The second-to-last iteration of RiverLink’s free 2015 RiverMusic concert series — planned for Friday, Sept. 11, at 144 Riverside Drive — features Megan Jean & the KFB at 5:30 p.m., Sweet Leda at 6:45 p.m., and headliners Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line, at 8:15 p.m.
The outdoor festival aside the French Broad River also features beer and food trucks, and shuttle service is available from the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Visit riverlink.com for more information.
Here’s the full RiverMusic release from organizers:
RiverLink’s RiverMusic brings an evening of alt-country cool to Asheville on Friday, Sept. 11 in the River Arts District. Gates at the RiverLink Sculpture and Performance Plaza (144 Riverside Drive in the River Arts District) open at 5. The music starts at 5:30 with Megan Jean & the KFB, continues with Sweet Leda at 6:45 and our headliners Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line, at 8:15.
On the Prestige Subaru stage, it’s a night of female vocalists. Former Washington Post music critic Joe Sasfy says of the evening, “On September 11, RiverMusic brings three outstanding female artists to the stage, including one of Americana’s ascending stars — Nora Jane Struthers. Struthers has spent the last few years in Nashville creating impressive original songs dressed in folk, bluegrass (with the much heralded Bearfoot), and country. With her current band, the Party Line, Struthers is rocking harder than ever without shedding her roots. Opening is Megan Jean & the KFB, an exotic avante-folk-punk duo (sounds weird but works!) from South Carolina and Sweet Leda, a Baltimore rockin’ soul band led by Julie Cymek, a fiery vocalist who can tear up the stage.”
For Sept. 11, RiverLink will be serving beer from New Belgium and Catawba Brewing, and will have a variety of eclectic delectables from food trucks Twisted Root, El Kimchi, Farm to Fender, Amazing Pizza, and Smash Box, with ice cream from The Hop.
Shuttle service is available from The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce at 36 Montford Road (map), from 5 — 10 p.m.
Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and lawnchairs, but no outside food or drink is allowed.
RiverMusic makes a nice cherry on top of a day in the River Arts District. Visit some of the 180 working studios in 22 former factories and historical buildings nestled along the French Broad River. Have lunch at one of the 14 restaurants in the RAD, get some Christmas shopping done and come to RiverMusic to dance by the River and have dinner and a few beverages.
Event sponsors this year include Prestige Subaru, the Chaddick Foundation, Pisgah Investments, New Belgium Brewing, Catawba Brewing, Highland Brewing, WNCW, Mountain Xpress and Twin Leaf Brewery and Hi Wire Brewing.
Check out the Frequently Asked Questions page to get the scoop on parking, etc.
Volunteers for the Sept. 11 event can sign up by clicking here.
About RiverLink:
Located in Asheville’s River Arts District, RiverLink is a regional organization spearheading the economic and environmental revitalization of the French Broad River watershed as a destination where everyone can work, live and play. For more information about how you can get involved, see our Web site: www.riverlink.org, or contact us at information@riverlink.org or by phone at 252-8474.
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