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 […]
97th Mountain Dance and Folk Festival
Kittredge Theatre at Warren Wilson College 701 Warren Wilson Road, Swannanoa, NC, United StatesOn August 1, 2, and 3, 2024, a different show will be presented live on stage each evening allowing you to appreciate the talent and dedication of the hundreds of musicians, dancers, and storytellers who are preserving the traditions of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These traditions involve not only the hand-clapping, toe-tapping rhythms of Bluegrass, […]
Mount Mitchell Crafts Fair
Come and enjoy beautiful downtown Burnsville, hometown hospitality, and a one-of-a-kind selection of handmade arts and crafts at the Mount Mitchell Crafts Fair. Established in 1956, The Mount Mitchell Crafts Fair is coordinated and sponsored by the Burnsville-Yancey Chamber of Commerce. It is the first Friday and Saturday in August in historic downtown Burnsville and […]
Friday Night Live Concert Series: Ezra & Katie
Town Square 343 Main Street, Highlands, NC, United StatesHusband and wife duo, Ezra and Katie have been playing acoustic music together for over 10 years. These Highlands natives recently spent seven years in Los Angeles pursuing their creative endeavors before returning to the area.
2024 Summer Tracks: Hearts Gone South
Rogers Park Amphitheater 55 W. Howard Street, Tryon, United StatesHearts Gone South delivers straight-up honky-tonk with a side of classic country—full of heart and laced (as it should be) with wit and woe. Based out of Asheville, this five-piece band has played their original tunes of love, loss, and victory for the underdog— along with beloved standards—on sawdust-strewn floors and festival stages from Anchorage […]
Art on the Greene
Historic Banner Elk School 185 Azalea Circle SE, Banner Elk, NC, United StatesArt on the Greene transforms the grounds of the Historic Banner Elk School into an art gallery multiple times each summer. These popular shows generally take place Memorial Day weekend, Fourth of July weekend, the first weekend in August and Labor Day weekend. In 2024, the scheduled dates are: Aug. 3-4 and Aug. 31-Sept. 1. Each show […]
Fun with Fabric Dye
Stecoah Valley Center School House Road, Robbinsville, NC, United StatesCome have fun playing with color. We will use permanent textile dyes to add beautiful color & patterning to fabric using easy low water immersion techniques. Learn how to dye a range of colors. Any natural fiber can be dyed with this type of dye (cotton, linen, rayon, bamboo as well as silk) with colorfast […]
An Appalachian Evening with Mean Mary
Stecoah Valley Center School House Road, Robbinsville, North Carolina, United StatesA singer and songwriter with a gift for connecting with sounds of the past, Mean Mary (real name, Mary James) has gained a loyal following for music that draws on vintage country, bluegrass, and traditional folk with just a touch of modern-day flash. A performer since she was six years old, she developed a taste […]
Paint & Sip: Moon Mushrooms
The Green Room at Frog Level Bewery 56 Commerce Street, Waynesville, NC, United StatesThe class is for a social as well as creative experience. Participants will gather and receive instructions on the technical aspects of the painting and view a finished example and an example that the instructor will work on in real-time. Painting stations will be set up prior to class with all the supplies arranged at […]
Creative & Calm: An Introduction to Neurographic Art
Haywood Handmade Gallery 86 N. Main Street, Waynesville, NC, United StatesThe class will begin with a short description of the concepts behind creating art using this technique as well as viewing some examples created by the instructor. Materials, which will consist of Sharpie markers, art board, and art markers will be distributed. A short moment of focus and intention for the piece will start the […]
