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On Sale Now: Mountain Stage Heads to Radford, VA Sunday April 8.
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Tickets are on sale now for Sunday April 8 when Mountain Stage with Larry Groce makes its first trip to Radford University, in Radford, VA. The live performance radio program will present a quality showcase of roots and folk music at Bondurant Auditorium in Preston Hall as Groce welcomes folk singer John Gorka, Canadian roots-rock group The Weather Station, Nashville based songwriter, guitarist and singer extraordinaire Shawn Camp, and two highly regarded Virginia-based singer/songwriters, Scott Miller and Dori Freeman. Showtime is 7:30p.m. Read more on each guest here.
All tickets are reserved seating : $15, Children: $7.50, RU Student/Faculty/Staff: w/RU ID: Free.
Tickets can be purchased online at radfordactivites.com or at the Hurlburt Hall Information Desk, and by phone, (540)831-5420.
Ticket holders will be in the audience as Mountain Stage records the show for broadcast later this year to 240 NPR Stations across the country. Listeners in the Radford area can hear Mountain Stage Saturdays at 2p.m. on WVRU. The show is helping the station kick off the celebration of their 40th Anniversary.
Mountain Stage has been invited to Radford University with support from the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Appalachian Events Committee, RU Broadcast Club, RU Music Business Student Association and Public Radio WVRU.
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