Mountain MAMA: Songs that Bring me Home
ALL AGES Mountain MAMA: Songs that bring me home Opening sets w/ Andrew Atkins and McKinney, Derian Blane, Lyndsay Pruett, and Colby Elswick Melissa McKinney’s Birthday Show:The evening will start with an acoustic set with Andrew Atkins, an Appalachian folk singer-songwriter from West Virginia, followed by a set with Melissa and her daughter McKinney, Derian Blane, Colby Elswick, and Lyndsay Pruett performing songs that Melissa grew up on. The night will end with a set of fresh new tunes from MAMA and her band.
Patio Show: LL Dirty JOE’TSE
– ALL AGES- LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE LL Dirty JOE’TSE Uplifting Artful songs rich with story for broken hearts and brave bodies. w/ Joseph Adams and Abe Reid and the Spikedrivers plus a workshop from 4-5 on the Art of Play Family Friendly Wear your costumes!
The Feels
ALL AGES STANDING ROOM ONLY THE FEELS The Feels are a female-fronted fusion of Indie-Soul, R&B, Funk, and Groove. With dreamy vocal harmonies interwoven throughout their original music, singer-songwriters Lange Eve and Sarah Roberts deliver a vibrant and energizing performance backed by the funky, throw-back grooves of Matt Gardner on lead guitar, Brian Grasso on bass, Matthew Roberts on drums, and John Vinson on keys. The 6-piece band unites a mix of artists who have been infused in the WNC music scene for 20+ years- including members from Ménage, The Mojo Brothers Blues Band, The Afromotive, High Flying Criminals, Plankeye Peggy, and many more.
Patio Show: Trilby
– ALL AGES- LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE Trilby Trilby is an alternative rock artist currently based in Asheville, North Carolina. While it’s hard to pinpoint her exact origin, it is safe to say that Trilby grew up here, there, and everywhere along the East Coast, and if you look close enough, you might find strands of green hair in your own local town. Trilby has been writing music since she was fourteen. She just released her new single, “Cities,” and has recorded her debut album, set to release in 2027!
Stevie Tombstone, Dylan Walshe, and Jade Moore
ALL AGES SEATED SHOW Stevie Tombstone, Dylan Walshe, and Jade Moore Stevie Tombstone’s saga canopies like a rock n’ roll oak, the kind with wild, ever-searching roots that tangle and gnarl above the earth. Career-wise, his box set would be monstrous, a cornucopia of lost highway narratives hauled from Georgia to Texas to California to New York and all points in between, shredding rockabilly gospel and living the troubadour’s lovely curse one song at a time. After a chance meeting with Roy Acuff, Stevie (then a young man) was certain he would always be a musician. Georgia-born relative of the legendary fiddler, Clayton McMichen, Stevie immersed himself in the world of rock and the underground music scene of the 80s/90a in Atlanta but never lost the twang of his childhood. Over four decades later, he has become an accomplished performer, songwriter, and guitarist, as well as an integral player in the Atlanta and Austin Music Scenes at various points in time. Stevie has spent most of the last ten years living in Western North Carolina and on the road. Dylan Walshe, originally from Dublin, Ireland, embarked on a journey that took his solo acoustic performances from the bustling streets of London, across Europe, eventually leading him to settle in Nashville, Tennessee. Now residing in the serene southern highlands of Black Mountain, in western North Carolina, Dylan has carved a niche for himself in the music world, headlining tours across the United States, Europe & the UK. He has shared the stage with numerous musical pioneers & has toured as the opener for a diverse range of artists including Flogging Molly, The White Buffalo & Avatar.” Jade Moore is a soulful singer-songwriter from Gaston County, with over a decade as a full-time musician. Her music is rooted in the road and the land, blending blues, jazz, bluegrass, and gospel into what she calls Gastonia Americana. Known for her powerful voice, captivating stage presence, and sharp storytelling, her original music mixes with emotion to take audiences on an unforgettable journey.
New Year’s Eve with ELECTRO LUST + Auspicious Golden Fish
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLY ELECTRO LUST Electro Lust is a borderless sonic wavelength engineered for global dance floors. The project blurs the line between electronic curation and live instrumentation, blending electronic beats, funk, soul, hip-hop, and global dance grooves into a sound built for packed dance floors and late nights. This isn’t a heritage throwback—it’s a sophisticated, sweat-soaked mixtape aesthetic designed for massive rooms and zero inhibition. The music operates as an international passport, effortlessly bouncing from a golden sunset on a tropical beach to the neon heat of a late-night club, before dropping straight into the sweat of a packed underground warehouse. It’s a seamless, heavyweight mixtape vibe calibrated to command festival fields and packed dance floors across time zones. No filler. No boundaries. The groove is international. AUSPICIOUS GOLDEN FISH Swimming in an ocean of sound, Auspicious Golden Fish weaves together searing guitar riffs, hypnotic synth textures, and deep funk grooves into a transcendent musical experience. Guitarist/producer Jamie Hendrickson (The Fritz/ElectroLust) assembles a revolving lineup of all-star musicians that bring his compositions to life. The result is a sonic journey—one that invites listeners to dissolve the ego, embrace the present moment, and dance into higher states of consciousness.
Patio Show: Miriam’s Militia
ALL AGES LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE Miriam’s Militia Miriam Allen is a genre-defying songwriter who has opened for icons including Tim O’Brien, Doc Watson, and Del McCoury, performing at festivals across the western hemisphere from MerleFest in North Carolina to Salmonfest in Alaska to the Festival Río Cuale in Mexico. A finalist in both the John Hartford Songwriting Contest and the Asheville Brown Bag Competition, she builds solo shows around vocals, guitar, fiddle, and foot stomp, with setlists that range from avant-garde to honky-tonk to Latin. Beyond the stage, Miriam is a passionate advocate and naturalist. She organized The Resilience Festival to support survivors of sexual trauma and the Pathway to Citizenship show to fund immigrant legal protections, and she works as a music therapist in group homes for people with disabilities. A backpacker of more than 1,000 miles through the Andes, Rockies, and Appalachians, she has volunteered to treat hundreds of hemlock trees across Western North Carolina and translated educational materials into Spanish for her community. She wrote a song for the award-winning film Coyote and another that was played for President Jimmy Carter in his final weeks. Whether for a crime victim, an injured raccoon, or an aphid-infested hemlock, Miriam Allen shows up with a song and an open heart.” Ty Gilpin – SHIFT Music Services
Patio Show: Whitney Mongé
– ALL AGES- LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE Whitney Mongé is a Nashville-based Americana Soul singer-songwriter and guitarist whose smoky, soulful vocals and raw, heartfelt songwriting reflect a life steeped in authenticity. Raised in the Pacific Northwest, she began her musical journey busking on the streets of Seattle, where her powerful voice and honest storytelling forged deep connections with listeners and shaped her signature sound—a bold fusion of soul, blues, indie folk, and rock. Her artistry has led her from street corners to international tours, collaborations with the Seattle Symphony, and festival stages like Newport Folk Festival with Black Opry. Mongé’s work has been featured in the award-winning documentary Find Your Way: A Busker’s Documentary and across four acclaimed releases, including Steadfast (2014), Stone (2017), Carry On (2018), and Whitney Mongé Live with The Seattle Symphony (2021). In 2024, after Hurricane Helene forced her to leave Asheville, Mongé relocated to Nashville, marking a new chapter in her career. That year she released the single What Would Love Do Now, became a finalist in the Arium Sounds of Summer competition, and won the 2025 Cayamo Soundcheck Contest. She is currently touring the U.S. and writing her debut full-length album, set for release in 2027. Rooted in resilience and driven by purpose, Whitney Mongé continues to create music that bridges tradition and innovation, telling stories that resonate with truth and soul.
SUPERNATURAL~Vic Chestnutt Birthday Celebration
ALL AGES LIMITED PATIO SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE SUPERNATURALSupernatural is a musical project and a folk-process experiment in song preservation. Traditional music has survived for generations because people sing songs in a room, others hear them, and someone carries them forward. Inspired by Widespread Panic—and the band’s ability to bring older songs and overlooked songwriters to new audiences—Supernatural was originally formed to perform the music of Vic Chesnutt. The project has since expanded to include what it calls “third-generation tunes”: covers of covers that give a song another life. Its repertoire includes songs carried forward by Widespread Panic from artists such as Chesnutt, Talking Heads, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and many others. Songwriters create the songs, but song carriers keep them alive; the folk process depends equally on both. In that spirit, Supernatural is not built around a fixed lineup, but an evolving cast of musicians who gather to interpret, share, and pass the music along.
Tropidelic with Mihali + Mellodose
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLY TROPIDELIC A musical lighthouse, shining a resilient light for everyone that has had to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, Tropidelic has arrived on the national stage. Hailing from Cleveland, Ohio, a city rich in character and music history, this six-piece performance powerhouse carves their own path with an independent mentality. Front man Roads, explores feelings more than sounds, seeing where the emotional travel can take him, while valuing being comfortable and honest. There is a sense of seeing where the music can go on every track they release. As an everyman-band making music to overcome life’s obstacles, the “goals” that Tropidelic made when starting the band have all been surpassed. Roads says of the band’s future, “I’m nose to the grindstone. It’s going great and I am going to keep going.” Recent highlight moments include a first pitch at a Cleveland Guardians game followed by a live performance for the entire stadium; an adopted highway in their hometown; producing two of their own music festivals (Sunny Days and Everwild Music Festival); tens of millions of streams of Tropidelic’s music; appearances at major US festivals such as Okeechobee, Beach Life, and Tortuga; tours with The Dirty Heads, Lupe Fiasco, and 311; and multiple performances at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. MIHALI For Mihali, music behaves much like a living being. It grows, it matures, and it changes with a sentient consciousness and with whims of its own. And just like music, the Vermont-based singer, songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of rock outfit Twiddle continues to evolve, using his gift as one of the strongest modern-day songwriters, guitarists and performers to bring healing vibes and unforgettable songs to the world. His 2022 record, Effection [released via Ineffable Records], was a ten-track body of work that intertwines reggae spirit, fluid soundscape architecture, and invigorating mantras meant to be chanted aloud in a packed venue. With support from reggae and roots rock mainstays like Iration, Chadwick Stokes (of Dispatch), The Movement, The Elovaters, Jacob Hemphill (of SOJA), and Iya Terra, Effection effectively brought Mihali into the reggae spotlight, landing him on tour with SOJA and G. Love & Special Sauce in 2024. Continually growing and transforming with his music, Mihali released two albums in 2025 – his 3rd studio record, Before The Dream [May 2, 2025] and his 4th studio record Yestermorrow [November 7, 2025], both via Ineffable Records. The two records spanned Mihali’s musical and songwriting capabilities, delving into his personal psyche and delivering messages about life and vibes meant for a day on the beach or a smoke sesh with friends. MELLODOSE Mellodose is the music of Puerto Rican artist & songwriter, Marco Mar. Having fallen in love with roots reggae & dub music early in life, the weight of the Jamaican genres is apparent in Mellodose’s music, though he often incorporates hip-hop, reggaeton, and indie pop elements as well. With over 40 million streams across platforms in just a few years since his launch, Mellodose has been added to over 100,000 Spotify user playlists.