Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival Coming Up

Donna The Buffalo

North Mississippi Allstars, Nahko & Medicine for the People, Donna the Buffalo, The Soul Rebels, The Duhks and more will hit the stages at Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival  Oct. 9-12 in in Silk Hope, North Carolina, just down the road from Chapel Hill, Raleigh, Durham, Burlington, and Greensboro. 

A 4-day weekend ticket is only $100 advanced and $110 at the gate. Info about single day and other ticket options, as well as fees for parking and camping, are available here. Shakori has a lot of super-cool roots and world-beat bands, and it's family friendly (kids 12 and under are free.) Make sure you check the website for may details, including some restrictions on entering and leaving the festival campgrounds.

Note, also, the fest says to bring a cup with you, cause they have a "no public display of alcohol policy." Just put it in a cup.

And dontcha just love this little statement from the folks at Shakori Hills?

"This festival embodies play! After a 4-day adventure at Shakori Hills, so many people say to me that they are sad to go “back to reality.” I notice, while walking around back in the “real world,” that we don’t talk to one another, we don’t give random high fives in the grocery store, or stop to really observe what other people are doing for each other. People aren’t helping each other out of the mud, we don’t just sit around on the sidewalks and pull out our instruments for a jam. But here, we can do that. We can play! Our mission here, our agenda, our to-do list only includes playing together."

If you don't want to mess with setting up camp, check out Donna's Outdoor Edventures , and you can pay to have your camp ready when you get there. Sweet!