57th Annual Coon Dog Day
A homecoming and celebration for dogs and their people! Great food, live music, parade, crafts, street dance, and more. Come enjoy this homecoming event in Downtown Saluda, NC. What began as a chicken supper fundraiser for the local Coon Club has grown into an event that…
The Town of Columbus is celebrating it’s 58th Fabulous Fourth of July Celebration. The festival is 10am-10pm. Come join the crowd for this family oriented event. The day is filled with family fun, food, and entertainment, ending with spectacular…
This summer marks the 101st year of Hendersonville’s street dances. What began in 1918 as a celebration to welcome the soldiers home from World War I is now a favorite tradition.
People of all ages gather in downtown
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RiddleFest promises musical excellence with a talented lineup performing for the annual event honoring the legacy of Yancey County native and musician Lesley Riddle.
Grammy-winning musician Dom Flemons headlines the concert. Flemons was a founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops who won a…
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…
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…
Parkway Playhouse continues its MainStage season with the musical “Godspell.” A small group of people help Jesus Christ tell different parables by using a wide variety of games, storytelling
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Are you an early bird? Join us for a morning of stargazing as you’ve never seen before! You will have the opportunity to view the moon, planets and stars through our 34″ diameter Sam Scope, as well as our smaller planetary telescope. With the assistance of our observatory manager, up to 20 people…
Join us for an evening of stargazing as you’ve never seen before! You will have the opportunity to view the moon, planets and stars through our 34″ diameter Sam Scope, as well as our smaller planetary telescope. With the assistance of our observatory manager, up to 25 people will spend two hours…
Ol’ Blue Eyes will never be forgotten because Frank Sinatra knew how to effortlessly present a song with intention and style. “My Way” has been presented throughout the United States and abroad to sold-out audiences. You will hear your favorites: “All of Me,” “Chicago,” “I Love Paris,”…
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…
Once a year, musicians, historians and music fans gather in Burnsville to honor the legacy of Yancey County native and musician Lesley Riddle. This year’s RiddleFest takes place Saturday, June 30, with an afternoon seminar and evening concert.
Songstress Laura Boosinger and fiddler Josh…
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…
The Carolina Mountains Literary Festival and Rescue Dog Cafe present Ash Devine in concert. Devine is an award-winning songwriter and folk-Americana-country musician who is based the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville.
A portion of proceeds benefit the upcoming Carolina Mountains Literary…
Experience a whole new world, shining, shimmering, splendid at the Flat Rock Playhouse’s next Studio 52 Family Friendly Series production of “Disney’s Aladdin Jr.!” Flying into the Playhouse Downtown, this musical will bring the favorite childhood story and iconic animated film to
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Flat Rock Playhouse continues its 2018 Mainstage Series with the lighthearted and thought-provoking comedy “The Love List” by Norm Foster. A master of weaving together comedic timing and witty remarks within a tender story of love and discovery, Foster also wrote “The Affections of
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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…
Summertime Monday nights are particularly fun in downtown Hendersonville. Monday Night Live! brings an outdoor concert to the Visitor Center stage each week in June.
Visitors and locals gather in lawn chairs to enjoy blues, rock, pop, Americana, folk and country tunes. It doesn’t take long for…
This 1960s French farce adapted for the English-speaking stage features self-styled Parisian lothario Bernard, who has Italian, German and American fiancées, each a beautiful airline hostess with frequent “layovers.” He keeps “one up, one down, and one pending” until
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Summer is here, and the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown is ready to celebrate by transporting the beach to the mountains with the upcoming Music on the Rock concert “Carolina Shag.” Celebrating the musical phenomenon that developed in the early 1950s on the Carolina coast, “Carolina Shag” features…
Flat Rock Playhouse kicks off its Mainstage series with a musical based on the classic board game. This fun-filled musical brings the world’s best-known suspects to life. With all the family-friendly and interactive excitement of the Parker Brother’s board game, “Clue: The Musical”
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Burnsville is the perfect spot for a summer vacation, according to a Country Living an article authored by writer Perrio O. Blumberg. The beautiful little mountain town was included in CountryLiving.com’s list of “20 Small Mountain Towns Perfect for a Summer Vacation.” What makes it perfect? The…
