Swannanoa Gathering
Weeklong creative retreat on a college campus with hands on workshops, jam sessions, and peer learning across multiple instruments and arts disciplines. Built around communal meals, late night picking circles, and skill building in a camp like setting.
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A multi-day roots gathering centered on bluegrass and Americana, drawing devoted fans for high-energy picking and harmonies. Set on the expansive Tryon International grounds for an outdoor festival atmosphere and late-summer evening sets.
A multi-day roots gathering centered on bluegrass and Americana, drawing devoted fans for high-energy picking and harmonies. Set on the expansive Tryon International grounds for an outdoor festival atmosphere and late-summer evening sets.
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Weekly participatory traditional music jam where players trade tunes in an easygoing, come as you are session. Hosted by Warren Wilson College inside a Riverside Drive brewery taproom for community hangouts and shared melodies.
Weekly participatory traditional music jam where players trade tunes in an easygoing, come as you are session. Hosted by Warren Wilson College inside a Riverside Drive brewery taproom for community hangouts and shared melodies.
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A blues-forward festival night in a beloved Black Mountain listening room, built around gritty guitar licks, soulful vocals, and a lively crowd. Expect a community gathering vibe with late-night energy and danceable grooves.
A blues-forward festival night in a beloved Black Mountain listening room, built around gritty guitar licks, soulful vocals, and a lively crowd. Expect a community gathering vibe with late-night energy and danceable grooves.
A blues-forward festival night in a beloved Black Mountain listening room, built around gritty guitar licks, soulful vocals, and a lively crowd. Expect a community gathering vibe with late-night energy and danceable grooves.
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A weekly traditional roots jam gathers local pickers and listeners for an informal, community-centered session in a brewery taproom. Proceeds support the Warren Wilson Music Scholarship Fund while strengthening Asheville’s roots music scene.
A weekly traditional roots jam gathers local pickers and listeners for an informal, community-centered session in a brewery taproom. Proceeds support the Warren Wilson Music Scholarship Fund while strengthening Asheville’s roots music scene.
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Immersive, aromatic workshop exploring ritual herbalism and plant medicine techniques; participants learn hands on medicine making, ceremonial uses, and seasonal local herb identification in a guided, beginner friendly format emphasizing embodied practice and community ritual.
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An intensive two-week, hands-on bootcamp focused on traditional seat weaving and chair caning techniques. Build practical repair skills with guided instruction in a dedicated weaving studio in Weaverville.
An intensive two-week, hands-on bootcamp focused on traditional seat weaving and chair caning techniques. Build practical repair skills with guided instruction in a dedicated weaving studio in Weaverville.
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Raw community blues jams start with a stripped back front porch style acoustic circle, then shift into a plugged in electric set as the room heats up. Expect rotating players, call and response energy, and rootsy tradition keeping.
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Traditional barn dancing set to lively bluegrass tunes in a scenic working farm setting. Expect a fellowship-focused evening of rustic celebration, local flavor, and shared feasting in WNC farmland.
Traditional barn dancing set to lively bluegrass tunes in a scenic working farm setting. Expect a fellowship-focused evening of rustic celebration, local flavor, and shared feasting in WNC farmland.
Traditional barn dancing set to lively bluegrass tunes in a scenic working farm setting. Expect a fellowship-focused evening of rustic celebration, local flavor, and shared feasting in WNC farmland.
An immersive herbalism foundations session focused on plant identification, basic preparations like teas and tinctures, and safe use guidelines. Expect hands-on learning geared toward building practical home apothecary skills and confidence.
An immersive herbalism foundations session focused on plant identification, basic preparations like teas and tinctures, and safe use guidelines. Expect hands-on learning geared toward building practical home apothecary skills and confidence.
An immersive herbalism foundations session focused on plant identification, basic preparations like teas and tinctures, and safe use guidelines. Expect hands-on learning geared toward building practical home apothecary skills and confidence.
Celtic-leaning traditional Irish tunes fill a downtown pub as skilled players from across Western North Carolina trade jigs, reels, and slow airs. A casual session vibe invites listening, toe-tapping, and community connection.
Celtic-leaning traditional Irish tunes fill a downtown pub as skilled players from across Western North Carolina trade jigs, reels, and slow airs. A casual session vibe invites listening, toe-tapping, and community connection.
Celtic-leaning traditional Irish tunes fill a downtown pub as skilled players from across Western North Carolina trade jigs, reels, and slow airs. A casual session vibe invites listening, toe-tapping, and community connection.
Toe-tapping bluegrass collides with soaring choral harmonies in a front porch meets concert hall mashup. Expect heart-lifting community energy inside a church sanctuary with sing-along spirit and Appalachian roots.
Toe-tapping bluegrass collides with soaring choral harmonies in a front porch meets concert hall mashup. Expect heart-lifting community energy inside a church sanctuary with sing-along spirit and Appalachian roots.
Toe-tapping bluegrass collides with soaring choral harmonies in a front porch meets concert hall mashup. Expect heart-lifting community energy inside a church sanctuary with sing-along spirit and Appalachian roots.
Unplugged bluegrass jam circles fill the taproom with fiddles, banjos, mandolins, and guitars in a participatory acoustic session. Bring an instrument or listen over craft ales, with patio picking on fair-weather evenings.
Unplugged bluegrass jam circles fill the taproom with fiddles, banjos, mandolins, and guitars in a participatory acoustic session. Bring an instrument or listen over craft ales, with patio picking on fair-weather evenings.
Unplugged bluegrass jam circles fill the taproom with fiddles, banjos, mandolins, and guitars in a participatory acoustic session. Bring an instrument or listen over craft ales, with patio picking on fair-weather evenings.
A weeklong herbalism immersion in the mountains near Asheville centered on learning directly from medicinal plants in forests and meadows. Expect daily field study in Appalachian botany and hands-on plant identification in a living outdoor classroom.
A weeklong herbalism immersion in the mountains near Asheville centered on learning directly from medicinal plants in forests and meadows. Expect daily field study in Appalachian botany and hands-on plant identification in a living outdoor classroom.
A weeklong herbalism immersion in the mountains near Asheville centered on learning directly from medicinal plants in forests and meadows. Expect daily field study in Appalachian botany and hands-on plant identification in a living outdoor classroom.
Hands-on rhythm and creative-skills camp for elementary-aged learners, combining hand drumming, body percussion, movement, and collaborative visual art projects to build musical timing, improvisation, and creative confidence in a small-group summer program.
Hands-on rhythm and creative-skills camp for elementary-aged learners, combining hand drumming, body percussion, movement, and collaborative visual art projects to build musical timing, improvisation, and creative confidence in a small-group summer program.
Hands-on rhythm and creative-skills camp for elementary-aged learners, combining hand drumming, body percussion, movement, and collaborative visual art projects to build musical timing, improvisation, and creative confidence in a small-group summer program.
A weekly open jam on the taproom stage where any musician can sit in alongside rotating guest hosts and touring players. Expect a relaxed, community hang with pints flowing before the 6:30pm start and no cover.
A weekly open jam on the taproom stage where any musician can sit in alongside rotating guest hosts and touring players. Expect a relaxed, community hang with pints flowing before the 6:30pm start and no cover.
A weekly open jam on the taproom stage where any musician can sit in alongside rotating guest hosts and touring players. Expect a relaxed, community hang with pints flowing before the 6:30pm start and no cover.
Old-time mountain and folk tunes spill through a cozy downtown pub as musicians trade traditional melodies in an informal jam. Expect a communal, acoustic string-driven atmosphere rooted in Appalachian tradition.
Old-time mountain and folk tunes spill through a cozy downtown pub as musicians trade traditional melodies in an informal jam. Expect a communal, acoustic string-driven atmosphere rooted in Appalachian tradition.
Old-time mountain and folk tunes spill through a cozy downtown pub as musicians trade traditional melodies in an informal jam. Expect a communal, acoustic string-driven atmosphere rooted in Appalachian tradition.
Fresh seasonal produce and handmade goods fill The Hub with local farmers, makers, and small businesses. A community-first market focused on economic opportunity, mutual support, and keeping money circulating locally and inclusively.
Fresh seasonal produce and handmade goods fill The Hub with local farmers, makers, and small businesses. A community-first market focused on economic opportunity, mutual support, and keeping money circulating locally and inclusively.
Fresh seasonal produce and handmade goods fill The Hub with local farmers, makers, and small businesses. A community-first market focused on economic opportunity, mutual support, and keeping money circulating locally and inclusively.
Old time mountain and folk jam tunes fill a downtown pub, with fiddles, banjos, and guitars trading traditional melodies. A community oriented, come as you are atmosphere welcomes pickers and listeners alike.
Old time mountain and folk jam tunes fill a downtown pub, with fiddles, banjos, and guitars trading traditional melodies. A community oriented, come as you are atmosphere welcomes pickers and listeners alike.
Old time mountain and folk jam tunes fill a downtown pub, with fiddles, banjos, and guitars trading traditional melodies. A community oriented, come as you are atmosphere welcomes pickers and listeners alike.
Raw community blues night that starts as a stripped back, front porch style acoustic jam circle, then shifts into a plugged in late set with hotter, amplified Dark City blues. Musicians and listeners trade grooves in an intimate listening room.
Raw community blues night that starts as a stripped back, front porch style acoustic jam circle, then shifts into a plugged in late set with hotter, amplified Dark City blues. Musicians and listeners trade grooves in an intimate listening room.
Raw community blues night that starts as a stripped back, front porch style acoustic jam circle, then shifts into a plugged in late set with hotter, amplified Dark City blues. Musicians and listeners trade grooves in an intimate listening room.