High Knob Outdoor Fest
Downtown Celebration





High Knob Outdoor Fest
Downtown Celebration
Saturday, August 16th, 2025
4:00-9:00 p.m.
Downtown Norton
In the vicinity of the Norton Expo Center
Free and open to the public
W. Campbell Edmonds Concert Series
High Knob Outdoor Fest (Aug. 10-18, 2024) is a weeklong celebration highlighting the region’s abundant outdoor adventures; offering outdoor trips, activities, and presentations focused on getting more people outdoors. The festival culminates with a celebration in downtown Norton featuring vendors, food trucks, craft beer/wine, outdoor activities, demos, a community jam session, and live music. We're proud to be a co-sponsor of the festival and, alongside our partners at the City of Norton, participate in the local arts traditions of our region. Find the full festival schedule at highknoboutdoorfest.com.
Close out the High Knob Outdoor Fest with a downtown celebration featuring outdoor vendors and demos, live music, food trucks, craft beer, and more from 4-9:00 p.m. in the vicinity of the Norton Expo Center, 115 8th St. SW, Norton.
MUSIC LINEUP:
COMMUNITY JAM SESSION | 4:00 p.m.
Picking on the Porch Community Jam Session starts at 4 p.m. All ages and instruments welcome to this informal community jam session.
EEK! | 5:00 p.m.
Noise/doomgaze band from SWVA. Kass Smith on bass/vox/keys. Ethan on guitar. Alex Cable on drums. More at eeknoise.bandcamp.com Find them on Instagram @eeknoise
GRACE ROGERS | 6:30 p.m.
Kentucky singer, songwriter and poet, Grace Rogers, comes from a family of old time, traditional and string band musicians. Her great grandpa Charlie Rogers played guitar in the Kentucky String Ticklers, recorded on the Gennett Record Label during the Great Depression. Grace, herself, has been playing solo shows and traditional music for around ten years. But on “Mad Dogs” her debut studio album, defying Pete Seeger and his vengeful axe, Rogers has ventured beyond the music she cut her teeth on. Armed with a mid-metal Ibanez S Classic electric guitar that her musician father bought for her on Facebook Marketplace and plugged straight into an amp with no pedals (cause she doesn’t have any), Rogers throws down with the help of a group of skillful, kind-hearted musician friends: Ian Gordon (Grandma’s Boys, Family Curse) on electric guitar, Chris Cupp (Ellie Ruth, Restless Leg String Band) on bass and cello, Fiona Palensky (Eric Slick, Lindsay Lou, Turbonut) on drums and vocal harmonies, and touring drummer Scott Boice (Lacy Guthrie, Phourist and the Photons). Find her on Instagram @grassandrogers. Her Linktree is linktr.ee/gracerogersmusic
APPALACHIAN RENEGADES | 8:00 p.m.
A rock band that fuses classic sounds and modern tones, the Appalachian Renegades call upon guitar heavy riffs mixed with soaring saxophone melodies and clean vocals to form their core sound. Having spent 7 years playing shows across Western North Carolina, the renegades are currently writing music for their 4th studio release. Devil's Wish, the third of their career, had two #1 singles in the summer of 2022 on Buzz Radio Asheville. The guys produce a sound reminiscent of rock bands like Greta Van Fleet, Clutch, Volbeat, Government Mule, Jack White, Black Stone Cherry, and My Morning Jacket among many other influential contemporary and classic rock artists. Find them on Instagram @approckband
Pro-Art partners with a variety of venues, for accessibility inquiries or general questions, call (276) 376-4520 or email contact@proartva.org. For weather related updates, patrons are encouraged to check proartva.org for real-time information.
Pro-Art is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the C. Bascom Slemp Foundation, The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, and Mountain Empire Community College.