The

Purple Fiddle

Coffeehouse and Mountain Market

21 East Avenue

P.O. Box 87

Thomas, WV 26292

Phone: 304-463-4040

purplefiddle@citlink.net

Hours:

Monday & Tuesday

CLOSED until summer

Wednesday & Thurs.

11 am-9 pm

(later when there is music)

Friday to  Sunday

9 am-11:30 pm

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Please note: ALL tickets are general admission. Come early for good seats!

NOTE: In order to appeal to a wider range of folks, we are now making a concerted effort to book more non-bluegrass and non-traditional  bands.  Bluegrass fans don't worry, we are committed to traditional music and will always offer top-notch bluegrass and old-time. LOOK for these new designations on this page to better inform you:

BG  -  bluegrass band

TR  -   old-time or  traditional-based band

NOT BG  -   for all others

Thur Aug 7 @ 8 pm Kelly Ravin $5    NOT BG

Fri Aug 8 @ 8:30 pm Two Man Gentleman Band $7      TR


TWO GREAT SHOWS FOR ONLY $12

Sat Aug 9 @ 8:30 pm  ExtraTerrestrial Circus Experiment $7 Not a band!

Sat Aug 9 @ 10 pm the Seth Walker Band $7 


Sun Aug 10 @ 8 pm Doug and Telisha Williams $7      TR

Mon Aug 11 @ 8 pm David LaFleur $7     NOT BG

Tues Aug 12 @ 8 pm Luego $7  The Weathered Road to open   NOT BG

Wed Aug 13 @ 8 pm Lauren Lapointe $5     NOT BG

Thur Aug 14 @ 8 pm Them Damn Kids FREE!      NOT BG

Fri Aug 15 @ 8:30 pm The New Relics $7     NOT BG


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Purple Fiddle Fest

Saturday August 16   -   1 pm until 1 am

At Canaan Valley State Park

At least EIGHT great bands including:

Hoots and Hellmouth, the Hackensaw Boys,

A Blast from the Past!  -  Rasta Rafiki,

Christabel and the Jons, Theresa Andersson,

Jim Bianco, Morwenna and Jay, and Scholars Word

Purchase Tickets Here


At The Fiddle -- Sat Aug 16 @ 8:30 pm Jim Bianco $7     NOT BG

Sun Aug 17 @ 8 pm Megan Jean and the Klay Family Band $7  Pariah Beat to open TR

Tues Aug 19 @ 8 pm The Bicycats $7       NOT BG

Wed Aug 20 @ 8 pm Brittany Reilly and the Almost Acoustic Band $7

Thur Aug 21 @ 8 pm Anthony Hoey $5

Fri Aug 22 @ 8:30 pm Woody Pines and the Lonesome Two $8

                                    Karisa Nowak to open TR

Sat Aug 23 @ 8:30 pm the August $8  Dan Hubbard and the Humadors to open NOT BG

Sun Aug 24 @ 8 pm Julia Rose $7     NOT BG

Mon Aug 25 @ 8 pm Utah Green $5

Thur Aug 26 @ 8 pm the Never $7     NOT BG

Wed Aug 27 @ 8 pm Matt Pless $5     NOT BG

Thur Aug 28 @ 8 pm the Odd Meters $7     NOT BG

Fri Aug 29 @ 8:30 pm  Shannon Whitworth $10       TR

Sat Aug 30 @ 8:30 pm Sue Foley and Peter Karp $12 advance/$15 at door    Blues!

Sun Aug 31 @ 8:30 pm Old School Freight Train $12 advance/$15 at door  NOT BG

Fri Sept 5 @ 8:30 pm Blue Maggie $7     BG

Sat Sept 6 @ 8:30 pm Billy Smith and Nashville's Finest, with special guest Rocky Alvey $7  Robby Hecht to open

Sun Sept 7 @ 8 pm Folk By Association $7       NOT BG 

Sat Sept 13 @ 8:30 pm The Tom Batchelor Band $7      NOT BG

Sun Sept 14 @ 8 pm Seven $7      NOT BG

Thur Sept 18 @ 8 pm Miss Tess $10     NOTBG

Fri Sept 19 the Lissa Schneckenburger Trio $10     NOT BG

Sat Sept 20 @ 8:30 pm the Low Anthem $8 Nathan Moore to open       NOT BG

Sun Sept 21 @ 8 pm Ronnie King $5     BG

Tues Sept 23 @ 8 pm Firecracker Jazz Band $12

Thur Sept 25 @ 8 pm Cracker Stackwell $5      NOT BG

Fri Sept 26 @ 8:30 pm Trent Wagler and the Steel Wheels $8     TR

Sun Sept 28 @ 8 pm Johnny Possum's Good Time Hootin' Band $8     BG

Tues Sept 30 @ 8 pm Doug MacLeod $7      NOT BG

Thur Oct 2 @ 8 pm the Shake Em Ups $7

Fri Oct 3 @ 8:30 pm The Steve Hussey Band $7     NOT BG

Sat October 4 @ 8:30 pm Greensky Bluegrass $12     BG of sorts

Mon Oct 6 @ 8 pm Alex Diaz    FREE!     NOT BG

Thur Oct 9 @ 8 pm The Smokestack & the Foothill Fury FREE! NOT BG  One-man-band!   

Sun Oct 12 @ 8 pm Cowboy Johnson and Amanda Pearcy $5     NOT BG

Mon Oct 13 @ 8 pm Becky Chace $7     NOT BG

Wed Oct 15 @ 8 pm John Statz $5     NOT BG

Thur Oct 16 @ 8 pm Coyote Run $10     NOT BG Celtic

Fri October 17 @ 8:30 pm Hillbilly Gypsies $12      BG

Sun Oct 19 @ 8 pm Blue Line Highway $7     TR

Mon Oct 20 @ 8 pm the Whitetop Mountain Band $7     BG

Fri Oct 24 @ 8:30 pm  Dennis McClung Blues Band $8

Sun Oct 26 @ 8 pm Reed Waddle $5     NOT BG

Thur Oct 30 @ 8 pm The Accident That Led Me To The  World $7

Fri Oct 31 @ 8:30 pm Justin Trawick Group $8     NOT BG

Sat Nov 1 @ 8:30 pm Shotgun Party $7

Sun Nov 2 @ 7:30 pm Go Kart Mozart $7 Paul Edelman to open

Fri Nov 7 @ 8:30 pm John McCutcheon $15 adv/$20 at door

Sat Nov 8 @ 8:30 pm Scholars Word $10

Fri Nov 14 @ 8:30 pm the Rust Kings $7     TR

Sat Nov 15 @ 8:30 pm Special Ed and the Shortbus $12    NOT BG   Special Grass

Fri Nov 21 @ 8:30 pm The Tuscarawas River Band $7     NOT BG

Sat Nov 22 @ 8:30 pm Tater $8     NOT BG

Sun Nov 23 @ 7:30 pm Goldmine Pickers $10

Fri Nov 28 @ 8:30 pm Woodshedders, with Aimee Curl and Morgan Morrison $12

Fri Dec 5 @ 8:30 pm Michael Johnathon $8  Host of Woodsongs Radio Hour!

Sat Dec 6 @ 8:30 pm the Spikedrivers $10

Fri Dec 12 @ 8:30 pm Lonesome Highway $7

Sat Dec 20 @ 8:30 pm Johnny Staats and Robert Shafer $12 advance/$15 at door

Mon Dec 28 @ 8:30 pm the Halftime String Band $7

Fri Jan 9 @ 8:30 pm Bill Toms and Hard Rain $7      NOT BG

Thurs Feb 12 @ 7:30 pm Dana and Susan Robinson $7

Fri Feb 13, 2009 @ 8:30 pm Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart $8     NOT BG

Sun Feb 15, 2009 @ 8:30 pm the Wiyos $10 advance/$12 door

Sat Feb 21 @ 8:30 pm Luminescent Orchestrii $12

Sat March 21 @ 8:30 pm Slide $12 adv/$15 door  NOT BG      Celtic!

Purchase Tickets Here

This is for convenience and in the rare event that a show may sell-out.

Most shows will NOT sell-out and admission may be purchased at the event.

Also, please note: ALL

tickets are general

admission. Come early for good seats!

This is only a partial schedule. It is updated weekly. Every Friday, Saturday, and Sundays will always be booked with quality, original live music. Schedule is subject to change. Call for updates.