Asheville, NC – The 52nd Season of Shindig on the Green ®, a free event in the heart of downtown Asheville with a stage show and informal jam sessions, takes place on Saturday evenings. Headlining Sponsor for the 2018 season is News 13 WLOS.
Remaining dates for Shindig on the Green® July 21; August 11, 18, 25, and September 1, 2018. Shindig returns again to the heart of downtown Asheville at Pack Square Park’s Roger McGuire Green. The stage show takes place on the Bascom Lamar Lunsford stage, named for the founder of the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival®.
Locals and visitors alike gather “along about sun-down,” or at seven o’clock for those who wear a watch, for Shindig on the Green ®. Since the outdoor event’s inception in 1967, hundreds of thousands of individuals from across the region and throughout the world have shared and enjoyed the rich traditional music and dance heritage of the Southern Appalachian Mountains in this outdoor setting.
The 91st Annual Mountain Dance and Folk and Festival ®, a ticketed event at A-B Tech/Mission Health Conference Center near downtown Asheville with a different show each night, takes place at 6:30pm, Thursday through Saturday, August 2, 3 & 4, 2018. The sister event to Shindig on the Green®, the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival® was founded by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in 1928. The nation’s longest running folk festival, the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival® showcases the best of the region’s mountain musicians and dancers during its three evenings of indoor performances.
The non-profit, all-volunteer Folk Heritage Committee’s mission is to preserve and present the musical heritage of the Southern Appalachian Mountains to audiences from throughout the region and world, for entertainment and education, by producing the annual Shindig on the Green® and the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival® events.
For more info about the 52nd Season of Shindig on the Green or to purchase tickets to the 91st Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, visit www.folkheritage.org
Photo: Last year’s Mountain Dance & Folk Festival
