Libba Cotten Day Celebration

Name: Libba Cotten Day Celebration
Start: 2025-01-05T13:00:00-05:00
Location: 100 N Greensboro St, Carrboro, NC 27510-2016, United States

Schedule

Sun, 05 Jan, 2025 at 01:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

100 N Greensboro St, Carrboro, NC 27510-2016, United States | Carrboro, NC

CARRBORO, N.C. – Legendary North Carolina musician Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten is being feted by her hometown with her very own day on her upcoming birthday anniversary.
Mayor Barbara Foushee is officially proclaiming Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, as “Libba Cotten Day” in Carrboro.
The Town of Carrboro invites community to enjoy a special event featuring Brenda Evans, the great-granddaughter of Elizabeth Cotten, for songs and remembrances at 1 p.m. Sunday, at the Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St. Evans was only 11 years old when she performed as a vocalist featured on the album Shake Sugaree.
The Town of Carrboro is also pleased to announce that joining in music, song, and the sharing of family stories are the great-great grandchildren of Ms. Cotten -- Jordan, Jared and John Evans of Charlotte, N.C. Join us for this special celebration of her life and legacy!
Born on Jan. 5, 1893, Cotten wrote her signature song “Freight Train” about the train she could hear from her childhood home on Lloyd Street in Carrboro, North Carolina. Cotten's talents as guitarist and songwriter came to light while she was working in the home of the Seeger family, who encouraged her career as a professional musician. Cotten toured across the country, recording several albums and winning a Grammy Award and a National Heritage Fellowship before her death in 1987.