Cedar Mountain Canteen Public House & Appalachian Cultural Center, a zero-waste, employee-owned pub, bottle shop and listening room rooted in Transylvania County, North Carolina.  We welcome everyone.  We love diversity and enjoy the richness it brings.  Please visit.

Cedar Mountain Canteen Appalachian Cultural Center

Live music at least 4 days a week – 3 community jam sessions – join in!

Over 150 craft beverages, alcoholic & non-alcoholic.  Best prices on the mountain!  Free vegan food daily.

Bring the family and play in the Little River!  Great way to spend a summer day!

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We are deeply honored to be included as a venue on the Blue Ridge Music Trail.

Thank you to everyone who supports our music program. We are so grateful!

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Our music is free to the community.

Interested in supporting our arts program? Donations are appreciated.  Every bit helps.

You can learn more about our program here.

News

We are back to regular hours.

Well the snow plows have done wonders and we are back to normal operating hours.  See you this evening for music and a potluck and tomorrow morning for coffee/tea and music.  Hope everyone is warm and enjoying the beauty.

January 13th, 2025|

We will be closed today due to snow

Well, the roads are covered already! It is beautiful and been a long time since we have seen snow. The Canteen will not open today. Our hope is to open tomorrow at 2 pm as normal. We will post our status tomorrow. If you don’t see an update it probably …

January 10th, 2025|

Current Art Show: Jill Whalen

Jill Whalen

Being in nature has always been a source of comfort and inspiration for me. I grew up in North Carolina, making regular visits to our mountains and beaches throughout my life, and taking every opportunity to immerse myself in the natural world.  I feel incredibly fortunate to be living here in Western …

January 7th, 2025|

Closed today due to flooding

We will be closed today due to flooding.  See you tomorrow.  Please stay safe! Thinking of our fire and rescue volunteers and hoping they don’t have to respond today and stay safe and dry as well.  Jazz is canceled tomorrow as well.  Trivia is on as of now.

September 26th, 2024|

Join us September 13th for a Pride Potluck!

Celebrate pride and community acceptance with us on September 13th, 6-8pm. We will be hosting a potluck dinner this evening.  Please bring a non-disposable place setting and a covered dish.  If you don’t have food to bring for any reason, we are …

August 27th, 2024|

Events

Events are held rain or shine. In event of rain, events are held indoors.

Bluegrass Jam with Bruce Threlkeld

July 25 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us every Saturday afternoon from 2:00-4:00 for some fun
singing, pickin’ and grinning!

This jam will cater to musicians who love Bluegrass music, in it’s
traditional and non-trad styles. …

Mountain Music Jam

July 26 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

This is an acoustic jam featuring mostly old time fiddle tunes led by different community members. Come bring an instrument and join in on the fun, or …

Marc Brown returns to the  Cedar Mountain Canteen to share his collection of old songs by interesting people. Cool old tunes you never knew you knew. Think …

Song Swap with Paddle Faster

July 30 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Got a song (or three) to share? Come to the Cedar Mountain Canteen’s Song Swap.

Prepare your songs to bring to the group, and help lead those who …

Bluegrass Jam with Bruce Threlkeld

August 1 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us every Saturday afternoon from 2:00-4:00 for some fun
singing, pickin’ and grinning!

This jam will cater to musicians who love Bluegrass music, in it’s
traditional and non-trad styles. …

Mountain Music Jam

August 2 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

This is an acoustic jam featuring mostly old time fiddle tunes led by different community members. Come bring an instrument and join in on the fun, or …

Trivia

August 5 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us every other Wednesday for Trivia!  Super fun and super relaxed.  We look forward to laughing together.


We strive to waste nothing.  Want to help?  Bring your own glass/cup.  It is that simple.

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We are pet friendly.  Well behaved dogs on leash are welcome in our garden.  We are a zero-waste, pack-it-in, pack-it-out public house.  Please be prepared to take your waste with you.