Play Music on the Porch Day

Park Event · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park · Aug 29, 2026 · 10:30 AM–3:30 PM

Join park staff on Saturday, August 29, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. to celebrate Play Music on the Porch Day!

Everyone is welcome to listen and/or play songs on the Clover Hill Tavern porch. Bring your own acoustic instrument if you’d like to join in. All skill levels are welcome.

Enjoy this international day of music at the place where local resident Joel Sweeney helped popularize the banjo after learning about the gourd-bodied, stringed “banjar” instrument from enslaved people in the area.

Source: National Park Service (public domain).