The Downtown Independent Groove Festival, a.k.a. the DIG Festival is coming to Asheville next month and I for one can’t wait. The festival spans 2 nights and includes a wide variety of musical acts appearing all over Asheville. Check out the lineup:
Night 1 – August 20, 2009
The Orange Peel – The Enemy Lovers, Chris Cates & The Master Plan, Kovacs & The Polar Bear.
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Well, another year of the Bele Chere Festival has come and gone. Tomorrow the cams will all be reset to their previous positions and Asheville can go about its business. It was a fun year for the festival, even if sales were a bit down. We’re looking forward to next year!
On an administrative note, the site had some pretty good numbers over the weekend, but it seems the streaming server was struggling a bit with the load. We apologize for anyone that got the dreaded “failed to load” message, and we will strive to do better next year.
Bele Chere is by far the busiest time if year for the site, with thousands of people from all over the world checking in to see the festival live.
Pritchard Park is having a birthday party on Friday, July 31. The party/fundraiser will run from 6:30 to 9:30PM at the S&W located at 56 Patton Avenue. The event is being held by The Friends of Pritchard Park, which is comprised of Asheville GreenWorks and the Downtown Asheville Residents Association (DARN).
A free birthday party will celebrate the park the following day. Proceeds from the events will benefit Pritchard Park. The fund-raiser will feature silent and live auctions. Live auction begins at 7:30 p.m.
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It’s official, Bele Chere 2009 has officially arrived! As usual, on this very special occasion, we have changed all our camera views to give you live shots of the action. Our robotic West Cam (affectionately known as RoboCam) is still giving all us Asheville natives a good view of traffic conditions around the Westgate Bridge, but it now gives you some nice zoom shots of the craft tents set up along Patton.
We moved the North Cam over to the West side and it is currently giving us a view of College Street and a bit of North Lexington. The South Cam is pointed a bit more down towards the Pack Square end of Biltmore Ave. Finally, the East Cam (another robotic camera which we call RoboCam II) is showing some close zoom shots of Pack Square.
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For those who didn’t know, you can catch the awesome Brushfire Stankgrass tonight at the Pisgah Brewing Company. The show starts at 8’ish. It should be an awesome show. If you can’t make it, though, don’t worry, because they’re also gonna be at Carolina Mountain Ribfest at the WNC Agricultural Center tomorrow, July 11 at 5:30PM. You can check out a full listing of their upcoming shows on their website.Hot on the heels of our performance at the Orange Peel on Wednesday night, we return to Pisgah for the ‘real deal’. Come hear what Brushfire is all about and have a great brew or two.
————————Driving Directions
* Take I-40 to Exit 59 (Swannanoa).
* Go north down the hill to the stop light.
* Take a right at the light(US 70)and go about 2 miles until you reach a stop light just yards after crossing a railroad track.
* Left at the light (Grovestone Road).
* Go to the next light and take a right(Old US 70).
* Approximately 100 yards on your right will be Eastside Business park.
* Take a right onto Eastside drive, pass the through the old guard gate, and park on the left.
* Right behind your vehicle will be building 100.
* Come on in!
If you don’t know about Asheville GreenWorks , they are a volunteer organization working for a “Clean and Green” Asheville and Buncombe County. If that sounds like a good cause to you, we recommend you attend the benefit that is being held on Thursday, July 16 2009 in their honor at the Asheville Community Theatre .
Charlotte Street Computers is sponsoring a benefit for Asheville GreenWorks Thursday, July 16 at the Asheville Community Theatre. The event will feature a private performance of “
Mark your calendars for August 6, because that’s when the Asheville Arts Center will be hosting an Ice Cream Social. The ice cream is being provided by The Hop Ice Cream Cafe , which we all know is some good stuff. Party starts at 6:30PM and runs through 8:30PM at the Asheville Arts Center at 308 Merrimon Avenue.
There is absolutely nothing like an old-fashioned ice cream social! Come join us for some delicious ice cream, courtesy of our friends at The Hop Ice Cream Caf
