Author: Bill Lord, Executive Director

Our first annual community-building, music performance event, Carroll Creek Unplugged (CCU), is an unequivocal success! We had a respectable number of singer/acoustic musicians in the performing wing, and a sizable turnout in the audience wing. There were a lot of smiles and expressions of joy throughout what was a picture-perfect evening. Many thanks to our sponsors, donors, The Milk Mountain Band, our volunteers, and the team from Global Z. There is no shortage of people looking forward to CCU 2026. We look forward to seeing you next year at The Creek!

This week, the Frederick News-Post featured a story about Carroll Creek Unplugged accompanied by an interview with Global Z Founder & Executive Director, Dr. Bill Lord. Much appreciation to the Colin McGuire and the News-Post for their assistance in helping get the word out about our community event. By the way, the weather forecast for the event looks picture-perfect. Come on out May 25th and join in the musical fun at The Creek!

The Frederick Y Arts Center is home to a range of excellent arts offerings, including music education, a professional recording studio, and podcast programming. Recently Dr. Bill Lord was invited to chat with hosts Robin Smith and Ricole Barnes. The recording is featured in Episode 37 of the Y Arts Podcast.

Sloan School of Music has generously donated a month of music lessons – a value of $225 – to be given away to a person who registers for our May 25th community music performance event, Carroll Creek Unplugged. You must register in advance and attend the event to collect the prize! Many thanks to Sloan Music for their continued support.

May 4th, members of the Carroll Creek Unplugged Live Team met The Milk Mountain Band at Urbana Fire and Rescue (thank you Urbana F&R!) to get one last rehearsal in before our May 25th community performance event. Lucy, our Live Audio Engineer, had a chance to dial in the settings in an outside environment and has the band sounding most excellent. We are less than three weeks from the main event and everything is coming together nicely. There is plenty of time left to register!

We hope to see out at The Creek!

Where does the time go?? We are three weeks away from hosting our incredible community-building, music performance event, Carroll Creek Unplugged! A project such as this takes a lot of human resources, and as such, we are looking for a few good volunteers. Roles we are looking to fill include Volunteer Coordinator; Program Manager Assistant; General Setup Crew; Greeting Tent Crew; Stage Crew; Boundary Crew; Photo/Video Team.

We need your help! If you would like to assist Global Z in delivering this unique event to our community, please sign up for a role today and tell your friends 🙂
By the way, while you are there, feel free to join in the fun and sing along with the rest of us – see you out at the Creek!

*UPDATE* SORRY the raffle is now closed.

In support of our first annual Carroll Creek Unplugged community performance project, Jasmine Guitar by KMC Music/Jam Industries has donated a Jasmine S35 acoustic guitar. Global Z is currently offering up this lovely dreadnaught-body guitar via raffle. The S35 gets amazing reviews by owners and guitar gurus all around. The image below features the actual guitar that can be yours! Your purchase helps Global Z keep our doors open and deliver programming to our community like Carroll Creek Unplugged.

The Milk Mountain Band will lead participants through the performance of 12 popular tunes May 25th during the Carroll Creek Unplugged community performance event. In this pic, the band runs through a few musical numbers at Frederick Recording Studio as the Global Z sound team dials in the sound to ensure the audio is “just right.” Special thanks to FRS for sponsoring event! 6 weeks until showtime – don’t forget to register and bring your friends!

Global Z is excited to announce our first annual community-building, educational, music-performance event – Carroll Creek Unplugged! We invite musicians of all ages and talent levels to meet at the Carroll Creek Amphitheater in downtown Frederick, May 25th at 7:00pm to perform 12 popular songs as “one community united in song.” Participation is free, but you must register. Vocalists and acoustic stringed instruments are welcome! Please see our event website for more information and plan on joining in the fun!

Our talented and dedicated Carroll Creek Unplugged committee members met with Jade from the Frederick Downtown Partnership to do a walk-through of the Carroll Creek Amphitheater as part of our event planning process. Less than 2 months before the big community-building music performance event! For project updates and behind-the-scenes info, check this News site regularly. To register for the event, volunteer, or to become an event sponsor, please see our event website!