Music
Over 65 artists on 4 stages!
Featuring the best contemporary and traditional entertainment from established and emerging artists.
Saturday, July 2
Monday, July 4
Daughter of Swords, Blackhaus, Pie Faced Girls, Willi Carlisle, the Gospeltones, African American Dance Ensemble, Máximo Nivel Sierreño, Libby Rodenbaugh, Lightnin Wells, Al Riggs, XOXOK, TGold, Trippers and Askers, Apple Chill Cloggers, Paper Hand Puppet Intervention, Beauty Operators, Nightblooms, Paradise Motel Lounge, and Spiritual Sounds from Durham
Each Day
The High Strung Community Music Center will present “Learn to Play” workshops, organized jams, the musical instrument petting zoo, a Guitar ER (emergency instrument repair), “make and take” activities, and sales of recordings from many of your favorite Festival performers!
Activity & Demo Schedule
Activities occur both days except where noted.
10am – 6pm:
- Hands-on streamside habitat and more – EEEK! Eno River Association – on, by, and in the River
- Learn how to help the efforts to protect the river from development and pollution threats. Eno Advocacy – Booth 78, near the Mill
- 30-minute canoe and kayak rentals at the top of every hour – Frog Hollow Outdoors – by the river Mist tent – below the Meadow Stage
- Beekeeping observation hive – Durham County Beekeeper’s Association – Booth 98
- Basket weaving demos – Rabbit Patch Baskets – Booth 11
- Caricature drawings – Charlotte Runde – Booth 91
- Finklepott’s Fairy Hair – Booth 49
- Art Exhibit “Heroes and Sheroes of the Eno River Valley” by Sandee Washington. Upstairs at Pack House/Hugh
- Mangum Photo Museum. Exhibit open all day. Presentations at 11am (and 3pm on Monday)
- Stream table Stormwater runoff demonstration- Ellerbee Creek Watershed Association – Booth 101
- Backyard chickens demo coop – The Urban Chicken NC – Booth 77
- Milling demos- Historic West Point Mill
- Voter Registration – Durham Democratic Party – Booth 69
- See & touch live reptiles & amphibians – NC Herpetological Society – Booth 99
- Solar energy demos – NC Solar Now – Booth 74
- Backyard veggies and home farming – Durham Master Gardeners – Booth 49
- Hands-On Music activities – High Strung Community Music Center – McCown-Mangum House
- Hydrilla maze, games, and activities – NC State Parks – Big Top
- Henna painting – Gopi Arts – Booth 21 & Uniquely Henna Booth 74
- Composting and Vermiculture activities & info – NC Compost Council – Booth 43
- RiverWalk – Photography by Holden Richards – Pack House/Hugh Mangum Photo Museum Durham Parks and Recreation “Fun
- Caravan” building blocks for children and adults – Booth 95 Eno River Photobooth -Visit our selfie station complete with props! Booth 104 by the River
Noon – 5pm
- Hands-On Clay pottery demos – Eno River Association – Blacksmith Shop Noon – 5pm
- Face painting – Eno River Association – in front of the Historic West Point Mill
- Whitewater rescue demo – Frog Hollow Outdoors – just above Mill Dam
11am
Heroes and Sheroes of the Eno River Valley – Join Eno Journal editor Beverly Scarlett, her friends, family, and local artist Sandee Washington for this phenomenal show that gives voice to African American and Native people who lived on the Eno and whose stories and histories often are preserved only in scattered court records, obscure land deeds, and other bits and pieces. Upstairs at the Pack House/Hugh Mangum Photo Museum
12:15pm
Puppet parade – Paperhand Puppet Intervention – gather behind the River Stage (Monday Only)
12:30pm
Dance workshop – African American Dance Ensemble – Meadow Stage (Monday Only)
1pm
Black Meadow Ridge guided walk with Joe Liles. Learn about the impacts of the major housing development proposed on the Eno, and walk to the property boundary to see the clearcutting and proximity to West Point. Leave from outside the Pack House/Hugh Mangum Photo Museum daily at 1pm.
2pm
Walk the Talk with Eno Land and Stewardship Director Kim Livingston. Leaving daily from outside the Pack House/Hugh Mangum Photo Museum
3pm
(Monday only)
Heroes and Sheroes of the Eno River Valley – Pack House/Hugh Mangum Photo Museum
Want to perform at the 2023 Festival for the Eno?
Email EPK etc to Festival@enoriver.org or mail press pack to EnoFest, 4404 Guess Rd. Durham, NC 27712