Week of Events
Native America: In Translation
The Asheville Art Museum presents Native America: In Translation, an exhibition curated by Apsáalooke artist Wendy Red Star, on view from May 22 through November 3, 2025. Featuring work by seven Indigenous photographers and lens-based artists from across North America, the exhibition explores urgent questions of identity, heritage, land rights, and the ongoing impact of […]
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games & Gathering of Scottish Clans
The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games & Gathering of Scottish Clans are entering their 69th year. This annual event celebrates the Scottish Clans' heritage in the region. Come out for traditional music, dancing, piping, and drumming. Competitions are held for highland athletics, including the hammer throw, caber toss, track and field, and more. Attend other ceremonies […]
Clay County Historical & Arts Council’s Festival on the Square
Each Summer, the 2nd weekend of July, CCHAC hosts The Festival On The Square ~ beginning with a Friday night street dance, and continuing Saturday and Sunday with artist displays, music, and food. The Festival has become a town tradition that brings free entertainment and arts to the lawns of the Courthouse, which is listed […]
Into the Wild: Tina Curry Solo Exhibition
Grovewood Gallery welcomes you to embark on a captivating journey “Into the Wild.” You’ll get to experience a spectacular showcase of animal sculptures by Tina Curry, an accomplished ceramic and bronze sculptor based in Knoxville, Tennessee. This solo exhibition kicks off with an opening reception on Saturday, July 12, from 2-5 p.m., where guests will have the […]
Art in Bloom
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 […]
Summer Camps at the Center for Pioneer Life: Week 1: Appalachian Quilting
Join us for hands-on summer fun at the Center for Pioneer Life! Each week explores a different piece of Appalachian heritage—from quilting and farm life to storytelling traditions. Come for one session or two—every day is different! Summer camp is for rising 3rd to 7th-graders. 3 Weeks of Fun! Join us this July for six […]
Art in Bloom
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 […]
Art in Bloom
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 […]
Storytelling with Elizabeth Ellis
We are is excited to welcome Elizabeth Ellis for an evening of unforgettable storytelling. Known as the “Divine Miss E,” Elizabeth brings warmth, wit, and a deep well of experience to every tale she tells. Raised in the Appalachian Mountains and now based in Dallas, Texas, she’s a master of both regional folklore and personal […]
Summer Camps at the Center for Pioneer Life: Week 1: Appalachian Quilting
Join us for hands-on summer fun at the Center for Pioneer Life! Each week explores a different piece of Appalachian heritage—from quilting and farm life to storytelling traditions. Come for one session or two—every day is different! Summer camp is for rising 3rd to 7th-graders. 3 Weeks of Fun! Join us this July for six […]
Art in Bloom
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 […]
Returning to the Ridge: Blue Ridge Craft Trails Exhibition at Mars Landing Gallery
The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area announces Returning to the Ridge: Blue Ridge Craft Trails Invitational at Mars Landing Galleries in Mars Hill, NC, from July 2 through September 28, 2025. The exhibit brings together the exceptional talents of 33 artists featured on the Blue Ridge Craft Trails, showcasing the vibrant artistic landscape of Western […]
Conversations with Storytellers Series
Pigeon Community Multicultural Development Center announces its 2025 Pigeon Community Conversations with Storytellers Series. This curated series will showcase award-winning storytellers from Western North Carolina’s African American, Latinx, and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian communities. Through live storytelling, readings, music, and focused questions, Pigeon Community Conversations with Storytellers Series examines the purpose and power of […]
Art in Bloom
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 […]
Returning to the Ridge: Blue Ridge Craft Trails Exhibition at Mars Landing Gallery
The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area announces Returning to the Ridge: Blue Ridge Craft Trails Invitational at Mars Landing Galleries in Mars Hill, NC, from July 2 through September 28, 2025. The exhibit brings together the exceptional talents of 33 artists featured on the Blue Ridge Craft Trails, showcasing the vibrant artistic landscape of Western […]
North Carolina Blackberry Festival
The North Carolina Blackberry Festival is a celebration of blackberries, cobbler, and fun! Held in Lenoir, North Carolina, the festival offers tons of family-friendly events. This is a FREE two day event. There’s music, vendors, food, kid’s activities, and a blackberry-eating contest. We have delicious blackberries for sale as well as some scrumptious blackberry cobbler […]
Highlands’ Friday Night Live
From now until September, the vibrant tunes of live music fill the air in downtown Highlands every Friday and Saturday night. Shows on both nights are free and take place from 6:00 to 8:30 P.M. Friday Night Live showcases traditional mountain music and exceptional local talent on Main Street’s Town Square. The Friday night concerts […]
Summer Tracks Concert Series: Reedy River String Band
Named for the river that runs through their hometown, Greenville, SC’s three-year-old Reedy River String Band, features three writers, three lead singers, and three-part harmonies. Combined with frontman Sterling Waite’s multi-instrumental prowess, this trio’s larger than life sound defies their numbers and transcends their bluegrass influences and instrumentation.
Coon Dog Day Festival
Mark your calendar for the third Saturday of May and the 20th Annual Saluda Arts Festival. One of the great spring traditions in Saluda, this year's one-day event will feature 100 artists across a range of media as well as live music and entertainment and the return of the popular Children's Tent. The festival runs […]
North Carolina Blackberry Festival
The North Carolina Blackberry Festival is a celebration of blackberries, cobbler, and fun! Held in Lenoir, North Carolina, the festival offers tons of family-friendly events. This is a FREE two day event. There’s music, vendors, food, kid’s activities, and a blackberry-eating contest. We have delicious blackberries for sale as well as some scrumptious blackberry cobbler […]
30th Annual John C Campbell Folk School Singing
Beginning at 9:00 AM, there will be an introduction to singing Sacred Harp and Christian Harmony music for beginners. Some loaner books are available. Singing: 10:00 AM. - 3:00 PM, July 12th, 2025 Dinner on the grounds at Noon After party dance at 7pm and camping options by inquiry to music@folkschool.org Come sing, learn the shapes, contemplate the poetry, and relish the […]
Art in Bloom
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 […]
Art in the Park – Downtown Blowing Rock
Enjoy fine art and handcrafts from award-winning and acclaimed artisans. Artists are jury-selected and each show features a different set of artists, curated to present a wide variety of mediums. Find gifts and works for personal collections, functional beauties like furniture and cutlery, and wearable art like handcrafted jewelry and textiles. Artists’ tents line Park […]
Returning to the Ridge: Blue Ridge Craft Trails Exhibition at Mars Landing Gallery
The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area announces Returning to the Ridge: Blue Ridge Craft Trails Invitational at Mars Landing Galleries in Mars Hill, NC, from July 2 through September 28, 2025. The exhibit brings together the exceptional talents of 33 artists featured on the Blue Ridge Craft Trails, showcasing the vibrant artistic landscape of Western […]
Shindig on the Green
Bring your instruments, families, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and join us for good times at the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage. In 2025, Shindig on the Green, which features a stage show and informal jam sessions around the park, continues at its original location — formerly known as City County Plaza, now transformed into the […]
Art in Bloom
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 […]
