This year’s Bele Chere is packed with local and regional performers representing Cullowhee, Sylva, Boone, Hendersonville and, of course, Asheville. Style-wise, they cover rock, folk, soul, hip-hop, funk-hop, gypsy-jazz and steel-pan fusion. Oh, and pop. And mountain music. And reggae. The list goes on: add to it yourself at these sets.
Friday
Porch 40 (rock, funk, blues) — Haywood Stage, 4:30-5:15 p.m.
Carolina Rex (blues, funk, R&B) — Biltmore Stage, 4:45-5:45 p.m.
The Swayback Sisters (Americana, folk) — Coxe Avenue Stage, 5-6 p.m.
CrazyHorse & Colston (hip-hop) — Battery Park Stage, 5:15-6:15 p.m.
Chuck Brodsky (singer-songwriter) — Haywood Stage, 5:45-6:30 p.m.
The Buchanan Boys (country) — Coxe Avenue Stage, 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Saturday
Chalwa (reggae) — Battery Park Stage, noon-1 p.m.
The Get Downs (rock, blues, soul) — Biltmore Stage, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
David Earl and the Plowshares (folk, soul) — Haywood Stage, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Spicy Moustache & the Flavor Saviors (funk-hop) — Coxe Avenue Stage, 1:45-2:45 p.m.
Paul’s Creek (mountain music) — Biltmore Stage, 2-3 p.m.
Lyric (soul) — Haywood Stage, 2-3 p.m.
The Stereofidelics (indie-rock) — Coxe Avenue Stage, 3:15-4:15 p.m.
Mountain Feist (blues, Americana) — Haywood Stage, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Rory Kelly (rock) — Haywood Stage, 5-6:15 p.m.
Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band (funk) — Coxe Avenue Stage, 6:30-7:45 p.m.
David Holt & the Lightning Bolts (old-time) — Haywood Stage, 6:45-8 p.m.
Sunday
Jonathan Scales Fourchestra (steel pan fusion) — Battery Park Stage, 1-2 p.m.
Antique Firearms (indie-rock) — Biltmore Stage, 1:15-2:15 p.m.
Tyler Lynch (alt-pop) — Haywood Stage, 1:15-2:15 p.m.
Dave Dribbon and the Stomping Rain (rock) — Battery Park Stage, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
One Leg Up (gypsy-jazz) — Haywood Stage, 2:45-3:45 p.m.
Doc Aquatic (indie-rock) — Coxe Avenue Stage, 3-4 p.m.
Balsam Range (bluegrass) — Haywood Stage, 4:15-5:45 p.m.
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