Performances

Melanie Pearl is a solo act who has performed across the Shenandoah Valley for the past 10 years with her keyboard, ukulele, and mic in tow. With a deep passion for music and a penchant for connecting with others, Melanie has curated a large repertoire of music curtailing each set to different audiences and their requests.

Most describe her style as “popular hits throughout the decades” as she performs many of the great hit songs from artists like Janis Joplin, Dolly Parton, Amy Winehouse, Adele, and several others.

You can find Melanie playing at venues like Valerie Hill Vineyard & Winery, The Half Note Lounge, Bear Chase Brewing Co., Briede Family Vineyards, and other establishments across the northern Virginia area.

Troy Breslow is a Country Music Artist from Hampton Roads, Virginia. Breslow’s music depicts a young man forging a name for himself in Country Music while maintaining his Jewish Identity. In 2018, he was recognized Country Artist of The Year by the Veer Music Awards.

Karl Stoll and the Danger Zone is an award winning, butt-rockin’, electrifyin’, houserockin’ roots rock & blues band from Northern Virginia.

The Danger Zone’s most recent album, The Workhouse, was nominated for three Wammie awards in 2022, and was selected by DC Blues Society as Best Self-Produced CD for 2022. The title track received Honorable Mention by the Songwriter’s Association of Washington.

This band is rockin’!

For more than 20 years, The Danger Zone has been playing a unique mix of danceable Americana roots rock featuring the sounds of Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis, Texas and DC, plus a collection of original songs being played on radio stations across the country.
The band has appeared on NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor” to an audience of 15 million listeners!

Virginia based singer/songwriter/producer/educator Dave Goodrich performs extensively and has more than 15 commercial releases as a solo artist. His December 2, 2023, single release Calculating Bar Bee Doll is a tribute to empowered women influencers.
A handful of the intelligently-crafted songs penned by Goodrich have woven their waves across six continents into more than 100 television shows—including shows hosted by Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart—and have been licensed by companies such as Red Bull Media House. His recordings have received radio airplay on commercial, college, and internet stations.
Dave has shared bills with other gifted artists such as Jewel, Angie Aparo, and Howie Day. He has also performed his songs on television and as part of The No Rules Show, a theatrical talk show.
A San Francisco State University music alumnus, he hosts the podcasts 15 Minutes with Dave Goodrich and Ask Dave How to Music. Dave Goodrich maintains an active online teaching and producing schedule.

Troy Breslow is a Country Music Artist from Hampton Roads, Virginia. Breslow’s music depicts a young man forging a name for himself in Country Music while maintaining his Jewish Identity. In 2018, he was recognized Country Artist of The Year by the Veer Music Awards.

The Power Trio plays vintage rock & roll and blues from Elvis and Chuck Berry to Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley. Three guys who have known each other most of their lives get together now and then for the love of playing music Vintage musicians playing vintage rock & roll. That's what The Power Trio is all about.

Karl Stoll and the Danger Zone is an award winning, butt-rockin’, electrifyin’, houserockin’ roots rock & blues band from Northern Virginia.

The Danger Zone’s most recent album, The Workhouse, was nominated for three Wammie awards in 2022, and was selected by DC Blues Society as Best Self-Produced CD for 2022. The title track received Honorable Mention by the Songwriter’s Association of Washington.

This band is rockin’!

For more than 20 years, The Danger Zone has been playing a unique mix of danceable Americana roots rock featuring the sounds of Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis, Texas and DC, plus a collection of original songs being played on radio stations across the country.
The band has appeared on NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor” to an audience of 15 million listeners!

Gates 6:30 & Music 7:00 PM
Kick off Independence Day weekend — and America’s 250th — the way it was meant to be celebrated: out on the farm, mead in hand, boots in the grass, and a powerhouse voice carrying across the flowers as the sun goes down.

Shenandoah Valley songwriter Rebecca Porter brings her honey-smooth voice and honky-tonk heart to Thistlerock for one special night. A Color Me Country Class of 2024 artist and NPR Mountain Stage performer, Rebecca writes the kind of real, rootsy, classic-country songs that’ll have you swaying one minute and two-stepping the next. Think Dolly-soaked storytelling, swooning guitars, and a whole lot of Virginia soul.

Pour a glass, find your dancing partner, and toast 250 years under a sky full of stars.

Tickets $25 in advance · $30 at the door · Kids under 12 are free to join
Thistlerock · Keswick, VA

Rebecca Porter embodies the soulful, lonesome sound of the Shenandoah Valley. After a decade of honing her craft as the frontwoman of local cover bands, she transformed pandemic loneliness into two EPs – “Prime Rainbow Conditions” and “Queen of the Local”, the latter of which was successfully crowdfunded in March 2023. With completely independent legwork, Porter’s music is making rounds nationally and internationally. Audiences react wonderfully to Porter’s fusion of honky tonk and singer-songwriter sounds performed solo or with her band, The Rhinestone Roses. Most recently, Porter was inducted into Rissi Palmer’s Color Me Country Class of 2024.

“Appalachian Red Dirt,” that’s how Jacob Paul Allen describes his style of Country Music. It’s a style and sound that he has crafted on stages large and small from coast to coast for the past 15 years. Jacob captures the audience with an infectious stage presence and reels them into the stories that he tells, both in his songs and his stage banter. He has released six songs which can be found on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services. You can also find Jacob just about every weekend performing throughout the region as a solo artist or with his full band., Jacob Paul Allen & The Flood

The Power Trio plays vintage rock & roll and blues from Elvis and Chuck Berry to Muddy Waters and Bo Diddley. Three guys who have known each other most of their lives get together now and then for the love of playing music Vintage musicians playing vintage rock & roll. That's what The Power Trio is all about.

Karl Stoll and the Danger Zone is an award winning, butt-rockin’, electrifyin’, houserockin’ roots rock & blues band from Northern Virginia.

The Danger Zone’s most recent album, The Workhouse, was nominated for three Wammie awards in 2022, and was selected by DC Blues Society as Best Self-Produced CD for 2022. The title track received Honorable Mention by the Songwriter’s Association of Washington.

This band is rockin’!

For more than 20 years, The Danger Zone has been playing a unique mix of danceable Americana roots rock featuring the sounds of Chicago, New Orleans, Memphis, Texas and DC, plus a collection of original songs being played on radio stations across the country.
The band has appeared on NPR’s “A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor” to an audience of 15 million listeners!