Christmas Jam is turning 30! Join Warren Haynes, AAHH and the growing Christmas Jam community for a weekend to remember.
This event has raised more than $2.3M for Asheville Habitat through the years!
Tickets available beginning October 26.
Find the full line up, updates and more at XmasJam.com
We are thrilled to, again, be the non-profit partner of this amazing benefit concert, the Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam! Thank you Warren Haynes and Stefani Scamardo for your commitment to affordable housing and for sharing the belief that everyone deserves a decent place to live.
“Warren Haynes‘ 29th Annual Christmas Jam is once again taking over Asheville, NC’s U.S. Cellular Center on December 9, 2017, where an incredible line-up of artists will take the stage in Haynes’ hometown benefitting the Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity. This year’s line-up will feature Gov’t Mule, who will be joined by Ann Wilson of Heart as a special guest, Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB, The Avett Brothers, Les Bros. (Jaimoe, Marc Quiñones, Jack Pearson, Lamar Williams Jr., Bruce Katz & more), Blackberry Smoke, with special guests Jake Shimabukuro, Holly Bowling, Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, Kevn Kinney, Mike Barnes, and more!”
For more information, including ticket purchases and updates, visit http://www.xmasjam.com.
The Christmas Jam is a one-of-a-kind music marathon that has raised more than $2 million for Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity. This year’s show, which includes Gov’t Mule, the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, Michael McDonald, Jamey Johnson + Alison Krauss and The Last Waltz Band, and many more, has already sold out. We are eternally grateful for Warren’s ongoing commitment to affordable housing, Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity and the families we serve.
Didn’t get tickets to this year’s Christmas Jam? You can still enjoy Jam by Day.
Join us as we celebrate with Warren Haynes and his family, Before the Jam, Lend a Hand volunteers, sponsors, community well-wishers, and the future Habitat homeowner family! There will be a short speaking program, followed by the raising of the first wall.
“I come home each day through the street filled with smiling children on bikes, playing on the sidewalks and shooting baskets through hoops. I come home to people visiting and sharing and laughing and smiling on their porches or walking their babies or puppy dogs. I come home to a sanctuary. A place filled with so much love. Hudson Hills Soulshine.”
~ Rhonda, Habitat homeowner
Successful affordable housing initiatives require the partnership of many constituent groups – public, private and municipalities. Last week, we celebrated the completion of our most recent neighborhood, Hudson Hills. It was made possible with the support of the City of Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina Housing Finance Agency, the W&S Foundation (through Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam), and many local businesses, individuals, faith partners, and foundations. Funding was also provided by Habitat homeowner mortgage payments and ReStore proceeds. And in addition to funding, thousands of community volunteers – alongside future homeowners – built these homes.
House sponsor representatives presented ceremonial keys to the last six homes in the neighborhood, among a sea of children and large group of well-wishers. Executive Director Andy Barnett pointed out that three of the program participants have dedicated their careers to affordable housing: Bill Dowse from NCHFA (North Carolina Housing Finance Agency); Lew Kraus and Joan Cooper who recently retired from Asheville Area Habitat; and Jeff Staudinger, the City of Asheville’s Assistant Director of Community and Economic Development. Leadership from affordable housing advocates like these three, coupled with diverse funding partnerships, dedicated volunteers, and future homeowner participation has proven time and again to be a recipe for a successful Habitat community.
With the strong foundation provided by decent and affordable homes, 24 more local families now have the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build a better future for themselves. With a decent place to live and an affordable mortgage, these homeowners can save more, invest in the future, pursue opportunities, and have more stability. THANK YOU to everyone who helped us build Hudson Hills, a beautiful community of decent, affordable, energy-efficient houses, that are being turned into homes.
To see photos from the October 14th dedication event, please click here.
To see a short video produced by Buncombe County TV, click here.
To date, Warren Haynes Presents: the Christmas Jam has raised more than $1.8 million for Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity! Don’t miss the 2015 show!
The 27th Annual Christmas Jam will feature Warren Haynes, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Doobie Brothers,Joe Bonamassa, Dawes, Blackberry Smoke, Electric Hot Tuna, Bruce Hornsby, and more!
The pre-sale, including VIP tickets and travel packages, begins Friday, October 9th at 10am ET at XmasJam.com. The public on-sale begins October 23rd. Doors open at 6pm and the show begins at 7pm.
Xmas Jam By Day events and concerts will pop up around Asheville and Before The Jam Lend A Hand, will also be in full force, where volunteers can help build the houses made possible by Christmas Jam donations. Stay up-to-date on Christmas Jam info as more details are announced at the website XmasJam.com, Facebook, and Twitter.
Join us for one of the most celebrated concerts of the year and largest annual contributor to Asheville Habitat – the Xmas Jam!
Join us as we raise the first wall of the 2014 Xmas Jam House, a home made possible by the W&S Charitable Foundation (proceeds from Warren Haynes Presents: The Annual Christmas Jam).
On October 6, 2014 – World Habitat Day – Warren Haynes announced that the 26th Annual Christmas Jam will be held on Saturday, December 13, 2014. Held at the US Cellular Center in Asheville, NC this year’s benefit concert will feature Vince Gill, Gov’t Mule, Billy & The Kids, Hard Working Americans, The Revivalists and Jason Isbell with his band, with additional artists to be announced soon.
One of the most celebrated and longest-running live concerts in the U.S., the Christmas Jam will benefit our affiliate for the 16th year in a row! Just a few months ago, Haynes presented Asheville Area Habitat with a record-breaking $500,000 in proceeds from last year’s epic, sold-out Silver Anniversary event. Read more.
Christmas came early in Asheville this year when Warren Haynes presented Asheville Area Habitat with the proceeds check from the 2013 Warren Haynes Presents: The Christmas Jam — a record-breaking $500,000! Haynes who played in Charlotte, NC the night before and was enroute to Alpharetta, GA for another show, chose to stop in Asheville to make the special presentation in person. Xmas Jam proceeds now exceed $1.8 million!
“Stef and I were overwhelmed. We knew it was a good year, but we were surprised by how good,” said Haynes of the final number. The significant increase over past years was due to a number of different things he said, most notable the fact that it was a 2-night, 25th anniversary show. “Merch also sold incredibly well, we were able to keep expenses down, there was Pay-Per-View and new partners like Sierra Nevada…it were a lot of different factors.”
Executive Director, Lew Kraus notes that donations of this size are few and far between and this will go a long way to helping Habitat with the most capital intensive part of our work – acquiring and developing land. Speaking of land…
The short event was held at Habitat’s newest subdivision, Hudson Hills. Habitat offered Warren and his wife Stefani Scamardo the naming rights to recognize their long-standing commitment to and the couple chose the name to honor their young son, Hudson. Recently just a plot of land, Hudson Hills is now an active construction site and the future home of 25 single family homes, thanks in part to the generosity of Haynes and Scamardo and their successful benefit concert.
The street into the subdivision – Soulshine Court – also honors Haynes. About the name, Haynes remarked, “Soulshine is a song that resonates with many people and it’s particularly meaningful to me because it was inspired by my father. He worked hard as a single dad to raise me and my brothers in Asheville, so it’s fitting that a street named Soulshine Court will be in my hometown and that it will be a place that 25 families will call home.”
We presented Haynes with a Soulshine Court street sign. One event attendee suggested he put in his tour bus, an idea Warren seemed to like.
Read the Asheville Citizen Times article here, or view our online photo album.
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