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RIDDLEFEST 3/15/25
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Marker Dedicated In Honor of Burnsville’s Own Lesley Riddle
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RiddleFest 3/15/25
Burnsville Town Center

Traditional Voices Group is pleased to announce that New Orleans singer-songwriter Joy Clark will headline RiddleFest 2024 (Postponed) on Saturday, March 15, 2025. RiddleFest 2024 was originally scheduled for last October, but had to be postponed due to the ongoing issues from Hurricane Helene. The Concert for Resilience explores Songs of Life and Love. The evening concert begins at 7 PM at the Burnsville Town Center, 6 South Main Street. Eighth-generation Madison County traditional ballad singer Donna Ray Norton will open the evening. Tickets for this year's concert are $20 for adults.

Riddlefest

RiddleFest is produced annually by Traditional Voices Group as a tribute to Lesley Riddle, an African-American musician from Yancey County NC, who had a great influence on the development of early country music through his association with A.P. Carter and the Carter Family.

RiddleFest is sponsored in part by Burnsville Travel and Tourism/Explore Burnsville and Town of Burnsville. Clark’s appearance in Burnsville is sponsored in part by South Arts, which is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Lincoln Park Remembers

Lincoln Park Memories are added to Traditional Voices Group's Archive of Life in Yancey County thanks to a North Carolina Humanities grant.