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Friday Night Live Concert Series: Johnny Webb Band

Town Square 343 Main Street, Highlands, NC, United States

Offering laid-back, yet seasoned, country music, the Johnny Webb Band performs selections spanning more than 50 years with a down home flavor.

Cowee Valley Pottery Festival

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

Visit the Cowee Pottery School to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Come see live demonstrations, make your own pottery, and view and purchase ceramic art from the school's skilled potters.

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Stecoah Arts & Crafts Drive-About Tour

Stecoah Valley Center School House Road, Robbinsville, NC, United States

Twice a year the Stecoah Valley Center organizes an Arts & Crafts Drive About. We invite you to begin at our Artisan Gallery and travel through our ancient Cherokee lands to see new crafts. Local artisans look forward to welcoming visitors to their studios and galleries.  A printed map and directions are available at the […]

An Appalachian Evening with Dale Ann Bradley

Stecoah Valley Center School House Road, Robbinsville, NC, United States

Dale Ann Bradley is an internationally recognized bluegrass artist with 2 Grammy nominations and 6 awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association for Best Female Vocalist.  Having performed at the famed Grand Ole Opry and been inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame, Dale Ann has no shortage of recognition for her work in the […]

Pervasive Vine Ribbed Basket Weaving with Nancy Basket

Rare Bird Farm 91 Duckett Top Tower Road, Hot Springs, NC, United States

Using more prolific naturals, such as Wisteria, Virginia Creeper, English Ivy, Grape Vine and split Kudzu vines to weave a small ribbed basket. Nancy Basket takes her name from the work she does and a Cherokee grandmother long ago, Margaret Basket. She’s made vessels from natural materials for more than 40 years. Expect serious humor, […]

Eastern Festival Orchestra with Béla Fleck

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts Rivers Street, Boone, NC, United States

Experience a night of groundbreaking musical fusion as the Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, under the baton of Gerard Schwarz, collaborates with 16-time Grammy-winning banjo master Béla Fleck. Béla will showcase his unique interpretation of Gershwin’s iconic “Rhapsody in Blue” (which turns 100 this year!), seamlessly weaving his virtuosity with the orchestra accompanying him, followed by […]

Bluegrass and Brass: Mountain Home Music July 4 Celebration

St. Luke's Episcopal Church Councill Street, Boone, NC, United States

This show will be an evening of excellent renditions of songs popular in both musical genres as each group is given the chance plays some standards from their respective music styles, but what makes the concert special is when they combine their efforts. Joe Shannon once described the concert this way – “When they team […]

2024 Summer Tracks: Hustle Souls

Rogers Park Amphitheater 55 W. Howard Street, Tryon, United States

With their Retro-Soul, New Orleans Brass Music, and Americana blend, Hustle Souls brings energy and spontaneity to every venue they play. Bluestown Music described this five-piece, Asheville-based band as “intimate soul…with a Curtis Mayfield like warmth.” Music Connection Magazine listed them as one of the “Hot 100 Live Unsigned Artists & Bands.” Balancing this jubilant […]

Coon Dog Day Festival

Schedule 8:00 AM Saluda Elementary School 5k Fun Run – Main St – Start and Finish Sign-up 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Vendors Open – Public Parking on Howard Gap Rd with Shuttle 11:00 AM Coon Dog Day Parade – Registration Required by 6/15/2024 Online Application – Printable Application 12:30PM ★ Every Dog’s a Star Show ★ All dogs […]

Needle Felted Black Bear

Stecoah Valley Center School House Road, Robbinsville, NC, United States

Learn 3D needle felting with wool and silk. Create your own little western North Carolina treasure – a 3 to 4 inch black bear to take home with you. No sewing involved. All supplies included and take your felting pads and needles home. Instructor: award-winning, Franklin, N.C. fiber artist Kim Keelor of CarolinaArtworks.com. Registration is […]

Shindig on the Green

Pack Square Park 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 2024 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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An Appalachian Evening with Pretty Little Goat

Stecoah Valley Center School House Road, Robbinsville, NC, United States

Pretty Little Goat formed in 2013 through their common love of the deep well of local tradition found in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Pretty Little Goat sees traditional music as a living art form; vibrant and evolving.  At the center of the group is the husband-and-wife team of Josh and Mallory Carter. After a […]

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