In Uptown Shelby, Court Square houses the center and is a popular spot for live music.
Exhibits at the Scruggs Center explore continuity and change throughout the region.
Visitors can examine cultural and musical milestones with an interactive table.
These two exhibits, Out of Carolina and In the Land of Radio, show Scruggs’s origins as a textile mill worker and the era’s debut of public radio.
Scruggs continued playing into his final years. (lower-left) as well as
A tribute to Scruggs’ duo days with Lester Flatt and the origins of bluegrass music.
His iconic banjoes on display at the museum’s entrance.
Gibson also has an intimate concert hall named for him.
Shelby honors its country legends like Scruggs and Don Gibson with a mural downtown.
The Earl Scruggs Festival is presented in partnership with the Center, and this year, nearly three dozen bluegrass artists are slated to perform.
Tryon International Equestrian Center, which hosts riding events like Saturday Night Lights.
