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  • Doggett Gap Tiny Music & Heritage Festival Doggett Gap Tiny Music & Heritage Festival
    May 3

    Doggett Gap Tiny Music & Heritage Festival

    All day
  • Swain County Heritage Festival Swain County Heritage Festival
    May 23

    Swain County Heritage Festival

    May 23, 2025 - May 24, 2025
  • Craft Thinking & Making: Critical Studies Conference
    May 24

    Craft Thinking & Making: Critical Studies Conference

    10:00 am - 5:00 pm Recurring
    Free
  • 21st Annual NC Gold Festival
    Jun 6

    21st Annual NC Gold Festival

    June 6, 2025 - June 7, 2025
  • National Daniel Boone Day Horn of the West
    Jun 7

    National Daniel Boone Day

    10:00 am - 2:00 pm
    Included with admission.
  • Spruce Pine 3rd Thursdays
    Jun 19

    Spruce Pine 3rd Thursdays

    5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • North Carolina Rhododendron Festival
    Jun 20

    North Carolina Rhododendron Festival

    June 20, 2025 - June 21, 2025
  • Elkin River Helping Hands Concert Series: John Oates and Jim Lauderdale
    Jun 20

    Elkin River Helping Hands Concert Series: John Oates and Jim Lauderdale

    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Hellbender Relay Canoe Race
    Jun 21

    Hellbender Relay Canoe Race

    9:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • 2025 MountainTrue BioBlitz at Hickory Nut Gap Farm MountainTrue Bio Blitz
    Jun 21

    2025 MountainTrue BioBlitz at Hickory Nut Gap Farm

    12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Member Night at the Museum of the Cherokee People Museum of the Cherokee People member night
    Jun 26

    Member Night at the Museum of the Cherokee People

    4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Craft Social
    Jun 27

    Craft Social

    7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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