You’re going to LOVE this lineup …
All Stages listed below
Presentation Tent & Panels
Friday, Aug. 9th
Peace Crane Sunwatcher Invocation
6:00 pm – The 5G Wake-up Call, Denise Mewborne, Stop 5G Asheville
6:30 pm – Love & Social Permaculture: Re-imaging Home, Career, the World – Dr. Cara Judea Alhadeff and Rob Mies
7:30 pm – Nutritional Healing: Listen to Your Body
8:00 pm – CBD Oil – Nancy Chancy
8:30 pm – Honey Creek Pottery
Saturday, Aug. 10th
10:30 am – Storytelling with the Count – Count M’butu
11:00 am – Wake Up America – The Sun is Shining, Dave Freeman – keynote speaker
12:00 pm – Solar Hot Water & Solar Thermal – Randy Flinders, Renewable Energy Southeast
12:30 pm – Off-Grid Solar in the Developing World – Ed Witkin, Steve Thomson, Samantha Childress, Jon Ruth , United Solar Initiative – sponsor
The Importance of Play in the First 2,000 Days – Buncombe Partnership for Children and Verner Center for Early Learning – sponsor
1:00 pm – Renewable Energy Infrastructure and Policy panel with: Dave “The Green Cowboy Freeman”, keynote speaker; Ben Stockdale, North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association; Steffi Rausch, Citizens’ Climate Lobby; Rocky Buldo, Power2Choose/Enough Technologies – sponsor; Ned Ryan Doyle, Asheville energy activist
2:30 pm – Canary Coalition’s NC Legislative Issues – Avram Friedman, Canary Coalition – sponsor
3:00 pm– Asheville/Buncombe’s Blue Horizon’s Project – Sophie Mullinax, Blue Horizon’s Project
3:30 pm – Helping Each Other Reduce Energy Use – Roger Helm, Energy Savers Network
4:00 pm – Climate Change & Justice in NC panel with: Tom Maycock, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, Dr. Liesel Erb, Warren Wilson College; Dr. Anne Richardson, Climate Psychiatry Alliance; Will Heegaard, Footprint Project – sponsor
5:30 pm – Coal’s Impact on Communities of the Southeast – Erin Savage, Appalachian Voices, sponsor
6:00 pm – Climate Change Basics – Marcela Moreno and Roger Helm, Climate Reality Project WNC Chapter, sponsor
6:30 pm – Nuclear Energy Cannot Save the Plant and Why – Mary Olson, Nuclear Information Research Service
7:00 pm – Self-sufficiency and Me: Bringing Self-Sufficiency into Any Lifestyle, Wi-Buy
7:30 pm – Green New Deal Explained – Sunrise Movement AVL
8:00 pm – Origami Mami
8:30 pm – New Life CBD
Sunday, Aug. 11th
10:00 am – Ramona Moore Big Eagle – Native American Stories from Native Elders
10:30 am – Preserving Our Mental Well-being Through Fermentation – Jennifer Eby
11:00 am – EV Vehicles – Rudy Beharrysingh, Blue Ridge EV Club
11:30 am – Financing Solar – Josh Redmond
12:00 pm – Seeds of Love: Faith Communities Working on Ecological Healing – Rev. Scott Hardin-Nieri, Creation Care Alliance
12:30 pm – Clean Path 2025 – Kim Porter, NC WARN
1:00 pm – Green Jobs Panel with: John Esson, Environmental Careers Center; Montana Bush, Alternative Energy Southeast; Chelsa Barnes, Appalachian Voices – sponsor
2:30 pm – Spiritual Ecology: Singing to the Plant People, Tom Blue Wolf, Earthkeepers – sponsor
3:00 pm – Deploying Solar + Storage to Climate Emergencies: Lessons from the Field – Will Heegaard and Lee Feliciano, Footprint Project and Rent Solar – sponsor
3:30 pm – Non-profit & Municipal Strategies for Installing Solar Systems – Jeff Deal, AIRE Appalachian Institute for Renewable Energy
4:00 pm – Healing Tonic – David Rosenthal, Pure Fire Foods
The 5G Wake-up Call, Denise Mewborne, Stop 5G Asheville
Workshop Tent
Friday, Aug. 9th
Peace Crane Sunwatcher Invocation
6:00 pm – Israeli Folk Dancing – Gladheart Farms – sponsor
7:00 pm – Black Soldier Fly Composting – Danny Keaton, Danny’s Dumpsters – sponsor
8:00 pm – Your Solar Questions Answered – David Del Vecchio – Solar Expo
8:00 pm – Robert Eidus, Workshop
Saturday, Aug. 10th
10:30 am – Aquaponics – Robert Rodriguez, Mountain View Farms
11:30 am – Goatherding – Megan Naylor, Wild Mountain Farm
12:30 pm – Community Empowerment & Food Resiliency – Tatiano Auturo, Bounty & Soul
1:30 pm – Biochar – Dan Hettinger, Living Web Farms
2:30 pm – Goods from the Woods: Profits from the Understory – Roger Lenhardt, Norm’s Farms – sponsor
2:30 pm – Warren Wilson Farm and Recycling Center Tour
4:30 pm – Regenerative Agriculture – Frank Holzman, Recovery Eco-Agriculture Project
5:30 pm – Beekeeping 101 – Becky Johnson, Kiss My Beehive
6:30 pm – Songwriters Workshop – NC Songsmiths Collective
8:00 pm – Renewable Energy Systems on a Farm – Richard Freudenberger, Living Web Farms
Sunday, Aug. 11th
10:00 am – Tama and Ananda
10:30 am – Green River Botanicals
10:30 am – Power & Light from the Sun 101 – Ed Witkin – United Solar Initiative, sponsor
11:00 am – Shanti Elixers
11:30 am – Toning Energy Chakras – Janet Gillette
11:30 am – Empower Yourself: Edison (Nickel-Iron) Battery Refurbishing and Benefits – Keenan Phillips, KS Phillips Contracting – sponsor
12:30 pm – Clean Green Solar Machine – Lyle Ciardi – sponsor
12:30 pm – Herbs – Folk Apothic
1:00 pm – Power2Choose Your Personal Energy Security – Rocky Buldo, Power2Choose/Enough Technologies
1:30 pm – Arts and Activism – Community Roots
2:30 pm – Stop 5G Asheville panel – Cole Simonson, EMR Remediation: Dr. Patricia Jordon; Diana Schultz, Green and Healthy Homes; Ruth Amanda, WideAtHeart.com; Denise Mewborne, Stop5GAsheville
3:30 pm – Maria Sangria – Using Sacred Circles for Conflict Resolution
Dance Tent
Friday, Aug. 9th
Peace Crane Sunwatcher Invocation
4:00 pm – Yoga – Christina Law, Yoga and Wellness of Blue Ridge
6:00 pm – Contra Dance –Nic Coker and Boom Chuck
7:30 pm – Zydeco Dance Instruction, Deborah Swansom
8:30 pm – Bayou Diesel
10:00 pm – The Atlanta Seven
Saturday, Aug. 10th
9:00 am – Yoga – Christina Law, Yoga and Wellness of Blue Ridge
10:00 am – Tai Chi – Cate Morrill
12:00 pm – Singing Workshop: Elise Witt and Glorious Chorus
1:30 pm – Rosin Sisters
3:30 pm – Hooping with Melanie, Asheville Hoops
4:30 pm – Aviva and the Flying Penguins
7:00 pm – Jess Goggans Band
8:30 pm – Mayhayley’s Grave
Sunday, Aug. 11th
9:00 am – Yoga – Christina Law, Yoga and Wellness of Blue Ridge
10:00 am – Breathing – Tama
12:30 pm – Biko & Aruana
2:00 pm – The Masarie Gang
3:30pm – Belly Dance – Lacy Maselle
4:30 pm – Phuncle Sam
Elderberry Jam Stage
Friday, Aug. 9th
5:00 pm – Peace Crane Sunwatcher Invocation
5:00 pm – Beats in the Bones
6:00 pm – QuickChester
7:00 pm – Joseph Herbst
8:00 pm – Hughes Taylor
10:00 pm – L.A. Fernandez and Shady Neighbor
Saturday, Aug. 10th
10:00 am – NC Songsmiths Collective Showcase
1:00 pm – Rick Denzien
2:00 pm – Hannah Sage
3:00 pm – Janet Gillette
4:00 pm – Stephie Rae
5:00 pm – The Foothill Brothers
6:00 pm – David D’Angelo
7:00 pm – Sugar Kayne
8:00 pm – Gareth Asher
9:00 pm – Laura Thurston
Sunday, Aug. 11th
12:00 pm – Noah Barefoot and the Botanicals
1:00 pm – NC Songsmiths Collective
2:00 pm – Kare Strong
3:00 pm – Pepper and Divine
4:00 pm – Lillie Kolman
Main Stage
Friday, Aug. 9th
Headline Act: Jeff Mosier – 9:30 pm
6:30 pm – Jeff Sipe & Kaizen
8:00 pm – Donna Hopkins Band
9:30 pm – Headline Act: Jeff Mosier
Saturday, Aug. 10th
Headline Act: Rising Appalachia – 9:30 pm
12:00 pm – Taylor Martin
2:00 pm – Sol y Canto
6:00 pm – Josh Phillips
8:00 pm – Our Outlaw Outfits
9:30 pm – Rising Appalachia
Sunday, Aug. 11th
Headline Act: Sol Driven Train – 4 pm
12:30 pm – Natti Lovejoys
2:00 pm – Strung Like a Horse
4:00 pm – Sol Driven Train
KIDS GRID
FRIDAY:
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SUNDAY:
12:30-3:00 pm – Face Painting – Katy Jo Schroer
SOLAR EXPO
Friday, Aug. 9th
SunWatcher Peace Crane Invocation
6:00 pm – E-Bikes – Ryan Gillespie, Sol-Mobil
8:00 pm – Your Solar Questions Answered – David Del Vecchio workshop tent
Saturday, Aug. 10th
11:00 am – Keynote Speaker: Dave Freeman – Wake Up America – The Sun is Shining – Presentation Tent
1:00 pm – Renewable Energy Policy and Infrastructure panel – Presentation Tent
12:00 pm – Solar Hot Water and Solar Thermal – Randy Flinders, Renewable Energy Southeast, presentation tent
12:30 pm – Off-Grid Solar in the Developing World – Ed Witkin, Steve Thomson, Samantha Childress, Jon Ruth , United Solar Initiative – sponsor, presentation tent
1:00 pm – Renewable Energy Infrastructure and Policy panel with: Dave “The Green Cowboy Freeman”, keynote speaker; Ben Stockdale, North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association; Steffi Rausch, Citizens’ Climate Lobby; Rocky Buldo, Power2Choose/Enough Technologies – sponsor; Ned Ryan Doyle, Asheville energy activist; Jim Warren, NC WARN, Presentation Tent
1:00 pm – Rick Denzien, “The Zero Emmissions Musician”, Elderberry Jam Stage
2:30 pm – Canary Coalition’s NC Legislative Issues – Avram Friedman, Canary Coalition – sponsor, Presentation Tent
3:00 pm – Asheville/Buncombe’s Blue Horizon’s Project – Sophie Mullinax, Blue Horizon’s Project , presentation tent
3:30 pm – Helping Each Other Reduce Energy Use – Roger Helm, Energy Savers Network , presentation tent
4:00 pm – Climate Change & Justice in NC panel with: Tom Maycock, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, Dr. Liesel Erb, Warren Wilson College; Dr. Anne Richardson, Climate Psychiatry Alliance; Will Heegaard, Footprint Project – sponsor
5:30 pm – Coal’s Impact on Communities of the Southeast – Erin Savage, Appalachian Voices, sponsor
6:00 pm – Climate Reality Project , WNC Chapter – Sponsor
8:00 pm – Renewable Energy Systems on a Farm – Richard Freudenberger, Living Web Farms , workshop tent
Sunday, Aug. 11th
10:30 am – Power & Light from the Sun 101 – Ed Witkin – United Solar Initiative, sponsor, Solar Expo
11:00 am – EV Vehicles – Rudy Beharrysingh, Blue Ridge EV Club , presentation tent
11:30 am – Empower Yourself: Edison (Nickel-Iron) Battery Refurbishing and Benefits – Keenan Phillips, KS Phillips Contracting – sponsor, Solar Expo
11:30 am – Financing Solar – Josh Redmond, presentation tent
12:30 pm – Clean Green Solar Machine – Lyle Ciardi – sponsor The Perfect Off Grid Battery Storage Solution, Solar Expo
12:30 pm – Clean Path 2025 – Kim Porter, NC WARN, presentation tent
1:00 pm – Power2Choose Your Personal Energy Security – Rocky Buldo, Power2Choose/Enough Technologies Solar Expo
1:00 pm – Green Jobs Panel with: John Esson, Environmental Careers Center; Montana Bush, Alternative Energy Southeast , sponsor; Chelsa Barnes, Appalachian Voices – sponsor, presentation tent
3:00 pm – Deploying Solar + Storage to Climate Emergencies: Lessons from the Field – Will Heegaard and Lee Feliciano, Footprint Project and Rent Solar – sponsor, presentation tent
3:30 pm -Non-profit and Municipal Strategies for Installing Solar System – Jeff Deal, AIRE (Appalachain Institute for Renewable Energy), Presentation tent
Participating Businesses
Special thanks to our solar sponsors for powering up the festival.
United Solar Initiative, sponsor
Power2Choose/Enough Technologies, sponsor
Footprint Project/Rent Solar, sponsor
KS Phillips Contracting, sponsor
Triple Aught Design and Build , sponsor
Clean Green Solar Machine , sponsor
Preserve Resources – sponsor
Carrborro Solar Works, LLC, sponsor
Alternative Energy Southeast, sponsor
Heartwood Community, sponsor
Rick Denzien, “The Zero Emmissions Musician”
Palmetto State Solar, NC Branch
AIRE – Appalachian Institute for Renewable Energy