Join us in style for this LEAF Downtown with the VIP Experience!! LEAF Global Experience is YOURS with Artists & Elders for Downtown Festival Friday & Saturday!
2 Options to choose from with all of it going back to a great cause!
VIP Experience:
–6 Drink Tickets
–Access to Special Performances at LEAF Global Experience (CLICK HERE to view the schedule)
–Special Meet & Greets with Hip Hop Legends, workshops, & performances
–Cell Phone Charging Station
–ALOFT Cocktail Party Saturday 3-5pm with DJ Bowie & DJ Brett Rock
–Main Stage Viewing Area
–VIP Only Indoor Bathrooms & Port-A-Johns
–Special Purchase Options
Global Gem VIP Experience:
Limited to 50 Lucky LEAFers!!
Everything in the VIP Experience PLUS:
–Invitation to the “Global Gem” Kick-Off Party in Asheville on Wednesday, August 25 6-8pm at “One of the world’s most exquisite homes & BEST WNC View” created by the Enter The Earth family showcasing Rare Global Gems (Outdoor & Open Indoor Spaces) with special musical guests such as Leah Song (of Rising Appalachia), King Garfield (NOLA) & friends, Adama Dembele (Ivory Coast), Agustin Frederic (Costa Rica)
Enjoy an exclusive home tour, Lousiana eats, Cultivated Cocktails, Local Brews and Devils Foot Brewing drinks, a viewing of the world’s hidden rocks & gems, and more!
–Invitation to the LEAF Partner Social on Thursday, August 26 at LEAF Global Experience
Join us in kicking off LEAF Downtown with LEAF’s premiere partners! Hosted at the LEAF Global Experience you’ll get a chance to enjoy it like never before!
As always health and safety our our top priority!
AN URGENT LETTER FROM THE LEAF BOARD:
For nearly 30 years, LEAF Global Arts has connected people through the power of art, music, and culture. Every shared moment has been made possible because of you – our community.
The LEAF Festival is critical to funding LEAF’s larger work: providing global cultural arts programming for thousands of local youth and preserving cultures and traditions around the world.
This year, we are facing a financial crossroads: between the loss of last fall’s Festival, losing a majority of our arts education funding in 2025, and not fully recovering from COVID, the future is bleak. The upcoming LEAF Festival could be our last if we don’t come together to sustain the heart of LEAF’s mission – but we have seen what this community can do when united for a cause greater than itself.
To open the Festival experience to as many people as possible, and to rally the full spirit of LEAF, we are offering a limited number of LEAF LOVE Tickets at a significant discount.
These special tickets, offered at 30% off (our highest discount, even more so than our Early Bird pricing) are our way of ensuring everyone has a place in this story. Full-priced tickets also remain available for those with the means to give a little more to help support LEAF’s vital work.
Your presence, your voice, and your support matter more than ever right now. Join us in making this LEAF Festival one that the world will never forget and ensuring the music continues for generations to come.
Mayani is a Maasai boy from longido Arusha. He went to boarding school at 6 years old and lost his Maasai language and tradition. Since joining the LEAF program, he has learned to sing Maasai songs, practiced the ‘jump’ tradition and wear Maasai shukas (traditional clothing). Mayani is extremely happy and is currently teaching other youth the culture.