Sunday, June 3rd, 8pm
Tkts $12

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Finding the good in goodbye is always bittersweet. JUNO nominated roots duo Madison Violet (Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac) can attest to that with their latest release, The Good in Goodbye, out on September 6 (True North Records). An album born from their growth, both together and apart, The Good in Goodbye is an open diary of their personal and professional experiences together as friends and musicians, two very unique relationships that affect each other in profound ways.

Since releasing their last album, No Fool for Trying (2009), Madison Violet won the 2009 John Lennon Songwriting Contest for their track “The Ransom,” took home the 2009 Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, and were nominated for multiple East Coast Music Awards and a 2010 JUNO Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year (Group).

Saturday, June 9th, 8pm
Tkts $8

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With Silas Durocher on vocals and guitar supported by a soulful string trio, Lovestruck Suckers creates a unique and beautiful musical experience. Durocher’s lyrics explore themes such as heartbreak, love, and how to find beauty and motivation in a capricious world. These are raw, personal songs sung with passion and honesty and brought richly to life by the emotive strings.

Durocher has played with many of Asheville, NC’s most loved bands: Soulgrass Rebellion, The Get Right Band, Laura Reed and Deep Pocket, David Earl and The Plowshares, Josh Phillips Trio, Afromotive, Pierce Edens and The Dirty Work, Laura Blackley, and his own chamber rock ensemble, Silas Durocher and Everybody Knows. With his latest project, Lovestruck Suckers, Durocher teams up with members of The Opal String Quartet to bring a more intimate, emotional musical experience to audiences. Amy Lovinger (violin), Kara Poorbaugh (viola), and Franklin Keel (cello) bring years of musical education and diverse performance history with The Asheville Symphony, Sirius B, Orquestra Classica da Madeira Portugal, Asheville Lyric Opera, Raleigh Symphony, and Symphony of the United Nations.

Together, the four members of Lovestruck Suckers weave powerful melodies and poignant words to paint a picture of the lives we stumble through, the pain we stumble over, and the beauty we stumble upon.

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Premier Chamber Music in the heart of downtown Asheville!!

Tickets are $12 in advance (save 20%) or $15 at the door. For Tickets go to www.pan-harmonia.org with or send a check to Pan Harmonia • PO Box 18342 • Asheville, NC 28814 by the 5th of the month.

June 10 – La Musique de La Belle Epoque
Kate Steinbeck, flute • Amy Lovinger, violin • Kimberly Cann, piano

July 8 – Opal, Asheville’s cutting edge string quartet

August 12 – Appalachian Brass Quintet: Larry Black & Casey Copenbarger, trumpets • Jennifer Merrill, horn • Greg Love, trombone • William Bryant, tuba

Friday, June 15th, 8pm, $12

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Red June is an acoustic trio from Asheville, NC performing beautifully distilled original Americana music. They are making waves with their dynamic, yet refined sound that features striking 3-part harmonies, tasteful instrumental work, and honest, soulful songwriting that seamlessly blends old-time, bluegrass, roots rock, and traditional country music. Red June has been capturing the hearts of audiences across the country and has performed at the renowned Music City Roots live radio show in Nashville, TN as well as Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival and Suwannee Springfest.  Also, look for them at the 25th anniversary MerleFest in April 2012.

Sunday, June 17th, 8pm, $20

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Once seen, never forgotten: combining superb musicianship with side-splitting comic genius, the New Rope String Band are truly unique entertainers. Elements of circus, clowning, vaudeville, slapstick and sheer inspired silliness are spliced with beautiful acoustic music from various world traditions, in precision-honed yet uproarious performances that have delighted audiences from Borneo's Sarawak rainforest to the Shetland Folk Festival. Equally at home in tiny village halls or on major festival stages, these maniac minstrels are now touring again as a three-piece, mixing up longtime favourite routines with ever-evolving new material. From musical tennis to deconstructed nursery rhymes, Python-esque absurdism to pyrotechnics and live interactive film, expect the hilariously unexpected.

Thursday, June 21st, 8pm, $15  We are gonna make lots of room to dance! 

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Lil’ Malcolm & The House Rockers personify two closely related terms: family and tradition. This five-man band centers on guitarist Percy Walker and his two sons, drummer Percy Walker, Jr. and accordionist Lil’ Malcolm Walker. Inspired by Zydeco legends like Buckwheat Zydeco and Rockin’ Dopsie, the band’s steady focus on tradition sets them apart from the newest wave of “pop Zydeco” bands.

Percy Walker, Sr. began his musical career at an early age, learning to play the drums from his older brother Joe Walker. He soon moved to guitar, then bass, then accordion. Percy began playing in bands at the age of ten, even playing with the legendary Rockin’ Dopsie during his musical career. Eventually he formed a band of his own, Percy Walker & The House Rockers.

Saturday, June 23, 8:30pm, $12

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The Pink Collar Comedy Tour is the brainchild of Kaytlin Bailey, a native of Raliegh, NC, who moved to New York to pursue comedy and recruited her favorite NYC-based female comedians for this month-long Southern adventure. The Pink Collar tour begins at the world-renowned Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC, and then continues to Wilmington, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Asheville, NC. The tour culminates with performances in Maryland as the Pink Collar comics wind their way back up to the Big Apple.