Carolina Music Ways: Forsyth County

Forsyth County's largest city of Winston-Salem is known as the "City of the Arts." The city and county have a distinguished and unique arts heritage. Forsyth County is home to the nation's first arts council, as well as the first publically-funded high school and college for the performing arts, the North Carolina School of the Arts, whose graduates include some of the country's finest musicians, actors, and dancers. Forsyth County is also home to outstanding heritage musicians. Jazz, blues, bluegrass, gospel, Moravian, and old-time stringband music are performed every day of the year in a variety of settings, including music clubs, parks, historic sites, restaurants, and downtown streets.

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For more county arts information, contact:

Arts Council of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County:

(336) 722-2585

Email: info@intothearts.org

Web: www.intothearts.org

For information on thematic recorded drive tours of Winston-Salem and surrounding counties, contact:

Cultural Corridors

Winston-Salem Visitor Center

(866) 728-4200; (336) 728-4211

Web: www.culturalcorridors.com

Other county attractions include:

Old Salem:
(336) 721-7300
(888) 348-5420
www.oldsalem.org

The Children's Museum at Old Salem:
(336) 721-7300
(888) 348-5420
www.oldsalem.org

Delta Arts Center:
(336) 722-2625

Diggs Gallery at Winston-Salem State University/ John Biggers Murals:
(336) 750-2458
www.wssu.edu/diggs

Downtown Winston-Salem Arts District:
(336) 761-1955
e-mail info@dadaws.org to request e-newsletter

Web: www.dadaws.org

Historic Bethabara Park:
(336) 924-8191
www.bethabarapark.org

Korner's Folly:
(336) 996-7922
www.kornersfolly.org

Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA):
(336) 721-7300; (888) 348-5420
www.mesda.org

Reynolda House, Museum of American Art:
(336) 725-5325
www.reynoldahouse.org

Reynolda Gardens

www.wfu.edu/gardens/

Museum of Anthropology at Wake Forest University:
(336) 759-5282
www.wfu.edu/MOA

SciWorks:
(336) 767-6730
www.sciworks.org

Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA):
(336) 725-1904
www.secca.org

Tanglewood Park:
(336) 778-6300
www.tanglewoodpark.org

Westbend Vineyards:
(336) 945-5032
www.westbendvineyards.com

West End Historic District:
www.w-sfrontporch.com

For information on lodgings and attractions, please contact:

Winston-Salem Visitors Center/Winston-Salem Convention and Visitors Bureau
(866) 728-4200; (336) 728-4200
Fax: (336) 728-4220
e-mail: info@wscvb.com
Web: www.visitwinstonsalem.com

For a road map of Forsyth County, visit www.ncdcr.gov/maps.htm and click on “Western Region.”

County roadways running north/south include I-77, I-85, US 52, US 311, US 421, NC 8, NC 67, and NC 65. East/west roadways include I-40, Business I-40, US 158, NC 66, and NC 150.

Towns & Communities: Winston-Salem, with its population of almost 200,000 residents, is the county's commercial and residential center. Other towns and communities include Kernersville, Walkertown, Belews Creek, Rural Hall, Stanleyville, Tobaccoville, Bethania, Pfafftown, Vienna, Lewisville, Clemmons.