Connect Beyond Festival

Connect Beyond Festival An annual Asheville festival featuring music, art, film and conversation from artists all over the world to inspire social change and build up community.

06/11/2026

Marisa Cristina Blake opened “Shared Roots: Songs and Stories in the Round” at our 2026 festival with a sweet new piece. Joined by marygauthier Shana Tucker and Marcus K. Dowling. 🎶

Scenes from The Community Garden, a venue-wide interactive art installation led by Charlie Huguenard of Impractical Inst...
06/08/2026

Scenes from The Community Garden, a venue-wide interactive art installation led by Charlie Huguenard of Impractical Instruments and built by an incredible team of artists and visionaries!

The installation explores how a community thrives like a garden and asked attendees to look at our current systems in a whole new vibrant way.

06/05/2026

lays down why some songs resonate with us jn “Shared Roots: Songs & Stories in the Round” at Connect Beyond.

As a nonprofit organization, Connect Beyond Festival depends on the support of organizations, companies and individual d...
06/03/2026

As a nonprofit organization, Connect Beyond Festival depends on the support of organizations, companies and individual donors. This year's festival and its related programming were made possible by several key supporters:

Dogwood Health Trust
Bank of America
ArtsAVL
Buncombe County
NC Arts Council
Explore Asheville
Embassy Suites Asheville Downtown
DoubleTree Asheville Downtown

THANK YOU!

06/02/2026

Festival feature 🔥 Take a 60-second break and reset your nervous system with music from .

This year's weekend festival wouldn't be possible without our key partners and friends. Many, many thanks to...⁠⁠- The O...
06/01/2026

This year's weekend festival wouldn't be possible without our key partners and friends. Many, many thanks to...⁠
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- The Orange Peel, for providing a fantastic venue and being a cornerstone of our community⁠
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- Impractical Instruments, for debuting The Community Garden at CBF and inviting attendees to experience an incredible art installation unlike anything in the city⁠
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- Slay The Mic, for teaching youth valuable skills in media and production through Youth Envision Asheville program and for capturing the spirit of our festival⁠
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- My Daddy Taught Me That, for providing space, support and presence in Youth Envision Asheville and helping us bring a new facet to the festival

06/01/2026

telling it like it is during “StoryLab: Build the World You Want” with , presented by .

Snapshots from Day 3 of Connect Beyond Festival 2026. That’s a wrap! Thank you to our artists, sponsors, friends, family...
06/01/2026

Snapshots from Day 3 of Connect Beyond Festival 2026. That’s a wrap! Thank you to our artists, sponsors, friends, family and community for making this our best year ever. Stay tuned for more recaps!

Snapshots from Day 2 of Connect Beyond Festival 2026! From music with plants and mushrooms to the award-winning document...
06/01/2026

Snapshots from Day 2 of Connect Beyond Festival 2026! From music with plants and mushrooms to the award-winning documentary SPEAK. to a music duo from one of the fastest rising artist collectives in the country…it was an incredible day. 🙌🏽

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