Camp Bangin’ & Sangin’! is back for summer 2026! 🥁🎶
Led by Billy Jonas, this fun music day camp returns to Asheville this summer with something for everyone. Whether you’re signing up your kiddo or treating yourself to a week of making music and making friends, we’d love to have you at CB&S!
Youth Sessions (Ages 5–14)
June 15–19 | June 22–26 | June 29–July 3
Evergreen Community Charter School, 50 Bell Rd, Asheville
9am–3pm daily | Early drop-off & extended day available
$375/week | Junior Counselors (ages 11–14): $250/week
Limited scholarships available
Adult Week
July 6–10
Evergreen Community Charter School, 50 Bell Rd, Asheville
9am–3pm daily
No musical experience required — seriously, none
CB&S! is a week of songwriting, homemade instrument-making, body percussion, singing, and the kind of community you didn’t know you needed.
📝 Register now at billyjonas.com/about/camp/
Questions? Reach out at [email protected] or 828-232-9962
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Afternoon concert at The Grey Eagle (Asheville) for families! Bring the grandparents & celebrate NYE at 1pm, bangin' & sangin' style! Funky family folk music -- prepare to sing along 🎶 Tix link in bio. #livemusic #familyfriendly #family #
Welcome the New Year with a DAYTIME NYE show at @thegreyeagle for folks of all ages! Bring the family - purchase a 4-pack of tickets for a discount 🎁
Get tickets at thegreyeagle.com!
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Behind the Song: “Open All The Doors and Windows” commissioned for the Maria Montessori Language and Cultural Center. You can hear this song and many more on my new album BRIDGING DIVIDES link in bio
Join me in diving into the lyrics and meaning of my song “Scavenger Hunt”. Part of the new album, “BRIDGING DIVIDES” — listen now at the link in my bio!
Here’s a look behind the song for “Laila Rose” (written for my daughter), off of my new album “BRIDGING DIVIDES”. You can listen now to this track and the whole album at the link in my bio!
The first of three youth weeks kicks off today at Camp Bangin’ & Sangin’!
CB&S is a music, songwriting, and creativity day camp for ages 5-14. Singing, songmaking, homemade instrument creation, games, crafts, journaling/writing, project planning, community building, jamming, rest and renewal, more!
EVENT DATES:
June 23-27
June 30-July 4
July 7-11
COST:
$360/camper
Limited scholarships available. Contact [email protected] for info.
ALL CAMPS ARE DAY CAMPS, MONDAY TO FRIDAY, 9am TO 3pm.
EARLY DROP-OFF option: 8:15-8:45am, $100 for the week
EXTENDED DAY option: until 4pm, $100 for the week
LOCATION: Unitarian Universalist Cong. of Asheville, 1 Edwin Pl., Asheville NC 28801
YOUTH CAMPERS should bring:
Water bottle
Lunch and snack, with cold-pak
Recyclable materials — WASHED — for instrument making, including
- 2 boxes (one shoe box or cereal box, & one slightly larger)
- 3 or more clean metal soup cans (any size)
- 3 or more clean plastic containers like milk jugs etc.
- any inspiring recyclable/found items to incorporate into a musical instrument or sculpture.
LEARN MORE + REGISTER: billyjonas.com/about/camp/
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Here’s a glimpse at ADULT WEEK at Camp Bangin’ & Sangin’ - kicking off NEXT MONDAY, June 16! Limited time remains to register, so visit billyjonas.com for all the details and info and come join us for a great week of songwriting, percussion, creativity, and more! Note: there won’t be a pool on site this year.
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MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR for Camp Bangin’ & Sangin’!
Some ask: “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” Billy Jonas asks: “What is the sound of 600 sets of keys jingling on the downbeat? And how shall we inspire the audience to do it?”
For over thirty years, Billy Jonas — performer, #singersongwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and educator — has perfected the art of the neo-tribal hootenanny with audiences around the globe. Using voice, #guitar, and industrial re-percussion, each concert is a soul-spelunking, heart healing, joy-filled journey.
“It began around an evening campfire in the summer of 1972 — Leaving on a Jet Plane and Blowing in the Wind rising with the sparks into the darkness... communal #singing, guitars strumming, and a bucket thumping the back beat. 40 summer campers and 8 counselors became one big, glorious, #harmonizing being. I remember thinking: wouldn’t it be great to carry this ecstatic connectedness, and musical magic out into the world?”
Billy developed his craft in the late 1980‘s as a founding member of the Oberlin College Big Bang Theory performance art collective. He refined things further in Chicago during monthly “Bangalong with Billy” shows at the No Exit Cafe, and subsequently in the 1990‘s as a co-founder (with Bill Melanson) of the funky folk duo The Billys. He currently tours with the Billy Jonas Band, with Abraham Jam (Muslim-Christian-Jewish trio), and solo. The Billy Jonas Band was honored with an invitation to perform at the White House in 2010.
Jonas has received numerous honors and awards, including an American Federation of Independent Musicians 1st place/Gold, multiple Parents Choice Golds, and a New York Times “Best” listing. Originally from Chicago, Billy has lived in Asheville NC since 1991.
Blly hosts Camp Bangin’ & Sangin’ - a #music, songwriting, and #creativity day camp, for adults and young folks - kicking off with ADULT WEEK on June 16! Three weeks of YOUTH WEEKS will follow, starting on June 23 and wrapping up on July 11. For more information and to register for Camp Bangin’ & Sangin’, visit billyjonas.com!
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Camp Bangin’ & Sangin’ Adult Week: A Creative Retreat for Grown-Ups
CB&S’ unique Adult Week (June 16-20) offers a rare opportunity for adults to immerse themselves in musical creativity without the typical constraints of traditional music education. Open to any adult regardless of previous musical experience, the program welcomes participants, and their teen children if desired, for five days of intensive creative exploration.
“This isn’t your typical music camp,” explains program founder and host Billy Jonas. “We’re creating songs in three ways: written songs, unwritten oral tradition techniques, and spontaneous improvisational creations. Participants will work on pieces individually and as a group, learning ‘open-song surgery’ techniques and crafting seamless ‘Synergy Hootenanny’ sessions.”
The adult program features comprehensive offerings including songwriting and songmaking workshops, group singing, full-body rhythm fluency using body percussion and circle songs, found sound instrument creation, vocal development, and guided journaling time. Daily sessions run from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and culminate in final presentations open to family and friends on Friday afternoon.
Join us for ADULT WEEK at Camp Bangin’ & Sangin’ - kicking off June 16! For more information and to register, visit billyjonas.com!
#creativeretreat #songwriting #workshop #creativity #asheville
Join us at Camp Bangin’ & Sangin’ - a music, songwriting, and creativity day camp, for adults and young folks. We’re excited for 2025 — we have 4 sessions, each a week long. Our ADULT WEEK kicks off June 16 and runs through the 20th. Then three YOUTH WEEKS run Monday-Friday from June 23 through July 11. Visit billyjonas.com for more information and registration details! See you at camp!
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