If you haven't already, VOTE for 103.3 AshevilleFM for BEST Local Radio Station (noncommercial)! SATURDAY is the last day to vote! AND you can also vote for one of our own for BEST DJ! If you feel that one of our AMAZING DJs hits that best mark for you...
May 2022 LEAF Retreat for LEAF Members
Date: May 12, 2022 - May 15, 2022 Venue: Lake Eden
Join LEAFers this spring for music, crafts, food, and camp experiences at the May 2022 LEAF Retreat for LEAF Members!!
LEAF Retreat is created for true renewal and going deeper with connections, learning with LOTS of SPACE at Lake Eden’s 300+ acres. Tickets are limited to 1500 people to make it super special, and you must be a LEAF Member to buy tickets. Members believe in LEAF’s mission and year around Cultural Arts Education. SO the Retreat is for You!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- An Evening With Moses Sumney
Plugged In Productions Presents: An Evening With Moses Sumney
Date: May 22, 8pm
Venue: Wortham Center For The Performing Arts
Raised between Ghana and Southern California, Moses Sumney is a singer, writer, and multidisciplinary storyteller. Since emerging in 2014 with a self-released cassette EP, Sumney has ridden waves of word-of-mouth praise, arresting visuals, and dynamic live performances alongside forebears like Sufjan Stevens, James Blake, and Solange. His 2017 debut album Aromanticism topped the end-of-year lists of tastemaker hubs like Bandcamp, The New York Times, NPR, and Pitchfork Music Festival. It explored themes of solitude and lovelessness.
In 2021, he premiered his feature-length performance film Blackalachia at the Perez Art Museum Miami during Art Basel. Directed by Sumney, the film and accompanying live album were recorded entirely outdoors in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Grindfest 2022
Date: May 27–30
Venue: 8 Rivers Arts Place
Grindfest is BACK! It is a free, 4-day event that celebrates the success of Black entrepreneurs + business owners in Asheville. A block-party style event will take place on 8 Rivers Arts Place! This includes a weekend full of music, games, live performance, food, local vendors + learning, employment and partnership opportunities. The goal of the festival is to highlight the progress made by people of color while also connecting folks in the community. A long weekend of fun and excitement.
