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

Spring Planting Fest

Transylvania Shares and Moving to Conservers Spring Planting Festival at the Cedar Mountain Canteen
10771 Greenville Highway, Cedar Mountain, NC 28717

March 19th 2 – 4 pm

Let’s get ready for planting food! Transylvania Shares will be onsite with equipment from their library and expertise from their members to help you get …

February 28th, 2022|

We are looking for an used NSF certified stainless steel table

When we opened the Canteen we focused on equipping and building it up with as much reused materials as possible.  We still have that focus.  Almost all of our upgrades have been done by reusing existing resources.  We are currently looking for an used NSF certified stainless steel table.  If …

January 17th, 2022|

Snow day!

Just a quick note to let you know we will be closed today because of the snow.  Be safe. Have fun!

 

January 17th, 2022|

We are now filling mason jar “growlers”

We have 14 beverages on draft and most are delivered by the local breweries themselves.  We absolutely love our local breweries and appreciate their service out to us.  Many of their beverages are only available in draft and many of you have asked if we fill growlers.  We looked into …

December 26th, 2021|

Better Bottles Beer Tasting

We have so many beverages folks have been asking if we would host tastings.  Sure!

We will host our first tasting Saturday December 11th from 3 – 4 pm.  We will taste 4 of our top end bottled beverages.  The fee is $20 and space is limited.  Reservations are recommended.  Wine …

December 6th, 2021|

Cedar Mountain Community Holiday Celebration

Join the Cedar Mountain Community for a Holiday Market celebration December 11th starting at 11 am.  Studio 276 will have vendors onsite.  We have an amazing selection of beverages, some found no where else in Transylvania County and we love helping folks find a beverage.  We also have 3 local …

December 3rd, 2021|

Gifts? We have over 150 beverages in our bottle shop

Looking for a gift?  Our bottle shop is stocked with over 150 different selections, some you will find no where else in the area.

We have alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and we are excited to help you put together a selection!

We also have 14 beverages on tap and you can sip …

November 27th, 2021|

Yes, we will be open all year

Folks keep asking if we will be open all year. Yes, we will. We love hosting and enjoy providing a space and a garden and fire pit for folks to gather.

We will be closed January 1st thru the 12th so we can touch up some paint and do some deep …

November 6th, 2021|

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.