Mountain Dance and Folk Festival 2025

Bascom Lamar Lunsford founded the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival as a means for people to share and understand the beauty and dignity of the Southern Appalachian music, dance and storytelling traditions that have been handed down through generations in Western North Carolina. He saw the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival grow to be the oldest gathering of its kind in the nation and it continues in this way, a platform for the talented of the high country lying between the Great Smoky and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Come celebrate the 98th Anniversary of the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival! Doors open each night at 6:00pm with performances starting promptly at 7:00pm. Bonus! Youth Talent Celebration, August 2, 2025, 2-4:00pm

2025 TICKET PRICES

Advanced Purchase through August 2, 2025:

Adults $20.00, Students & Children (12 years & Under) $5.00, 3-night package $55.00, Group (10 or more) $15.00/person.

At the Door:

Adults $25.00, Students $10.00, Children (6-12 years) $5.00, 3-night package $60.00, Group (10 or more) $20.00/person

Host or Publisher Folk Heritage Committee