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Music Spotlight: Shakori Hills

The Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance rolls around again, this time with the Spring festival. From Thursday, April 17 to Sunday, April 20, dozens of bands perform danceable roots music at the Shakori Hills farmstead in Chatham County, about 20 miles from Chapel Hill.

Performers include local, regional and international acts. Also at the festival are foods and crafts from local vendors, a sustainability education fair with presentations and exhibits from local businesses and organizations. Kids can learn and play, with special events and demonstrations. There will be poetry and music contests, a chance to tour Chatham farms and, of course, the music. Attendees can take a biodiesel bus from Durham, Chapel Hill or Carrboro to the festival and back or stay and camp onsite.

Performers include Arrested Development, Donna the Buffalo, Big Fat Gap, Bombadil, BUS., Chris Barron & The Time Bandits, the Elikem African Dance Company, Keith Frank and the Soileau Zydeco Band, Michael Holland, Michael Hurley, One Leg Up, The Never, The Redhots, Rey Norteno, Richie Havens, Sweet By & By and more.

The Shakori Hills festivals raise money for the nonprofit Shakori Hills Inc., which seeks to use the farmstead to promote community-building, sustainable and artistic activities.

Single-day and weekend tickets are on sale online or at Townsend, Bertram & Company for advance prices before April 14. Kids twelve and under get in free. Tickets, more information, directions and a full schedule at www.shakorihills.org