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ArborEvenings

Relax and unwind at the Arboretum’s new “ArborEvenings” after hours series. Held every Thursday, April – October, from 6 to 9 p.m., visitors will see the Arboretum’s gardens come to light after dark while enjoying delicious food and tasty beverages, including beer and wine, in one of Asheville’s most beautiful natural settings. On the last […]

Standard Parking Fees Apply

IIIrd Tyme Out: Concerts at the Rock

Old Rock School 400 Main Street West, Valdese, NC, United States

Concerts at the Rock welcomes IIIrd Tyme Out. “Playing music is the easy part,” says Russell Moore with an ever-so-slightly rueful laugh as he looks back on more than thirty years of doing what he grew up wanting to do. “By the time we put this band together”—he’s talking about IIIrd Tyme Out, his musical […]

$20

Shelton House History, Heritage & Crafts

Shelton House Campus 49 Shelton Street, Waynesville, NC, United States

Shelton House History, Heritage and Crafts presents an “Old Fashioned Appalachian Family Christmas, Grand Illumination and opening of the Tinsel Tree Trail”. Come join Shelton House for a Holiday celebration with a visit from Santa, Hot Chocolate and other treats, a Victorian Christmas Open House, Caroling, Grand Illumination of the House, and the opening of […]

Concerts at the Rock: Darin & Brooke Aldridge

Old Rock School 400 Main Street West, Valdese, NC, United States

Husband and wife duo Darin & Brooke Aldridge draw on the traditions of their native North Carolina, the savvy of a young, gifted band and their own dedication to ingenuity to create the most adventurous album of their career with their latest critically acclaimed release, Faster & Farther. The duo has placed several tracks at […]

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

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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