From the Beaufort County Traditional Music Association

The Beaufort County Traditional Music Association and Tar Landing Co, LLC are pleased to announce the 2016 Spring Tar Landing Jam line up. Rob Cuthrell’s barn in Bath is the place to be on Saturday. There will be plenty of good music, food and good, family fun. The Zinc Kings are the headlining band performing at 7:30 p.m. They are a popular string band from the Greensboro area playing blues, mill tunes, pickin’ and fiddlin’ tunes and Old Time music.

The Tar Landing Jam also features a community jam at 3 p.m. Traditional music fans and musicians are invited to come enjoy and participate in this jam. Lightnin’ Wells, a well-known guitar master, performs traditional blues and folk songs at 5:30 p.m. The Flatland Zingers are playing at 6:30 p.m. with their hand-clapping sing-alongs and good time fun.

Admission is by donation, and the Tar Landing Jam benefits the BCTMA Educational Fund. Beef sandwiches, all the fixings and soft drinks are available at this family friendly annual event. The Jam will be held indoors rain or shine. Seating is provided. Directions: Travel 264 East of Washington for 13 miles. Turn right on Creek Road at Hunters Bridge, then left on Tar Landing Drive, Bath. The barn is at 304 Tar Landing Drive.

The Tar Landing Jam is co-sponsored by Tar Landing Company LLC and the Beaufort County Traditional Music Association. BCTMA is a nonprofit grassroots organization formed in 2008 to promote the performance and enjoyment of traditional music in eastern North Carolina. They are dedicated to the nurturing and sharing of their love of live traditional music. For more information, please visit the web site: www.bctma.org. For more information about the Zinc Kings, visit www.zinckings.com.