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.

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January 28th, 2021|

A big goal

A big goal we had for the Canteen when we became its owners was to not only maintain but enhance it as a place where all would feel welcome and encouraged to share their stories and experiences with others while enjoying a refreshment. We began welcoming guests into the beer …

January 18th, 2021|

We will be closed on Christmas day

We hope everyone is enjoying the holidays and staying safe.  We will be closed on Christmas day and will be open our normal business hours throughout the rest of 2020.  Our bottle shop is now open and we have over 40 beverage choices to take home.  Folks are finding great …

December 15th, 2020|

Striving for zero-waste

We are striving to operate at zero-waste and that will be closer to a reality when we get our commercial dish washing facility installed.

We have also set up a prototype recycling station we will make permanent after testing it for a bit.  The response has been wonderful and we …

December 8th, 2020|

And we are open!

We did it!  We opened.  We had a wonderful first evening open.  Thanks to everyone who stopped by.  It was such a joy to see you.  We look forward to seeing you again and sharing our space with you.  We built it with love and thoughts of you.

Our hours for …

November 26th, 2020|

Y’all! We are SO ready to welcome you back…

Y’all! We are SO ready to welcome you back to the beer garden for a tasty beverage in this beautiful fall weather! However, we are committed to opening safely, and we’re going the extra mile to enable low-(or no-)waste service in the future. And at the moment, COVID 19 looms …

November 16th, 2020|

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.