Our music is free to the community.
Interested in supporting our arts program? Donations are appreciated.
You can learn more about our program here.
Welcome to the Cedar Mountain Canteen
We are an employee-owned public house & listening venue located at the gateway of DuPont State Forest in Cedar Mountain, NC. We are a family-friendly, pet-friendly (all dogs on leash please) public home on the Little River.
We have a variety of beverages including draft beer, wine and cider, and packaged alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (over 150 in our bottle shop.)
We host music 5 days a week and community potlucks most Thursdays and Mondays.
We strive to be a waste-free facility. We ask that you pack in what you bring and to be prepared to take your pet waste with you as well. We encourage folks to bring their own glasses and if joining a potluck we ask you bring your own reusable place setting. We always have some available if you need them and are happy to share.
We have access to the Little River and it is a wonderful spot to cool off.
We welcome all! We celebrate diversity and are always looking for ways to bring more of it to our public home and garden. We welcome you and look forward to seeing you walk through the door.
We have food to give away thanks to a donation from a local food pantry. Free to everyone!
Did you know we get regular donations from local food pantries so that we can distribute to the community? We just received cases of dried beans and would love to get them into the community. They are free to everyone. We have community potlucks and sometimes folks prepare these donations …
DONE! Thanks everyone!! Let’s send Haden to Fiddle Camp! She received a partial scholarship. Let’s make up the rest!
Well that didn’t take long! Haden is going to camp! Thanks to everyone for loving her so dearly!
Haden has been a part of the Canteen’s music scene since it started. It has been amazing to watch her grow into a teenager and to watch her grow in her music craft. …
Special Concert: Roberta Lea Sunday May 5th!
Thanks to your support of our arts program, we continue to host amazing arts events free to the community. We have an amazing show on Sunday, May 5th.
We are more than excited to welcome Roberta Lea to the Canteen! Roberta is honoring us with a performance, and we are deeply …
Weekly Community Participation Music Events
Every week, we host 3 events where folks can join in. These are lively, dynamic gatherings. You can join in or sit back and enjoy the music or visit with others and enjoy the music in the background.
Bring your instrument and join our hosts and let’s make beautiful music together.
We are Living Wage Certified!
We were honored with a visit from Just Economics WNC on Friday. We applied to be certified as a living wage employer and we met the criteria and received our certification.
Usually, the team from Just Economics brings a decal so we can put it on our door to show our …
Did you know the Little River in Cedar Mountain failed water quality tests over 60% of the time last summer?
When we opened the Canteen we wanted to make sure we honored our presence on the Little River. Our LLC is named Little Eddy in honor of the small eddy that forms in the river beside our garden.
We left our home in West Virginia because fracking destroyed our community’s clean …
Our Saturday hours are changing. Music from 7 – 9 pm
It is that time of year when we move our Saturday evening show to 7 – 9 pm and our closing time to sometime after 9. Looking forward to seeing you.