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Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance

Fall Festival 2009: October 8-11

A family-friendly festival of music, dance, art, and education. 4 days, 4 stages, and over 50 bands in beautiful, green Chatham County!

Early bird tickets for the fall 2009 festival on sale NOW at the Grassroots Store! Click here to visit the store.

There is a place, not too far out in the country, but just enough, where Triangle residents and visitors can go to find beauty and, if for just a weekend, experience and draw from it. This place is called Shakori Hills, and every spring and fall they hold the Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance. There is grass and clean air as far as the eye can see, and the ground swells with everything that makes people happy: handmade crafts, tasty food, children’s activities, dancing, world and local culture, and best of all…music.

Shakori Hills is also a community organization that hosts the Grassroots Festival and this September will be hosting the 3rd Annual Hoppin’ John Old-Time and Bluegrass Fiddlers’ Convention Sept 18 & 19, 2009. Shakori Hills is also home to benefit events, other community festivals such as Fiesta Latina and this summer’s Mountain Aid, green weddings, and is available for private parties. Feel free to contact us to discuss holding your event at Shakori Hills.

At the spring and fall festivals there are four stages, two large outdoor, a dance tent, and an intimate cabaret stage. Each festival boasts around 50 bands. There is definitely something for everyone. At any one time, a person can learn how to clog, listen to a story, get a massage, boogie to a Zydeco accordion, blow bubbles with a child, learn how to environmentally equip a home, and chow down on a freshly baked slice of homemade pizza. All this to say that just the word “festival” cannot quite describe it. The only way to fully understand is to escape the every day world, get outside, and come to Shakori Hills.

Mark your calendars for these other events happening soon at Shakori Hills:

Hoppin’ John Old Time and Bluegrass Fiddlers’ Convention – September 18 & 19

Fall Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance – October 8 - 11

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