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The Blue Ridge Parkway Presents: Fridays at the Folk Art Center

Folk Art Center Milepost 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC, United States

Appalachian Trickster Tales  Join a Parkway ranger for an evening of folklore, focusing on Tricksters. We’ll be looking at Rabbit, a powerful figure from Cherokee mythology, and Jack, who you may remember from a certain beanstalk. But what else are they famous for? How do they reflect their different cultures? Just how tricky does a […]

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Palette Pals: Franz Marc’s “Blue Horse I”

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 GINNY STEVENS LANE , BLOWING ROCK, North Carolina, United States

Palette Pals is a new event at BRAHM designed for fun adult/child interaction. Tickets are sold in pairs, so a child and their favorite adult can make art together. Cost: $85 general admission per pair | $75 for Museum members (not yet a member? join today and save!) Join us as we paint inspired by […]

The Blue Ridge Parkway Presents: Fridays at the Folk Art Center

Folk Art Center Milepost 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC, United States

Peregrines of the Parkway  Dive into the fascinating world of one of the largest, most powerful, and fastest falcon species.  The Blue Ridge Parkway is home to hundreds of birds.  Peregrine falcon is one of its most spectacular. Come learn how this predator of the sky was lost and has now returned to its original […]

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Star Spangled Banner Elk Fourth

Celebrate America’s independence and escape the heat at the same time during the Star Spangled Banner Elk Fourth of July in the cool Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. This annual event, which takes place on Saturday, July 3, in 2021, begins at 11 a.m. with an all-American parade along Banner Elk’s Main Street. The parade […]

55th Season of Shindig On the Green

Roger McGuire Green-Downtown Asheville 121 College Street, Asheville, NC, United States

Bring your instruments, families, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and join us for good times at the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage. In 2021 Shindig on the Green, which features a stage show and informal jam sessions around the park, continues at its original location — formerly known as City County Plaza, now transformed into the […]

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Hendersonville 4th of July Celebration

The Hendersonville Visitor Center and Henderson County Parks and Recreation are teaming up to offer a family-friendly 4th of July Celebration. The evening’s activities will include inflatables, kids games and activities, food trucks, and 2 stages featuring live music, with the evening being capped-off with the annual fireworks display. 7pm – The Music on Main […]

Music On Main Presents Daniel Sage

Hendersonville Visitor Center Stage 201 S. Main Street, Hendersonville, NC, United States

The Music On Main concert features the music of Daniel Sage. He is a New York City singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer that has performed at Carnegie Hall, the United Nations and the Lincoln Center. He has worked with acts such as Nile Rodgers (Chic, and producer of Madonna, Eric Clapton, David Bowie, etc.) to top actors, sang with […]

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55th Season of Shindig on the Green

Roger McGuire Green-Downtown Asheville 121 College Street, Asheville, NC, United States

Bring your instruments, families, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and join us for good times at the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage. In 2021 Shindig on the Green, which features a stage show and informal jam sessions around the park, continues at its original location — formerly known as City County Plaza, now transformed into the […]

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Music on Main Presents Gotcha Groove

Hendersonville Visitor Center Stage 201 S. Main Street, Hendersonville, NC, United States

The Music on Main concert will feature a wide variety of music performed by Gotcha Groove, based out of Marion, NC. They play such favorites as Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Hurts So Good, I Heard Through the Grapevine, Johnny B. Goode, Living in America, Never Can Say Goodbye, Sir Duke, Unforgettable, Sweet Caroline, and Uptown Funk. The Annual Music On […]

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55th Season of Shindig on the Green

Roger McGuire Green-Downtown Asheville 121 College Street, Asheville, NC, United States

Bring your instruments, families, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and join us for good times at the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage. In 2021 Shindig on the Green, which features a stage show and informal jam sessions around the park, continues at its original location — formerly known as City County Plaza, now transformed into the […]

FREE

Folkmoot Summerfest

Folkmoot is pleased to announce the return of the annual festival and we are thrilled to tell you all about it. From Thursday, July 22 to Sunday, July 25, Waynesville will be chalked full of culture and celebration. Here is a rundown of what you need to know:  This year's Folkmoot Summerfest will take place […]

Music on Main Presents The Night Move Band

Hendersonville Visitor Center Stage 201 S. Main Street, Hendersonville, NC, United States

The Music on Main Street concert will feature a wide variety of music performed by The Night Move Band. The band has shared the stage with many regional and national acts including The Tams, The Embers, The Chairmen of the Board, Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, The Catalina’s, and many others. They play such favorites as My Girl, Brick House, […]

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We welcome submission of Western North Carolina events focused on our heritage themes of mountain music, crafts, foodways, outdoors and Cherokee culture. Please submit two weeks in advance.

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