Corey Smith books a Friday at the Harvester in Rocky Mount on Feb. 19

The Georgia songwriter, who plays more than 100 shows a year, brings that road-tested set to one of the most intimate rooms in the region for $37.

A Corey Smith show is usually a sing-along. The Harvester is a room where you can hear the person next to you sing along. Put those together on Friday, Feb. 19, and you get something you can't get in an amphitheater.

Corey Smith plays the Harvester Performance Center in Rocky Mount on Friday, Feb. 19, 2027. The Harvester's own events page lists general admission at $37, with doors at 7 p.m. and the night wrapping up around 10. The venue says doors open about an hour before showtime. Tickets are on Tixr, the Harvester's ticketing partner. The date was announced Oct. 20.

Smith is a Georgia singer-songwriter with a story fans tend to know. His own bio says he worked briefly as a high school teacher after graduating from the University of Georgia, then turned to music full time. The same page calls him a touring powerhouse who often plays more than 100 shows a year. That habit shapes the shows. Songs get sharpened on the road, and the crowd ends up knowing the words.

His most recent album is *Suburban Drawl*, released Nov. 10, 2023, on Undertone Records. It was recorded at Nashville's Sound Emporium and produced by singer-songwriter Erik Dylan. Nothing on his site points to a new record tied to this date, so expect a set built from the catalog and from what he has been road-testing lately, not an album rollout.

A songwriter who plays 100 nights a year, in a room where every seat is close.

The room is the reason this one stands out. The Harvester at 450 Franklin St. in downtown Rocky Mount is small: the venue says it seats up to 424 or holds 700 standing. For an artist who regularly plays much bigger stages, that is an unusually close look. It is also easy to reach from Roanoke, Smith Mountain Lake or Martinsville.

The FAQ covers seating, parking and policies. Read it before you go, especially if you are deciding between a seat and standing room.

Plan the night simply. Get to Franklin Street early, find dinner nearby, and be inside by 7 when the doors open. A $37 ticket to see a songwriter at this level, in a room this size, on a Friday, is a good deal in any year. With only a few hundred tickets for the whole region, don't wait until January.

Sources: Harvester Performance Center: Events (harvester-music.com); Harvester Performance Center (harvester-music.com); Harvester Performance Center: FAQ (harvester-music.com); Tixr: Corey Smith at the Harvester (tixr.com); Corey Smith: About (coreysmith.com); Corey Smith: Music (coreysmith.com)