Last Chance For Early Bird LEAF Tickets
Saturday April 1, 2006
The Lake Eden Arts Festival, or the LEAF Festival, as it is frequently referred to by sufferers of RAS Syndrome, is a popular twice-yearly festival in Black Mountain, North Carolina (outside of Asheville). Early bird tickets for this year's spring festival (May 12-14) are available until April 5. On April 6, full-weekend (3.5 days/3 nights) passes rise from $127 to $135. Regular weekend (3 days/2 nights) passes rise from $95 to $110. Get 'em while they're cheap!
This year's spring festival features a typically great lineup of performers. Particularly notable are the large group of New Orleans and Louisiana performers that the festival is bringing up in a show of solidarity among musicians everywhere. In that distinguished group are soul-funk bands Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and Cyril Neville's Tribe 13, the world-famous ReBirth Brass Band, Mardi Gras Indian troupe Zulu Connection, zydeco band Sunpie Barnes and The Louisiana Sunspots, the self-explanatory New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, and the authentic omnilouisianian roots music of The Red Stick Ramblers.
Also performing are "Midnight at the Oasis" chanteuse Maria Muldaur, Native American jazz/funk singer Martha Redbone, world-fusion rockers Donna the Buffalo and The Horseflies, West African-influenced jambands Toubab Krewe and Afromotive, Irish band Bohola, Latin dance band West End Mambo and the very fun Embe Marimba Band, a group of young teens from a charter school who put an extreme twist on traditional middle school bands!
LEAF is undoubtedly one of the absolute best festivals for families with kids. Huge amounts of activities, including performers, arts and crafts, interactive workshops and play areas, are provided for the younger set, and the music is consistently kid-friendly, if not necessarily kid-oriented. Music stops relatively early, there are late-night swing and contra dances, but these are inside, so it's possible to get a good night's sleep. The festival also takes place on a beautiful site up in the mountains, so good hikes are a big part of the experience for many people.
This year's spring festival features a typically great lineup of performers. Particularly notable are the large group of New Orleans and Louisiana performers that the festival is bringing up in a show of solidarity among musicians everywhere. In that distinguished group are soul-funk bands Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and Cyril Neville's Tribe 13, the world-famous ReBirth Brass Band, Mardi Gras Indian troupe Zulu Connection, zydeco band Sunpie Barnes and The Louisiana Sunspots, the self-explanatory New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars, and the authentic omnilouisianian roots music of The Red Stick Ramblers.
Also performing are "Midnight at the Oasis" chanteuse Maria Muldaur, Native American jazz/funk singer Martha Redbone, world-fusion rockers Donna the Buffalo and The Horseflies, West African-influenced jambands Toubab Krewe and Afromotive, Irish band Bohola, Latin dance band West End Mambo and the very fun Embe Marimba Band, a group of young teens from a charter school who put an extreme twist on traditional middle school bands!
LEAF is undoubtedly one of the absolute best festivals for families with kids. Huge amounts of activities, including performers, arts and crafts, interactive workshops and play areas, are provided for the younger set, and the music is consistently kid-friendly, if not necessarily kid-oriented. Music stops relatively early, there are late-night swing and contra dances, but these are inside, so it's possible to get a good night's sleep. The festival also takes place on a beautiful site up in the mountains, so good hikes are a big part of the experience for many people.
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