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11th Annual Flock to the Rock at Chimney Rock State Park

Chimney Rock State Park 431 Main Street, Chimney Rock, NC, United States

  Join one of Western North Carolina’s most popular Annual events, Flock to the Rock. Originally created to help folks understand why Hickory Nut Gorge is such a premier birding […]

Included with Park Admission

Appalachian Women’s Museum

Appalachian Women's Museum 100 W. Hometown Place, Dillsboro, NC, United States

Join us at the Appalachian Women’s Museum in Dillsboro, North Carolina on Saturday, September 14th from Noon – 5 p.m. for Music on the Porch: A Celebration of Samantha Bumgarner. […]

$10 – $12

Carolina in the Fall Music & Food Festival

Historic Downtown Wilkesboro 100 East Main St, Wilkesboro, NC, United States

North Carolina in the fall of the year… thinking about it conjures up images of brilliant colors and cooler temperatures. A time when life slows down and nature’s beauty speeds […]

Summer Concerts at Cowee School – Mile Twelve

Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center 51 Cowee School Drive, Franklin, NC, United States

Although their sound is rooted in traditional bluegrass, Mile Twelve surveys a broader landscape on their newest album, City on a Hill. All five band members bring their own influences […]

$7.50 – $15.00

Mile Twelve – Summer Concert at Cowee School

Cowee School Arts & Heritage Center 51 Cowee School Drive, Franklin, NC, United States

Although their sound is rooted in traditional bluegrass, Mile Twelve surveys a broader landscape on their newest album, City on a Hill. All five band members bring their own influences […]

$7.50 – $15

Coffee with the Curator: Southern Strands Exhibition

Take a walk through the galleries with the Curator and get a behind-the-scenes look into the Southern Strands: North Carolina Fiber Art an exhibit made possible by a grant from the Blue Ridge […]

Alleghany Writers: Kim Michele Richardson

Alleghany County Public Library 115 Atwood Street, Sparta, NC, United States

Alleghany Writers will welcome Kim Michele Richardson to Sparta, NC on Thursday, September 26th, as she brings The Books Woman of Troublesome Creek to the edge of the Applachians and […]

True Grass Band with Sideline

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

Concerts at the Rock welcomes the True Grass Band with Sideline on October 12th at 7:30pm. All tickets are general admission except our season ticket holders who get reserved seats. […]

$20

Valle Country Fair

Valle Crucis Conference Center Fair Grounds Highway 194, Valle Crucis, NC, United States

Come early, stay late and enjoy live music in the big tent from 9 to 4 pm in a beautiful and historic mountain setting. More than 160 top quality, juried […]

FREE

Appalachian Folk Festival at Vance Birthplace

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

This event will celebrate the traditions and cultures of the people who called the North Carolina mountains home in the early 1800s! Visitors can tour the site’s pioneer mansion and […]

FREE

Crafty Historian at Smith-McDowell House

Smith-McDowell House 283 Victoria Road, Asheville, NC, United States

Come join the Crafty Historian and try your hand at paper quilling. Quilling is the art of curling strips of paper into interesting designs. The craft got its name from […]

Music of the North Carolina Textile Mill

Mars Hill University: Rural Heritage Museum 100 Athletic Street, Mars Hill, NC, United States

In this presentation, Saro Lynch-Thomason will present and discuss the music produced by textile mill workers in the heyday of North Carolina's textile industry. In the early decades of the […]

FREE

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