FOOTMAD Presents

Our 43rd Concert Season
2025-202
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Enjoy nationally and world-acclaimed musicians
in intimate concert settings in the valley's finest theaters.

Old-Time Winter Breakdown
Concert

2026 February 7 - 7:30 PM
WV Culture Center
State Capitol Complex

  • ERYNN MARSHALL & CARL JONES

    ERYNN MARSHALL & CARL JONES

    Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones are old-time musicians and inspired tunesmiths from Galax, Virginia. They are married – in life and music. Southern song-duets and powerful fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo tunes comprise their diverse sets. Erynn and Carl play with spontaneity and vitality. While rooted in the traditional sounds of older players, this duo stays true to their own muse by composing new, tradition-rooted music.

    Carl’s song, Last Time on the Road was featured on the grammy-award winning album “Unleashed” by the Nashville Bluegrass Band. 

    They have won many awards for their playing including Erynn’s 1st place fiddle win at Clifftop and Carl’s 3rd place fingerpicking-guitar win at Walnut Valley Festival – both premier festivals in the United States. They have 15 recordings between them including their duet CD Sweet Memories Never Leave. Erynn and Carl have recently toured in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and China. 

    “You can hear love, intention, generosity, humor and soul in the music of Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones. They welcome us in and awaken a deep sense and feeling for traditional music that is carved right into our bones.” – Dirk Powell (2015)

  • THE STATE BIRDS

    The State Birds are a super group of award-winning multi-instrumentalists from West Virginia, keeping traditional music alive while putting their own spin on age-old classics.

    Tessa McCoy’s driving and intricate fiddling is paired with Cody Jordan’s versatile claw hammer and three-finger banjo playing. They are backed by unbeatable rhythm from Jesse Milnes on guitar and Chance McCoy (also a member of Old Crow Medicine Show) on mandolin.

    The heartbeat of the band is coveted bass player Joanna Burt-Kinderman.

    Members of the band have won multiple first place state fiddle and banjo championships and Tessa won first place in the traditional category of the Grand Masters Fiddler Championship in 2023, gaining national recognition.

  • CHUCKTOWN ALLSTARS

    Chucktown Allstars are a five-piece Appalachian traditional bluegrass band comprised of Jakob Thomas (2023 WV State flat picking champion) on guitar and vocals, Trent Greene on mandolin and vocals, Jake Stover (2022 WV State banjo champion) on the five-string banjo, Stefan Cotter on bass and vocals, and Josh Thomas (founding member of 600lbs of Sin) on guitar and vocals.

    The Allstars are based in Charleston, WV. Their special brand of fast driving bluegrass is quickly bringing them recognition as one of the premier bluegrass bands in West Virginia.

ERYNN MARSHALL & CARL JONES

THE STATE BIRDS

  • Concert Time

    Concert starts at 7:30 pm

    Box office sales start at 7:00 pm

    Doors open at 7:00 pm

  • Tickets

    $25 in advance
    $30 at the door
    $10 Students

    Children under 13 admitted free

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Weekend Activities

WEEKEND PASS

  • Includes Friday night dance, three workshops on Saturday, and concert on Saturday night.

    $55 adults
    $25 students

    Weekend Passes available by calling 304-729-4382 or at the door.

This program is presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.

​FOOTMAD appreciates Fund for the Arts major donors ($10,000+) who keep culture strong in the Kanawha Valley: City of Charleston, Cecil I. Walker Charitable Trust, William Maxwell Davis Trust, Daywood Foundation, Spilman Thomas & Battle, Dutch Miller, and WSAZ.