We heart the Lake Eden Arts Festival. Big. And we know it’s still several months off, but we can dream a little can’t we? Yes, we can. We can also mark our calendars. The spring edition of the LEAF will be May 11-13.
We’re psyched about the line-up. The headliner is none other than Arlo Guthrie. We last saw Arlo more than 10 years ago at the old Be Here Now venue in downtown Ashvegas. Arlo is cool. Way cool. You’ll be mesmerized by his wizard’s hair and his incredible presence.
Guess who else will at LEAF. The Duhks! The Duhks kick ass! And there’s Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys, who we saw at Bele Chere last year, and Chatham County Line and Menage and Afromotive and the Carolina Chocolate Drops and… o hell, here’s the list:
Olu Dara
The Duhks www.duhks.com
Grupo Fantasma
Carolina Chocolate Drops African-American Stringband
Chairman of the Board www.willisblume.com
Chatham County Line
Bonerama (New Orleans Brass) www.bluemountainartists.com
Frigg (Nordic Folk)
Gokh-Bi System (Senegalese Hip Hop) www.inthepocketartists.com
Hot Point (Contra) hotpointstringband.com
Notorious & Sam Bartlett (Contra) www.larryunger.net
Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys Zydeco www.rosieledet.com
The Rocket Boys Contra
Ustulo Terra Fire Show
Afromotive
Billy Jonas www.billyjonas.com
Malcombe Holcome www.malcolmholcombe.com
Menage www.themenage.com
One Leg Up
Rising Appalachia www.risingappalachia.com
Hobey Ford’s Golden Rod Puppets goldenrodpuppets.com
Sol Driven Train www.soldriventrain.com
Cis Hinkle
Kathy Anderson
Darrell Rose
Embe Marimba Band
Art in Motion Trapeze
ArtSpace Charter School Roots Music Club
Beth McDounough
Budding Souls
Capt. Josh
Denisa Rullmoss Kids Games www.swangathering.com
Dove Releas
Elizabeth “Eboo” Sauls
Falling Together in New Orleans Documentary Film
Hunab Kru Breakdancers
Imhotep New Orleans
James Nave’ Poetry
Jamuna Russian Folk
Joe Newberry www.joenewberry.com
Karen Jaffe Tango www.tangoasheville.com
Lewis Wills
Maria-Guajira & Salseros 828 www.salseros828.com
Mizilca BellyDance www.transformationalbellydance.com
Picante Latin
Scott Baxla Waltz
Sid Hetzler Trance Waltzing
Stuntology Kids Stunts
Tall Tales Puppet Plays Kids
The Blue Fairy
The Buckerettes www.thebuckerettes.com
The Muses www.ashevillemuses.com
The School Boys Hip Hop
WC Reid Center’s “Take Me Back To Harlem”
WNC Suzuki Violinists
3 Comments
What I would like to know is why LEAF for the last year or two has used out of towners for their fireshow when Ashevegas has one of the best fire troupes in the country, Unifire Theatre. Uninfre did the shows a year ago under the name Djinntana but were cut after they put on what I consider to be one of their best shows in 2005. What happened to supporting local artist? The Unifire performers practice once a week and choreograph an interesting story line but now I have to drive to Jamestown or Puerto Rico to see them. What’s up with Leaf?
I was at that Be Here Now Show with Arlo!…….man I miss Be Here Now. No other venue has been able to capture its magic.
Heck yeah! I can’t wait. The Duhks live are NOT to be missed.