While Asheville City buses will continue to run during Bele Chere weekend, certain routes may be altered due to downtown street closures.
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Mamarazzi Bele Chere podcast
Brooklyn-based collective Mamarazzi blends Afrobeat, African highlife music, funk and hip-hop to a high-energy live show. They play Bele Chere on Saturday, July 30, 2:15 pm. on the Haywood Street stage.
Jolie Holland plays Asheville during Bele Chere weekend
Singer/songwriter Jolie Holland, an original member of the Be Good Tanyas and, more recently, a solo artist talks about the title of her new album (Pint of Blood), how the songwriter traditions is passed along, and how she ended up recording with hip-hop musicians.
The Whigs Bele Chere podcast
Rockers The Whigs from Athens, Ga. play Bele Chere on Friday, July 29 at 8 p.m. on the Coxe Ave. stage. Here, front man Parker Gispert talks to Xpress.
Bele Chere gets some hip-hop after all
Chicago’s Kids These Days take the place of Mambo Sauce in the Bele Chere Saturday lineup. Photo by Charles Nolis Anderson.
Not so into Bele Chere? What about Hell Chere?
A full lineup of alternative bands (mostly local) play Arcade Asheville on Friday, July 29. For free!
If Asheville is diverse, why isn’t Bele Chere?
Asheville is a diverse city, and Bele Chere is its biggest festival. So why is there no hip-hop or R&B at Bele Chere?
2011 Schedule: Sunday, July 31
Stage schedule for Bele Chere 2011 on Sunday, July 31.
2011 Schedule: Saturday, July 30
Stage schedule for Bele Chere 2011 on Saturday, July 30.
2011 Schedule: Friday, July 29
Stage schedule for Bele Chere 2011 on Friday, July 29.
Getting to know the Bele Chere bands
We’ve come to the final three announced acts on this year’s Bele Chere lineup. All three are local. One is bluegrass, two (including Sonmi Suite, pictured here) are electronic.
Getting to know the Bele Chere bands
Ready to meet three more bands in this year’s Bele Chere lineup? Today’s group is all from out of town, though not too far away. Beta Radio and Onward Soldiers both come from Wilmington; The Protomen (seen here) are from Nashville.
Getting to know the Bele Chere bands
Now that the entire Bele Chere lineup has been announced, we thought we’d introduce you to a handful of the bands each day. Most of today’s group is all local (like Kovacs & the Polar Bear, seen here) and of those, two formed within the last year. Party band Mambo Sauce is from Washington, D.C. and world-fusion group Mamarazzi comes from Brooklyn.
Getting to know the Bele Chere bands
Now that the entire Bele Chere lineup has been announced, we thought we’d introduce you to a handful of the bands each day. Today’s group is all local, with the exception of Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers from Massachusetts. Pictured here: Vertigo Jazz Project.
Getting to know the Bele Chere bands
Now that the entire Bele Chere lineup has been announced, we thought we’d introduce you to a handful of the bands each day. Today’s group is all regional (and mostly local) including Athens, Ga.-based The Whigs (seen here in a photo by Mathew Wenthe).
Last Band Standing finalists announced
WNC Magazine just announced its finalists (including Warm the Bell, seen here) in the Last Band Standing: Road to Bele Chere contest. The winner will play Bele Chere in Friday, July 29, 4:30-6 p.m. on the Haywood Street Stage.
More Bele Chere bands announced
Hard to believe it’s only seven weeks until Asheville’s largest street festival of the summer. But as the dates (Friday-Sunday, July 29-31) draw nearer, more bands are announcing their plans to play Bele Chere’s many stages.
The Bele Chere lineup so far
This year’s festival will include Railroad Earth (seen here), Jessica Lea Mayfield and the Cedric Burnside Project, along with a number of local acts.
The fight over a Bele Chere photo
Necessary documentation of the news or a privacy violation? A photo, by Citizen-Times reporter Jason Sandford, of medics treating an over-heated Hare Krishna at Bele Chere has set off a debate.
Photo copyright Jason Sandford, used with permission
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at Bele Chere
Photo by Jonathan Welch
Dirtfoot cancels Bele Chere show, Swayback Sisters perform instead
An emergency appendectomy forced the cancellation. Local trio The Swayback Sisters will play the Saturday slot.