The Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame will honor those involved with music of any kind who were either born or active within the greater Blue Ridge Mountains area running from north Georgia to northern Virginia or who contributed to the music associated with traditions of the Blue Ridge, such as ballads, old-time, bluegrass and gospel. The Hall of Fame will honor commercial recording artists, pioneers, revivalists, songwriters, those who have contributed as side musicians, traditional dancers and callers, scholars, promoters, journalists, educators, and broadcast personalities.