It's LEAF Season - 'Best Multicultural Festival'
Held Oct. 19-21 in NC Mountains
from the Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF)
The 13th Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF), listed in the Washington Post as being "the best multicultural mix-and-match festival," is happening October 19-21 at historic Camp Rockmont in Black Mountain, NC, about 12 miles east of Asheville. LEAF offers a creative blend of performances, workshops, and a beautiful mountain setting for a relaxing and renewing experience. A unique mix of music, dancing, handcrafts, healing arts, poetry and adventures for all ages make LEAF what it is.
"Our historic location offers the perfect space for nurturing creativity," says Jennifer Pickering, producer of the festival. "We seek to honor this place - once the home of the historic Black Mountain College - by nurturing this gathering, which resounds with the spirit of creativity," Pickering adds. The Black Mountain College operated on the present site, now a boy's summer camp, from 1933 until 1956. During that brief period, some of the most innovative thinkers in 20th Century Art and Architecture taught and studied here, including Buckminster Fuller, Kenneth Noland, and Robert Rauschenberg.
LEAF is unique among festivals for its wide variety of workshops, on poetry, dance, drumming, yoga, tai chi, arts, crafts, music, and much more. There is truly something for everyone at LEAF, with its wide range of music and outdoor activities. LEAF is a community of incredible people of all ages. It is a festive family scene, and a world unto itself for 3 days.
"My favorite part of LEAF is seeing people interacting whose paths would probably not cross elsewhere. People leave the festival with a greater sense of appreciation for people of different backgrounds," observes LEAF staff member Brad Howard.
LEAF performers are local, regional, and international. The fall lineup includes acts from North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Cuba, South America, Morocco, and Ghana, to mention just a few. The feature performers are:
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys (Bluegrass Legend)
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks (Swing)
The Persuasions (A Capella, R&B, soul, gospel)
John Cowan Band (folk)
Roy Bookbinder (storytelling Blues)
Cutumba (coming from Cuba)
Atlanta Swamp Opera (cajun & zydeco)
Wild Asparagus (Celtic)
Viva Quetzal (South America)
Inner Visions (Reggae from the Virgin Islands)
New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, and many more.
A complete list of performers, workshops, and events on the festival's web site, http://www.theleaf.com
Ticket Information: Full weekend advance passes are $80 adult and $65 youth (gate tickets are $90 and $75) and include camping. Partial weekend advance passes are $65 adult, $50 youth ($75 and $60 at the gate). W e do limit total attendance to 5,000 per day; therefore, pre-festival weekend ticket purchase is recommended.
A Community Pass is available to Buncombe County residents only, is $45 adult, $35 youth and must be purchased in advance. Day tickets are available in advance and at the gates. Day ticket prices range from $17-32.
Kids under 6 are Free, and kids 6-10 are just $1. No one under 18 will be admitted without a parent or guardian. This is a family atmosphere.
Lots of beautiful Camping is available. Rustic cabins and lodges are already sold out.
For more information, contact Jennifer Pickering, producer of the Lake Eden Arts Festival
377 Lake Eden Rd.
Black Mountain, NC 28711
(828) 686-8742
info@theleaf.com
http://www.theleaf.com
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