2025 Appearances | ||
Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, 7:00 pm | Book talk at Politics and Prose at Union Market, Washington, D.C. | Gregg discusses his book, Searching for Jimmie Strother |
Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, 7:00 pm | Book talk at Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland | Gregg discusses his book, Searching for Jimmie Strother, with Kristina Gaddy |
Friday, March 7, 2025, 6:00 pm | Book talk and performance at the Library of Virginia | Gregg discusses his book followed by a performance with Sheryl Warner and the Southside Homewreckers |
March 13-15, 2025 | Presentations on street singers and writing for a popular audience at the Virginia Forum, Sweetbriar College, Virginia | Gregg joins two panels at the Virginia Forum, an annual conference on Virginia history and culture. |
March 21, 2025, 5:00-6:30 pm | Book and music collaboration with musician Corey Harris at the Virginia Festival for the Book, Charlottesville | Gregg and Corey Harris explore Searching for Jimmie Strother, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville |
Saturday, March 29, 2025, 10:30 am | Book talk at the Culpeper County Public Library | Gregg will discuss his research with Culpeper historian Zann Nelson |
Sunday, April 6, 2025, time TBA | Book talk at the Goochland County Historical Society | Gregg discusses his book, Searching for Jimmie Strother |
Friday, April 18, 2025, 11:00 am | Coffee Series at the Barrier Island Center, Machipungo, Virginia | Gregg with the Broad Street Ramblers |
Saturday, May 24, 2025, 10:00 am-4:00 pm | Arts and Music on the Farm, Barrier Island Center, Machipungo, Virginia | Gregg emcees performances |
Thursday, June 12, 2025, noon | Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Richmond | Gregg discusses his book, Searching for Jimmie Strother |
Saturday, June 21, 2025, 2:00 pm | Black History Museum of Virginia, Richmond | Gregg discusses his book, Searching for Jimmie Strother |
Thursday, July 17, 2025, 5:30 pm | Opening event for the exhibition "House to Highway, Reclaiming a Community History " at the Library of Virginia, Richmond | Panel discussion on the exhibition. |
Friday-Sunday, July 25-27, 2025 | Lowell Folk Festival, Lowell, Massachusetts | Gregg presents artists at the festival. |
Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, 11:00 am Tuckahoe Library | Tuckahoe Library, Henrico Public Libraries | Gregg discusses his book in conjunction with a performance by Sheryl Warner and the Southside Homewreckers |
2024 Appearances | ||
Monday, January 8, 2024, 7:00 pm | Hampton History Museum, Hampton, Virginia | "Speakeasy Blues: Surviving Prohibition and the Great Depression," with Sheryl Warner and the Southside Homewreckers |
Saturday, March 2, 2024, 8:00 pm | Richmond Folk Music Series at Congregation Or Ami, 9400 Huguenot Road, Richmond, Virginia | Blues concert with Sheryl Warner and the Southside Homewreckers |
Friday, April 5, 2024, 10:30 am | Barrier Island Center, Machipungo, Virginia | "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime: Music of the 1930s" with the Broad Street Ramblers |
Saturday, July 20, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. | Henrico County Library at Glen Allen, 10501 Staples Mill Road, Glen Allen, Virginia. | "Long Steel Rail: Music of the Railroads," with the Broad Street Ramblers. |
Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 | John Jackson Piedmont Blues Festival, Eldon’s Clover Hill Farm, 4432 Sperryville Pike, Woodville, VA 22749 | Performance with Sheryl Warner and the Southside Homewreckers |
Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, 4:00 pm | Christ Church, Weems, Virginia | Performance with Sheryl Warner and the Southside Homewreckers |
Saturday, Oct. 2024, 10 am-5:00 pm | Blue Ridge Folklife Festival, Ferrum, Virginia | Gregg mcees the Farm Stage |

Where Gregg's Appearing
In addition to musical performances, lectures, and talks, Gregg conducts tours, hosts artists at roots and folk festivals and venues, and does a variety of workshops. Check here for his latest activities.
Highlights of Past Appearances
- Artist presenter at the Lowell Folk Festival, Richmond Folk Festival, the Blue Ridge Music Center, the Library of Virginia, and many other venues and events.
- Performer at the D.C. Blues Festival, International Blues Challenge (Memphis), Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts, Tinner Hill Blues Festival, Hampton Acoustic Blues Revival, the Richmond Folk Festival, and many other venues.
- Workshops with many artists, including the Paschall Brothers, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Jeffrey Scott, and Phil Wiggins.
- Teacher and student education with a wide range of Blues Societies and schools in central Virginia.