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.

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News

Halloween costume party with a rockin band!

Jason’s jazz series brings an afternoon of amazing jazz every Friday from 2 – 4 pm except on October 27th his show will be from 7-9 pm complete with a Halloween costume party! Get your costume ready!

During good weather, the shows are held on our outdoor stage. Otherwise, the shows …

October 1st, 2023|

Community Supported Arts program announced

Several months ago we invited members of our community to get together in a focus group setting and discuss ways we can improve our community arts program and improve the quality of life of the artists who provide us with so much.

Over a dozen community members came together and so …

September 15th, 2023|

Labor Day Week Festival highlights

What an amazing week of music, arts and whimsy we enjoyed during Downtown Cedar Mountain’s Whimsical Festival from August 30th to September 5th.

Wednesday kicked off the event with a curated audience performance from Kathryn O’Shea’s band.  This is the first time we have put together a curated audience for a …

September 8th, 2023|

New Schedule for the Pop-up Farm at the Cedar Mountain Canteen

 

Pop-up farm stand this Monday, August  14th, at 4 pm at the Cedar Mountain Canteen

4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

New Schedule:
Saturday’s Starting on August 19th  from
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Labor Day Festival:
Monday September 4th from
4:00 pm- 7:00pm

This will be Daniel’s last day for the season.

Join us as we welcome Daniel, owner …

August 9th, 2023|

Thank You To Our Neighborhood!

We are eternally grateful for all of the support we receive from our community. It warms our hearts to know the community values us as much as we value them.
Thank you so much!
July 24th, 2023|

The Canteen’s Mission, Goals and Objectives. Part of our conversion to employee-ownership

Cedar Mountain Canteen’s calling
(mission)

To provide a public home to our community that offers comfort and nourishment.
Comfort in knowing we are focused on sustainability, resiliency and the arts.
Nourishment to the mind, soul and body.

Sustainability and resiliency goals & objectives

Goal: Zero-waste
1. Reduce, reuse
2. Community brings their own place …

July 19th, 2023|

Interested in being part of our focus group (of sorts) as we navigate changes to worker-ownership and community sponsored arts?

We are bringing together members of our community interested in sharing their thoughts as we transition to a worker-owned business and a community-sponsored arts venue.  Would you be interested in sharing with our team?  Let us know by emailing us at LittleEddyLLC@gmail.com or stop in and let us know.  …

June 5th, 2023|

Pre-order a case and receive a 10% discount

“How do you get such a variety of beverages?”  Folks ask us that a lot.  We have about 20 distributors we work with and the selection available is honestly mind boggling.

Is there a beverage you are looking for?  Let us know.  We do special orders all the time.  If you …

May 15th, 2023|

Owen Grooms teaching private lessons at the Canteen

Owen Grooms, our Monday evening music host, is now providing private clawhammer banjo, mandolin, and beginning guitar lessons at the Canteen, during the hours we are closed.

Interested?  Contact Owen at (828)242-1976 or owen.grooms@gmail.com.

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May 11th, 2023|

We are a listening room.  What does that mean?

Three days a week (Friday, Saturday and Monday), we host 2 hours of music that is designed as a performance where we ask the community present to quiet themselves, relax and listen.

We have amazing artists who bless our space with their talents, from visual to performance art.

We often witness a …

May 3rd, 2023|

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.