Siren Mountain Jam is this weekend

Posted on by Alli Marshall

Siren Mountain Jam holds its inaugural two-day festival at High Country Fairgrounds in Boone, N.C. this weekend, Friday and Saturday, June 21 and 22.

The music and arts gathering is kind of like a Southeastern Lilith Fair. That festival, held from 1997-1999 and again in 2010 featured female solo artists and female-led bands. Siren Mountain Jam is a women’s music and art festival (yes, men are welcome to attend) which, according to the festivals’ website, “brings together some of the best women musicians and female-fronted bands, world-class women artists, and non-profit women’s organizations for a weekend of fun celebrating women’s contributions to the arts.”

Headliners include Joan Osborne and Me’Shell Ndegeocello, with Asheville-based trio The Swayback Sisters, former Asheville outfit Rising Appalachia (they now live in New Orleans), N.C.-based artists Samantha O’Brien, Eliza Eason, Lisa Baldwin and The Mountain Laurels and N.C.-born folk/funk/blues/jazz artist Crys Matthews.

The line up is:
Friday — Mountain Laurels, Greta & Marcie Schaefer, Eliza Eason, Lisa Baldwin & Dave Haney, Melissa Reaves, Toshi Reagon, Rising Appalachia, Meshell Ndegeocello.
Saturday — Samantha O’Brien, Amythyst Kiah, Crys Matthews, The Swayback Sisters, Melissa Reaves, Michelle Malone, Joan Osborne.

The festival also includes a healing arts village and an artisan village.

Tickets are $85 for two-day passes until June 20; $100 at the gate). Friday-only tickets are $50. Saturday-only tickets are $60. A weekend tent-camping pass is $25 per person, a weekend RV pass is $150.

Xpress is giving away one pair of weekend passes to the festival. To win, find this post on our Facebook page and in the comments field, tell us which performer you’re most excited about seeing at Siren Mountain Jam. A winner will be drawn at random and announced at 5 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, June 19) on Facebook.

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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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