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!

  •   Click here to view the live stream or recording. Owen brings us a wonderful night of music with Wayne Bishop and Jenn Linville. Wayne Bishop was born and raised in Cedar Mountain, NC and majored in music at Brevard College. He traveled across the country and Canada singing a variety of music ...

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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

Website: Mainly Norfolk

Old Time Resource of the Week: Mainly Norfolk


A bit of a departure.  Many of our songs come from British and Irish sources.  Also, many folks from over there have recorded songs from this side of the pond.  Mainly Norfolk shows the history of the …

February 5th, 2026|

Website: Slower Than Dirt

Old Time Resource of the Week:  Slower Than Dirt


For some reason there’s a heck of a lot of old time music on the West Coast.  This site from Seattle has a wealth of tunes and other resources, many of which you’ll recognize from my earlier posts.  Peruse …

February 5th, 2026|

Old Time Music on Soundcloud

Old Time Resource of the Week:  Soundcloud


This will take some digging and experimenting on your part, but there are some gems buried here.  Any keywords you search for will return as many puzzling false hits as actual old time music.  I had pretty good luck with 

February 5th, 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.