A look at a few street musicians and performers in downtown Asheville last night.
Blind Boy Chocolate and the Milk Sheiks
Street musician playing a fiddle
Blind Boy Chocolate
He was playing for "college fund"
They start so young...
Young street musician in Asheville
Silver Drummer Girl waiting for money to beat her drum
Supporting street performer Silver Drummer Girl
Guitarist in front of Malaprops bookstore in Asheville
Asheville & WNC newspaper Mountain Xpress posted one of my Shindig on the Green photos online with a link to the series on my blog. Check it out here.
Shindig on the Green photo on Mountain Xpress site
You can’t go wrong with downtown Asheville on a Saturday night. Tonight I took some photos of Shindig on the Green in Pack Square Park. It was packed with people for this folk festival, which is celebrating it’s 44th season. Live bluegrass music, dancing, food and fun: everything you need for a great festival! This was the second shindig of 2010, with six more to go.
A good turnout to Shindig on the Green
Folks playing some bluegrass
Hula hooping at Shindig on the Green
Backstage at Shindig
Practicing beneath Asheville's City Hall
Okie Dokies Smokehouse
The Hop serving yummy ice cream
Harmonica player having a good time
A bluegrass group plays a tune
Providing the low notes for the band
Behind the stage at Shindig
Fiddle player stares into the sun
The Dixie Darlings
Banjo player pickin' away
Guitar player having a good time
Folks playing a bluegrass tune
Glenn, the MC
Pack Square Park filled up
Dancing at Shindig
A child's toy tractor ... left behind
On stage at Shindig on the Green
Musicians wait in line to perform
On stage dancing
Booth at Shindig / Courthouse and City Hall in background
A parrot ... there was a parrot there
A brush fire alongside I-240 East that ignited during downtown Asheville’s 4th of July firework celebration. Asheville Fire Rescue arrived shortly after the blaze started and extinguished it.
Asheville brush fire before fire rescue arrived
Before the Fire Rescue arrived
Asheville Fire Rescue arrive
Fire Rescue extinguishing the fire
Overlooking I-240
Kids watching the the scene
Spectators alongside I-240 after the blaze is put out
Asheville Fire Truck
Stars and Stripes on back of fire truck
Firework show before the fire started
Downtown Asheville fireworks on 4th of July
Enjoying the fireworks
Asheville was treated to a beautiful sunset last night, followed by a somewhat ominous sky. I took some photos in Pack Square Park just after 9:00 when there was still enough light. This is the new Pack’s Tavern in downtown Asheville, NC.
You can also see this on my flickr stream as well as a few other shots I took last night in the park.
Pack's Tavern in Pack Square Park
The magnificent Biltmore Estate house in Asheville, NC. I took this after at twilight after a photo shoot with some clients at the Biltmore Estate.
Photo of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina
(As well as this being my photograph, the Biltmore Estate image is a registered trademark, so please don’t steal or use this photo … for anything)
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