Traditional Mountain Music and Dance in Asheville, NC

Shindig Asheville downtown summer evenings free concert

Mountain Dance and Folk Festival Asheville

The Folk Heritage Committee is a group of dedicated individuals who work throughout the year to produce the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival and Shindig on the Green. The mission of the Folk Heritage Committee is to preserve and present the musical heritage of the Southern Appalachians to audiences who attend from throughout the region and world, for entertainment and education.

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2025 will be the 59th Season of Shindig On the Green! Bring your instruments, families, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and join us for good times at the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage. In 2025 Shindig on the Green, which features a stage show and informal jam sessions around the park, continues at its original location […]

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If you like Shindig on the Green, you'll love the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival!
This year will be the 98th Annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, which was started in 1928 and is the longest continuously running festival in the nation. Every year it showcases the Southern Appalachians' best traditional mountain musicians, dancers, and storytellers.

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Shindig Featured in the Ingles Open Road Show

Our corporate sponsor Ingles featured the Shindig on the Green in the Open Road Show episode. View the episode here.

Winners of the 2025 Raffle

We are pleased to congratulate Veronica Raether and Peter Wilkerson for winning our 2025 Raffle. Veronica won the beautiful blue and tan quilt generously donated by Mountain Jam Circle, and Peter won the stained glass water mill scene created and donated by Bob Blackwell. Thank you for all our supporters, and congratulations Veronica and Peter!