2025 Freight Train Blues Music Series

2025 Freight Train Blues Music Series
The Town of Carrboro, N.C., proudly presents the of live concerts every Friday evening between May 16 and June 13, 2025, at the Carrboro Town Commons, 301 W. Main Street.
Bring your picnic, lawn chairs and blankets for a free evening of live music on the lawn. .
Freight Train Blues celebrates the life and legacy of Piedmont blues legend and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2022 Inductee, Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten, born in 1893 in Carrboro, NC.
Music Maker Foundation honors Cotten’s legacy in the world of roots music by emphasizing the cultural diversity, complexity, and vitality of her music and the music of many other artists local to her community and all over the country.
May 16: & The Creatures of the Southern Wild feat. The Crimestoppers
May 23: and
May 30: and
June 6:
June 13: and
The series is a collaboration among Music Maker Foundation; the Town of Carrboro, ҹ 91.5 FM, and The Forests at Duke.
Friday: 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM