Create lasting memories during a special weekend filled with traditional holiday activities. A Small Town Christmas in Banner Elk begins Friday evening with the lighting of the town tree and a holiday play performed by Ensemble Stage at the Historic Banner Elk School.
Saturday’s events begin…
Since 1978, this quirky, world-famous festival has been used to predict the upcoming winter weather for the North Carolina High Country.
According to legend, the 13 bands on the woolly worm (woolly bear caterpillar) represent the 13 weeks of winter. Brown bands indicate a mild week, black bands…
Three times each summer, the green at the Historic Banner Elk School comes to life with Art on the Greene, featuring high-quality, handmade arts and crafts from select regional and national artisans. The show includes metal artists, glass artists, potters, jewelry makers, painters, wood carvers and…
Join Banner Elk’s own professional theater company, Ensemble Stage, for a holiday musical variety show patterned after the Andy Williams and Bing Crosby television Christmas specials of the ’60s and ’70s. The stage will be set with women in beautiful dresses, men in tuxedos, lots of singing,…
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Written by “Hamilton” composer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, “In the Heights” spans three generations of music representing the inhabitants of Washington Heights, New York. Following a dream, the people share memories of home, fall in love, worry about the changes in the neighborhood, and…
The lawn at the Historic Banner Elk School becomes a market for the arts three times each year as 40 to 60 artists exhibit their handiwork for Art on the Greene.
The second show takes place July 7-8 (the weekend after Independence Day), while the third installment takes place Labor Day weekend,…
An all-American celebration takes place each Fourth of July in Banner Elk. It’s a day that makes Uncle Sam proud, starting with the Banner Elk Fourth of July Parade at 11 a.m. The parade begins at the Lees-McRae campus library and goes down Main Street. The parade concludes with a Party in the…
For a sizzling cool Independence Day getaway, come to the third annual Mile High Fourth of July celebration.
The North Carolina resort towns of Banner Elk and Beech Mountain, located high in the Blue Ridge Mountains, have combined forces on a six-day extravaganza to celebrate our nation’s…
Lees-McRae Summer Theatre opens its season with “The Wiz,” a retelling of “The Wizard of Oz” with a “soulful” twist. Every song is uplifting, and every journey is a parable telling us how to see a better world. Magical places with outlandish characters helped this show earn seven Tony Awards…
For an all-American family-friendly Fourth of July, pack the car and head to the High Country town of Banner Elk. This one-stoplight resort town in the Blue Ridge Mountains joins its neighbor Beech Mountain for the Mile High Fourth of…
Join Lees-McRae Summer Theatre for “Passport Please!,” an exciting adventure that teaches children about the diversity and beautiful cultures that make up the world. This new interactive musical, written by Janet Barton Speer and John Thomas Oaks, the creators of “The Denim King” and “Screen…
