Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival

When

10/03/2024 - 10/04/2024    
5:00 pm - 12:30 am

Where

Shakori Hills
1439 Henderson Tanyard Rd, Pittsboro, NC, 27312

Spring and Fall music and dance festival in Chatham County with multiple bands and genres. There are a few bands geared to partner dancing and there are several dance workshops in swing, salsa, and zydeco in the Dance Tent. Donna and the Buffalo play Zydeco. Onyx club boys do gypsy jazz swing. There is an ecstatic dance style dancewave and a contact improvisation workshop. Other bands include string bands, international, Americana, jazz and many varieties. Website .

Pricing varies by day. Camping available.

Schedule:
Thurs Oct 3- 4 PM to 12:30 AM
Fri Oct 4  9A- 1:30 AM
Sat Oct 5 9A-1:30 A
Sun Oct 6 9A- 10P

For those who are hopeless without GPS and find themselves panicked because you can’t get a cell signal to map your way home late at night on the country roads. Just remember “RRLRL” which for a dance follow is a step-hop on the right foot and a triple step. Right out of the lot, right onto Emerson Cook (just remember Einstein’s E=MC squared, 2 O’s), left at end, right onto Hwy 87, and depending upon your destination left onto 64E. Just dance your way home!

There will be a drop off location near the front gate and the Tea Tent will have a monetary donations box for grassroots relief efforts, with a focus on mutual care for impacted communities of Hurricane Helene. A separate supply run organized by ecstatic dancers focusing on debris clearing remote areas will be leaving from Shakori after it ends; Facebook Messenger to for info on contributing funds or supplies.