5Point Adventure Film Festival is Coming to Asheville

Leading adventure film event 5Point Adventure Film Festival announces the full line-up for the concert-style film festival in Asheville, NC, taking place October 6-8.

The leading adventure film festival, which was founded in 2008 by former Climbing Magazine owner, Julie Kennedy, and founder of outdoor brand Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, offers audiences a taste of adventure through the lens, with a compelling program of more than 50 short films, panel discussions, community events, parties and more during the three-day event. The regional festival has become a highlight on the Southern adventure film industry calendar and this year’s film program includes Ace and The Desert Dog by Brendon Leonard and Forest Woodward, Uni-Saders, When We Were Knights by Anson Fogel, Trail to Kazbegi, Role Reversal among others. During the three-day event visiting guest speakers and panelists will include author and professional adventurer, Brendan Leonard; Jimmy Agnew, unicycle guru, larger-than-life character, Ultraromance, Editor-in-Chief of Bike Mag, Brice Minnigh, In Between Swims podcast host, Jeff McIntyre, and filmmakers Thomas Woodson, Joey Schusler, and Forest Woodward.

Local female adventure and outdoor recreation legends will join a panel and live podcast recording, including Ky Delaney, Shanna Powell, Anne Riddle, Tracy Hopkins, and Anna Levesque.  Also in the lineup of local special guests, emcee, Brett McCall, yoga instructor, Joe Taft, local filmmakers Dumaine Babcock and Tommy Penick, and former Asheville City Councilman, Marc Hunt. The full festival schedule and program is below.

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Other festival highlights include starting the weekend with the signature Van Life Rally and kick-off party Thursday, October 6, 2016, 4-10pm at The Salvage Station.  Other events include a group trail run, yoga class, tours of Sierra Nevada Brewery, VIP parties, poetry readings, live music, demos, clinics, and workshops, and presentations with special guests.  New for 2016 at 5Point Asheville will be discounted tickets and passes for attendees of the Overland Expo East and Beer City Beatdown events happening in Asheville for the weekend.

Tickets are priced at $10 for youths, $20 regular and $60 VIP, and can be purchased at 5pointfilm.org/tickets or at the US Cellular Center box office.  Details on the schedule of events and how to be involved are available here.