This year marks the 19th Annual Art in Bloom, our most anticipated event of the year. This multifaceted event, celebrating nature and art, combines two gallery exhibits, live floral arrangements, and a local garden tour featuring working artists. Whether you join us for one event or all of them, you are playing an important role […]

This year marks the 19th Annual Art in Bloom, our most anticipated event of the year. This multifaceted event, celebrating nature and art, combines two gallery exhibits, live floral arrangements, and a local garden tour featuring working artists. Whether you join us for one event or all of them, you are playing an important role […]

These mysterious birds of prey are seldom seen due to their elusive and nocturnal lifestyle. Meet some live owls and learn about their fascinating lives and unique adaptations. This program is weather-dependent. We will meet in the amphitheater behind the Nature Center (930 Horse Cove Road). This program features Carlton Burke of Carolina Mountain Naturalists.

This year marks the 19th Annual Art in Bloom, our most anticipated event of the year. This multifaceted event, celebrating nature and art, combines two gallery exhibits, live floral arrangements, and a local garden tour featuring working artists. Whether you join us for one event or all of them, you are playing an important role […]

2025 brings a Christ-centered, non-denominational, non-political, family-oriented Church Picnic featuring The Cockman Family and Reverend Johnson Bowie. June 22, 2025 from 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM at MacRae Meadows Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Hwy, Linville, NC 28646 Schedule of Events 10:00- Gates Open 11:00- Opening Trumpet & Prayers with Rev. Michael McKee 11:05- Dave […]

This year marks the 19th Annual Art in Bloom, our most anticipated event of the year. This multifaceted event, celebrating nature and art, combines two gallery exhibits, live floral arrangements, and a local garden tour featuring working artists. Whether you join us for one event or all of them, you are playing an important role […]

We hope you’ll come and help us celebrate the opening of our brand new theater as we proudly present these talented musicians, Laura Boosinger and Mike Compton.   Laura Boosinger was born in California. After living throughout the south during her teenage years, her family came to North Carolina in 1975 when Laura was seventeen and […]

This year marks the 19th Annual Art in Bloom, our most anticipated event of the year. This multifaceted event, celebrating nature and art, combines two gallery exhibits, live floral arrangements, and a local garden tour featuring working artists. Whether you join us for one event or all of them, you are playing an important role […]

Join us, June 6–8, 2025, from 10 AM–5 PM each day, for this self-guided, driving tour featuring Toe River Artists and Galleries. The Toe River Arts Studio Tour offers local and visiting art collectors the chance to see our artists in their natural, creative studio habitats — a true glimpse into the mind and makings […]

Stroll the streets of Downtown Waynesville and Historic Frog Level District for Art After Dark, an event held on the first Fridays of May through December. Galleries stay open until 9 pm and feature studio tours, a variety of art demonstrations, live music lining the streets, hors d’oeuvres, and refreshments.

We are excited to help kick off the annual Trails and Trains Festival on Friday night with Rails & Rhythms Bluegrass Night– an evening to come together, support local businesses, share resources, and recognize the amazing strength of our community while listening to award-winning local musicians. Zoe and Cloyd, Darren Nicolson, and a special WNC All-Star Band featuring […]

Celebrate Marion, NC’s Historic Livermush Tradition at the 17th Annual Livermush Festival on Main Street in Marion, NC. We have a live band, where dancing in the street is encouraged. There are free children’s activities, over 80 craft vendors, and incredibly fun hog callin’ and pig squealin’ contests. Contest winners earn $25.00 and a free […]

Join the Carolina Mountain Club (CMC) for a volunteer day in Hot Springs to help restore area trails. All are welcome, and youth ages 14 and up can participate with a parent or guardian.  8 am - Carpool from the US Forest Service parking lot 160 Zillcoa St., Asheville, NC 9 am - Kickoff at […]

Step back in time and celebrate National Daniel Boone Day in the town that bears his name! Join us at Hickory Ridge History Museum for a day filled with hands-on history, living historical interpreters, and colonial craft demonstrations that bring the 18th century to life. 🔹 Experience life on the frontier with: 🔸 Guided tours […]

In the lower level parking lot of the Folk Art Center, Guild members will have an opportunity to share their creative efforts with the public in an outdoor carefully-spaced layout. Visitors can shop for a variety of fine craft of different disciplines: bladesmithing, glassblowing, wheel-thrown and hand-built ceramics, woodturning, metalsmithing, leatherwork, and furniture making. The […]

Kudzu Freeform Laundry Basket Weaving. Bring a SMALL laundry basket form to randomly weave split kudzu vines around. Maybe other vines will be included. This classic shape can hold lots of items… maybe colorful yarn skeins? The finished basket looks lots bigger than the form… it’s a matter of perspective. Come sit and split with […]

Art by the Tracks, Juried Art and Fine Craft Show presented by the Black Mountain Old Depot association. Free and open to the public.  On Sutton Avenue 10:00 am-6:00 pm.

This year marks the 19th Annual Art in Bloom, our most anticipated event of the year. This multifaceted event, celebrating nature and art, combines two gallery exhibits, live floral arrangements, and a local garden tour featuring working artists. Whether you join us for one event or all of them, you are playing an important role […]

Join us, June 6–8, 2025, from 10 AM–5 PM each day, for this self-guided, driving tour featuring Toe River Artists and Galleries. The Toe River Arts Studio Tour offers local and visiting art collectors the chance to see our artists in their natural, creative studio habitats — a true glimpse into the mind and makings […]

The Lake Lure Music Festival and the Lake Lure Community Education Foundation, along with Rumbling Bald on Lake Lure, are proud to present THE CONCERT FOR HICKORY NUT GORGE, Saturday, June 7th, 2025 starting at 2:00pm at the Lake Lure Classical Academy’s Raptor Center! The concert will feature IBMA-nominated Appalachian Road Show, along with Western […]

On Saturday, June 7 at 5:00 PM, something BIG is happening in McDowell County — and we want you there. At the Livermush Festival City Stage, we’re hosting a City of Marion Ribbon Cutting like no other. This isn’t just about cutting a ribbon. It’s a celebration of resilience, renewal, and rebirth following the devastation […]

Join us for an unforgettable evening of craft, cuisine, and community at the John C. Campbell Folk School! ✨ Celebrate the bounty of the Appalachian region with a handcrafted farm-to-table dinner, signature botanical cocktails, craft demos, artist talks, and live music 🎶—all taking place in our beautiful garden. Enjoy spinning and dyeing demonstrations during the […]

This year marks the 19th Annual Art in Bloom, our most anticipated event of the year. This multifaceted event, celebrating nature and art, combines two gallery exhibits, live floral arrangements, and a local garden tour featuring working artists. Whether you join us for one event or all of them, you are playing an important role […]

Join us, June 6–8, 2025, from 10 AM–5 PM each day, for this self-guided, driving tour featuring Toe River Artists and Galleries. The Toe River Arts Studio Tour offers local and visiting art collectors the chance to see our artists in their natural, creative studio habitats — a true glimpse into the mind and makings […]