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The Banner House Museum Summer 2022

Banner House Museum 7990 Hickory Nut Gap Road, Banner Elk, NC, United States

The Banner House Museum is excited to announce hours, tours, and tickets for Summer 2022!  Experience 19th-century life in Banner Elk and the High Country in the home of Samuel Henry Banner, one of Banner Elk’s early settlers and his his wife, Jane Hyder Banner, and their seven children.  The circa 1870 house has been […]

Clay Day

Folk Art Center Milepost 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC, United States

Join us for a celebration of one of the oldest craft mediums and the makers of clay. Clay Day features craft demonstrations and hands-on activities by members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and invited guests. Watch live demonstrations of wheel-throwing, hand-building, surface design, and many other clay techniques. Join us on Saturday, June 11th […]

Carl Sandburg Home Summer Plays & Sing-Alongs

Carl Sandburg Home NHS 81 Carl Sandburg Lane, Flat Rock, NC, United States

In mid-June, Carl Sandburg Home will offer free summer children’s plays and family sing-alongs. The park will also expand Sandburg Home hours to four days per week.   Apprentice actors from the Flat Rock Playhouse Vagabond School of the Drama will perform Rootabaga Express! on Thursdays and Saturdays at 10:15 a.m., from June 16 to August 13. Rootabaga […]

2022 Summer Tracks: Peter Karp Band

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

Touted by Rock & Blues Muse as “one of the 75 modern Blues & Blues Rock artists you must hear in 2021,” Peter Karp carves his own niche with a sound born in the swamps of New Jersey and the trailer parks of southern Alabama.

Blue Ridge Heritage Weekend Arts & Crafts Festival

Shelton House Campus 49 Shelton Street, Waynesville, NC, United States

Stretching out over 8 acres, the Shelton House "Blue Ridge Heritage Weekend" will be held Saturday and Sunday June 18th & 19th, 2022 on the beautiful grounds of Shelton House just 3 blocks off Main Street in Waynesville, NC. Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Sunday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Don't Wait... Plan your […]

Juneteenth at the Vance Birthplace

Vance Birthplace State Historic Site 911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville, NC, United States

The Vance Birthplace State Historic Site and the American Myth Center will partner for Juneteenth on Saturday, June 18, 2022 to present an afternoon of historical drama and discussion on the appropriation of African American stories, resiliency among enslaved people, and the romanticized view of the plantation past. This three-act piece begins with a tour […]

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Blue Ridge Blueberries: U-Pick Farm

Blue Ridge Blueberries 267 Altapass Church of God Road, Spruce Pine, NC, United States

We are launching our U-Pick Blueberry farm this year:  www.blueridgeblueberries.com.  We are located about 1.5 miles off the parkway at mile marker 327 where Altapass Hwy intersects the parkway between North Cove overlook and the Altapass Orchard:  267 Altapass Church of God Rd.  Our farm (Revival Farm and Art) is also home to Plumb Art (deborahkolp.com). […]

Heather Gillis at The Stage @ Jones von Drehle

Jones von Drehle Vineyards and Winery Old Railroad Grade Road, Thurmond, NC, United States

MUSIC IN THE VINEYARD! Join us for an evening of the musical artistry of Heather Gillis and her band. A taste of southern blues led by the gifted Heather Gillis on guitar and lap steel. Backing Heather is her full band, including brass. Heather Gillis is the TOTAL package as a guitar player, lap steel […]

Grandfather Glows: Bioluminescent Evenings on Grandfather Mountain

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

Have the rare opportunity to see Synchronous Fireflies, Blue Ghost Fireflies and Glowworms, weather and conditions permitting (rain dates provided). Tickets go on sale May 23 at 10 a.m. The Photinus carolinus is the only species of firefly in North America whose individuals can synchronize their lighting display, meaning they can flash in unison. The […]

Grandfather Glows: Bioluminescent Evenings on Grandfather Mountain

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

Have the rare opportunity to see Synchronous Fireflies, Blue Ghost Fireflies and Glowworms, weather and conditions permitting (rain dates provided). Tickets go on sale May 23 at 10 a.m. The Photinus carolinus is the only species of firefly in North America whose individuals can synchronize their lighting display, meaning they can flash in unison. The […]

Valdese Independence Day Celebration

Old Rock School 400 Main Street West, Valdese, NC, United States

2022 Independence Day will be held in conjunction with Valdese Summer Concert Series on July 1, 2022. Each year the Town of Valdese celebrates Independence Day by holding an impressive fireworks display on the football field behind the Old Rock School. Regarded as one of the most impressive fireworks displays in the area, the Town […]

First Fridays – Gretchen Griffith

The Hub Station Arts Center Cedar Valley Road, Hudson, North Carolina, United States

The Art of Story Catching with author Gretchen Griffith. Join author Gretchen Griffith, a self-proclaimed "story catcher" for a reception and evening of Appalachian history. Gretchen has been instrumental in capturing Appalachian culture through oral history projects that have resulted in several narrative nonfiction books that can be displayed in the Red Awning Gallery.

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