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Open Hearth Cooking at Vance Birthplace

Vance Birthplace State Historic Site 911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville, NC, United States

Food historian Clarissa Clifton Lynch will return to the Vance Birthplace on Saturday, March 7, 2020 from 10 am-2 pm.  Lynch will explore African American foodways as she prepares a meal in the original 1790s fireplace in the Vance house--the same fireplace where Leah, an enslaved woman, cooked food for the Vances.  Learn about the realities of cooking over an […]

Garden Jubilee Nurseries & Orchards Tour

Garden Jubilee, a fixture on Hendersonville’s Main Street for a quarter century, moves to the countryside this year to avoid large crowds gathering downtown. The 2020 version, renamed Garden Jubilee Nurseries & Orchards Tour, takes place over four days, Friday, May 22, through Monday, May 25. In lieu of a street festival, people will venture […]

White Squirrel Festival

Downtown Brevard Brevard, NC, United States

In Brevard, We Celebrate Our White Squirrel Population! Featuring two-and-a-half days of great live music, crafts, and food, the White Squirrel Festival in Downtown Brevard, NC is the perfect way to experience everything this charming mountain community has to offer.  Best of all it’s FREE!  It has earned the reputation for showcasing many undiscovered artists […]

Free

Blue Ridge Fiber Fest

Justice Carlisle Higgins Fairgrounds Highway 21 N @ Bledsoe Creek Road, Sparta, NC, United States

Offering vendors, workshops, fiber animals and demonstrations. The festival is being held at the Justice Carlisle Higgins Fairgrounds and Agricultural Center, U.S. 21, Sparta, Alleghany County, NC, Friday and Saturday from 9 AM until 5 PM.

Blue Ridge Fiber Fest

Justice Carlisle Higgins Fairgrounds Highway 21 N @ Bledsoe Creek Road, Sparta, NC, United States

Offering vendors, workshops, fiber animals and demonstrations. The festival is being held at the Justice Carlisle Higgins Fairgrounds and Agricultural Center, U.S. 21, Sparta, Alleghany County, NC, Friday and Saturday from 9 AM until 5 PM.

Friday Night Concert on the Square – The Elderly Brothers

Historic Clay County Courthouse/Beal Center 25 Herbert Street, Hayesville, NC, United States

Bring your favorite lawn chair, your sweetheart and family, and come out for our FREE summer concerts on the Historic Courthouse Square in downtown Hayesville! No registration or tickets required! Red Bucket Donations appreciated. Food and beverage service available at 6pm and music gets underway at 7pm.  Learn more about the Elderly Brothers at:  http://www.elderbro.com/ 

FREE

23rd Annual Cherokee Voices Festival

Museum of the Cherokee People 598 Tsali Blvd., NC, Cherokee, NC, United States

Demonstrations, Encampments, Vendors, Cherokee Food, Cherokee Youth, Dances, Singing

Friday Night Concert on the Square – Return Performance by Southern Vantage

Historic Clay County Courthouse/Beal Center 25 Herbert Street, Hayesville, NC, United States

Bring your favorite lawn chair, your sweetheart and family, and come out for our FREE summer concerts on the Historic Courthouse Square in downtown Hayesville! (No registration or tickets required!)  Food and beverage service available at 6pm and music gets underway at 7pm.  Like Southern Vantage on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/southernvantage/ 

FREE

Friday Night Concert on the Square – Chris Stalcup & The Grange

Historic Clay County Courthouse/Beal Center 25 Herbert Street, Hayesville, NC, United States

Bring your favorite lawn chair, your sweetheart and family, and come out for our FREE summer concerts on the Historic Courthouse Square in downtown Hayesville! (No registration or tickets required!)  Food and beverage service available at 6pm and music gets underway at 7pm.  Check out the band at:  http://stalcupgrange.com/ 

FREE

Drive-Thru End of Summer Blast at Historic Johnson Farm

Historic Johnson Farm 3346 Haywood Road , Hendersonville, United States

We haven't been able to host any of our normal summer events, like Stories and Ice Cream or the End of Summer Blast. So let's celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of the school year with a different type of event! On August 13 between 1 and 4 PM, drive through the parking […]

FREE

Orchard Trail Days

Orchard Trail Days will be held during this Labor Day Weekend, September 4 – 7, to kick-off the 2020 apple harvest season. The season begins in early August and runs through mid-November. During the weekend many of the orchards will be offering crafts, family fun activities such as corn mazes, apple cannons, inflatables, wagon rides, […]

Friday Night Concert on the Square – Gnarly Fingers

Historic Clay County Courthouse/Beal Center 25 Herbert Street, Hayesville, NC, United States

Bring your favorite lawn chair, your sweetheart and family, and come out for our FREE summer concerts on the Historic Courthouse Square in downtown Hayesville! No registration or tickets required! Red Bucket Donations appreciated. Food and beverage service available at 6pm and music gets underway at 7pm.   Get in the mood by listening to […]

FREE

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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