77th Annual Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands
Harrah's Cherokee Center Asheville 87 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC, United StatesHosted in downtown Asheville at Harrah’s Cherokee Center, artisans will fill both the concourse and arena levels of the venue, exhibiting a variety of craft ranging from contemporary to traditional in works of clay, wood, metal, glass, fiber, natural materials, paper, leather, mixed media, and jewelry. Join us for this unique shopping experience and enjoy […]
Friday Night Live Concert Series: Leadfoot Lily
Town Square 343 Main Street, Highlands, NC, United StatesLifelong friends Dean English and Mike Hamilton, along with their wives Shelli English and Christy Hamilton, make up Leadfoot Lily. The Band showcases an eclectic mix of 70s pop, R&B, country, folk, rock and bluegrass.
2024 Summer Tracks: Sweet Summer of Rock & Soul Revue with Peggy Ratusz & Reggie Headen
Rogers Park Amphitheater 55 W. Howard Street, Tryon, United StatesAsheville’s and Summer Tracks’ favorite chanteuse, Peggy Ratusz, brings together the area’s best vocalists and musicians for an evening of classic Rock & Roll. Joining Peggy on vocals are Reggie Headen and Jonathan Pearlman. Pearlman, a talented arranger, instrumentalist, and vocalist, has produced popular tributes to Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, as well as The Doors. […]
Shindig on the Green
Pack Square Park 121 College Street, Asheville, NC, United StatesBring 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 […]
An Appalachian Evening with Jeff Little Trio
Stecoah Valley Center School House Road, Robbinsville, North Carolina, United StatesThe piano rarely plays a prominent part in Appalachian or Americana music and is seldom the lead instrument. Jeff Little is an exception – and a remarkable one. His distinctive two-handed style, much influenced by the mountain flat-picked guitar tradition, is breathtaking in its speed, precision, and clarity. He was inducted into the Blue Ridge Music […]
Subtractive Charcoal Portraits
Haywood Handmade Gallery 86 N. Main Street, Waynesville, NC, United StatesUsing charcoal and erasers to create the different values in a realistic portrait! Using both vine and compressed charcoal, explore the art of subtractive portrait drawing. This is a great intuitive process, that does not rely on advanced portrait drawing skills.
Ice Dyeing Workshop
Stecoah Valley Center School House Road, Robbinsville, NC, United StatesCome have fun playing with color! No previous experience needed. You will use powdered fiber reactive dyes to add permanent, beautiful color and patterning to your fabric or garment using an ice-dyeing technique. Ice-dyeing produces a character of color blending unique from that of other dying techniques. Any natural fiber can be dyed with this […]
Naturally Dyed Bandannas
Haywood Handmade Gallery 86 N. Main Street, Waynesville, NC, United StatesParticipants will experiment with basic tie-dye and shibori techniques to fold, roll, bind, or manipulate lightweight organic cotton bandannas. Multiple natural dye pots will be available, for different color options. The tied/bound bandannas will simmer for an hour, while we discuss some of the principles and basics of naturally dyeing fabric at home. Participants will […]
Summer Concert Series: Buncombe Turnpike
Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center 51 Cowee School Drive, Franklin, NC, United States
Summer Concert Series at Brasstown Community Center with The Marshall Brown Band
Brasstown Community Civic Center 255 Settawig Road, Brasstown, NC, United StatesThis band is new to us, so let’s make sure they get a nice Brasstown welcome! The current touring Marshall Brown Bluegrass Band consists of Asheville based musicians John Duncan, Zeb Gambill, Jacob Brewer, and Marshall Brown. Each of these musicians has a unique background of musical influences, but they share a love of traditional […]
Shindig on the Green
Pack Square Park 121 College Street, Asheville, NC, United StatesBring 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 […]
An Appalachian Evening with Mac Arnold and Plate Full O’ Blues
Stecoah Valley Center School House Road, Robbinsville, North Carolina, United StatesA South Carolina native, Arnold began playing music in the 1950s when he and his brother built a guitar from a steel gas can, broomsticks, wood, nails and screen wire. His first band, J Floyd & the Shamrocks, included a young James Brown on piano. Arnold moved to Chicago in 1965, where he joined the […]
