Cashiers Mountain Music Festival

This annual festival brings regional and national folk musicians to the stage this year. Grammy award-winning guitarist Tony Rice will perform Saturday with The Tony Rice Unit, and on Sunday with Balsam Range and 10-time Grammy-winning fiddler Bobby Hicks. Bluegrass groups Blue Highway, Acoustic Syndicate, and Larry Keel and Natural Bridge will perform as well. Proceeds benefit the Cashiers Preservation Foundation, which distributes funds to schools and nonprofits in the Cashiers area.Village Green and Commons, U.S. 64 & N.C. 107; Saturday, 1:30-9 p.m., Sunday, 12:30-9:30 p.m.; $25, $40 two-day pass, free for children 12 & younger; (828) 743-5191; www.cashiersnorthcarolina.com/cmmf