Friday Night

Downtown Elkin

Reevestock’s “Downtown Get Down” Block Party
Outside of the Reeves Theater (Free)
5:30 pm - Luke Mears w/ Robert Holthouser

The Reeves Theater
8:00 pm - Stillhouse Junkies with Justin Clyde Williams

Reevestock’s “Late Night Hoot”
Angry Troll Brewing (Free)
10:30 pm - The Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers

2023 Lineup

Friday night

  • The Downtown Get-Down Block Party with Boston band, Cold Chocolate starts at 5:30pm.
  • Doors open at 7pm for the Reeves Theater kick-off show with Nashville pairing, Brooks Forsyth & Cristina Vane. Show starts at 8pm.
  • The Late Night Hoot at the Angry Troll taproom starts at 10pm with Will Easter and the Nomads! (free show)

RMF 2023 MC Joe Kendrick

Joe Kendrick grew up far off in the woods in rural Stanfield, NC, where he acquired his first Sony Walkman, listened to both AM and FM radio from Charlotte, went to Nascar races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, attended a small Baptist church, read Rolling Stone, subscribed to cassette clubs, and played one very forgettable season of high school football. From there, Joe studied Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was able to fulfill his dream of being a disc jockey at WXYC. He volunteered at WNCW soon after graduation.

After several years and two stints in radio on the coast in Wilmington, Joe was back in western NC where he returned to volunteering at WNCW while he started his first business, a landscape lighting franchise with Outdoor Lighting Perspectives. In 1999, he met his future wife Amy at the Isotope 217 concert at Vincent's Ear in Asheville, and a year later they wed. The landscape lighting business grew but so did Joe's presence on the radio, and the desire to follow his heart led him to sell his business in 2006. Soon thereafter, he garnered the morning host slot on WNCW and has been full time in Spindale ever since.

RMF 2023 MC Joe Kendrick

Joe Kendrick grew up far off in the woods in rural Stanfield, NC, where he acquired his first Sony Walkman, listened to both AM and FM radio from Charlotte, went to Nascar races at Charlotte Motor Speedway, attended a small Baptist church, read Rolling Stone, subscribed to cassette clubs, and played one very forgettable season of high school football. From there, Joe studied Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was able to fulfill his dream of being a disc jockey at WXYC. He volunteered at WNCW soon after graduation.

After several years and two stints in radio on the coast in Wilmington, Joe was back in western NC where he returned to volunteering at WNCW while he started his first business, a landscape lighting franchise with Outdoor Lighting Perspectives. In 1999, he met his future wife Amy at the Isotope 217 concert at Vincent's Ear in Asheville, and a year later they wed. The landscape lighting business grew but so did Joe's presence on the radio, and the desire to follow his heart led him to sell his business in 2006. Soon thereafter, he garnered the morning host slot on WNCW and has been full time in Spindale ever since.

2022 Lineup

Saturday Night

Elkin's Hidden Amphitheater

1:00 pm - Momma Molasses
2:15 pm - Handmade Moments
3:40 pm - Dreamroot
5:00 pm - Time Sawyer
6:30 pm - Daniel Donato
8:00 pm - Hiss Golden Messenger

2021 Lineup

2019 Lineup

2018 Lineup

Other notable RMF past performers:
The Marcus King Band, Mandolin Orange, Town Mountain, David Ramirez, The Black Lillies, Joe Pug, Caroline Spence