The Hawk & Hawthorne

06/09/2026

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT ✨ Ray

We’re excited to welcome Shylah Ray to Hawk & Hawthorne for the first time TOMORROW, June 10th!

If her voice sounds familiar… there’s a good chance you’ve already crossed paths with her music.

Shylah is a First Nations Algonquin singer-songwriter whose sound blends soul, R&B, blues, and gospel influences into something that feels both timeless and fresh. A self-taught musician, mother, and longtime performer, she’s built her path independently and become known for songs that are heartfelt, powerful, and deeply human.

This is one of the songs that introduced so many people to her music.

If you wanted to catch her at Free the Music but weren't able to, this is your chance!

Give it a listen, and then come experience it live around the fire.

June 10 ✨

Take a journey "Into the Wild" with Shylah Ray Sunshine℗ 2017 Shy...

06/09/2026

JUNE 10th 🔥
What does the Sacred Ember Stage feel like?
This trumpet solo by the great says it better than we ever could 🔥

And peep the lightning during the crescendo !⚡️👀

We are so excited to gather around the fire again once more!

Our dear friends return to the Hawk, with and for the Afterglow ✨

A handful of special guests may wander into the circle too… including you!

Stay for the late night cypher to sing, to express, to dance and commune with the elements and each other.

Come one, come all 🎶

06/05/2026

Two days. Two different Dirtwire sets. One weekend in a green valley outside Asheville, NC.

We're excited to announce the addition of some dear friends joining us for the Dirtwire Summer Campout.

✨ Leah Song Music
✨ EarthCry.. & more TBA!

This July 17 + 18 we gather beneath sunset skies and fireflies. We’ll breathe clean mountain air, drink sweet spring water and gather around the fire on Ritual Hill for a beautiful weekend of music, connection and life on the land at The Hawk & Hawthorne.

A full weekend experience featuring two unique Dirtwire sets across the weekend, a late-night DJ set with David Satori, workshops, open village time, camping and a growing circle of artists, facilitators and friends.

With immersive stage production and Funktion One sound in the evenings -- and movement, land-based experiences, conversations and time to connect in all the natural magic that happens between the scheduled moments.

This one feels extra special.

🏕️ Camping included with Full Weekend Passes
📍 Barnardsville, NC (20 min north of Asheville)
📅 July 17 + 18

Farm-to-table food and herbal elixirs available for purchase onsite.

Weekend camping inventory may become limited as we shape the experience intentionally -- if staying on the land is important to you, don't wait too long.

Get tickets: viewcy.com/event/dirtwire_weekend_camp

05/24/2026

blessing the new Sacred Ember stage 🔥

Forecast’s clearing, the sun is breaking through and the Sacred Ember blazes to life tonight with & 🌿

05/22/2026

We opened our wedding season last weekend with another gorgeous and well-held celebration of love. Congratulations Rachelle & Giancarlo!

It was great to have our friend and favorite tea personality in his element holding down the VITea lounge. He poured, entertained & delighted people till the wee hours!

05/21/2026

✨ Local Artist Spotlight: I,Star ✨

You may recognize these beautiful smiling faces from the farmers market, sharing -- delicious, pure medicine for the mind, body and soul.

But did you know they’re also fiercely talented family of musicians, poets and carriers of some truly heartfelt artistry?

Truth-i Manifest and Aradhana Silvermoon are dear friends and deeply woven threads in the Asheville ecosystem. We love having them out on the land, love supporting their work and soaking in the love they emanate and musical medicine they bring wherever they go.

I,Star carries a soulful weaving of conscious hip-hop and folk-inspired song -- music rooted in connection, awakening and the kind of messages that feel equally at home on a stage or gathered around a fire.

Come join us around the flames this weekend and join us in song 🔥✨

https://youtu.be/6pDNlfZiChA?si=P4c7tKqUvkcyXkXl

Chances R Good, Zondo, I,Star & Fireside Cypher w/ Zen Tempest

Stream and download our new album at IStarVision.com and stay tuned to our channel for lots more content we're dropping soon!CYCLESFrom inhale to exhaleSunri...

05/20/2026

✨ Artist Spotlight: Zondo Zondo ✨

Some artists perform songs, some feel like they carry entire stories.

Born in Liberia and shaped by years of civil war, Zondo found refuge in music and emerged with something deeply beautiful -- a soulful weaving of traditional Liberian roots rhythms, folk and songs born from resilience. His work is rooted in healing, unity and the spirit of *Ubuntu*:

*"I am because we are."*

We’ve loved getting to know Zondo's work over the years and are so excited to connect with him on the land this weekend. There is a gentleness and depth to his presence that is deeply felt.

Listen to this video, to his story, and you can really feel why.

Come gather around the flames with us this weekend for our first Sacred Ember Stage gathering. We have a feeling this one is going to be sweet and special 🔥✨

https://youtu.be/YcnRAvVPzzk?si=5CEzd8M0d8HuaFQ0

Chances R Good, Zondo, I,Star & Fireside Cypher w/ Zen Tempest

On June 10th, 2023, Zondo opened for Ayla Nereo at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, IL, USA.This song speaks to a prophecy that Lakota chief Crazy Horse divinated in...

05/18/2026

🔥This Sunday, May 24th 🌌

We’re welcoming back some of our favorite local legends to the land...

Chances R Good, Zondo, I,Star & Fireside Cypher w/ Zen Tempest

Chances R Good
with I,Star + Zondo
featuring Zen Tempest & Numinous the Bard

What we love most about Chances is his lyricism, poetry, artistry and deep felt connected to his inner truth. He's become a dearly admired friend -- someone doing genuinely good work in the world through music, presence and prayerful artistry.

His freestyles don't feel written so much as received -- soulful, playful transmissions arriving in real time. The kind of performance that can leave a room laughing one moment and unexpectedly cracking open the next.

At times it feels like witnessing a modern-day Shakespeare with a beat machine and a spiral notebook scribbled spells spilling out in rhythm and rhyme, overflowing from a heart ringing out with poetry and prayer. Uplifting and undeniably groovy 🎶

And he won't be arriving alone.

Zondo brings a beautiful weaving of Liberian roots rhythms, folk soul and songs born from resilience -- music created to heal, unite and remind us that I am because we are.

I,Star carries a soulful weaving of conscious hip-hop and folk-inspired song -- music rooted in connection and awakening that feels destined to spill naturally from performance into campfire communion.

And as the evening unfolds, Zen Tempest and Numinous the Bard will help open the circle into a community cypher where voices, instruments and spontaneous magic begin to take over.

🔥 Introducing: The Sacred Ember Stage

Some gatherings are built for hundreds.
Others are meant for intimate circles beneath the stars -- gathered on blankets in flickering firelight and summer fireflies.

Over the last few months, our newly expanded quartz terraces have quietly transformed the heart of our fire circle into a natural amphitheater. A place designed for evenings that feel less like attending a concert and more like gathering around an ancient hearth.

This Sunday we light the first fire 🔥

These smaller evenings often become our favorite kinds of gatherings.

Less separation between artist and audience, More moments where strangers become family around the fire.

11/21/2025

Grateful for this beautiful little green earth continuing to grow, even though we're headed into winter 🙏🌎🌱❄️

10/19/2025

Peak fall portals of Love 💜

We are truly honored to host such beautiful weddings & curate sacred containers to celebrate love, family, & devotion.