Mountain Stage with Host Kathy Mattea Records Live at the Schaefer Center
Featuring Sarah Jarosz, Jill Andrews, Missy Raines & Allegheny, Andrina Turenne, and more! Friday, Oct. 16 at 7:30pm.
BOONE, NC — Be part of the live radio audience when Appalachian State University’s Appalachian Arts series brings the beloved public radio program Mountain Stage to the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts for a live recording for NPR Music on Friday, Oct. 16 at 7:30pm.
Hosted by Grammy Award-winning country and bluegrass artist Kathy Mattea, the evening features an eclectic lineup of acclaimed roots and Americana artists, including four-time Grammy Award winner Sarah Jarosz; indie-folk/alt-country singer-songwriter Jill Andrews; celebrated bluegrass bassist and vocalist Missy Raines with her band Allegheny; and Winnipeg singer-songwriter Andrina Turenne, who performs in both French and English. More artists will be announced soon.
“Bringing Mountain Stage to the Schaefer Center is a special honor for Appalachian Arts,” said Allison West, Director of Marketing for App State’s Office of Arts Engagement and Cultural Resources. “To present a program with such a rich history and welcome this extraordinary caliber of artists to our stage is exactly what we love about bringing music to the High Country. We’re excited to give audiences the opportunity to experience Mountain Stage live and to be part of its remarkable legacy.”
Tickets are $20 for students and children and $35-$45 for the general public. Tickets are available at TheSchaeferCenter.org, at the Schaefer Center Box Office, 733 Rivers St., or by calling 828-262-4046.
About Mountain Stage
Since 1983, Mountain Stage has been one of the most beloved programs in public radio, featuring artists ranging from John Prine and Townes Van Zandt to Wilco and Phish. Produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and distributed by NPR Music, each two-hour episode is recorded before a live audience and heard weekly on more than 200 stations across the country, as well as around the world through NPR Music and mountainstage.org. Mattea began guest-hosting Mountain Stage in 2019 and became the program’s full-time host in 2021. Her extensive musical knowledge, easygoing chemistry with guests and deep connection to the program have made her a natural fit for the role.
Featured Artists
West Virginia native Kathy Mattea is a two-time Grammy Award winner and longtime recording artist whose career spans country, folk, Celtic and gospel music. She has earned five gold albums, a platinum greatest-hits collection, multiple No. 1 country singles and two consecutive CMA Female Vocalist of the Year awards. Her acclaimed album Coal, a collection of Appalachian mining songs, earned another Grammy nomination.
Sarah Jarosz is a four-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for her work across folk, Americana and roots music. A co-founder of the Grammy-winning trio I’m With Her, she has also collaborated with artists including David Crosby and Amy Ray of Indigo Girls. Her latest album, Polaroid Lovers, explores the fleeting moments and lasting memories that shape our lives.
Jill Andrews has spent nearly two decades creating genre-bending music — her influences spanning Joni Mitchell, Diana Ross and The Beatles to Gregory Alan Isakov and St. Vincent — first with the everybodyfields and later as a solo artist and member of Hush Kids. Her melodic, introspective songwriting has been featured in television series including Grey’s Anatomy, This Is Us, Nashville and Wynonna Earp, for which she composed the theme.
Missy Raines & Allegheny bring traditional, hard-driving bluegrass energized by Raines’ distinctive creativity and innovation. A celebrated bassist and singer, Raines has won the IBMA Bass Player of the Year award more times than any other person in history. Her touring band, Allegheny — named for the Allegheny highlands of West Virginia where Raines grew up — features Ben Garnett on guitar, Eli Gilbert on banjo, Ellie Hakanson on fiddle and Tristan Scroggins on mandolin.
Andrina Turenne, a singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba, writes and performs in both French and English, exploring themes of home, nature and connection. Her solo debut, Bold as Logs, was released in 2023, followed by the Francophone EP Je suis un arbre in 2024, which earned a Western Canadian Music Award nomination. With 25 years in the music industry, Turenne is known for live performances marked by humor, vulnerability, joy, and longing.
Appalachian Arts 2026/2027
The Mountain Stage performance is part of Appalachian State University’s 2026/27 Appalachian Arts season, which also features contemporary dance company MOMIX in their fantastical, nature-themed meditation Botanica; Grammy-winning pop instrumentalist and trumpeter Chris Botti; the gravity-defying acrobatics of Cirque Mechanics in TILT!; the electrifying psych-funk-soul of St. Paul & The Broken Bones; and the timeless artistry of the North Carolina Symphony, performing a free concert of Classical Favorites featuring Appalachian State University’s Appalachian Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets
Tickets and additional information are available at TheSchaeferCenter.org, at the Schaefer Center Box Office, 733 Rivers St., or by calling 828-262-4046. Ticket discounts are available to App State faculty and staff for all performances and to children/students and App State students for select shows.
About Appalachian Arts
Appalachian Arts performing arts series offers campus and community audiences a diverse array of music, dance and theatre programming designed to enrich the cultural landscape of the Appalachian State University campus and surrounding area. By creating memorable performance experiences and related educational and outreach activities, the series promotes the power and excitement of the live performance experience; provides a “window on the world” through the artistry of nationally and internationally renowned artists; and showcases some of the finest artists of our nation and our region. Musical events range from symphony orchestra and chamber music performances to jazz, folk, traditional, international, and popular artists. Theatre productions run the gamut from serious drama to musical comedy. Dance performances offer an equally wide array of styles, from ballet to modern dance to international companies representing cultural traditions from around the world. For more information, visit TheSchaeferCenter.org.
Thank You to Our Appalachian Arts 2026/2027 Sponsors
App State Campus Store, Appalachian Home Care, Explore Boone, Grandview Events & Catering, Mast General Store, Courtyard by Marriott, Graystone Lodge (an Ascend Hotel Collection), Hampton Inn & Suites, Holiday Inn Express, Mountain Times and Watauga Democrat, Our State Magazine, WNC Magazine, PBS North Carolina, High Country Radio (WZJS and WATA), WDAV 89.9 FM, WFDD 88.5FM, WKSK The Farm, and WASU 90.5FM.
For more information, visit TheSchaeferCenter.org.
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