Spring LEAF Festival May 9-11

Biannual Black Mountain Tradition

It’s not too late to get your tickets for the 2008 spring Lake Eden Arts Festival, at beautiful Lake Eden in Black Mountain. Word has it that vehicle camping permits are all sold out, but there are still tent permits available as well as weekend and day tickets for those who don’t mind staying at one of the many great hotels and motels in the Black Mountain and Asheville environs.

LEAF holds its festivals every spring and fall (this year the autumn festival will be October 17-19) to showcase the LEAF in Schools and Streets arts mentoring projects for youth, its LEAF International music collaborations from Panama, Guatemala, Rwanda, Bequia and Mexico, and dozens of great, culturally significant musical groups, individuals and artists from everywhere.

This year there will be more than 40 Healing Arts Workshops during the day, featuring Yoga and Tai Chi, Folk Art, Juried Handicrafts, a national $1,000 Poetry SLAM, a children’s village with clowns, jugglers, puppeteers, games, stories and art projects. There are joyful parades, jam sessions, circus arts and zipline fun out over the lake.

This spring’s musical lineup on LEAF’s four stages includes Arrested Development, Javier Garcia, Nanci Griffith, David Wilcox, Corey Harris & the 5×5 Band, Latter Day Lizards, Steep Canyon Rangers, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas among many others, including international players including Rahim AlHaj, Vincent Nsengiyumva of Rwanda and many, many more. There will be Zulu stilt dancing, an interactive electronic music experience via the Bob Moog Foundation… check out the lineup of performers for yourself and see what’s in store.

There will also be a Jam Tent with old time, bluegrass and Celtic jams ongoing, mountain trail runs and hikes, an old time fiddle and banjo contest, plus the usual parades and visiting artists’ booths, great food and drink, and thousands of wonderful people.

Tickets: (828) 686-8742 or www.LakeEdenArtsFestival.org

“LEAF is more than just a festival: It is a bond that links music, the arts and education into one package. The eclectic assortment of sounds found at the festival had traveled widely, bring music from across the globe.”
- Relix Magazine, December 2007

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