “You Can Be a Star”, the first of many a talent show to come, would put him in touch with the Nashville music scene. On to Michigan and a second meeting with drummer Kenny Aronoff, who at the time was with John Cougar Mellencamp, helped him inch closer to realizing his dream. Then with everything in place including management teams on both coasts and after an appearance at the infamous “Bluebird Cafe” in Nashville and a chance encounter with David Olney who was later known as the grandfather of Americana music, Len just walked away.
He kept on honing his craft and releasing his music through his publishing company “Summer Boy Music”. With songs from his double album “Chronicles” now streaming all throughout Europe and America, Len is now content to be retired and nestled here in the Smoky Mountains with the trio “Smoky Blue Rain” Come and enjoy some songs and many a story from our now native son,
Len Graham.

A. Lee Edwards, Americana Music
2023-04-01 18:30 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Join us for an intimate show at Meadowlark Motel in Maggie Valley, NC.
A. Lee Edwards’ songs and fingerstyle guitar, accompanied by Matt Royal on Bass, as a duo with harmonies that recall classic Byrds, Flying Burrito Bros, and Buck Owens/ Don Rich.
Alan Lee Edwards has been a songwriter for over 30 years and became the main singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the band Lou Ford. He has been called a “Pioneer” of the Americana / Alt-Country genre. Punks, Alt-Country fans, and glam rockers alike agreed there was an honesty there, an authenticity not built on outward style but inner substance. The songs spoke mostly of the ebb and flow of personal relationships, and of the existence, most of us south of the “middle class” immediately recognized as our own.

Founder’s Day
2023-04-08 | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
All day long, the museum will be firing up and sharing the history of museum founder Dale Walksler and some of his personal favorite motorcycles. The day will feature many previously unseen motorcycles and new museum pieces acquired over the winter. The staff at Wheels Through Time have been hard at work during the winter, improving the overall visitor experience.

TrancEnd Band
2023-04-22 18:30 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
What happens when Trip-hop meets Electronica meets Groove meets Pop? A mind meld of 90s Euro-trance history savored in twenty-first century techno-pop. TrancEnd defies the genre labels with their galvanizing auditory epicure of sultry female vocals; ambient head-space environments; and surf-shimmer guitars—glued together with deep beats landing squarely in your chest compelling your body to sway and head to rock side-to-side.
TrancEnd’s 2022 debut album release, “Lilac,” brings the listener into the now moment with an awestruck delivery of soundscape and lyrical imagery. Their live performances are captivating—demanding your attention and immersing your senses in an unforgettable experience of color, shape, and sound.
TrancEnd brings their love for 90s Euro trip-hop while experimenting with constrained metal rudiments tempered by catchy pop-rhythms. As a compliment to their original sound, TrancEnd plays a variety of select 90s and 2000s covers with their own femme-fatale twist immortalizing era favorites. They are a “must see” phenomenon that continues to amaze fans and impress venue managers.
A familiar echo from fans: “I can’t believe you played that!” “I love that song!” “OMG, that was incredible!” “No other band plays what you play…”
“Are you experienced?” Have the “TrancEnd experience” and find out what thousands of fans are discovering about this new artist and how they capture the essence of what we all seek in sonic bliss. They tap into our love for rhythm; our joy in nostalgia; and our excitement in experiencing an extraordinary live performance.
Starting at 6:30pm in the Meadowlark Pavilion.
Cost: $10 cover
Call 828- 926- 1717 for more info!

Rene Russell
2023-04-29 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Rene Russell is a 12-string guitarist, with a Southern-Folk-Rock percussive groove, She has been crafting her percussive, bass-style thumping, claw-hammer pulling finger-picking technique since she picked up the 12-string in 1972.
A native of South Carolina, Rene Russell has been dazzling audiences with her brand of percussive Americana/Rock for the past 30+ years from Nashville to San Diego, Atlanta, Austin, Texas, and Charleston, SC. Rene now lives in Western NC where she plays solo and occasionally plays with the band for special shows.
Starting at 7:00 pm in the SpeakEasy Bar
No cover charge
Call 828- 926- 1717 for more info!

Live Music Celtic Friday
2023-05-05 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
After the enormous success of our first Live Music Celtic Friday with EJ Jones and Frances Cunningham we are excited to announce May 5th as the date for our next session.
Celtic music is a fusion of traditional Scotch, Irish and other NW European rhythms and melodies. Consisting of instrumental and vocal tunes, it is played on a variety of stringed and wind instruments such as harp, bouzouki, pipes, and whistles. Celtic Music is also Mountain Music.
Come for a delicious dinner in the fantastic HomeCraft Restaurant then join Piper EJ Jones, Bouzouki player Frances Cunningham and vocalist Mike Ogletree for an evening of Celtic Music in the mountains.

Pigeon River Messengers
2023-05-13 18:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
The Pigeon River Messengers are a duo based in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. Consisting of Couple Zach & Lori who met over their common love for Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings and folk music as a whole. Zach who is originally from Knoxville and later moved to Nashville, is heavily influenced by a wide range of musical genres. From the high lonesome sounds of Bill Monroe to the funky syncopated rythyms of James Brown, Zach’s musical style reflects a unique blend of old & new. Lori is a North Carolina singer/song writer who grew up listening to Appalachian ballads and attending bluegrass festivals with her musical family. A fourth generation ballad singer herself she embraces the old songs while always eager to share her own. Learning many of the old songs from her Late uncle Bobby Mcmillon. Together the two make the perfect team for some truly expressive art through sound.
Starting at 6:30pm in the Meadowlark Pavilion.
Cost: $10 cover
Call 828- 926- 1717 for more info!

Andrew Wakefield
2023-05-19 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Andrew Wakefield is a guitarist, songwriter, and singer based in Asheville, NC with an extensive and eclectic catalogue of compositions ranging from guitar-driven bluegrass to folk, old-time, newgrass, rock, Americana, and more. Boasting an exceptional knack for song-craft and a boundless passion for the guitar, he has fast become a local fixture while word of his talent continues to spread throughout the southeast and beyond. He is a contributing member of The Well Drinkers and a former member of Supper Break and Cynefin.
Career highlights include performing at Merlefest, performing with Molly Tuttle and Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show, members of Billy Strings, Town Mountain, Fireside Collective, Songs From the Road Band, Jon Stickley Trio, Larry Keel, and Natural Bridge, George Clinton, Jeff Sipe among others, and playing lead electric guitar in Ween drummer Claude Coleman’s outfit, Amandla.
With renewed focus on the solo project, a bluegrass-themed sophomore album is in the works and set for release in 2023.
Starting at 7:00pm in the Speakeasy Bar
No cover charge
Call 828- 926- 1717 for more information!

Replaced with Mike Ogletree cancelled->Jackson Grim and the Bull Moose Party
2023-05-20 18:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
CANCELED
Mike Ogletree will be playing in speakeasy instead! Former drummer with Simple Minds, he is exploring scots roots in Appalachian music.
CANCELED

Jackson Grimm marries folk-pop melodies with the lonesome sound of traditional Appalachian music. In a region with a strong music culture, it is no surprise that Grimm’s songwriting is representative of his musical birthplace: Asheville, NC.
The Bull Moose Party was Grimm’s backing band for his 2018 debut album which was hailed “..a basically perfect Americana album” (country.de) and contained “very appealing songs”(thenextgig.nl). The core of the band continues to play as the One Stringband. While each of the band members demonstrates years of proficiency in their instruments, what sets this ensemble apart from the others are the vocal harmonies and the band dynamics. Audiences can tell when bands have been playing together for years and this group shows that 10-fold. Jackson Grimm & the Bull Moose Party brings a perfect mixture of high-energy bluegrass, beautiful melodies, & real, raw songwriting.
Starting at 6:30 pm in the Meadowlark SpeakEasy
Cost: $10 cover
Call 828- 926- 1717 for more information!

Rene Russell, Heidi Holton, and Bridget Gossett
2023-05-27 18:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Rene Russell
Rene Russell is a 12-string guitarist, with a Southern-Folk-Rock percussive groove, She has been crafting her percussive, finger-picking style since she picked up the 12-string in 1972. A native of South Carolina, Rene Russell has been dazzling audiences with her brand of percussive Americana/Rock for the past 30+ years from Nashville to San Diego, Atlanta, Austin, Texas, and Charleston, SC. Rene now lives in Western NC where she plays solo and occasionally plays with the band for special shows.
Heidi Holton
Deep in the heart of Southern Appalachia, sounds from the Mississippi delta echo through the lush mountain air, haunting the fretboard of Heidi Holton’s well-worn Gibson guitar. Original and fresh, traditional with a contemporary flair, Heidi is turning heads with her mastery of the music of the deep south. Her songwriting shines like the sweet glistening sweat on the brow of a Piedmont preacher behind the pulpit on a sultry Sunday afternoon. Following in the footsteps of guitar-slingers like Memphis Minnie and Reverend Gary Davis, Heidi Holton is making a name for herself in the international blues community.
Popular demand keeps Heidi busy playing about 150 shows a year to a wide variety of audiences.
Bridget Gossett
Bridget Gossett is a singer/ songwriter born in New Orleans but has called Haywood County home for 20 years. She is Bluesy with a sultry voice and great melodies. She released her first original album this year titled Sell Everything.
Tickets are $10 for music only.
The start time is 6:30 pm
Call 828- 926- 1717 for more information!
Indoor at our SpeakEasy
2728 Soco Rd
Maggie Valley, NC

Heidi Holton
2023-06-09 19:00 - 22:00, 2023-07-21 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Deep in the heart of southern Appalachia, sounds from the Mississippi Delta echo through the lush mountain air, haunting the fretboard of Heidi Holton’s well-worn Gibson guitar. Original and fresh, traditional with a contemporary flair, Heidi is turning heads with her mastery of the music of the deep south. Her songwriting shines like the sweet glistening sweat on the brow of a Piedmont preacher behind the pulpit on a sultry Sunday afternoon. Following in the footsteps of guitar-slingers like Memphis Minnie and Reverend Gary Davis, Heidi Holton is making a name for herself in the international blues community.
Popular demand keeps Heidi busy playing about 150 shows a year to a wide variety of audiences. She recently completed a four-week tour in Italy and plans to perform in the UK in the summer of 2019. She has opened for Jorma Kaukonen, Rory Block, and Roy Bookbinder and is a regular performer at the Arts and Minds Festival at the Fur Peace Ranch. In the words of her friend and mentor Jorma: “People often ask me if I ever worry about the future of our music. With artists like Heidi… the future is safe.”
Heidi Holton is back and ready to share her music with you.
Starting at 7 pm in the Speakeasy Bar.
No cover charge
Call 828- 926- 1717 for more information!

Celtic Friday
2023-06-16 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
After the enormous success of our first Live Music Celtic Friday with EJ Jones and Frances Cunningham we are excited to announce June 16th as the date for our next session.
Celtic music is a fusion of traditional Scotch, Irish, and other NW European rhythms and melodies. Consisting of instrumental and vocal tunes, it is played on a variety of stringed and wind instruments such as harp, bouzouki, pipes, and whistles. Celtic Music is also Mountain Music.
Join Piper EJ Jones, Bouzouki player Frances Cunningham and vocalist Mike Ogletree for an evening of Celtic Music in the mountains.
Starting at 7pm in the Speakeasy Bar.
No cover charge
Call 828- 926- 1717 for more information!

Andrew Wakefield
2023-07-08 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Andrew Wakefield is a guitarist, songwriter, and singer based in Asheville, NC with an extensive and eclectic catalogue of compositions ranging from guitar-driven bluegrass to folk, old-time, newgrass, rock, Americana, and more. Boasting an exceptional knack for song-craft and a boundless passion for the guitar, he has fast become a local fixture while word of his talent continues to spread throughout the southeast and beyond. He is a contributing member of The Well Drinkers and a former member of Supper Break and Cynefin.

Career highlights include performing at Merlefest, performing with Molly Tuttle and Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show, members of Billy Strings, Town Mountain, Fireside Collective, Songs From the Road Band, Jon Stickley Trio, Larry Keel, and Natural Bridge, George Clinton, Jeff Sipe among others, and playing lead electric guitar in Ween drummer Claude Coleman’s outfit, Amandla.

With a renewed focus on the solo project, a bluegrass-themed sophomore album is in the works and set for release in 2023.

Starting at 7:00 pm in the Speakeasy Bar
No cover charge
Call 828- 926- 1717 for more information!

Mike Ogletree (aka The Blaxcotsman)
2023-07-15 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Having successfully made the transition from drumming legend with 80’s pop/rock bands Simple Minds and Fiction Factory to accomplished balladeer and singer/songwriter, Mike Ogletree, aka The Blaxcotsman hosts an evening of stories, music, and song steeped in the Celtic culture of his Scottish upbringing.

Mike Ogletree (aka The Blaxcotsman ) was born and grew up in Scotland, his mother was a Scottish woman and his father, an African/American, was from Birmingham, Alabama. His rather quirky origins give life to music with a difference, a sound that is at once familiar yet different and new at the same time, something that can’t be defined without first giving it a few listens.

Having spent most of his time fantasizing about, or being, a musician Mike has acquired skills and experience as a drummer, percussionist, singer/songwriter, guitarist, sound engineer, and music producer. Throughout his career, he has toured and recorded with some of the top performers in their fields culminating in his debut as a solo artist – The Blaxcotsman.

Join Mike and his friends on Saturday, July 15 at 7 pm in the intimate and friendly atmosphere of the basement Speakeasy in the Meadowlark Motel.

A. Lee Edwards
2023-07-29 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Alan Lee Edwards has been a songwriter for over 30 years, and became the main singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the band Lou Ford, out of Charlotte, NC. Punks, alt. country fans, and glam rockers alike agreed there was an honesty there, an authenticity not built on outward style but inner substance. The songs spoke mostly of the ebb and flow of personal relationships, and of the existence, most of us south of the “middle class” immediately recognized as our own. They had critical respect, too, and from some of the best music magazines in the world — Uncut and Mojo both talked the band up breathlessly, and they shared space on British “best of” compilation CDs with the likes of Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson and Paul Simon. Often lumped into the Americana catch-all, they nonetheless mined the sunnier side of the street musically, with Edwards’ biggest influences (Beach Boys, Big Star, Nick Lowe) never far from the surface. The very first published music review I ever wrote was on Lou Ford’s debut full-length, Sad, But Familiar. Something about that review still sticks with me: it was (if nothing else) deeply felt, and if indeed the words served well, it was because they served the point. I think this is something that A. Lee Edwards and I have in common: a belief in a plainspoken good thing, without unnecessary or undue adornment. After Edwards’ post-Ford band The Loudermilks folded, Alan did as he had famously promised in song years before and took his things and moved up to the mountains. Edwards has revisited his burgeoning back catalog of songs and become something of a road warrior. It is music that is personal without being personal-specific — call it “universal personal.” It is a sort of composting of shared experience, something that is rather impossible to fake without a huge helping of empathy and a great set of ears. It is music that is direct, and which can occasionally make you uncomfortable, but later console you like that old friend you rarely get to see. A. Lee Edwards’ songs and fingerstyle guitar, accompanied by Matt Royal on Bass, as a duo with harmonies that recall classic Byrds, Flying Burrito Bros and Buck Owens/ Don Rich.

Press:
“Pretty much anyone who’s heard A. Lee Edwards over the past 25 years knows that the former member of the bands Lou Ford and The Loudermilks deserves billing as a poet more so than a songwriter. The man’s got a way with words for sure, and per new song “South of Sylva,” his writing muscle’s far from atrophied. Hopefully, this one’s a sign of things to come from one of North Carolina’s most gifted songsmiths.” – Bobby Moore, Wide Open Country Magazine
“Alan’s music “sounds like the product of a childhood spent listening to a cool aunt or uncle’s well-worn copies of ‘Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and ‘The Gilded Palace Of Sin’, with ‘Exile On Main Street…” – No Depression Magazine
“Alan isn’t just versed and influenced by the Americana and alt-country byproducts, but the old school country and rock origination points of the music, and you can hear this in his sound that is intelligent, lively, and multi-dimensional.” – Saving Country Music

Starting at 7:00 pm in the Speakeasy Bar
Call 828- 926- 1717 for more information!

Martin Vee
2023-08-04 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
Martin Vee is a multi-stylist. He plays eclectic- acoustic: Americana, acoustic rock, folk, Latin stylings, and world music.
Martin has been singing and playing guitar/ violin from an early age. He grew up in the tradition of East European blues and folk music. Yes, the blues is very much in Eastern Europe, although in a slightly different form.

Martin has traveled extensively sharing his music world and on August 4 he’ll be sharing a musical evening with YOU at the Meadowlark SpeakEasyl starting at 7 pm.

No cover charge.
Call 828- 926- 1717 for more info!

Pigeon River Messenger
2023-08-05 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Meadowlark Motel, 2878 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC, 28751, United States
The Pigeon River Messengers are a duo based in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. Consisting of Couple Zach & Lori who met over their common love for Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings and folk music as a whole. Zach who is originally from Knoxville and later moved to Nashville, is heavily influenced by a wide range of musical genres. From the high lonesome sounds of Bill Monroe to the funky syncopated rhythms of James Brown, Zach’s musical style reflects a unique blend of old & new. Lori is a North Carolina singer/songwriter who grew up listening to Appalachian ballads and attending bluegrass festivals with her musical family. A fourth-generation ballad singer herself she embraces the old songs while always eager to share her own. Learning many of the old songs from her Late uncle Bobby Mcmillon. Together the two make the perfect team for some truly expressive art through sound.

Starting at 7:00 pm in the Meadowlark SpeakEasy.
Call 828- 926- 1717 for more info!
