LEAF Global Arts Festival
PERFORMERS | FAMILY | HEALING | HANDCRAFTS | CULINARY
Tickets for LEAF Global Arts Festival, October 16-19 2025, on sale now!
Live Life Like a Festival: 30 years of LEAF Festival
Created by artists Sir Tom Foolery and Lauren Breher, this poster design beautifully weaves together symbols from LEAF’s past — including the trailblazing elephant and wise owl — with new magic unfolding.
This October, we invite you to Live Life Like a Festival, the theme of both our milestone celebration and the upcoming commemorative book (stay tuned!).
Join us at Lake Eden as we honor 30 years of music, art, culture, and community in one of the most beautiful places and meaningful gatherings of the year.
Your presence is part of the story — come celebrate with us and help shape what comes next!
30 years LEAF Festival – October 16-19 – Live Life Like a Festival.
Join us at LEAF Global Arts Festival to connect to the world and each other through cultural exploration, live music, dance, performance arts, healing arts, workshops, nature, and more.
Full Performing Artists Lineup + Schedule
for October 2025 coming soon!
Adventures for All Ages - LEAF Festival Camp Life!
Get on the Lake! Charleston SUP Safaris Stand-Up Paddleboards, camp canoes & boats
Healing Arts
Relax and rejuvenate with Healing Artists Booths to get treatments you don't have time for and over 30 Workshops to explore Feelin good!
Workshops
Illuminera: Jelly Dome+
Kickin' It is the collaborative effort of Greg Ignasiak and Rae Liebtag creating interactive installment art, captivating environments, and experiential events. They seek to provide outlets for community creativity by encouraging self expression. Fun, playful, "under the sea" adventures!
Hikes & Runs with Bruce & Shonnie
Lake Eden Trails cover hundreds of acres up to Eden Rock if you make it to the top. Find your pace hiking or running with family or solo and the trails welcome you.This is a vintage pic & the tradition continues.
Explore the #1 Kids Festival in Western North Carolina, and one of the best FAMILY festivals in the world. All of LEAF is family friendly with activities spread throughout the magical setting. Family Adventure activities are throughout LEAF and designed to engage and inspire. Watch performances, create, play, and discover whimsical Puppetry shows. Support children’s crafts, hoop and flow, and play boffer games. Immerse into cultural creative arts in Easel Rider with LEAF teaching artists. Swing in the Jelly Dome. Play sports with a global community. Jump, roll, pet, climb, and retreat: life-sized hamster ball, climbing wall, launch rockets! Each festival has different offering and tradition- you. may find Toy Trains on the hill, paper rockets, and Giant slides & bounce houses!
If you have little ones, Elfhaven Childcare in Buckeye Lodge is a world of wonder and time for parents to go play.
Do you have a young artists in your family?
Sprouts Corner Youth Vendors is ORIGINAL kid-made art sold by kid artists! Here kids can offer their handmade art, special skills & services, like fortune telling or manicures… just has to be $10 or less
Handcrafts & Folk Artists
LEAF Love to amazing Artists who artfully inspire the LEAF experience! LEAF Festival’s Juried Handcraft Art Fair exhibits 50+ national & local artisans. More artists coming soon….
drawing | painting | fiber | furniture | glass | jewelry | metal work | mixed media | photography | printmaking | ceramics | apparel | wood
Browse and shop the colorful booths, meet the artists, and visit the Global Interactive Outpost to win artful donations from fabulous artisans at LEAF Art Raffle benefiting LEAF Schools & Streets. Check out & shop these amazing LEAF Festival Handcraft Artists! You can support artists online now and buy gifts at LEAF Retreat & Festival.
Culinary Food Booths
LEAF Festival hosts various local culinary artists that represent many cultures and cuisine options to make your LEAF life delicious. A few change from time to time; however, many culinary booths are longtime LEAF Traditions. Click on images below to see the various culinary booths throughout the festival.
Need to revive your festival spirit? Visit their eateries in Asheville area.
Connecting Cultures & Creating Community Through World Music & Arts