Asheville, NC’s version of SXSW (Ashvegas) returns to downtown Asheville on April 22-23, 2022 following a record-setting 2019 event. Connect Beyond Festival is a two-day weekend of engaging performances, panels, film screenings, and workshops, and the lineup features an extensive array of programming showcasing how the intersection of music, art, film, and storytelling can inspire positive change.
This year’s packed lineup features headliners Megan Twohey, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and Propaganda, a musician, author of Terraform: Building a Better World, and social activist. Featured Phase 1 Connect Beyond Festival Artists include the following:
- Mary Gauthier - Musician, Author, and Social Activist
- Albert Berger - Academy Award-winning Producer
- Lonnie Holly - Critically Acclaimed Visual Artist and Musician
- Marcus Dowling - Journalist & Musician
- Shana Tucker - Musician & Educator and named Artist in Residence at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts in Asheville, NC (2019-2020)
- Natalie Hopkinson - Author and Journalist at Huffington Post
- Gillian Laub - Photojournalist and recipient of the 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Photography Fellow
