THE STORY OF GOLDEN HILL CONCERT SERIES

In Summer of the year 2000, the idea of creating an intimate acoustic music venue in rural Banks County (Georgia) occured simultaneously to county resident Dusk Weaver and to his friend, bass player/venue organizer Don Porterfield.  Don had founded the highly respected Evening Star Music Series further north in 1997, but he and Dusk realized Evening Star's distance from Banks County prevented it from serving most of Dusk's neighbors, and there was no other such venue for many miles.

For the next four years, Dusk presented monthly concerts under the banner Golden Hill Concert Series from the non-profit Golden Hill Community Center next door to his home.  The name "Golden Hill" comes from the local voting district in which Dusk lives, and that name has been adopted for some 30 years now by the intentional community of which Dusk is a resident, and which collectively built the non-profit community center.

During this time, Dusk and Don Porterfield collaborated on concert dates and bookings, and the two concert series mutually promoted each other as "sister" venues with the common mission of bringing fine, original acoustic music to the residents of Northeast Georgia, and of fostering a greater sense of community in the process.  Both series did well. 

From the beginning, however, Golden Hill Community Center presented several challenges: the center's rural location on a gravel road made it difficult for many would-be patrons to find the venue; the facility had only edge-of-the-road parking; and the building lacked air conditioning for cooling summer shows. 

The new home of Golden Hill Concert Series as of August 2004 is at the 1887 Country Store in historic Smithville Village.  The new location is remarkably easy to find and access, it offers paved parking and venue climate control, and it has many additional attractions within the village.  Fortunately, it is only 8 miles from Golden Hill's original location, so it will continue to serve Banks County... and beyond.

Our new home has a fascinating history of its own, for it contains antique buildings that range from 95-years-old to more than 160-years-old.  Visit Smithville Village to see why Dusk and Golden Hill Concert Series are thrilled to team up with Smithville on the Hill in creating a brand-new chapter in Northeast Georgia history.   

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