Details:

Date: November 17

Artists: Songwriters in the round with Charles Esten and friends. (Other artists to be announced).

Cocktail Hour: 6:00 p.m. on the lawn, featuring bar service and heavy hors d’oeuvres catered by The Corner Market. 

Concert: Begins at approximately 7:30 p.m. in the Barn.

Attire: This night will be a down-home good time in the barn. Dress for comfort or show off your farm chic! Your shoes may get dirty, especially if it has rained recently.

VIP: We have a limited number of VIP packages for sale. Consider adding on this upgrade which includes priority reserved seating for two, preferred parking, one Alive & The Bluebird autographed poster, two Alive & The Bluebird wine glasses, one Alive & The Bluebird wine koozie, and two Alive & the Bluebird drink koozies. Please note this VIP package is an upgrade to tickets, not actual tickets. You would still need to purchase two tickets in addition to your one VIP upgrade (one VIP package/upgrade is for two people).

Event Committee: 

Callie Cook

Tracy Crawford

Hallie Jones

Kim McRae

Kim Patikas

Megan Smithwick

Carolyn Thombs

Morgan Walukonis

Mary Wilson

About the Artists:

Charles Esten

Over the last few years, singer/songwriter and actor Charles Esten - best known for his roles as Ward Cameron on the NETFLIX global hit show Outer Banks, and Deacon Claybourne in ABC/MT's Nashville, has performed hundreds of live concerts, including multiple headline tours in the US, Germany. Amsterdam, and UK, including the Royal Albert Hall. In early 2020, his main stage performance as part of the popular Country2Country festival in Europe was cut short by the pandemic. After that, for over a year during lockdown, he entertained fans virtually with his weekly FacebookLive Quarantine Livestream that to-date has drawn almost 1.5 million total views. Gradually, he has been able to resume live performances, most notably on the Grand Ole Opry, where he has made over 150 appearances to-date. He was excited to open at The Ryman for Deanna Carter in November.

In his adopted hometown of Nashville, Esten serves as the National Honorary Spokesperson for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's annual "Light The Night" Walk, and as a board member and volunteer for Musicians On Call. When not filming or touring, he continues to write and record his own music with over 10 million streams to date, and a 2018 Guinness World Record for releasing 54 original songs (available on iTunes, and on Spotify) once a week, for 54 consecutive weeks. He is currently working on selecting some of that new music for release. In May he released a new single, WORST DAY - a duet with Julia Cole (CMT Next Women of Country, Class of '22) - Esten says, "This song is a flat-out upbeat banger about the joy of having that someone you love right there beside you in the good times, and even more especially, in the hard times too!" Esten is thrilled to be returning to Smith Mountain Lake!