Folk Art Center: Holiday Makers Sale
Folk Art Center Milepost 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC, United StatesLooking for the perfect holiday gifts? Rather than heading to the crowded malls this season, shop inside the festive Folk Art Center at the Holiday Makers Sale. The auditorium will be filled with makers of the Guild liquidating overstocks and annual inventory of fine crafts 10-50% off. This is the best opportunity to find deals […]
Shelton House History, Heritage & Crafts
Shelton House Campus 49 Shelton Street, Waynesville, NC, United StatesShelton House History, Heritage and Crafts presents an “Old Fashioned Appalachian Family Christmas, Grand Illumination and opening of the Tinsel Tree Trail”. Come join Shelton House for a Holiday celebration with a visit from Santa, Hot Chocolate and other treats, a Victorian Christmas Open House, Caroling, Grand Illumination of the House, and the opening of […]
Shelton House Tinsel Trail & Appalachian Family Christmas
Shelton House Campus 49 Shelton Street, Waynesville, NC, United StatesAn Appalachian Christmas Carol at Vance Birthplace
Vance Birthplace State Historic Site 911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville, NC, United StatesThis Christmas season at the Vance Birthplace we will once again partner with the American Myth Center to present one of the greatest Christmas stories ever told, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, but with Zebulon Vance smack dab in the middle. The ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future will lead Zebulon in an […]
Winter Exhibition Celebration at Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane , Blowing Rock, North Carolina, United StatesPlease join BRAHM (Blowing Rock Art & History Museum) for a special event that celebrates the opening of the 2019 winter exhibits. Featured Exhibits include: "Photographs by Hugh Morton: An Uncommon Retrospective" November 9, 2019 - February 22, 2020 "Sound Machines: Stringed Instruments by the Capozzoli Guitar Company" November 23, 2019 - March 7, 2020 […]
Folk Art Center: Holiday Makers Sale
Folk Art Center Milepost 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC, United StatesLooking for the perfect holiday gifts? Rather than heading to the crowded malls this season, shop inside the festive Folk Art Center at the Holiday Makers Sale. The auditorium will be filled with makers of the Guild liquidating overstocks and annual inventory of fine crafts 10-50% off. This is the best opportunity to find deals […]
Concerts at the Rock: Darin & Brooke Aldridge
Old Rock School 400 Main Street West, Valdese, NC, United StatesHusband and wife duo Darin & Brooke Aldridge draw on the traditions of their native North Carolina, the savvy of a young, gifted band and their own dedication to ingenuity to create the most adventurous album of their career with their latest critically acclaimed release, Faster & Farther. The duo has placed several tracks at […]
Sounds of the Mountains Concert Series
Yadkin Cultural Arts Center 226 E. Main Street, Yadkinville, NC, United StatesThe Yadkin Arts Council and the Blue Ridge Music Center present the fifth annual Sounds of the Mountains Concert Series featuring Chatham Rabbits, David Holt & Josh Goforth, and The Allen Boys. Held on the last three Saturday evenings in January 2020, this series brings together a diverse group of musicians from across North Carolina […]
Standing Her Ground: Women in Country Music
Earl Scruggs Center 103 S. Lafayette Street, Shelby, NC, United StatesFor as long as country music has existed in its many forms, including bluegrass and folk, women have played important roles. Most of us are familiar with the big-name performers, but women have been influential in all areas of the country music industry. From performing to songwriting, from managing to producing, this exhibit honors and […]
Concerts at the Rock: Merle Monroe with Nu Blu
Old Rock School 400 Main Street West, Valdese, NC, United StatesHailing from Siler City, NC, the textbook definition of a picturesque small southern town, Nu-Blu’s heart and soul is husband-and-wife duo Daniel and Carolyn Routh. Carolyn’s caramel-coated soprano is one of the band’s defining traits, at times a tender lullaby, at times a freight train headed straight for you, but always unwinding a surprising tale. […]
Old-Time and Bluegrass Series at Western Carolina University
Coulter Auditorium, WCU Campus 238 Memorial Drive, Cullowhee, NC, United StatesOld-Time and Bluegrass Series at Western Carolina University will continue Monday, March 2nd featuring the Berea Bluegrass Ensemble. The concert is Free and begins at 7:00 pm in Coulter Auditorium in the Coulter Building on the WCU campus at 238 Memorial Drive in Cullowhee. For eighteen years, the Berea College Bluegrass Ensemble has thrilled audiences with their shining student talent and fun, lively performances. During their time […]
Open Hearth Cooking at Vance Birthplace
Vance Birthplace State Historic Site 911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville, NC, United StatesFood historian Clarissa Clifton Lynch will return to the Vance Birthplace on Saturday, March 7, 2020 from 10 am-2 pm. Lynch will explore African American foodways as she prepares a meal in the original 1790s fireplace in the Vance house--the same fireplace where Leah, an enslaved woman, cooked food for the Vances. Learn about the realities of cooking over an […]
