Sandburg Sing-Alongs
Carl Sandburg Home NHS 81 Carl Sandburg Lane, Flat Rock, NC, United StatesCarl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will offer monthly Sandburg Sing-alongs beginning in August. The Sing-alongs celebrate the Sandburg family’s love of music and singing. Musicians will lead the audience in familiar songs, with lyrics provided. Sing-alongs will be held in the park’s amphitheater and are free and open to the public. Due to COVID19 considerations, audience […]
Friday Night Concert with Train!
Historic Clay County Courthouse/Beal Center 25 Herbert Street, Hayesville, NC, United StatesBring your favorite lawn chair, your sweetheart and family, and come out for our FREE summer concerts on the Historic Courthouse Square in downtown Hayesville! No registration or tickets required! Red Bucket Donations appreciated. Food and beverage service available at 6pm and music gets underway at 7pm.
Music on Main Concert Series Features Emporium
Hendersonville Visitor Center Stage 201 S. Main Street, Hendersonville, NC, United StatesCelebrate a beautiful Friday evening at the Music on Main concert series. The concert features the band Emporium playing hits from classic rock, disco, funk and beach music, as well as current hits “Brown-Eyed Girl,” “Uptown Funk,” “Summertime,” “My Girl,” “Disco Inferno” and “Tracks of My Tears” just might be on the docket. The concert, […]
Blue Ridge Parkway: Fridays at the Folk Art Center – It’s for What Ails You
Folk Art Center Milepost 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC, United StatesJoin a Parkway ranger for an evening of odd illnesses and even odder remedies. From turpentine to axes under the bed, we’ll examine how and why certain traditional medicines developed in the Southern Appalachians and ask ourselves: “What might I resort to if the closest hospital was days away?” Meet at the Folk Art Center […]
Summer Concert Series at Cowee School: Zoe & Cloyd
Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center 51 Cowee School Drive, Franklin, NC, United StatesHailing from opposite ends of the Appalachian Mountains, Zoe & Cloyd is renowned fiddler and vocalist Natalya Zoe Weinstein and award-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist John Cloyd Miller. Their show is as diverse as their upbringing: coming from a lineage of klezmer and jazz musicians, Natalya trained classically in her home state of Massachusetts before […]
55th Season of Shindig on the Green
Roger McGuire Green-Downtown Asheville 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 2021 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 […]
Fridays in the Park at Ashe Park
Ashe Park 527 Ashe Park Road, Jefferson, NC, United StatesArts Council programming returns with Fridays in the Park Concert Series at Ashe Park. Every third Friday, May-August, the outdoor concerts will feature well-known local and regional musicians. The concerts are free and start at 7:00 pm. The outdoor concerts will have a limited audience and participants must sign up in advance at www.ashecountyarts.org. The […]
16th Annual Come to Leicester Artist Studio Tour
Leicester Community Center 2979 New Leicester Highway, Leicester, NC, United StatesFor the 16th year in a row, artists in this small community will open their studios to the public for the annual Come to Leicester Studio Tour. This free, self-guided event is held every third weekend in August, with this year’s tour dates being August 21st and 22nd, 10 AM to 6PM each day. Visitors […]
55th Season of Shindig on the Green
Roger McGuire Green-Downtown Asheville 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 2021 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 […]
Music on Main Presents Deano and the Dreamers
Hendersonville Visitor Center Stage 201 S. Main Street, Hendersonville, NC, United StatesThe season finale of the popular Music on Main concert series will conclude on Friday, August 27th. The evening features the sounds of the band Deano and the Dreamers. They play favorites from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s as well as the standards. The Annual Music On Main concert series is at the Visitors […]
Folk Art Center: Black & White 4 Exhibit
Folk Art Center Milepost 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC, United StatesThe Southern Highland Craft Guild opened its final Main Gallery exhibition of the 2021 year on August 28th. This is the fourth edition of the popular Members Show Black and White. “This show is the most popular theme for members and visitors alike. It happens roughly every ten years and each edition has been unique […]
A Living Language, Cherokee Syllabary and Contemporary Art
Museum of the Cherokee People 598 Tsali Blvd., NC, Cherokee, NC, United StatesA Living Language: Cherokee Syllabary and Contemporary Art features over 50 works of art in a variety of media by 30+ Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and Cherokee Nation artists. The exhibition highlights the use of the written Cherokee language, a syllabary developed by Cherokee innovator Sequoyah (circa 1776–1843). Cherokee syllabary is frequently found […]
