Intimate Album Premiere Inside the Milking Parlor Today
Nebo, NC · October 4, 2026
A soft autumn drizzle is clinging to the tree line this morning. It makes a quiet Sunday cup—or ducking into an afternoon acoustic set—sound just right.
The Lead
Morganton native and Mipso co-founder Jacob Sharp returns to his home foothills this afternoon to debut his first solo record, Middle Kid, inside The Milking Parlor at Fonta Flora Brewery’s Whippoorwill Farm. Sharp penned much of the project while living in California before devastating wildfires forced an abrupt return East, lending the new songs an unmistakable resonance of homecoming and renewal. Rather than embarking immediately on a conventional national theater tour, Sharp chose intimate regional stops, bringing his melodic, lyrical arrangements directly to local listeners days ahead of the album’s October 9 release. Dreamy indie-folk duo Viv & Riley opens the seated performance at 4:00 PM, followed by Sharp taking the stage at 5:00 PM. Doors open along Highway 126 at 3:00 PM, offering a cozy retreat from today’s overcast mist.
Local Pulse
Council Weighs Major Baldwin Avenue Sidewalk Upgrades City Hall The proposed project adds 2,400 linear feet of continuous sidewalk and curbing between Perry Street and U.S. 70.
New Downtown Eatery Cuts Ribbon Tomorrow Business The Madness Sushi, Burger & Bar hosts its official chamber opening Monday afternoon, expanding downtown dining options.
Today's Outlook
- High 72°F · Low 59°F — Drizzle (56% chance of precipitation)
- Keep a light raincoat handy as passing drizzle keeps things mild and damp today.
What's On Around Town
Today
Jacob Sharp Album Release Show Fonta Flora Brewery at Whippoorwill Farm (6751 NC-126), 3:00 PM · $40 Intimate Appalachian folk songwriting inside the historic milking parlor.
Banned Books Week Kick-Off with Kirsten Miller McDowell County Public Library (90 W Court St), Marion, 2:00–3:00 PM · Free A hybrid author conversation launching the national awareness week.
Tomorrow
- Ribbon Cutting: The Madness Sushi, Burger & Bar The Madness Sushi, Burger & Bar (29 Logan St Ste N), Marion, 2:30–3:30 PM · Free
Tuesday
Tiny Tots Storytime Marion Branch Library (90 W Court St), Marion, 10:30–11:00 AM · Free
Abstract Assemblage with Diane Arrowhead Gallery and Studios (77 Catawba Ave), Old Fort, 1:00–4:00 PM
Adult Craft & Create: Hocus Pocus Marion Branch Library (90 W Court St), Marion, 4:00–5:00 PM · Free
Spotlight & Story
- Eugene Healan Thomason
- Supported by industrialist James B. Duke to train at New York’s Art Students League, Thomason chose a Nebo cabin in the 1930s over big-city studios. Known as the “Ashcan Artist of Appalachia,” he spent decades capturing local neighbors with vigorous, unvarnished brushwork.
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