Join us as we raise funds for our Community Supported Arts (CSA) Program to help keep music and the arts free to all!

These past 8 months have been rough.  Hurricanes and wildfires, equipment failures after being flooded, rebuilding still to be done, are a few of the things we have faced.  We still have a long way to go to get back BUT we are open and operating and ONLY because of our community’s continued help towards rebuilding.  Thank you!

As we join the community of Cedar Mountain businesses in celebrating our return, we are hosting our Community-Supported Arts fundraiser, an event we host to replenish our arts fund so that we can continue to make the arts available to the community at no cost to them.  This event was originally scheduled the week of the hurricane so we felt it a good event to host on the community’s grand re-opening.

In 2023 alone, we paid artists over $40,000.  Your support has always been amazing and it makes our community a better place and supports the arts!

Join us May 1st for a series of activities as we celebrate still being here and and our amazing community.

3 pm  Silent Auction opens

New Art Show opens

4 pm  Potluck table opens

4:30 – 5:30  Make your own Canteen t-shirt workshop.  $10 if you bring your own shirt.  $20 is we supply an up-cycled one.

6 – 8 pm  Live music with Cody and Jonlyn and Jenn and Owen

Donations will be accepted for the arts fund during the event.  You can donate anytime and even subscribe and provide a monthly donation by going here:  https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLF0QCDNCYENX/checkout/M25I6YKMFPWPOOVY3BZY5CDR?src=embed

Here at the Canteen, we really strive to never have to charge ticket prices so that music, arts, and workshops are always free and accessible to anyone and everyone. We created the Community Supported Arts Program in order to sustain the arts, pay musicians and artists fairly, and keep the arts in our community at no cost. By becoming a CSA Member, you can help us keep the arts free for all. Donate and become a member here today: https://cedarmountaincanteen.com/community-supported-arts-2023/

On May 1st we will be hosting a live music double header from local favorites Cody Hale and Jenn and Owen, and selling Canteen T-Shirts made from all natural inks and up cycled t-shirts.  We will also be hosting a community potluck dinner this evening.  Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food, for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We look forward to sharing a meal together.

Cody Hale is a singer/songwriter from Penrose, North Carolina.  He began writing music in 2010 after a career ending injury kept him off the basketball court.  He currently travels and performs with his wife, Jonlyn Linville, who plays fiddle and sings.  The duo has crafted their own sound through years of performing live music.  You will hear popular, classic songs mixed in with clever and capturing original tunes if you attend one of their shows.

Jennifer Rhea Linville and Owen Grooms play heartwarming original and traditional songs on guitar, banjo, mandolin and fiddle. Jenn grew up in Transylvania County, North Carolina and has played music there throughout her life’s journey with her family and friends, including the bands Chrysalis and The Woven. Owen plays with Pretty Little Goat and other regional bands, and teaches traditional music through the Transylvania JAM Program. Together, they offer sweet harmonies that bring ease to your soul and a smile to your face. Their debut self-titled album was released in June 2024 and features Jenn’s evocative songwriting and soulful lead vocals, traditional tunes brought to life by Owen’s unique clawhammer banjo style and lead singing, and Jenn’s beautiful harmonies. The duo is currently working towards recording their second album, Under the Hawthorn Tree, which is set to be released on June 19th.