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BrightFire Music & Arts Festival is a celebration of Life, Hope, and Renewal signifying the start of the summer months. BrightFire was created to be an engaging present-day community-relevant experience based on ancient practices, traditions, science, and lore of Beltane. We hosted 3,000 guests on a historic 200-acre nature preserve & county park where they enjoyed a fun evening of music, dance, fire performances, Art Market, delicious food options, various on-site adventures and activities curated specifically for the festival, and so many incredible people sharing what they are passionate about. An imaginative Sunset fire-lighting ceremony premiered an immersive and inspiring setting of music, movement, and fire artistry. A magical festival experience for all ages!
Nominated: “Best In-State Festival” by Queen City Nerve readers (2022)
Immersive Themed Shows & Performances by Your Neighborhood Orchestra. Lost In Space was set in a world of 7-billion strong, our existence depends on our ability to transcend… An astronaut’s voyage to outer space during the Space Race (1963), “Lost In Space” is an immersive Sci-Fi Bio-Mystery with genre-bending orchestra, crafted beats, and spoken word artistry. Produced by Elizabeth Kowalski, ft. RoyalCity Lif, Master Kie.
Award: Best Show in Charlotte, Critic’s Pick (Queen City Nerve, Nov 2022)
Your Neighborhood Orchestra
2018 - current
A professional multi-genre orchestra based in Charlotte, NC ranging from 10-40 pieces + dance & cirque. As they craft new productions and concert experiences, they aim to bring innovative art to the people in new and exciting ways to uplift, unite, and inspire.
Stargazer Music Festival: Other Worlds
Nov 13, 2021. An extraordinary night-sky viewing + concert experience. This festival does not fit in an annual box and only occurs when the stars align. It is a red-light-only event for optimal night vision and the local astronomy club brings out high-powered telescopes. There were science experiments for children, and people were surrounded by science and art. This particular one (Nov. 2021) was the best planet-gazing weekend in years and people got to see Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus up-close with onsite telescopes.
Award: Best New Music Event (Aug 2021, Queen City Nerve’s Best in the Nest Awards)
Stargazer Music Festival: SkyFall III
Friday, Nov 17, 2023. During the peak of the Leonids Meteor Shower, an unparalleled evening with a stellar music lineup, silent disco, telescopes by PARI & UNCC, & night-sky viewing on 20 acres in East Charlotte.
Cosmic RPG Experience: Theatrical RPG game where the audience can help the Cosmic Beings fix their spaceship and solve the mysteries of why they are there. In a sort of scavenger hunt embedded into the festival, the storyline unfolds during the festival and guests interact with the Cosmic Beings from afar. They start to realize that we’re not that different.
This collaboration is a partnership between NRP, FullTime Geeks, & Game Designers of NC.
Charlotte New Music Festival (Since 2012)
For 10 years, CNMF has been an internationally attended festival for contemporary classical music that also maintains a development lab for Music Composers, Music Technology, & Dance.
Attendees have come from every continent (except Antarctica) to participate in the labs and experiences offered here.
If you are interested in hosting this festival, we are open to venue and location partnership ideas.