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Date and Time: Saturday, April 17, 2027, at 7 p.m.
Tickets: Admission is $10. Youth ages 17 and younger are admitted free. Tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the performance or in advance at the 4th Avenue Gallery in Marlinton, WV.
The Bing Brothers featuring Jake Krack return to the Pocahontas County Opera House with their hard-driving old-time string band sound on Saturday, April 17.
Few groups are more closely tied to the living old-time music tradition of West Virginia. The Bing Brothers have spent decades performing, teaching and promoting old-time and bluegrass music across the state, region and beyond. Featuring Mike Bing on mandolin, Tim Bing on banjo and award-winning fiddler Jake Krack, the group brings together deep experience, regional roots and a fierce love for traditional mountain music.
This is old-time music with muscle. The tunes are not fragile antiques. They are built to move, to dance, to drive forward with the rhythmic insistence that has powered square dances, festivals and late-night jams for generations. Krack’s fiddling brings fire and precision to the group, while the band’s collective experience gives the music its authority.
At the Opera House, the Bing Brothers’ sound has a special resonance. This is music with roots in the same mountain soil as the audience itself. It carries local history, family connections and the kind of regional identity that cannot be faked by simply putting a fiddle onstage.
The evening promises hard-driving fiddle tunes, crisp ensemble playing and the unmistakable energy of musicians who know this tradition from the inside. For fans of old-time music, this is essential listening. For anyone curious about what makes West Virginia string band music so compelling, this concert is a fine place to start.
Series Support: The Pocahontas County Opera House Performance Series is presented with support from the West Virginia Division of Culture & History, the West Virginia Commission on the Arts, Pocahontas County Dramas, Fairs and Festivals and the Pocahontas County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
