Allen Hopkins

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MACHIAS — The Cattaraugus County Museum’s “Summer at the Stone House” event series continues its 2026 schedule July 23 with a performance by Rochester-based musician and educator Allen Hopkins, dealing with 250 years of American folk music.

Hopkins has been a regular participant in our summer programming for several years, and never fails to entertain the crowds. For over 40 years he has been playing a wide variety of audiences. Primarily a folk musician, he is fluent in American traditional, Celtic instrumental, blues, bluegrass, old time and contemporary.

Included in Hopkins’ musical repertoire are guitar, banjo, mandolins of all sizes, Autoharp, English concertina, harmonica, bass (acoustic and electric), Dobro, Appalachian dulcimer, ukulele, and other odd instruments from tiple to kalimba.

Titled “A Semiquincentennial of American Song,” this program is the second of three that the museum is hosting to fit with the theme of America’s 250th birthday. St. Bonaventure University professor Chris Mackowski will speak at  7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10 at 7 p.m. on the history of Independence Day.

The program will begin at 7 p.m. and will take place under a tent on the museum lawn, rain or shine. Some seating will be available, but attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs if they wish. This event is free and open to the public.

For those unable to attend in person, this event will be livestreamed on the museum’s YouTube channel. A link to the livestream will be posted on the museum Facebook page nearer the date of the event.

The Cattaraugus County Museum is located in the Stone House, 9824 Route 16, in Machias. For more information, visit www.cattco.org/museum or call (716) 353-8200.