The showcase will directly follow the culmination of the Greening Up The Mountains festival. Live music at “YerkFest” will be provided by Ol’ Dirty Bathtub (Americana/bluegrass), PMA (reggae/soul), Woolybooger & The Ragtime Drifters (Americana/indie) and Shain Weston Lyles (singer-songwriter). 

Waldrop passed away in a tragic car accident last winter. She was a friend to many in Sylva and greater Jackson County. A shoulder to lean on. A smile to brighten your day.

Waldrop was many things to many people. Of note, she was a social justice warrior who stood proudly at any and all community marches, most recently the Black Lives Matter and Confederate statue gatherings in front of the Sylva fountain. 

She was also a helping hand and the life of the party. If you were passionate not only about life, but what you wanted out of it, she was right there to amplify those aspirations into the universe. She never met a stranger, and was always connecting the dots of people, places and things within any social setting. 

Free and open to the public. Donations will also be accepted for the Erica S. Waldrop Scholarship, which is given to a graduate student at Western Carolina University who are in the speech language pathology program.