Play Music on the Porch Day
Partner Event
August 29, 2026 @ 10:30 AM - 3:30 PM EDT
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Appomattox, VA 24522
Join park staff on Saturday, August 29, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. to celebrate Play Music on the Porch Day! Everyone is welcome to listen and/or play songs on the Clover Hill Tavern porch. Bring your own acoustic instrument if you’d like to join in. All skill levels are welcome. Enjoy this international day of music at the place where local resident Joel Sweeney helped popularize the banjo after learning about the gourd-bodied, stringed “banjar” instrument from enslaved people in the area.
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