Click here to view photographs from this program. Photo credit: Paul King
The Amadeus Festival, the Asheville Symphony’s extraordinary, area-wide celebration of music and the arts, returns in May for a 10-day run. This year, the theme is American music of every style from bluegrass, jazz and classical to rock, pop, and folk – plus stage, cinema and dance performances at venues throughout the greater Asheville area. Among the headliners this year are Bela Fleck, the internationally-renowned banjo artist and Kishi Bashi, the celebrated multi-instrumentalist.
The Amadeus festival began in 2015 as a week-long event. In 2017 and 2019 it was expanded to a major 10-day festival, bringing together many of Asheville's most talented musicians, artists and entertainers for a range of performances, education programs and social events.
This year, the celebration kicks off on May 11th with a beer tasting at Cursus Kĕmē on Thompson Street, a tribute to beer-lover Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It concludes on the 20th with an evening performance by Bela Fleck and the Asheville Symphony.
At Leadership Asheville Forum’s April 26th forum, we’ll hear more from Daniel Crupi, the executive director of the Asheville Symphony. We hope you’ll be able to join us.
WHAT: LAF's April 26th Critical Issues Luncheon
WHERE: The Country Club of Asheville, 170 Windsor Road
TIME: Food Service begins at 11:45am, the program at 12:15pm
COST: $25 for LAF members, $35 for nonmembers
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED, by 12 Noon Tuesday, April 18th. RSVP to Nancy Williams at nwilliam@unca.edu
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the program.
Be sure to mark your calendars for the next Leadership Asheville Forum event:
Wednesday, May 24th: An Engineering Marvel & A Human Tragedy: the history of the Swannanoa railroad tunnel, with UNCA history professor Dr. Dan Pierce. At this event, we will present our annual Circle of Excellence Award to an outstanding local individual. There also will be a very brief Annual Business Meeting to elect LAF officers and board members for the coming year.