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Candlelight Christmas Tours

Historic Johnson Farm Haywood Road, Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States

Tours will start at 5:00, 5:45, 6:30, and 7:15 PM each evening. Registration and advance payment is required. Tickets will go on sale November 1. $20 adults, $15 students, $15 seniors (65+), free for 4 and under. Children are more than welcome, but please know the tour is about an hour of listening to guides […]

Holiday Sip & Shop at Grovewood Gallery

Grovewood Gallery 111 Grovewood Road #2, Asheville, NC, United States

This holiday season, give the gift of handmade! Grovewood Gallery will host its annual Holiday Sip & Shop on December 8 & 9, from 11 am to 4 pm each day. In addition to 10 percent off select merchandise in the gallery, visitors can enjoy artist demonstrations and complimentary wine and warm cider. “This Holiday […]

Folkmoot Presents Eireann’s Call – A Kilted Christmas

Folkmoot Friendship Center 112 Virginia Avenue, Waynesville, NC, United States

Folkmoot USA is thrilled to host its final Folkmoot Live show of 2023 and includes new lights and sounds gratefully purchased through the results of the Folkmoot Summer Soiree fundraiser. The new lights and sound were generously installed and procured through a lot of time and dedication from two Folkmoot volunteers Owen Englander and Jay […]

Hazelwood Pottery Happy Holiday Open House

Hazelwood Pottery Camelot Drive, Waynesville, North Carolina, United States

We celebrate the Holidays with Joe Frank McKee's fiery alcohol, horsehair & raku pottery firing demos, Neal Howard's hand dyed & woven silk yarns & Laurey Faye's wheel throwing demos. Enjoy light refreshments, exciting pottery demos & a 4pm Christmas Carol sing-a-long at Hazelwood Pottery's 1st annual holiday open house.

Appalachian Smoke

Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center 121 Schoolhouse Road, Stecoah, NC, United States

Appalachian Smoke is a contemporary bluegrass band grounded in the corners of North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Their independent release, ‘Colder Side of Love,’ received three reviews in Bluegrass Today acknowledging their talented songwriting, melodic arrangements, and smooth vocal harmonies. They bring an “edgy, modern sound” to bluegrass music, and “if they stick to this formula, […]

Toe River Chamber Ensemble Holiday Concert

First Baptist Church Town Square, Burnsville, North Carolina, United States

Get in the holiday spirit with the annual Holiday Concert of the Toe River Chamber Ensemble on Tuesday, December 19, 7:30 pm, at the First Baptist Church on the Burnsville Square. The over twenty-some members, led by director R. Kevin Paul, include musicians from Mitchell, Yancey, Madison and Buncombe counties. The all volunteer group meets […]

Sunrise at the Swinging Bridge at Grandfather Mountain

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC, United States

Grandfather 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 […]

Where We Live: History, Nature and Culture Speaker Series

Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center 51 Cowee School Drive, Franklin, NC, United States

On Monday, January 15 at 6:30pm,  the “Where We Live: History, Nature, and Culture Speaker Series” will present a program on “Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication” by Dr. Barbara Ballentine. Birds use acoustic, visual, and olfactory signals in social contexts allowing for the transmission of information that is important for successful reproduction and […]

Free Community Art Day

Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center 51 Cowee School Drive, Franklin, NC, United States

Fiber Expo 2024

Historic Johnson Farm 3346 Haywood Road , Hendersonville, United States

This is a great opportunity for people to come to the Heritage Weavers & Fiber Artists' Boarding House and see demonstrations of most of the heritage fiber arts that will be taught during 2024. Including Weaving, Spinning, Rug Hooking, Knitting, Needle Felting, Basket Weaving, Rug Punch, Punch Needle, Crochet and Fiber Dyeing.

19th Annual Groundhog Day Celebration

Chimney Rock State Park 431 Main Street, Chimney Rock, NC, United States

Celebrate a favorite Chimney Rock tradition as our resident groundhogs join woodchucks all over the country to let us know if spring in on the way.   On February 2, Tater and Yammy will make their meteorological debut at Chimney Rock's 19th Annual Groundhog Day Celebration. Chimney Rock Village Mayor Peter O'Leary will be in […]

Exploring the Arts! – Children

Watauga Arts Council 377 Shadowline Drive, Boone, NC, United States

Students will enjoy creative exploration of elements and principles of design. Students will be introduced to the foundations of art in an imaginative and fun atmosphere. Students will learn techniques involving various media while exploring art history through individual and group activities. Students will create projects inspired by different art movements while discovering personal ways to […]

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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