Join us for a night of music from Owen Grooms and Jenn Linville as well as 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 ...

Beginning March 30th, Richard Hardy will be hosting The Song Circle at the Cedar Mountain Canteen Thursday 6 - 8 pm Come join the Cedar Mountain Music Community Looking for a place to play and sing your selection of songs? We will play both covers and originals Want to meet other musicians ...

The Paper Crowns Electric Band: Spiro & Nicole Nicolopoulos have returned to their jam and psychedelic roots with their 5 piece electric ensemble The Paper Crowns Electric Band.  Their songs are a medley of blues, psychedelic and Southern rock, folk and funk - steeped in the tastiest traditions of American music.  The ...

Join us for a night of music with Lillie Syracuse and Zaq Squares. Show is from 7-9pm. This reflects Lillie's seasonal time change for her series to support later arrival times during the spring. summer, and fall months. Zaq’s songwriting is a buffet of food you never knew existed but can’t stop ...

Jacob Goins is a poet who dresses his words in delicate melody, carefully designed. Born and raised in the Appalachians, Jacob fashions folk music that shares in the gentleness, the rise and fall, and the golden peacefulness of the North Carolina mountains. His writing is born of woods, of the emergence and ...

Bob Strain (keys), Connor Law (bass) and Jason DeCristofaro (drums) The 21st Century Music Series at the Cedar Mountain Canteen will feature pianist and composer Bob Strain performing 2 sets of his original jazz piano trio music, accompanied by Connor Law (bass) and Jason DeCristofaro (drums). 2 PM to 4 PM, and ...

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 ...

Jackson Grimm marries folk pop melodies with the lonesome sound of traditional Appalachian music. Grimm lives in Asheville, North Carolina, and can be found playing solo or around Western North Carolina with bluegrass band, The Bull Moose Party. The band is also the band on Grimm's latest album by the same name, "The Bull Moose Party." ...

Much like our Sunday afternoon Mountain Music jams, the song circle is a way for musicians to learn together and play together.  Thursday's song circle gives individual artists the ability to perform and they can invite the group to join them or individuals in the group to play along.  Each artist in ...

Dan Keller (guitar), Connor Law (bass) and Jason DeCristofaro (vibes) Since the first Friday of February this year, every Friday has featured original music by local, regional and national artists!  The trend continues this week with two local staples of the WNC jazz scene:  guitarist Dan Keller and bassist Connor Law!  I ...

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Preacher Boxlunch aka Johnny V, the one subject poet, that subject being Deacon Lunchbox, played the accordion with the Hogtown Squealers, performing oldtime music in Western NC for many years with the band. He is currently presenting spoken word poetry, vintage country and oldtime tunes with a unique style, energetic delivery, and ...

Much like our Sunday afternoon Mountain Music jams, the song circle is a way for musicians to learn together and play together.  Thursday's song circle gives individual artists the ability to perform and they can invite the group to join them or individuals in the group to play along.  Each artist in ...

Craig Kellberg (bass and hurdy gurdy), Danny Iannucci (bass) and Jason DeCristofaro (percussion)

Part carnival barker, part preacher. Part con man, part mystic. David Earl's Southern American Roots Rock is born of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. Compared to the Band, the Boss, and even Lucinda Williams, Dearl's potent songwriting and powerful performances have a transcendent effect on music lovers across the ...

Join us as we welcome Daniel, owner of Perra Loca Produce to the Canteen on Mondays! Perra Loca Produce A local, small organic farm located in Happy Acres, Brevard. They will have free-range eggs, fresh fruits and veggies every week!

Barrett Davis was born here in the mountains of WNC and grew up as a folk musician. Barrett writes: "American roots music is my passion, my life. The culture and beauty of the Appalachian mountains has served me a lifetime of inspiration as I continue to express my life through music. I ...

Peter Dimery (tenor saxophone), Shannon Hoover (bass) and Jason DeCristofaro (drums)

Lillie will be joined by friends Larry O'Brien (guitar), Gus O'Brien (guitar), Hazel Ketchum (Drums), and Mark McDaniel (Bass) for a night of honoring and jamming on some Fleetwood Mac gold. Lillie will start the evening off with a few of her original songs and poems then will close the night out ...