Internationally acclaimed bluegrass group Balsam Range performs at Lake Junaluska's Stuart Auditorium on Saturday, July 3, 2021, as part of an Independence Day Celebrations weekend! A bluegrass and acoustic music group founded in 2007 in Haywood County, N.C., Balsam Range is one of the genre's most award-winning acts. The group has garnered more than 13 International Bluegrass Music Association awards including "Entertainer of the Year" in 2014 and in 2018. Balsam Range consists of five members; on fiddle and lead tenor, Buddy Melton; on mandolin and vocals, Darren Nicholson; on stand up bass, dobro and vocals, Tim Surrett; on guitar and vocals, Caleb Smith; and on banjo, Dr. Marc Pruett.