Fall Shakori Hills GrassRoots LIVE STREAM!

October 5, 2021 by Russ Friedell Leave a Comment

Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival returns for the first time in 2 years this weekend and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome everyone back to the farm! But we know that not all of you will be able to make it, and so we are excited to announce that Friday and Saturday night of the festival will be available to watch LIVE from anywhere through a high definition multi-camera live stream broadcast by StageIt and Event Webcasting!

Friday October 8 begins at 5 PM Eastern and will end around 11 PM ET.

Featuring performances from:
Donna The Buffalo
Roosevelt Collier
Consider The Source
Root Shock
& more!

Saturday October 9 begins at 5 PM Eastern and will end around 12:30 AM ET.

Featuring performances from:
Locos Por Juana
Driftwood
Richie Stearns
& more!

$10 (100 Notes) per night or $15 (150 Notes) for both nights.

Livestream Passes can be purchased and viewing can be set up at stageit.com/GrassRootsFestival.

Shakori Hills Fall 2021 Covid, Alcohol and Camping Updates!

October 4, 2021 by Russ Friedell 2 Comments

As we prepare for the return of the first Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival in 2 years we have some updates and changes for this fall festival that we want to make sure all of you, our Shakori Family, are all aware of.

Thank you all so much for your patience as we navigate the pandemic to bring back Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival this fall; we can’t wait to see you all soon!

COVID POLICY

As we edge ever closer to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves in the midst of high case rates overwhelming our public health systems, and thus in order to do our best to help stem the spread of the virus we are requiring the following from all attendees and participants 12 years and older in order to enter:

Proof of complete vaccination (greater than 14 days since final dose). Photo of vaccine card, vaccine passport or actual vaccine card are all accepted.
OR a negative COVID-19 test taken no sooner than 72 hours prior to entry.
AND, A Health Attestation completed upon arrival.

Children under 12 do not need to test, but must complete a Health Attestation by parent or legal guardian upon arrival.

NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL

Due to new insurance regulations coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, outside alcohol will not be allowed at this year’s Fall Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival. There will be a cooler check at the front gate upon arrival and we will have plenty of alcoholic beverage options available from our sponsor Foothills Brewing along with a variety of cocktail, wine, cider and hard seltzer options served at multiple bars located throughout the farm.

EARLY CAMPING

Unlike in previous years, in an effort to limit the risk of the spread of COVID-19, Early Camping will open at 10 AM on Wednesday, October 6th for an additional $10 collected upon arrival. The COVID policy listed above will be enacted upon arrival.

In addition to the above changes for this upcoming festival, you can always find a great, longer list of What To Bring here at our website.

Thank you all so much for your patience and understanding as we have navigated the ever evolving pandemic over the past two years.

The site is looking beautiful, and we are so excited to welcome you all back to Shakori Hills October 7-10!

Save Your Roots

November 19, 2020 by David Dean 2 Comments

For the past 30 years the GrassRoots Festivals have been a part of your family and you have been a part of ours.

We have come together several times a year in the spirit of music, art and community, and what started as a benefit to support AIDS related causes has transformed into an engine for expression, creativity, education and critically weighing the issues of our time in order to create positive change in the community.

This feels like one of these times where all of this matters the most.

As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization we have worked very hard to keep this festival belonging to you, our fans, and each ticket purchased or volunteer hour performed has been instrumental to this mission.

We don’t have large pools of corporate sponsors as we have kept our festival an authentic experience, free from the boundaries of corporate influence. Each donation or ticket has ensured that this remains your festival, and for that the GrassRoots Festival Organization is very grateful for the generations of fans that have come together in this spirit.

Now, for the first time since the festival began 30 years ago, with an entire year of GrassRoots Festivals postponed, we need your support more than ever.

In order to raise the $100,000 needed to prepare for the 2021 season, the GrassRoots Festivals are bringing the spirit and essence of GrassRoots to your living room with Save Your Roots, a live stream event from the State Theatre in Ithaca, NY on Saturday, December 19, 2020.

So please save the date and help us launch the GrassRoots Festivals into the next 30 years by joining your GrassRoots Family to Save Your Roots.

Donate to Save Your Roots

Fall 2020 Festival Cancelled

July 13, 2020 by David Dean 6 Comments

Pittsboro, North Carolina, July 13, 2020 – The 17th Annual Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

All tickets purchased for the event, originally scheduled to host the Del McCoury Band, Rising Appalachia, Donna the Buffalo and many others October 8 through 11, 2020, will be honored at the next festival.

“Despite the beautiful summer weather, we encourage music lovers everywhere to wear masks and stay socially distant so we can enjoy the simple things in life again, like dancing with friends at Shakori Hills,” said Carol Woodell, board president.

The biannual festival, held every spring and fall, is the largest program for the non-profit Shakori Hills Community Arts Center. The Center provides low-cost to no-cost music, art, and sustainability education in the North Carolina counties of Chatham, Orange, and Durham.

Woodell continued, “We are putting the pieces together to host a virtual festival October 8 through 11. This will be a programmatic fundraiser for the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center. We are working on the details and will have a formal announcement of the schedule at a later date.”

Donations to Shakori Hills Community Arts Center can be made via PayPal on www.shakorihills.org or via the blue donate button on the SHCAC Facebook page.

Festival questions can be submitted to shakorihills@grassrootsfest.org.

Show Shakori Some Love

May 7, 2020 by Shakori Hills 2 Comments

Grove Stage — Photography by: Madelyn Matthews

The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance is a nonprofit festival which benefits the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center (SHCAC).

The spring and fall GrassRoots Festivals are easily the largest drivers of revenue for SHCAC with the spring bringing in roughly double the amount of benefit to the center.

Due to the cancellation of the Spring 2020 festival the programs and festival are in jeopardy. We need your support to help keep them going.

The SHCAC hosts music workshops and classes throughout the year as well as programs in schools. Programs like the Junior Appalachian Musicians, Roots in the Schools, Hoppin’ John, and the GrassRoots Festival will be impacted by the quarantine associated with the coronavirus.

SHCAC is a nonprofit in good standing with the Secretary of State of NC and enjoys a Gold rating from Guidestar, the world’s largest source of nonprofit information, for it’s transparency.

The SHCAC brings so much joy to the faces of children and adults alike, and we want it to continue to thrive. Most of the classes offered by SHCAC are low-cost and no-cost programs for children in rural areas of the Piedmont of North Carolina.

Please help us continue the mission of SHCAC to provide culturally significant arts, music and sustainability education and outreach to our local community and schools, while preserving the greenspace of the 72-acre Chatham County homestead.

Even if you can only give a little bit, it will go a long way.

Below are some ways you can support the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center, the presenting organization of the Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance:

1) You can donate via PayPal using this link.

2) Set SHCAC as your preferred nonprofit on smile.amazon.com and remember to log-in via that link when you do all your Amazon shopping.

This website works the same as Amazon and has all the same products as Amazon, however, you begin at smile.amazon.com and Amazon donates 0.5% of your purchase to Shakori Hills on eligible products.

Amazon Smile Steps:

Go to https://smile.amazon.com
Log in
Type in your Charity/ Organization – Shakori Hills Community Arts Center
Start Shopping!

3) The third way you can help is by spreading the word on social media, for instance:

Sharing our blog posts
Subscribe to the Shakori Sessions Podcast
Share photos and videos of your time at Shakori Hills and tag us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter
Subscribe to the Shakori Hills YouTube Channel and send us your old video links so we can add to our Shakori Hills playlist.

With people working remotely and social distancing more than ever before, it is important to stay together as a community. We can help build the Shakori Hills online community, ensure the future of the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center, and spread the Shakori Love!

How to Help Our Festival Family

April 21, 2020 by Shakori Hills Leave a Comment

Vendors Tent — Photo by: Elizabeth Larson Photography

The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance would be nothing without its bands and arts and craft persons.

Many of you have asked about how to help support these individuals during this difficult time.

Bands

Many of the musicians who were slated to play during Spring 2020 have their own websites featuring merchandise and other items for sale.

Visit our Performers Page for links to all the Spring 2020 bands.

As you know, we love to feature North Carolina music on the stages at Shakori Hills. Keep the money local when you support these indie bands on Bandcamp, which is similar to Spotify but all the money goes directly to supporting the artist.

We also have an official Shakori Hills Spotify Playlist for the Spring 2020 lineup that you can enjoy from home.

JamBase has launched a calendar of livestreams for everyone to watch while at home. Anyone can add to this community calendar, so if you know of an artist with a livestream, add it and share it.

Arts and Crafts Vendors

Shakori wouldn’t be the same without unique arts and crafts vendors. Here is a list of the Arts and Craft Vendors who were going to be at the Spring 2020 festival. We are sure your support would mean a great deal to these small businesses in this difficult time.

Consider buying a piece and sending it to a loved one or friend to share a smile or just a simple “thinking of you.”

AdaArt	www.AdaArt.org
Arthur Dyes	www.arthurdyes.com
Cabin Girl Designs	www.cabingirldesigns.bigcartel.com
Caravanserai Body Care Apothecary	www.caravanseraibodycare.com
Daimaris	www.facebook.com/daimaris.carmona
Dingles and Things	www.facebook.com/dinglesandthings
Earth and Iron Pottery	www.facebook.com/earthandironpottery/
For Claudia’s Sayke	www.forclaudiassayke.com
Hand Over Heals	www.ezhenna.com
Katie Did It	www.etsy.com/shop/katiediditglass/
Kcreatable	www.facebook.com/kcreatable
K’owino Batiks	www.kowinobatiks.com
Landon Fraker Art	www.LandonFraker.com
Markextonart	www.markextonart.com
Mexica Crafts	www.facebook.com/MexicaCrafts
Mountain Metal Arts	www.mountainmetalarts.com
New World Glass	www.newworldglass.com
Planet Love	www.planetlovedesigns.com
Rainey Day Wood Works	www.raineydaywoodworks.com
Sacred Wilderness Batiks	facebook.com/sacredwildernessbatiks
SPERO Art	www.speroart.org
SuddenShrines	www.suddenshrines.com
Threelittlebirds Pinecones	www.etsy.com/shop/PineConeJewelryShop
Twisted Bliss .	www.TwistedBlissDesigns.etsy.com
Venus and Vitriol	venusandvitriol.etsy.com

Spring 2020 Festival Cancellation Announcement

March 15, 2020 by David Dean 9 Comments

Dearest Friends,

The time has come to make a tough decision regarding the 18th Annual Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance.

As you all know, Shakori Hills is a very special place that brings together music and dance fans twice a year to celebrate life and art. Therefore, you know how painful it is to announce the cancellation of the Spring 2020 festival due to the coronavirus.

Carol Woodell, board president of the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center (SHCAC), would like you to know, “In the interest of slowing the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and with particular concern for the health of our festival family, the performers, staff, and our Chatham County community, it is with deep sadness that we are canceling our Spring festival,” said Carol Woodell, board president of the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center.

The SHCAC is also cancelling all other programs until further notice, including all Road to Shakori shows, the Junior Appalachian Musicians classes, and multiple voice and art classes.

Carol said, “We choose to be proactive, given Governor Cooper’s Executive Order and the CDC’s recent recommendation that large events and mass gatherings be cancelled or postponed for the next 8 weeks. While we very much hope life returns to normal by early May, we are mindful of the scientific consensus that unknowns lie ahead. We want to see all of our supporters back healthy and safe in October.”

As previously announced, no ticket refunds will be given, instead SHCAC is waiving the no transfer clause of the purchase agreement.

All tickets and camping passes will be transferred to the fall 2020 festival, happening October 8 – 10.

However, ticket holders who prefer their purchases to be transferred to the Spring 2021 festival (May 6 – 9, 2021) are asked to please complete the online form found on the Tickets page by 5:00 p.m. Friday, April 17, 2020.

Donations to help ensure the continuation of our non-profit festival, and the important mission of the SHCAC to provide music and arts education to underserved communities in the Piedmont, can be made via PayPal on www.shakorihills.org or via the blue donate button the SHCAC Facebook page.

Carol has also made a commitment to everyone who launches a Facebook fundraiser to benefit SHCAC: she will personally donate $25 to every SHCAC fundraiser launched on Facebook.

Festival questions can be submitted to shakorihills@grassrootsfest.org for the quickest response or by calling the office at (919) 542-8142.

Thank you for your understanding and support. We encourage you to stay in touch with us on social media and look forward to seeing you in the fall to celebrate!

Sincerely-

Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival Staff

Del McCoury Headlines 18th Annual Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival

February 10, 2020 by Shakori Hills 2 Comments

Getting antsy about the lineup for the 18th Annual Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance?

Well, wait no longer! We are pleased to announce the full lineup of spring 2020 performers!

As usual, we have a variety of artists coming to perform. However, we are very excited to welcome back the Grammy award-winning Del McCoury Band, their first since 2014. 2020 will mark Del and the Boys fifth performance at Shakori Hills GrassRoots, making them some of Shakori Hills’ elder statesmen.

We strive to offer a unique experience, sure to please all music lovers and will have a mix of new and returning bands.

Rising Appalachia returns for two sets and Keller Williams will bring back his funky good times to the hills of Shakori.

View the full lineup for the Spring 2020 Shakori GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance below or on the Performers page.

Donna The Buffalo, Del McCoury Band, Rising Appalachia, Keller Williams, Lucas Ashby’s Braintrust Feat. Cyro Baptista, Consider the Source, Driftwood, Travers Brothership, Greg Humphreys Electric Trio, Bella’s Bartok, Preston Frank, Dr. Bacon, Empire Strikes Brass, Ellis Dyson and the Shambles, Swamp Kids, Miss Tess and the Talkbacks, Root Shock, Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba, Loamlands, Downtown Abby & The Echos, Ashley Heath & Her Heathens, Bubba George String Band, brahm, Aaron Lipp, Momma Molasses, Tenzin Chopak, Emily Musolino, Africa Unplugged, Richie Stearns, Onyx Club Boys, T. Gold, Blue Footed Boobies, KidBess and the Magic Ring, Trio 305, Julia., Golden Shoals, West King String Band, Bakalao Stars, The Shoaldiggers, PA Line, Sonny Miles, Cosmic Horizon, Easy Tiger, Bulltown Strutters, Broccoli Brothers Circus, Big Wonderful Variety Show, Wall of Sound, Dr. Fruit, Shakori JAM, Compost Theatre, Ecstatic Dance

Be on the lookout for featured bands in upcoming blogs. In the meantime, check out the Spring ‘20 Shakori Hills Spotify playlist for a pre-festival warmup.

We can’t wait to see everyone. Until then, keep jamming.

#ShakoriHills

Live Band Announcement Sunday

February 6, 2020 by Shakori Hills 2 Comments

Join us Sunday as we broadcast a livestream of the full band announcement for the 18th Annual Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance.

The livestream will start at 2:00 p.m. on Facebook and YouTube this February 9 and conclude by 4:00 p.m.

The program will feature performances by Emily Musolino and interviews with Emily Wilhelm, Festival Director, and Scott Mizerak of Foothills Brewing.

Interviews with Jenn Browning, Healing Arts Coordinator, and Pierre Lauffer, Sustainability Coordinator, will provide updates on programming for the spring festival.

The same day, we will release the first Shakori Session with Sierra Ferrell will be released.

Join us live from Circle City Recording studio in Pittsboro this Sunday!

2020 Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival Dates

October 30, 2019 by David Dean 14 Comments

Shakori Hills banner in the Outpost — photo by Elizabeth Larson

The biannual Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance will be held Thursday, May 7 through Sunday, May 10 and Thursday, October 8 through Sunday, October 11, 2020. These dates will be the 18th annual spring festival and 17th iteration of the fall festival.

Tickets for Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots will be available at the Holiday Rate starting Weds., Nov. 13 at 10:00 a.m. through midnight Tues., Dec. 31, 2019. The Holiday Rate is the lowest ticket rate offered for the spring festival.

Early Bird tickets will be available starting Weds., January 1, 2020 through January 31, 2020 and at that time tickets will increase to Advance Rates. Tickets will be available at the gate starting Monday, May 4, 2020.

Ticket details for the fall festival will be announced at a later date.

Typically, the festival starts the first Thursday in May and October. It just so happens the first Thursday in May, 2020 falls on Mother’s Day weekend.

Therefore, we are going to celebrate moms at the spring festival! There will be a champagne toast on Mother’s Day and we are working on several other programs to say, “thanks, Mom!” More details will be announced as we get closer to the spring festival.

The fall festival in October has been moved back one weekend and will start the second Thursday of the month. This change is due to the way 2020 falls on the calendar.

Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance is a non-profit event that benefits the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center, itself a non-profit. The Shakori Hills Arts Center provides free or greatly reduced music and arts programs to rural communities in Chatham, Orange, and Durham counties.

The festival takes place on 72 acres outside of Pittsboro that have been described as a, “music lovers’ paradise.” The site accommodates four stages and an average of 50 acts per festival. Recent headlining acts include Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, Galactic, and Steve Earle.

More information can be found online at www.shakorihillsgrassroots.org and by searching for the #ShakoriHills hashtag on social media.

Fall Shakori Hills GrassRoots LIVE STREAM!

Shakori Hills Fall 2021 Covid, Alcohol and Camping Updates!

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Fall 2020 Festival Cancelled

Show Shakori Some Love

How to Help Our Festival Family

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Del McCoury Headlines 18th Annual Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival

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