LEAF Summer Event

Traditionally we have hosted LEAF Downtown as a FREE two-day event held in the heart of Asheville at Pack Square Park taking our mission and bringing it to life for everyone to enjoy. In 2022, due to circumstances beyond our control, we shifted to and were grateful to host 750 at LEAF Down by the River. In keeping with our mission, this event was free and open to the public As we move forward due to the unknowns of where our partnership with the City of Asheville will lead or if it will continue at all we have not yet set the format for what a Summer Event will look like though our Partners will be the first to know and be invited to help to craft and create another unique and amazing event!

""LEAF consistently gets better at creating a beautiful balance from wildly disparate elements. The organization's ambitions are as sprawling as the festival's musical lineup tends to be. Striking a balance between the local and the global, the cities and the natural world, the young and the grown, and the past and future, LEAF works to weave interconnectivity into a fractured era. The magic that connects communities and individuals is love. That love that inspires the horn lines from New Orleans, the dance steps from Guatemala, the stories from the Cherokee Nation, the melodies of bluegrass fiddles, and the lyrics of Bronx rappers is all the same love. LEAF is the hand holding it up to the sun. Generations of kids get to grow up at LEAF, experiencing freedom and a taste of exotic flavors that they don't even realize are rare treats. They're lucky enough to think that this is how the world is, and eventually understand that it's actually how the world should be. I always feel lucky to be a part of LEAF. It's a big part of the beating heart of Ashevil helping us grow and evolve together. The learning is never done, and I'm glad. Because this story has the best soundtra you could ever imagine."-Grammy

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