With a voice once described as “velvet soul,” Asheville songwriter Ashley Heath has been winning over the hearts of Americana music lovers since she g...

Dawn Landes is a North Carolina-based singer-songwriter whose music you might have heard if you watch The Good Wife, House or Gossip Girl. Along with ...

JM International (JMI), Folk Alliance International (FAI) and the North Carolina Folk Festival announce their third year of partnership to bring the g...

Known for her diary-like confessional songwriting style and mesmerizing vocals, the Arab-American singer/songwriter Lora Mouna uses music as a vessel ...

Sonny Miles is a singer and multi-instrumentalist from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Citing gospel, funk, and neo-soul as his biggest influences, Mil...

Woodstock-raised, Nashville-honed, & Laurel Canyon inspired, 20-year-old Stella Prince creates soul-baring pop-infused folk for a new generation.S...

Raleigh, North Carolina roots-rockers Jack the Radio blend rock and blues sensibility with Americana, folk, and country to create a tapestry of swampy...

Washington DC’s Oh He Dead brings their funky, poppy rock vibes wherever they go. Led by CJ Bowlin’ Johnson and her golden pipes, the five-piece group...

More than a mere practitioner of her craft, Cristina Vane has a breadth and depth of serious musical skill compiled from countless miles across all ki...

After the gig in Charlottesville finally ended, Mānoa Bell and Teddy Chipouras found Palmyra’s third member, Sasha Landon, outside, sitting beside a s...

Friday Night Headliner

The Mantra of The Friends:GO PUT A SMILE ON SOMEBODY’S FACE, GO TELL SOMEBODY THEY’VE GOT A PLACE IN THIS WORLD, GO TELL SOMEBODY YOU WANNA BE FRIENDS...

Known in some circles as “The Phoenix,” Kelli Baker, was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She moved to New York in 2012, quickly becoming a vibran...

The mission of the Gospel Choir is to stimulate, promote and provide a socio-religious organization that embraces the love of gospel music. The Gospe...

Dear MariBella and the Pigkickers are an up-and-coming sibling bluegrass band. Born and raised near Wilmington, NC, the band was formed in 2021 by the...

One way we might understand the global Black diaspora is through the notion of arrival—the idea that Black folk in the Americas, in Africa, in Europe,...

Mike Seal: Mike Seal is a grammy-nominated guitarist and composer based in Nashville, TN. Originally from Bridgewater, Virginia, he's played out of Te...

Shirlette Ammons is a Black queer southern truth teller. She is a poet and musician who has also served as producer on Emmy and Peabody award-winning ...

Soaring vocals meet dextrous, layered guitar and intimate storytelling that can evoke the poetic lyricism of Passenger in one song before sliding into...

The songs she sings give audiences an opportunity to see themselves in her and connect over shared experiences and emotions.“We’re all people just try...

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and producer Gaby Moreno has made remarkable strides. since leaving her native Guatemala for Los Angeles, releasing n...

Sam Burchfield’s latest record, Scoundrel, begins a new saga. The record dives into 11 tales of greed, betrayal, desire, heartache, despair- and redem...

How do you describe genre-defying roots music adventurers Dustbowl Revival? Even tireless founder and lead songwriter Z. Lupetin would agree you have ...

Born and raised in North Carolina, the Tan and Sober Gentlemen began taking in the songs, stories, and tunes that make up their beloved state’s musica...

At the core of any great singer-songwriter lies this inherent trait of stage presence, one where an entire room, no matter the size, is pulled in by t...

Saturday Night Headliner!

The multi-platinum, Grammy Award Winning group Arrested Development delivers an onstageenergy to thirsty audiences looking to quench their soul!It’s b...

Family Friendly Kids Set!

Founded in 2014 by independent concert promoter Peter Shapiro and educator Amy Striem, The Rock and Roll Playhouse is the largest national kid-friendl...

Alluring, brazen, exotic, radiant, sultry, and ELITE, Alexis Raeana possesses a voice to start and stop a revolution. An enrolled member of The Lumbe...

You’ve heard this before, but the whimsically named Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is really tough to describe. Veering from in-your-face, jaw dropping c...

Coming off from a record-setting international tour for the 10 person Psychedelic Latin Fusion orchestra, - having shared the stage with Grammy Awar...

Singer-songwriter Maia Kamil is at home in the world. Maia has spent years refining a musical style that weaves eclectic influences, vocal dexterity, ...

Lizzie No is a folk rock band, a singer-songwriter, and a revolutionary artist in the Black Womanist tradition. Their acclaimed genre-defying third st...

Partners in life and music, Sarah and Austin McCombie have captured the adoration of fans nationwide and praise from Garden & Gun, American Songwr...

Sunday Night Headliner!

Steep Canyon Rangers is made up of Graham Sharp on banjo and vocals, Mike Guggino on mandolin/mandola and vocals, Aaron Burdett on guitar and vocals, ...