Sunday, June 22 – Singing on Grandfather, Halfway to Heaven – 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Join us for our Gospel Music & Worship Festival – Singing on Grandfather, Halfway to Heaven at MacRae Meadows. A century long annual gathering tradition cultivating fellowship through gospel music in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, the fourth Sunday in June. Every year, the Singing features dozens of gospel music singers and groups. You can track the Singing’s history of gospel music from Doc Watson and Johnny Cash to the Johnson Family Singers and Arthur Smith.
2025 brings Christ centered, non-denominational, non-political, family-oriented, Church Picnic featuring The Cockman Family and Reverend Johnson Bowie.
2025 Lineup:
- Patricia Smith
- The Cockman Family
- The Collective
- more 2025 Artists announced soon
Invite your friends and neighbors! Bring a folding chair, blanket, and let’s picnic together on Grandfather Mountain. Please no alcohol, no pets, and no on-site camping.
History of the Singing:
Joseph Larkin Hartley founded the Singing on the Mountain in 1924. For nearly a century, the all-day, free festival of gospel singing and fellowship has been held on the fourth Sunday of June at the base of Grandfather Mountain. In a spirit of faith and community, all were and are welcome to enjoy picnics and musical performances together at the majestic mountains of Western North Carolina.
