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.

Locally-made hand-dipped ice cream!

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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.

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News

We partnered with Botanist and Barrel to create a traditional Appalachian Cider and it has arrived. Our staff musicians are on the label!

Months ago when we started the process of adding an additional employee-owner and changing our name, we wanted to celebrate by highlighting a traditional Appalachian beverage. Cider has been around these parts for a very long time. You can catch old time tunes talking about this delicious beverage. What better …

May 15th, 2026|

We have a new name and an additional employee-owner!

It is hard to believe we have been offering the Canteen to the community for 6 years now.  We became an employee-owned cooperative over 2 years ago and as of April 29th we now have our 4th employee-owner.  Please welcome Tod Schmidt to the employee-ownership team of Owen Grooms, Kim …

April 30th, 2026|

A walk at Sherwood Forest Golf Course

Today, I joined John at Sherwood Golf Course on Route 276 (at 29 Cardinal Rd, Brevard, NC) while he golfed. I have played in the past but today I was just up for a walk. It is a beautiful course and I enjoyed walking it with …

April 24th, 2026|

TrailJams – Irish and Old Time

 TrailJams  is a really interesting group in the Portland, Oregon area.  They started during COVID playing old time and have branched out into Irish, which seems to be their main emphasis now.  They have several slow jams and sessions around, …

April 12th, 2026|

Events

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

Bluegrass Jam with Bruce Threlkeld

November 14 @ 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. …

Our first pop-up wine tasting went so well we are starting earlier.  Join Taylor every Saturday from 2 pm – 7 pm as she shares some wines …

HAM Radio and GMRS radio meeting

November 14 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

The Cedar Mountain Radio Club will hold its next meeting on November 14th at 5 pm at the Cedar Mountain Canteen. We’ll get “hands-on” with our …

Mountain Music Jam

November 15 @ 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 …

Owen Grooms Presents Rob Northrop and Potluck

November 16 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Rob has a deep appreciation for the diverse musical styles found in America today and performs a mixture of rhythmic original, traditional and folk-blues music.


We will …

Dungeons and Dragons

November 18 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Join community members in a game of Dungeons and Dragons!

Song Swap with Paddle Faster

November 19 @ 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 …

Join us every Friday from 6:30 – 8ish for community trivia.  Lots of laughs.  Great way to meet new folks.


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.