Chris Wilhelm & Kim Smith Live

  • Vintage Kava

  • Address: 141 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville, NC 28787
  • Times: 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
  • Dates: September 23, 2023
  • Admission: Free
  • Phone: (828) 484-8186
  • Email: vintagekavakava@gmail.com

Chris Wilhelm is known for bringing positive vibes and an uplifting message to his audience. He plays Americana, folk rock originals that are infectious and insightful, and sprinkles in covers too. Worldwide airplay brought his latest album “This Too Shall Pass" to be one of the Top 100 Alt-Country Albums of 2020, and it spent several months on the national folk charts as well.

Chris Wilhelm is a songcatcher and live performer. He made guitars out of cardboard before getting his first one at 13. Born in Hudson, NY, he later moved to Albany, NY, then Boston, and currently lives in Asheville, NC. He has released nine records and played thousands of shows. He has performed in theaters, concert venues, festivals, clubs, bars, libraries, retirement homes, subways, performed on the street and even played at a marathon. He played over 200 shows a year for several years. 

Kim Smith is a singer-songwriter/collaborator based out of Asheville, North Carolina. "Songwriting is not just a passion it's the expression of my soul in the most vulnerable and strongest times."  Kim continues to record and release songs produced by Asheville-based Chris Rosser as well as Nashville-based Dean Miller.  
Kim will be touring the East Coast, then heading West ending in Alaska in her solo tour, this summer, "Thorns and Whiskey Summer 2023 Tour" as well as her first Album being released in the early Summer of 2023.  A few of Kim influences..  Beth Hart, Grace Potter, Van Morrison, Florence and the machine, Johnny Cash and many more..

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