Welcome to the Alleghany Jubilee
Sparta, North Carolina
336-372-4591
Contact the Jubilee

The Alleghany Jubilee is owned and operated by Ernest & Agnes Joines. We're located at 25 North Main Street, in downtown Sparta and are open year-round. We area handicap-accessible, family venue and alcoholic products are strictly prohibited.

Hours:
Tuesday Nights 7-10pm
Saturday Nights 8-11pm - Admission $4

Coming in January
Tuesday 3 - 7:00pm - Rise & Shine Band
Saturday 7 - 8:00pm - Snow Creek
Tuesday 10 - 7:00pm - Rise & Shine Band
Saturday 14 - Mt. Park Old Time Band
Tuesday 17 - 7:00pm - Rise & Shine Band
Saturday 21 - 8:00 - Rise & Shine Band
Tuesday 24 - 7:00pm - Rise & Shine Band
Saturday 28 - Closed for Christmas
Tuesday 31 - 7:00pm - Rise & Shine Band

Regular bands include Snow Creek, Mountain Park Old Time Band, Rise & Shine, and Talk of the Town.

We were recently featured in this VisitNC video about Blue Ridge mountain music.

People in this region have been making music since they came here. Old-time, hillbilly- whatever you call it- it's in our blood and part of our culture.

 

 

The Jubilee, as it's known here in Sparta, was originally the Spartan movie theater. Agnes and Ernest have reworked the interior so that, today, it's the perfect place for dancing, meeting old (or new) friends or just listening to the music of the hills.

In 2009, for Alleghany County's Sesquicentennial Celebration, Ernest collected hundreds of recordings of local artists and assembled them in a (4) cd album. The collection won a Paul Green Multimedia Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians in 2009 and includes Old Time, Nashville Sound, Gospel, Rockabilly, and much more. Most of the performances have never been published.

You can find out about the collection, Alleghany Musicians, Past & Present, here.

Ernest with his one-man band
on I’ve Got A Secret in 1961.