Even in the seemingly peaceful, quiet, Southern bubble of the Triangle (Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Durham) area of North Carolina, it is possible to fall into despair and/or get very stressed considering the events happening in the world these days. War, elections, drought, violence, crime, all of it can get everyone down and forgetful of the beauty there is in that very same world.
There is a place, not too far out in the country, but just enough, where Triangle residents and visitors can go to find this beauty and, if for just a weekend, experience and draw from it. This place is called Shakori Hills, and every Spring and Fall they hold the Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance. There is grass and clean air as far as the eye can see, and the ground swells with everything that makes people happy: handmade crafts, tasty food, children’s activities, dancing, world and local culture, and best of all…music.
There are four stages, two large outdoor, a dance tent, and an intimate cabaret stage. Each festival boasts around 40 bands. There is definitely something for everyone. At any one time, a person can learn how to clog, listen to a story, get a massage, boogie to a Zydeco accordion, blow bubbles with a child, learn how to environmentally equip a home, and chow down on a freshly baked slice of homemade pizza. All this to say that just the word “festival” cannot quite describe it. The only way to fully understand is to escape the every day world, get outside, and come to Shakori Hills this Fall.
ARTISTS:
Abe Reid and the Spikedrivers | Apple Chill Cloggers | Atsiaktonkie | Back-Step | Barrel House Mamas | Belleville Outfit | Big Fat Gap | Bluegrass Experience | Boulder Acoustic Society | Bubba George Stringband | Cane Creek Cloggers | Carolina Chocolate Drops | Des Ark | Divisa Nacional | Donna the Buffalo | dub Addis | Eileen Ivers | Elikem African Dance Company | Eric Ginsburg | Haw River Rounders | Holy Ghost Tent Revival | Hot Politics | HuDost | John Specker | Jule Brown | Locklear Bluegrass | Mad Tea Party | Martha and the Moodswingers | Megafaun | Midtown Dickens | Moontee Sinquah | Mosadi Music | Nnenna Freelon | No Strings Attached | Paleface | Plena Libre | Preston Frank | Rootzie | Saludos Compay | Samantha Crain | Sarah Shook | Songwriters Circle | Speedsquare | Stephanie's Id | Thacker Dairy Road | The Beast | The Can Kickers | The Del McCoury Band | The Duhks | the everybodyfields | The Fairlanes | The Green Deeps | The Mighty Sanfordaires | The Never | The Shelbys | Toubab Krewe | Unknown Tongues |
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