Crescent City Mountain Summit music festival at Salvage Station, Sept. 26

New Orleans and Asheville musicians come together for the Crescent City Mountain Summit, a music festival held at The Salvage Station on Saturday, Sept. 26. The BlueBrass Project headlines, tickets are $15.

Press release from event organizers:

The Salvage Station is proud to announce the Crescent City Mountain Summit – A New Orleans & Asheville Inspired Music Festival will take place on September 26th from 4-9pm at their riverfront venue. This event is a musical collaboration of the finest New Orleans and Asheville musicians coming together to form the “The BlueBrass Project”. This event will be headlined by The BlueBrass Project (Bryon McMurry, Jay Sanders, and Billy Cardine of Acoustic Syndicate, and members of Dirty Dozen, Woody Wood and more) and the 101 Runners featuring Big Chief Juan Pardo and Isaac Kinchen of The Golden Commanche Mardi Gras Indians. Kirk Joseph, Raymond Weber (Dr. John / Dumpstaphunk), June Yamagishi (Papa Grows Funk/Wild Magnolias), Lionel Batiste Jr., Tom Worrell, Boubacaar Cisokko, Chris Jones, and more will be performing throughout the event.

The BlueBrass Project is the first official merging of the two most important Roots Music forms in America – BlueGrass and New Orleans Jazz. Formed in 2004 by New Orleanian Chris Jones while living in Asheville, NC, The BlueBrass Project recorded their Eponymous Debut at the famous UltraSonic Studios in New Orleans. The last Recording “The Maple Leaf Sessions” was recorded at the Infamous Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans. The band Includes members of Acoustic Syndicate and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band plus Woody Wood and many others.

For over 9 years, the 101 Runners have brought their “heavy percussive Mardi Gras Indian Funk” to the world. Having toured extensively in the U.S. and in Europe, this 9-piece band with fully costumed Mardi Gras Indians is filled with some of the best veteran musicians New Orleans has to offer. The band’s performance Includes Big Chief Juan Pardo of the Golden Comanche Mardi Gras Indian Tribe plus original members of the Dirty Dozen, and members of Dr. John’s Lower 911 Band and Dumpstaphunk. They have headlined the Jazz and Heritage Stage for 9 years in a row at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as well as Voodoo Fest (NOLA), French Quarter Fest (NOLA), and the MNOP Festival (Musique Nouvelle Orleans Perrigoux) in Perrigoux, France in addition to such notable performances at LEAF and Goombay Festival 2014.

For more information, please visit Salvage Station – Crescent City Mountain Summit.

WHAT: Crescent City Mountain Summit – A New Orleans & Asheville Inspired Music Festival
WHEN: September 26, 2015 from 4-9pm
WHERE: Salvage Station, 468 Riverside Drive, Asheville, NC
WEBSITE: www.SalvageStation.com
TICKETS: http://www.etix.com/ticket/p/7314118/crescent-city-mountain-summit-ashevile-salvage-station

ABOUT SALVAGE STATION
The Salvage Station is an outdoor event space, restaurant, and bar with the capacity to 2,500 people. From music shows and festivals, to community and private events, the Salvage Statio is an excellent place to hang out and have a great experience.

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About Alli Marshall
Alli Marshall has lived in Asheville for more than 20 years and loves live music, visual art, fiction and friendly dogs. She is the winner of the 2016 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize and the author of the novel "How to Talk to Rockstars," published by Logosophia Books. Follow me @alli_marshall

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