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Happy Valley Fiddlers Convention

Jones Farm, Happy Valley/Lenoir, NC 3590 NC-268 , Lenoir, United States

The Caldwell Arts Council invites you to experience a perfect Labor Day Weekend on the banks of the Yadkin River, surrounded by mountain music, dance, food, and beautiful scenery. Festival fun begins at 7 p.m. Friday, featuring a community dance with mountain music, cake walks, open caller mic & more. Saturday is packed with great […]

ArborEvenings

Relax and unwind at the Arboretum’s new “ArborEvenings” after hours series. Held every Thursday, April – October, from 6 to 9 p.m., visitors will see the Arboretum’s gardens come to light after dark while enjoying delicious food and tasty beverages, including beer and wine, in one of Asheville’s most beautiful natural settings. On the last […]

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Fines Creek Heritage Fair and Music Festival

Food, Exhibits, and much more! Hotdog Plate $5 Hamburger Plate $6 (Both include chips, baked beans, dessert and drink) Exhibits and Live Demonstrations with Sunset Cruisers, Ole Smoky Antique Tractor Club, Blacksmithing, Weaving, Farm Animal Exhibit, Knife Fabricating, Local History Narrated by: Louise K. Nelson-Author and others, Bushcraft and Survival, Sustainability, Handmade Soaps, Local Art, […]

$3.00

Mountain Song Festival

Brevard Music Center 349 Andante Ln, Brevard, NC, United States

Hosted by Grammy®-winning local bluegrass superstars, the Steep Canyon Rangers, Mountain Song Festival brings world-class bands to a truly exceptional venue for a cherished event that also serves as a fundraiser for the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County. The 2019 scheduled performers include Del & Dawg (Del McCoury & David Grisman), Larry Sparks […]

Big Daddy Love- Music on Main

Main Street - Sparta 58 South Main Street, Sparta, NC, United States

Join us for our first Music on Main event for 2019! Each first Friday of the month, we welcome you to Downtown Sparta to check out local merchants, favorite restaurants and live performances at our free family-friendly event. The Friday night street party offers music and activities on Main Street.

Tryon Summer Tracks – Queen Bee and the Honeylovers

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

This joyful young swing jazz band from Asheville, NC performs original compositions guaranteed to put a grin on your face and a tap in your toes. They just completed 2 sold out CD release shows at Isis in Asheville, NC and I’m thrilled to have them close out the Summer Tracks season. Whitney Moore is […]

Fines Creek Heritage Fair and Music Festival

Food, Music, Exhibits, and much more.  Food offered: Hotdog Plate $5 Hamburger Plate $6 (Both include chips, baked beans, dessert and drink) and Saturday at 5 pm: Poor Man’s Supper: $8 Music from 4:00-11:00 pm (Bring a chair): Big Creek Band, David Teague and Kelsey, Jamie Gann & the Longshot Band, Rewind, Running Wolfe and […]

$10.00

Mountain Song Festival

Brevard Music Center 349 Andante Ln, Brevard, NC, United States

Hosted by Grammy®-winning local bluegrass superstars, the Steep Canyon Rangers, Mountain Song Festival brings world-class bands to a truly exceptional venue for a cherished event that also serves as a fundraiser for the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County. The 2019 scheduled performers include Del & Dawg (Del McCoury & David Grisman), Larry Sparks […]

Fines Creek Fair and Music Festival

Food, Exhibits, and much more.  Food offered: Hotdog Plate $5 Hamburger Plate $6 (Both include chips, baked beans, dessert and drink).  Exhibits and Live Demonstrations by: Sunset Cruisers, Ole Smoky Antique Tractor Club, Blacksmithing, Weaving, Farm Animal Exhibit, Knife Fabricating. Local History Narrated by: Louise K. Nelson-Author and others, Bushcraft and Survival, Sustainability, Handmade Soaps, […]

$5.00

Mountain Song Festival

Brevard Music Center 349 Andante Ln, Brevard, NC, United States

Hosted by Grammy®-winning local bluegrass superstars, the Steep Canyon Rangers, Mountain Song Festival brings world-class bands to a truly exceptional venue for a cherished event that also serves as a fundraiser for the Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County. The 2019 scheduled performers include Del & Dawg (Del McCoury & David Grisman), Larry Sparks […]

The Maker’s Table: The Essence of Place, Mountain Tapestries

In her presentation, Sandy Adair will demonstrate a tapestry weaving in process explaining the steps from start to finish on how to complete a tapestry. There will be several storyboards available showing processes. A free fact sheet that Sandy created will be available showing how to create a frame loom, warp it, create a line […]

Guardians of Our Troubled Waters

Transylvania County Library 212 S Gaston Street, Brevard, NC, United States

Award-winning film director David Weintraub’s latest documentary Guardians of Our Troubled Waters, tells the story of our early communities and their deep connections to their rivers and streams as a source of spiritual sustenance, as their lifeblood and as a critical component of their livelihood, how that changed during the industrial era when paper mills, tanneries […]

We welcome submission of Western North Carolina events focused on our heritage themes of mountain music, crafts, foodways, outdoors and Cherokee culture. Please submit two weeks in advance.

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