October LEAF Global Arts Festival

Start: Thursday, October 19, 2023 9:00AM
End: Sunday, October 22, 2023 5:00PM

What: The 51st LEAF Festival When: October 19-22, 2023 Where: Lake Eden, Black Mountain, NC Weekend Passes Range $164-$258, including camping; Children younger than 10 are free, youth tickets, day tickets, and work exchange are available. theLEAF.org/tickets LEAF Festival offers opportunities to connect to the world and each other at the scenic and inspiring Lake Eden. Explore indigenous art and culture as we celebrate Legends of Americas; experience music and traditions of global artists; and be inspired by creatives and thought leaders from both local and international communities. Live music, dance, and performance arts are offered alongside camp and lake outdoor adventures, healing arts workshops and practitioners, the longest continually running poetry slam in the world, kids adventures and workshops, mountain drum circle, and so much more! October LEAF Global Arts Festival lineup: • Halluci Nation formally A Tribe Called Red |Cayuga, Mohawk of Six Nations of Grand River • Rahzel of The Roots • Martha Redbone | Choctaw, Eastern Cherokee & African-American • The Dan Tyminski Band • Son Rompe Pera of Mexico City • Supaman of Apsáalooke • Genticorum of Quebec • Donna The Buffalo • The Secret Agency with Agent 23 Skidoo • John John Grant & Ensemble of Cherokee • Angela Miracle Gladue & The 1st Nations Dancers • Chinobay of Uganda • Jordan Scheffer • Danza Azteca Chichimeca • Green Grass Cloggers • Funkin Around with Garfield • Adama Dembele of Ivory Coast • DJ Haviken Hayes • James Navé & the 51st Southern Fried Poetry SLAM • Kevin Spears - The Kalimba Man • Screamin' Js • Street Creature Puppet Collective • Mountain Circus Arts • Toybox Theatre Puppetry Slam • Nu Paradigm’s “Street Dance” Show With… • LEAF International Costa Rica: Cabecar & Ngäbe-Buglé First Nations • Juan Isidro Concha of Taos Pueblo • Mama & The Ruckus • Blue Ridge Pride Drag Queens • Carol Rifkin • La Chiny & Bernice of Costa Rica • D.O.A. Breakdancers • Doug Orr & Friends • Fuego AVL Dance Crew • Dance Callers Will Mentor & River Able • Monika Guerra • Contra dance with Genticorum, Dam Beavers, ContraForce • Forging for Peace with Scotty Utz • Khaled Project of Algeria • Melissa McKinney • Ash Devine • One More Time • Ronna Dragon • Shalullaby League • Unifire Theater