Arts & Music

The Biscuit Eaters is one of three bands playing WFDD’s Spring Fling event this weekend. They’re a bluegrass family band from Surry County made up of five kids between six and 15 years old, and their parents, Meredith and Jason Wilkerson.

Detective Blind is one of three youth bands playing WFDD’s Spring Fling event this weekend. They’re an Asheville-based indie rock group with catchy riffs, distinctive harmonies and a bond that goes beyond being bandmates — they’re sisters.

The complaint filed with the labor board argues that the festival must maintain the status quo as negotiations between the two sides continue. That would include going on with this year’s festival as planned.

Americana artists Mark and Maggie O’Connor are performing with the Winston-Salem Symphony this weekend. The concerts, called “Beyond The Blue Ridge," celebrate the American West. 

The dB's first two albums didn’t chart but were well-received by critics. Both their debut “Stands for Decibels” and the follow-up “Repercussion” made the Village Voice 1981 critics poll of the 40 best albums of the year.

Singer, conductor and educator Jamie Allbritten will pass the baton to the next conductor of Piedmont Opera in March 2025. He says it's time for someone new to challenge the musicians in a different way.