Outdoors Activity
North Carolina Apple Festival
Main Street Hendersonville South Main Street, Hendersonville, North Carolina, United StatesEvery Labor Day weekend for nearly 80 years, the North Carolina Apple Festival has filled Main Street with merriment to celebrate the Hendersonville apple harvest. Hendersonville leads the state in apple production and consistently ranks within the top 10 producers nationwide. Beginning Friday and continuing through Labor Day, festivities include a street fair, live music, […]
Banner Elk’s Art on the Greene
Historic Banner Elk School 185 Azalea Circle SE, Banner Elk, NC, United StatesBanner Elk’s popular Art on the Greene series continues with shows the first weekends of July, August and September. The dates are Sept. 2-3. The shows fill the area in front of the Historic Banner Elk School with fine art from local and regional artists representing a variety of media, such as ceramics, glass, metal, […]
2nd Fridays Westside Mixer
Tryon Arts and Crafts School 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, NC, United StatesPull up your lawn chairs for our 2nd Fridays Westside Mixer series! We're back for our second year with some great entertainment! Craft Demonstrations, kids' crafts, live music, food trucks, games... You won't want to miss this free-to-attend event! September 8: Glass demonstrations, music by Double Naught Spies, Haus Heidelberg & Frozen Frog food trucks, […]
ASAP Farm Tour
Passes are on sale now for this family-friendly local farm adventure! 21 farms participating in the 2024 Farm Tour, taking place Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 21–22, noon to 5 p.m. All farms are located within an hour of Asheville. Tourgoers will experience working farms through guided and self-guided tours, demonstrations, interacting with farm animals, u-pick […]
Yadkin Valley Pumpkin Festival
Main Street of Elkin Elkin, NC, United StatesThe Annual Yadkin Valley Pumpkin Festival is held in Historic Downtown Elkin on the 4th Saturday in September from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. The annual Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off starts at 9 am and ends around 1 pm (Fruit can be registered from 7am-9am) located at 257 Standard St. There will be pumpkins & watermelons […]
Dupont Forest Festival
On National Public Lands Day, Saturday, September 23, Friends of DuPont Forest will host the 6th annual DuPont Forest Festival, an event celebrating the adventure and beauty of DuPont State Recreational Forest. The family-friendly event includes yoga, group bike rides, group hikes, a group trail run, face painting, nature walks, fly-fishing demo, history tours, food […]
Plott-Tober Fest
Sorrells Park 8 Sorrells Street, Canton, NC, United StatesStrains of German oom-pah music and the tempting aroma of schnitzel and bratwurst are coming to Canton’s Sorrells Park for PLOTT-TOBER FEST, October 5-8. Sponsored by the Haywood County Historical & Genealogical Society (HCH&GS) in partnership with the Canton Historical Museum and the Town of Canton, PLOTT-TOBER FEST is a four-day festival celebrating the Plott […]
Sonker Festival
Edwards-Franklin House 4132 Haystack Road, Mount Airy, NC, United StatesThe Sonker Festival is a Surry County tradition, presented each year by the Surry County Historical Society. It is held the first Saturday in October at the Edwards-Franklin House west of Mount Airy. Festival attendees sample sonker made from a variety of family recipes passed down through generations. Admission is free, with a nominal charge […]
2nd Fridays Westside Mixer
Tryon Arts and Crafts School 373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, NC, United StatesPull up your lawn chairs for our 2nd Fridays Westside Mixer series! We're back for our second year with some great entertainment! Craft Demonstrations, kids' crafts, live music, food trucks, games... You won't want to miss this free-to-attend event! October 13: Metals demonstrations (Forge, Welding, Silversmith, etc), music by Road House Rodeo, Rock'n Rooster Street […]
Woolly Worm Festival
Historic Banner Elk School 185 Azalea Circle SE, Banner Elk, NC, United StatesThis year’s event – the 46th annual – takes place Oct. 21-22 on the field of the Historic Banner Elk School. The festival is based on the legend that the 13 fur bands of a woolly bear caterpillar foretell the weather for the 13 upcoming weeks of winter. Brown and lighter colored bands forecast mild […]
Farm Fun Day
Historic Johnson Farm 3346 Haywood Road , Hendersonville, United StatesCome out to Historic Johnson Farm for an afternoon of fun! Admission is $20 per family and includes: Crafts for kids, Scavenger hunt, Wagon rides, Popcorn and drinks, Historic farm house open, One room school house lessons, Visit the donkeys and goats, Caregivers of Mother Earth, AND....the return of the Johnson Family's 1923 Model T. […]
Sunrise at the Swinging Bridge at Grandfather Mountain
Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC, United StatesGrandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, is hosting a special experience for guests to ring in 2024 from a mile high. On Monday, Jan. 1, the New Year’s “Sunrise at the Swinging Bridge” event will provide guests with the rare opportunity to be in the park before regular operating […]
