Canton Pickin’ in the Parking Lot
Starting June 6th through August 8th from 6:00-9:00PM each Friday night
Picking in the Park will be hosted this year by WPTL! This year it will be called” Picking in the Parking Lot”. Starting June 6th through August 8th from 6:00-9:00PM each Friday night in the Parking lot across the street from the Bethel Christian Academy and behind American Cleaners. WPTL will continue to broadcast it live every Friday night from 6:00-8:00.
Each Friday during the summer months‚ one bluegrass or old-time band and one clogging team are hired to perform for Pickin’ in the Parking Lot. Several hundred people come to listen‚ setting up their lawn chairs a distance from the stage. The band performs songs and tunes and provides the music for the clogging team which typically does a succession of five- to ten-minute routines. At other spots away from the stage‚ local musicians meet and play in numerous jam sessions.
THE 2025 SCHEDULE:
- June 6th: BAND: Rewind | DANCERS: Green Valley Cloggers
- June 13th: BAND: Hill Country | DANCERS: Balsam Mt. Cloggers
- June 20th: BAND: Brothers Rathbone | DANCERS: Southern Appalachian Cloggers
- June 27th: BAND: Redbird Roots Band | DANCERS: Mountain Tradition Cloggers
- July 4th: BAND: Rick Morris Band | DANCERS: Green Valley Cloggers
- July 11th: BAND: Steve Jordan Band | DANCERS: Green Valley Cloggers
- July 18th: BAND: Rewind | DANCERS: Balsam Mt. Cloggers
- July 25th: BAND: Outlaw Whiskey | DANCERS: Southern Appalachian Cloggers
- Aug 1st: BAND: Rick Morris | DANCERS: TBA
- Aug 8th: BAND: Steel Creek Band | DANCERS: J Creek Cloggers