Get ready to Rise Up at the 5th Annual LEAF Downtown AVL, taking place August 2-3, 2019 in the heart of Downtown Asheville at Pack Square Park. LEAF Downtown AVL showcases dynamic musical talent, immersive cultural arts performances and local handcraft & culinary artists. Visit theLEAF.org/downtown for more info on this inclusive, family-friendly, FREE event!
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LEAF Community Arts is thrilled to announce its dynamic lineup of performing artists at LEAF Downtown AVL!
Stephen Marley, Arrested Development
Delhi 2 Dublin, DJ Logic & Friends
Marley Carroll, Free Planet Radio, Raye Zaragoza
Ashley Heath & Her Heathens, Queen Bee & The Honeylovers, BoogiTherapi, Free Flow Band, DJ Bowie, Ol Dirty Bathtub
Nex Millen, DJ Hijx de la Chingada & DJ Juan Bounce, Life Like Water, Studio Zahiya, Raices y Juntos, Zabumba
LEAF International Ivory Coast, Blue Ridge Pride Drag Show,
AVL Urban Youth Step Dance Competition Hosted by Sonya Fair& many more…..
“LEAF welcomes ONE & ALL to Rise Up and joins us as we continue to build an enduring legacy of world music, art, & culture in the heart of our beautiful mountain city. Feel the good vibrations of roots reggae superstar Stephen Marley as he performs decades of Grammy Award-winning hits from his own catalog and that of his legendary father. Break out your finest dance moves and attune to the sound of classic hip-hop icons Arrested Development… And that’s just the beginning! Experience a world-class creative immersion featuring 200 performers on 3 stages, 70 hand-selected artisan craft & food vendors, non-stop family adventure programming, and our Voices of Asheville cultural epicenter – a safe-space highlighting the brilliant work of activists, advocates, activators, and community leaders in Asheville. No matter who you are, where you’re from, and what lights your fire, LEAF Downtown welcomes YOU – Championing diversity, equity & access as core principles we live & thrive by!” ~ Ehren Cruz, Artistic Director
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