Your family-friendly neighborhood public house & listening room

Zero-waste Taproom and Bottle Shop:  Over 150 beverages, alcoholic & non-alcoholic.  Live music every day.

We are an employee-owned cooperative & living wage certified.

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Jason DeCristofaro Jazz series with Reggie Headen (vocals)

Jason hosts our Jazz series every Thursday from 2 - 4 pm through August 4th.  Plans are to continue the series on another day and time.  We will announce the details as soon as we have them finalized.  Thanks for supporting our artists! Thursday July 21:  Reggie Headen (vocals) Thursday July 28:  Bill Berg ...

Lillie Syracuse presents the Wilder Flower

The Wilder Flower is an all-girl Trio from the Western Carolinas. Growing up in the thick of bluegrass and old time, they have encompassed an array of awards and accomplishments. They met at an old-time fiddling competition where Madline took the State Championship in fiddle, Molly has placed first in banjo, and ...

Mountain Music Jam

Hosted by Phil McGlynn.  Folks bring their instruments and sit in a circle and jam.  A great afternoon of music.

Owen Grooms music series with John Trufant

John Trufant and Owen Grooms play tunes and songs from the catalog of Doc Watson and Bill Monroe with that simplicity and intimacy of mandolin and guitar. They also present some of John's own original music and highlight John's soulful voice.

Jason DeCristofaro Jazz series with Bill Berg (drums)

Jason hosts our Jazz series every Thursday from 2 - 4 pm through August 4th.  Plans are to continue the series on another day and time.  We will announce the details as soon as we have them finalized.  Thanks for supporting our artists! Thursday July 28:  Bill Berg (drums) Thursday August 4:  Steve ...

Lillie Syracuse presents Kevin Spears

Hailed by many as one of the best kalimba players alive today, Kevin Spears musical gifts have astounded audiences around the world and rewritten what is possible on this exotic musical instrument.  ​ Playing since the age of 10, Spears' takes the kalimba, a traditional African instrument and masterfully weaves horns, bass, ...

Mountain Music Jam

Hosted by Phil McGlynn.  Folks bring their instruments and sit in a circle and jam.  A great afternoon of music.

Community Potluck

Join us for a community potluck from 6 - 8 pm.  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 with you.

Jason DeCristofaro Jazz series with Steve Wilson (trombone), rain or shine

Jason hosts our Jazz series every Thursday from 2 - 4 pm through August 4th.  Plans are to continue the series on another day and time.  We will announce the details as soon as we have them finalized.  Thanks for supporting our artists! Thursday August 4:  Steve Wilson (trombone)

Community Potluck

Join us for a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. 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 with you.

Mountain Music Jam

Hosted by Phil McGlynn.  Folks bring their instruments and sit in a circle and jam.  A great afternoon of music.

Owen Grooms’ Monday Music Series with Mark Wingate

Mark grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, learning to play music with some neighborhood friends, eventually forming the bluegrass band Chicken Hot Rod and playing colleges all over the eastern states. He met Sally, a fine Scruggs-style banjo player, in 1970 around a campfire at a bluegrass festival. A few years later, ...

Community Potluck

Join us for a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. 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 with you.

Lillie Syracuse hosts After hours in the Listening room with Moon Water

The mother/daughter country duo whose tight blood harmonies drive the music came to be when Jenny Renee, a single mom, relocated her two kids, Blu Belle and Bud, from New York City to a remote cabin in Western North Carolina during the pandemic. There, they wrote songs on the porch inspired by ...

Mountain Music Jam

Hosted by Phil McGlynn.  Folks bring their instruments and sit in a circle and jam.  A great afternoon of music.

Owen Grooms Music Series with Hazel Ketchum

Hazel Ketchum is the Artistic Director for Mountain School of Strings and Music Teacher at Rosman Middle & High School where she teaches Chorus, Guitar and Appalachian Music. Hazel plays guitar, lute, drums, banjo, fiddle, piano, sings and is a composer. Hazel is most recently back from a tour in Ecuador where ...

Community Potluck

Join us for a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. 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 with you.

RIchard Hardy & Evelyn Hardy – Blue Skyline Duo

The Blue Skyline Duo Reborn during the pandemic after a 30-year hiatus, Richard and Evelyn are an acoustic duo who enjoy performing a selection of Americana songs along with a few originals. Both Richard and Evelyn play guitar and sing while Richard also adds fiddle, harmonica and fiddle and performs a few ...

Community Potluck

Join us for a community potluck from 6 – 8 pm. 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 with you.

Jason DeCristofaro’s Friday afternoon Jazz Series with Lynn Beach Smith

Jason DeCristofaro's Friday afternoon Jazz Series is bringing Lynn Beach Smith back to the Canteen.  Lynn is a power house and holds nothing back when she sings.  She brought chills down my spine as she filled our listening room with her passionate and joyful voice.  We are grateful Jason is bringing her ...

Lillie Syracuse hosts After hours in the Listening room with the Buffalo Kings

Singer/Songwriter Lillie Syracuse 7-7:45 and Buffalo Kings 8-9 Buffalo Kings is a soul/pop/funk rock band that came together on the streets of Asheville, NC. The band was organically formed when singer/songwriter Trevor Darden met drummer Will Carr while Trevor was busking Downtown. The two sparked an instant friendship, and started playing music ...

Mountain Music Jam

Hosted by Phil McGlynn.  Folks bring their instruments and sit in a circle and jam.  A great afternoon of music.