Nora Brown
ALL AGES SEATED SHOW LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE NORA BROWN Nora Brown was introduced to traditional music by chance as a six year old. What her parents assumed would be standard ukulele lessons were an inconspicuous window to the world of old-time music. From his tiny studio apartment in Brooklyn, the late Shlomo Pestcoe, a historian and old-time musician taught Nora old time tunes on the ukulele and through his continued instruction other traditional instruments– the fiddle, mandolin, guitar and banjo. Nora now plays traditional Appalachian music with a focus on banjo playing from Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee. Along with mentors in the northeast like the late John Cohen she also has traveled and learned directly from master musicians including Alice Gerrard, George Gibson and the late Lee Sexton. She toured across the US, Europe, and Japan, playing renowned festivals including the Newport Folk Festival, Roskilde Festival, and the Trans-Pecos Festival of Love in Marfa, Texas. She has performed on NPR’s Tiny Desk twice, TED Salon, WNYC’s Dolly Parton’s America and an official showcase at the 2022 Americana Fest in Nashville. Nora has been interviewed on NPR’s Weekend Edition, WBUR Here and Now and she’s been included on NPR’s All Songs Considered. Since 2019 she has released four albums on Brooklyn’s own Jalopy Records Label. All records have charted on the Billboard Bluegrass Charts during the first week of release. The New Yorker called her most recent solo record Long Time To Be Gone – “A disarming collectionof traditional laments and exquisite banjo instrumentals”. Fretboard Journal called her record Sidetrack My Engine – “Some of the most interesting and haunting traditional music we’ve heard… impossibly talented” She has won numerous banjo and folk song competitions at various fiddlers conventions including the Clifftop Appalachian String Band Music Festival and The Grayson County Old- time and Bluegrass Fiddlers Convention. WYNDHAM BAIRD Originally from the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, Wyndham Baird has traveled around the United States busking and playing shows. Since he settled in Brooklyn, NY he has become an integral part of the new folk music scene in the city. Producer Eli Smith calls him a “A rare musician and first class folk singer. He imbues the old songs with all the emotive power to which they are due.
Taj Farrant: “Chapter One” Album Release Tour
ALL AGES SEATED SHOW LIMITED NUMBER OF VIP MEET & GREET PACKAGES AVAILABLE (see below for package details) TAJ FARRANT Taj Farrant’s debut album tour, titled “Chapter One,” marks an exciting milestone for the young Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter. This album showcases his exceptional talent and eclectic musical style, blending rock, blues, and pop influences. With electrifying performances and heartfelt songwriting, Farrant captivates audiences as he embarks on this new artistic journey, solidifying his place in the music scene and promising a bright future ahead. Taj Farrant VIP ticket includes a Meet & Greet experience with Taj and the Band. Fans will have the opportunity to take photos with Taj and are allowed to bring any merch items they’d like to be signed. The Meet & Greet will take place an hour before doors open. Fans will also have first access to seating for the show. The VIP Meet & Greet ticket also includes a GA ticket to the show. RED DRESS AMY Born in Charlotte, and raised on blues and rock n’ roll, Red Dress Amy brings a ton of energy to any stage they set foot on. The trio combines blues influences such as Doyle Bramhall II and Philip Sayce with rock performers such as The Black Keys and Cream to cultivate their own sound. With their live album “Mirage”, RDA has continued to showcase their live performances and ability to deliver their sound in front of audiences.
Datrian Johnson & Friends’ Soulful Christmas (feat members of ESB, Funk You & The Fritz): A Benefit for Unity Church
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLY A BENEFIT FOR UNITY CHURCH, RAISING MONEY TO BRING CHRISTMAS TO FAMILIES IN NEED THIS YEAR DATRIAN JOHNSON & FRIENDS’ SOULFUL CHRISTMAS featuring members of Empire Strikes Brass, Funk You & The Fritz Join us for Datrian Johnson’s annual “Soulful” Christmas show. A local legend, Datrian is bringing out his friends, including bandmates in Funk You, Empire Strikes Brass, The Fritz and a whole lot more. This year proceeds will benefit Unit Church to help bring Christmas to families in need this year.
Shed Bugs w/ Dirty Bird
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLY SHED BUGS Conceived in a shed outside of Asheville, NC, the Shed Bugs create an improvisational blend of blues, funk, and psychedelic rock. Striving to never play the same show twice, they make each and every show a unique experience. DIRTY BIRD Pop Fusion Quartet of Multi-instrumentalists who play original music and a wide variety of covers.
Jolly Boat Bash Benefit Show for RADA: Boat Command and Friends
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLY 100% OF NET TICKET PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT RADA (River Arts District Artists) BOAT COMMAND AND FRIENDS FEATURING: REBEHAH TODD, MELISSA AND MCKINNEY, REGGIE HEADEN, JUAN HOLLADAY OPENING SET BY BILL’S GARAGE
The Keith Allen Circus
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLY THE KEITH ALLEN CIRCUS The Keith Allen Circus is exactly what it sounds like. A high flying, death defying, trapeze act of sound led by multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and ringmaster, Keith Allen, with Kevin Purcell (Drums/Keyboards), Jonathon Sale (Bass), and Bradley Turner (Guitar). The original music blends styles of dark rock and jam (Pink Floyd & Widespread Panic), and catchy psychedelic electro-pop (Gorillaz & Tame Impala) with Keith’s own unique compositional and improvisational style, developed from 20 years playing with The Mantras.
The Weather Station: Humanhood Tour
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLY THE WEATHER STATION It takes only 10 seconds for Tamara Lindeman to pull us to the floor on Humanhood, the seventh and most arresting album she has ever made as The Weather Station. “I’ve gotten used to feeling like I’m crazy—or just lazy,” she sings at the start of “Neon Signs,” her voice at once a soft whisper to a confidant and a full-throated confession to a crowd. “Why can’t I get off this floor? Think straight anymore?” If you don’t know this feeling, consider yourself blessed, because it seems these days like our true modern malaise, that unbound sense of not knowing how or what it is we’re supposed to contribute to this fractious world, or if we even have the energy or will to try. That disoriented sense is the emotional throughline of Humanhood, written during one of the most difficult periods of Lindeman’s life and rendered with a rock band with improvisational chops just as she began to recover by reckoning with a complicated truth: Sometimes, life simply tries to dismantle us, and we must accept that in order to survive. From the outside, 2022 likely appeared a banner year for Lindeman. Her 2021 album Ignorance—a deeply personal but widely resonant reflection on climate change, or how we’ve learned to live alongside our own existential undoing—was one of that year’s most celebrated records. 2022, then, was a time of touring, travel, and activism alongside the release of Ignorance’s more austere companion, the beautiful How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars. But at an ostensible new professional peak, she was also going through a mental health crisis she mostly kept hidden. As Lindeman has done for at least 15 years, she turned to songwriting, combining pain, confusion, and flickers of distant hope with ideas about advertising, capitalism, and how we’re meant to feel very specific ways into pages and pages of lyrics. In the past, Lindeman mostly wrote about her past, turning backwards to gain perspective. But for Humanhood, she worked with the present as she tried to endure it. Humanhood, then, radiates with new urgency—and emerges as a sort of tether, offered up here for any of us else feeling disconnected from the vertiginous reality of right now. SISTER RAY Born and raised in the Alberta prairies of Sturgeon County, and now based in Toronto, the 25-year-old artist earned widespread attention with their acclaimed debut effort, Communion and follow up EP, Teeth. If Communion was fueled with an intentional sense of urgency, for their songwriting to serve as a vehicle for excavating revelations in motion, Sister Ray’s new album Believer yearns in a different direction. It rings with the certainty that self-assurance is cultivated through the cracks of discomfort.
Robin Plemmons: LOL *SOB*
AGES 18+ SEATED SHOW LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE Buckle up, assholes. Robin is back with a healthy dose of comedic levity. Motherfuckin’ Helene may have taken a LOT from us but it CAN’T TAKE OUR VIBRANT SPIRITS. Maybe we’ll laugh. Maybe we’ll cry. Maybe we’ll shit our pants and have to call our stepmom in Weaverville to bring us some fresh panties. The possibilities are endless! It’ll be an end of the year exhalation. A celebration. A huddling up of our tender hearts. We might even make out at the end. YOU NEVER KNOW.
Satsang
ALL AGESSTANDING ROOM ONLY **PRE-SHOW VIP EXPERIENCE TICKETS AVAILABLE** SATSANG Satsang was founded by Montana-based musician Drew McManus in 2014. Known for their heartfelt, genre-blending sound, Satsang merges elements of folk, hip-hop, reggae, and rock, infusing each song with introspective lyrics and a strong message of positivity, spirituality, and social awareness. The name “Satsang” reflects the band’s mission, derived from the Sanskrit words for “truth” (sat) and “company” (sang), symbolizing gatherings aimed at seeking and sharing deeper truths. The band’s music often draws from McManus’s own journey of self-discovery, healing, and connection to nature, as well as his experiences with addiction and recovery. With soulful vocals, acoustic melodies, and rhythmic versatility, Satsang creates a powerful atmosphere in both their recordings and live performances. They have built a dedicated following through their relatable messages about love, unity, and resilience, as well as their active support for social and environmental causes. Over the years, Satsang has released several albums, each resonating with themes of hope, introspection, and community. Their live shows are particularly celebrated for creating a space that feels like a “satsang”—a gathering for connection and upliftment— where fans can come together to share in a collective experience of music, inspiration, and truth-seeking. **PRE-SHOW VIP EXPERIENCE TICKETS INCLUDE: • One general admission ticket • Early venue entry • Intimate soundcheck performance by Satsang (Solo) • Q&A session with Satsang • Collectible tour poster, signed by Satsang • Commemorative pre-show tour laminate • Limited availability SIERRA MARIN Coming from San Diego with deep roots in Hawaii, Sierra Marin is a quickly up and coming revolutionary artist, musical medicine woman and producer. Crossing Genres of reggae, hip hop and folk, Sierra’s music is rooted in catchy hooks and melodies and yet brings the listener to ecstatic states of healing gratitude and remembrance.Whether Performing as a live loop artist or Backed by the talented roots reggae band Roots Ascension, the music is a soundtrack for a new earth community on the rise, bringing to light the beauty of the journey in these potent times of transformation. Sierra’s intentional songs are the soundtrack to an awakening humanity, acknowledging the work one must do to heal through trauma and pain, in order to anchor frequencies of unconditional love, harmony, and beauty on this earth!
Holiday Liquor & Dance Party ft. DJ Marley Carroll: 18th Annual!
AGES 21+ STANDING ROOM ONLY FESTIVE ATTIRE ENCOURAGED 8PM DOORS / 9PM SHOW HOLIDAY LIQUOR & DANCE PARTY Featuring DJ Marley Carroll on the main stage. Holiday drink specials + more! DJ MARLEY CARROLL What started as an epic, ramshackle house party in a garage in west Asheville has become the city’s favorite holiday dance event, and local superstar DJ Marley Carroll has been at the helm for its 17-year run. At the aptly-named Holiday Liquor Dance Party, DJ Marley guides partygoers through a marathon holiday DJ set that is frequently surprising and always satisfying. From classic hip-hop and soul to contemporary house and disco, DJ Marley shines by combining the inclusive energy of surefire party selections with an expert level of skill in mixing, sequencing and execution.
