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Welcome to the 31st Year of the Bele Chere Festival! The Bele Chere Festival is an annual 3-day festival on the streets of historic Downtown Asheville. The festival features four stages of free- live music and an impressive array of arts and crafts; as well as entertainment and activities for children. Surrounded by the natural beauty of the mountains of Western North Carolina- come join us for one of the Southeast's largest free outdoor street festivals. As always we welcome your involvement please find out more about volunteering here at this years Bele Chere!

BRAND NEW LAYOUT!
It’s not just our website that looks different – the festival will too! We are a little smaller in 2009 than we used to be. And welcome to the Asheville Civic Center! Bele Chere spreads indoors for our Food Lion Children’s Area, Senior Oasis presented by PSNC Energy and more. Take a look at our new layout here.

Attention Local Merchants and Food Vendors: Please join us on Wednesday, June 24th at 3PM in the Public Works Building (at the corner of Eagle & Charlotte Streets) to have your questions answered.  Representatives will be on hand from ALE, Buncombe County Health Department, Police, Fire, Bele Chere Board of Directors and City of Asheville Festival Staff.  Topics will include downtown establishments selling alcohol, overcrowding issues, and health regulations for food vendors.

2009 ENTERTAINMENT
All scheduled performances at the 2009 Bele Chere Festival will be absolutely undeniably FREE!  There will be no gated concerts and no tickets necessary to experience the 2009 musical lineup.  Click on the lineup link to check out the 2009 selected bands.


The second round of voting is now open for Last Band Standing! Your votes will count toward 50% of the final score for the four finalists: A.C.E., Brushfire Stankgrass, Buster, and Now You See Them. The Last Band Standing concert is at the Orange Peel on Wednesday, July 8th. Tickets on sale now at the Orange Peel!


BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bele Chere is pleased to announce the 2009 Board of Directors. These volunteers are a critical part of making the festival happen. Click here to see if someone you know is involved!

GET INVOLVED!
Bele Chere relies on hundreds of volunteers each year to make the event a success. Volunteers are needed for information booths, roving information, Senior Oasis, events management, and the Children’s Area. Click here to get involved!