THIS JUST IN: VIP tickets and late night jam added to Pisgah Brewing show! -For a $20 Upgrade you can buy the "Hopster" ticket - which gives you preferred parking, dedicated beer line, private bathrooms, a show poster, and guaranteed entry into late night. -After the DMB comes off stage at 11pm, the Travelin' McCourys and Emmitt-Nershi will head inside Pisgah for a plugged in jam.
Sept 4 Pisgah Brewing Company 150 Eastside Drive Black Mountain NC 28711 Start time: 3:00 pm Acts: Emmitt-Nershi Band, Del McCoury Band, others TBA Tickets: $20 adv, $25 at the door - Click For Tickets	You never know what's going to happen at a Del McCoury Band show!

Breaking new ground in media and event promotion, roots music radio station WNCW and Del McCoury’s McCoury Music unveiled plans for the very first "Del Yeah" Weekend—a multi-day, multi-venue "happening" taking place over Labor Day weekend, 2010 in North Carolina.

Initial plans include shows on September 4th and 5th featuring the award-winning Del McCoury Band and their friends in the Emmitt-Nershi Band, along with a full complement of yet-to-be-named artists (including regional favorites), presented at the Pisgah Brewing Company (Black Mountain) and the U.S. National Whitewater Center (Charlotte) respectively. Shows will be programmed for a full afternoon and evening’s worth of music and entertainment, culminating in closing jam sessions that will have audiences on the edge of their seats—or dancing to the music—all night long.

"We’re really excited about the ‘Del Yeah’ idea," said the Del McCoury Band’s manager, Stan Strickland. "And we’re especially excited to be working with WNCW, because it’s impossible to think of a radio station more attuned to the kind of bluegrass Del plays—or to the wide range of music that’s being played by his friends. For ‘Del Yeah,’ we want to create a festival atmosphere in an outdoor setting or otherwise non-traditional venue, and we think that the Pisgah Brewery and the U.S. National Whitewater Center are perfect locations to kick off the concept. The Pisgah has a large outdoor performance area that’ll hold up to 2,500 people, and the Whitewater Center is a great family destination that will allow us to mix music with their many sporting and outdoor activities, creating an event like no other."

A half-century veteran of traditional bluegrass who was recently honored with a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Del McCoury has also welcomed the flowering of a variety of new string music styles. His own DelFest, which recently concluded its third successful year, has served up everything from his own hard-core bluegrass to jam bands, sacred steel, old and new style string band music and more, paving the way for the still more innovative "Del Yeah" Weekend.

Joining The Del McCoury Band will be The Emmitt-Nershi Band, which exemplifies one of the most exciting strains of modern bluegrass and related music. Led by Drew Emmitt and Bill Nershi, linchpins of the legendary jam bands Leftover Salmon and String Cheese Incident respectively, both men have filled stadiums with high profile, ‘grass-flavored rock’n’roll. Together, they’ve blazed new trails with a high-powered, rock- and jazz-flavored brand of bluegrass that has earned them critical acclaim and legions of young fans around the country.

WNCW has regularly earned awards for its outstanding programming and involvement in North Carolina’s multi-faceted roots music community. Broadcasting from Isothermal College in Spindale, NC for almost a quarter of a century, the station’s signal has brought the best in bluegrass, blues, gospel, Americana and more to devoted listeners in Asheville, Boone, Charlotte, Greenville and other area markets.

Tickets for both events will be $20 advance, and $25 day of show. For more information, please go to www.delmccouryband.com/delyeah.