Lake Eden Arts Festival

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LEAF from above
LEAF from above

Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) is a non-profit organization established to build community and enrich lives through the arts, locally and globally, through festivals, events, mentoring, and educational programs.

Occurring twice a year since 1995, Lake Eden Arts Festival, based in Black Mountain, North Carolina has established a reputation as being one of the best festivals in the southeast. The Washington Post recognized it in 2001 as, “The best cultural Mix and Match Festival in the nation”. The festival includes international and local music, handcrafts, dancing, cuisine, children's activities, outdoor adventures, drum circles, a zipline, canoeing, etc.

The home of LEAF, Camp Rockmont, has an intriguing history. Prior to becoming a camp, in the 1940s it was the site of the historic Black Mountain College (BMC). Many of the century's most celebrated artists and thinkers attended the college as teachers or students: Albert Einstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Anni Albers, Merce Cunningham, Rothko and Buckminster Fuller (who designed the first geodesic dome there). Prior to BMC, in the early 1900s, Edwin Wiley Grove (of the Grove Park Inn and Grove Arcade) developed the land and constructed some buildings with his trademark native stone fireplaces. Prior to Grove, The Lake Eden Inn and Resort offered a getaway for people seeking its healing waters and rejuvenating air. The location also was home to the now defunct Black Mountain Music Festival.

LEAF in Schools & Streets is a non-profit collaborative outreach program bringing performing artists into schools and community centers for hands-on workshops, residencies, and interactive performances. The experience provides opportunities for youth to perform alongside resident artists on a national stage, with family members in the audience. The program provides participating youth with a diverse experience that includes workshops,performances, interactions with performing artists, and a festival adventure.

[edit] Past Performers

  • Michael Franti – Hip Hop
  • Mamadou Diabate Trio - Mali
  • Llan De Cubel - Spain
  • Los Amigos Invisibles - Venezuela
  • Los Hombres Calientes – New Orleans
  • Havana Select - Cuba
  • Inlakesh – Australia
  • David Wilcox - Folk
  • Inner Visions Reggae -Virgin Islands
  • Jamuna - Russia
  • Katuah Capoeira Angola - Brazil
  • Kruger Brothers - Switzerland
  • Les Nubians - France
  • Fishbone - punk
  • Mambo Brothers - Latin
  • Marcia Ball – Louisiana R& B
  • Dervish – Ireland
  • New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
  • Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
  • Tim O’Brien - Folk
  • The Holmes Brothers - Soul
  • Gokh-Bi System – Senegal
  • The subdudes – New Orleans
  • Le Vent du Nord – Canada
  • Wild Magnolias – New Orleans
  • Lonesome River Band - Bluegrass
  • Richie Havens – Folk Icon
  • Samba Ngo - Congo
  • Samite of Uganda
  • Shringara- Nepal
  • Solazo – South America
  • Tony Trischka Band - Bluegrass
  • Viva Quetzel – South America
  • Wild Asparagus – Contra & Celtic
  • Wild Mango - Latin
  • Xumantra – Tibetan
  • Lloyd Cannady & The Flying Clouds
  • Foundation Stone - Reggae
  • Freddie Branch and the Singing Stars
  • Fuego Del Almo – Colombia
  • New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
  • Red Stick Ramblers- New Orleans
  • Zulu Connection
  • Toubab Krewe
  • The Mahotella Queens – South Africa
  • Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited – Zimbabwe
  • Yerba Buena - Cuba
  • Emeline Michele – Haiti
  • Beausoleil - Louisiana
  • Alex Torres y Orquesta Los Reyes Latinos – South America
  • Maria Muldaur & Blusiana Band - Folk
  • Samputu & Ingeli - Rwanda
  • Odetta – Folk Icon
  • Rebirth Brass Band – New Orleans
  • Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul - Celtic
  • Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loco – Congo/Cuba
  • Buckwheat Zydeco
  • Duckbutter w/ Sam Bush & John Cowan
  • Billy Jonas - Folk
  • Bernie Worrell & The Woo Warriors
  • Carnavalito – Puerto Rico & El Salvador
  • Robin & Linda Williams & Their Fine Group
  • Linda Thompson - England
  • Corey Harris - Blues
  • Fairport Convention - England
  • Chuck Beattie & Blues By Design
  • Chuck Brodsky - Folk
  • Enter The Haggis- Celtic
  • The Ghillies - Scotland
  • Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Blues
  • Cutumba - Cuba
  • Dan Electro & the Silvertones
  • Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks
  • David Holt Band
  • The Dead Poets
  • [Donna the Buffalo]
  • File' – Louisiana
  • Aaran Bebe Sukura – Ghana
  • Deer Clan Singers w/ Pura Fé – Native American
  • Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk- New Orleans
  • Cyrill Neville’s Tribe 13- New Orleans
  • Martha Redbone
  • bohola- Irish
  • The Greencards- Bluegrass

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