[upbeat jazz music] [upbeat jazz music continues] [upbeat jazz music continues] [upbeat jazz music continues] - It's like whenever you come into Bynum, it's like stepping back 50 years in time.

The houses are over 100 years old.

This is where the hub was.

You could come down here at any time of day and there would be four or five men sitting around discussing everything.

They solved the world problems.

A phrase that our storyteller likes to use, "If these walls could talk, they would have a lot to say."

[upbeat jazz music continues] ♪ Where somebody waits for me ♪ ♪ Sugar's sweet and so is she ♪ ♪ Bye bye blackbird ♪ ♪ No one here can love and understand me ♪ ♪ Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me ♪ ♪ Make my bed and light the light ♪ ♪ I'll be home late tonight ♪ ♪ Blackbird bye bye ♪ - The goal is to keep the store as a community center to have people gather at the music series to meet their neighbors and make new friends and just have a night of entertainment that is enjoyable.

♪ They're always asking me about you darling ♪ ♪ And it hurts me so to tell 'em that you're gone ♪ - Well, it's a very welcoming venue.

They can bring their own lawn chairs, bring a picnic.

We try to have a food truck of some sort, so people can come eat.

[food sizzling] It's a Southern thing.

If you provide food, they will come and if you provide music, that can only be that much better.

[banjo playing] ♪ Woke up this morning ♪ ♪ Happy as could be ♪ ♪ I looked out my window ♪ ♪ What did I see ♪ ♪ Coming up the sidewalk ♪ ♪ Just plain as day ♪ ♪ Here comes trouble ♪ ♪ And I hadn't seen her since she went away ♪ - Bluegrass is our staple, so we'll have maybe four, five bluegrass bands, 'cause a lot of people around here do like bluegrass, but then we mix it up.

We'll have country music, jazz, indie rock.

- These guys rolled in from Raleigh.

They play for the hat.

There will be a large, overweight, intimidating man in a green shirt standing in front of you.

Please give what you can in terms of whatever you can afford.

Thank you much.

[slow rock music] [slow rock music continues] ♪ Sounded low with your ♪ - We sell ice cream, we sell drinks.

We're not a money-making organization.

All of the funds that we gather go to the operation, the overhead of the infrastructure, and then all of the other monies go to scholarships or to benefit people within the community.

[upbeat jazz music] - Check out the live music on the front porch of the Bynum Historic General Store on Friday nights from the first Friday in May until the end of August.

They also offer storytelling, a Bluegrass Jam, and other things to do all year-round.

The Bynum store is at 950 Bynum Road, just outside Pittsboro.

For more information, go to bynumfrontporch.org.