One family, three bands and a solo act — that’s what the Moore family brings to the stage at Beaufort County Traditional Music Association’s open mic night on Saturday.

“It’s kind of a hobby for us. Most of our stuff is just for the fun of it, because we like to do it. We very seldom make money or even break even,” Sidney Moore said. “It’s just something we like to do.”

The Moore family musicians consist of Sidney Moore and his three brothers Bobby, David and Donnie, along with his wife Dolores, daughter Wendy, nephew Jay and granddaughter Sydney — so many musical Moores that the family broke up into three bands, enough to fill the entire bill of open mic night. The Moore Family Band is comprised of the four brothers; Lonesome Creek is Sidney Moore, Dolores, Wendy and fellow BCTMA musician Don Skinner; and Bobby, Donnie, Wendy and Jay make up Still Water. Sydney, whose repertoire runs to more popular country music, performs as a solo act and for someone so young (16), she’s not only comfortable with breaking away from the traditional, but being onstage, her grandfather said.

“She was born to perform. She’s got plenty of confidence,” Moore said with a laugh.

For the Moores, playing music is a family tradition, one that simply came into existence without any clear origin.

“We’ve been playing a long time around the house, around the kitchen table with family and stuff,” Sidney Moore said. “I don’t know who started that — we just kind of picked up instruments. Well, mama was always listening to music and singing and I guess that’s where we got our interest from.”

Until the formation of BCTMA, the Moores didn’t play music publicly, but with a push from other BCTMA members, they’ve become quite well known for their many appearances, from festivals to church events to monthly performances at Rivertrace and Ridgewood Manor, both local nursing homes. While the Moores tend to stick to traditional music, each iteration of the family bands has its own style.

“Well, we started out playing bluegrass, traditional music, and Still Water stayed with that but Lonesome Creek — we kind of vary. We play a little bit of classic rock ‘n’ roll, country and gospel. We do branch out,” Sidney Moore said.

It can all be heard at Arts of the Pamlico’s Turnage Theatre gallery on Saturday at 7 p.m. The show is free to the public.

The Turnage Theatre is located at 150 W. Main St., Washington. For more information about Saturday’s performance, visit bctma.org.