Music on the Porch Farmstead Festival

Name: Music on the Porch Farmstead Festival
Start: 2025-09-06T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-06T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Monteith Farmstead Park, Dillsboro, NC, United States, North Carolina 28725

Schedule

Sat Sep 06 2025 at 02:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Monteith Farmstead Park, Dillsboro, NC, United States, North Carolina 28725 | Sylva, NC

Music on the Porch is an annual event benefiting and celebrating the Appalachian Women's Museum. We have gone all out this year, expanding beyond music and house tours to include all kinds of fun activities for the whole family! Admission is by donations, bring a lawn chair or blanket.
**Music**
2:00 - 2:25 Jackson County JAM
2:30 - 2:55 Advanced Show Choir of SMHS
3:00 - 3:50 Lee Knight
4:00 - 4:50 Anna Lee
5:00 - 5:50 Susan Pepper
6:00 - 7:30 Savannah Page
**Demonstrations**
Leather working by Morrow Leatherworks inspired by the horseback librarians of western North Carolina (ongoing throughout the event)
Weaving by Susan Leveille (ongoing throughout the event)
2:30 -3:30 Corn-husk Dolls with Mia Morcom, participants will learn about the history and significance of corn-husk dolls and make their own!
3:00 Water Quality and Macroinvertebrate Collection with WATR. See what little critters live in Scott's creek!
**Activities**
Appalachian Women's Museum house tours (ongoing throughout the event)
2:00-4:00 Macon Faces and Henna, face painting.
4:00 Make a Paper-plate Banjo!
5:30 Invasive Species walk with Melissa Madrona of WATR, walk through Monteith park trails.
**Food**
Cookout style with hot dogs, burgers, and grilled chicken. Sides made by Cullowhegee Farms!!
**Booths**
Local art vendors
Vintage and flower booth by Appalachian Women's Museum featuring vintage fabrics, glassware and handiwork. Flowers for sale provided by Snake Song!!
We would like to thank our wonderful business sponsors who make this event feasible.
Title Sponsor: WNC From the Ground Up, located in Sylva From the Ground Up is a farmer-first organization that provides support, education and advocacy to maintain and strengthen farmers and farmland in WNC. https://wncfromthegroundup.org/
Presenting Sponsors:
Black Balsam Outdoors, Main St. Sylva. Women owned outdoor store that provides recreational gear, clothing, rentals, and locally made jewelry, art, and gifts!
Cardwell Family Dentistry, Dr. Laura Cardwell purchased the McGuire Dental practice continuing the tradition of famale-led dentistry in Jackson County.
Sponsors:
Refilosophy, located in Wild Kitchen Supply, Main St. Sylva, this women-owned ship provide plastic-free, environmentally friendly options for household cleaning solutions like, laundry detergent, dish soap, and body products!
Baxley's Chocolate, this family-operated chocolate shop on Main St. also has gelato and holds classes for the budding chocolatier!
In-kind Sponsors:
Cullowheegee Farms is providing the delicious sides showcasing their culinary expertise! Expanding their daily work as natural, plastic-free soap and body product artists.
Terri Clark Photography is photographing the event. She is available for hire for family photos, weddings and special events.
Fonda Cactus, big thank you for donating commissary kitchen space so we can feed the people! Fonda is located in Dillsboro behind Rays Florist. Open Monday-Saturday they make delicious traditional Mexican food at a reasonable price! No Queso dip here, just fine traditional meals.
Snake Song, located on Back St. Snake Song is graciously donating flowers for the flower booth. Open 7 days a week they have flowers, fresh and dried, house-blended teas/herbs, curiousos, and locally made products!
Mountain Acres Lawn Care, big thank you for trimming the lawn, moving mulch, clearing the land and generally keeping the property looking good! Colin provides professional and dependable lawn care. Text 360-595-3126 for a consultation.