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2025 Freight Train Blues Music Series

Music Maker's Freight Train Blues

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.

Carrboro Town Commons
Free
Every week through Jun 13, 2025.
Friday: 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM

Event Supported By

Music Maker Foundation
919.643.2456
411@musicmaker.org
Carrboro Town Commons
301 W Main St.
Carrboro, North Carolina 27510