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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Create your own Bushel Basket! Students will work from a kit prepared by instructor Debbie Mills. Learn the basics like laying out the base, handle placement, upending spokes, weaving sides, and finishing the basket rim. All techniques will be demonstrated during class so you can follow along. This class is beginner-friendly! All materials will be […]

For more than three decades, Our State “Ramblin’ Man” columnist T. Edward Nickens has reported on conservation, the outdoors and Southern culture for some of the world’s most respected publications. He is editor-at-large and columnist for Field & Stream, contributing editor for Garden & Gun and Ducks Unlimited magazines, and editor-in-chief of Tail, the saltwater […]

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 […]

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 […]

Join Mount Mitchell Rangers at the Burnsville Fire Department! While Mount Mitchell State Park is still closed, the rangers want to provide free, fun educational opportunities for children and adults. Please join us from 12-3 pm on July 25th, August 8th, and August 15th at the Burnsville Fire Department for hands-on learning activities. Join us […]

Artists will have the opportunity to learn the long-loved medium of Needle Felting! If you’re a novice or a budding professional artist, all are welcome to learn a new technique and experience the peace and joy of Needlefelting!  

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 […]

Ashley Heath is often described as “Velvet Soul” with her prolific songwriting, strong and airy vocals, bluesy guitar playing, and has garnered national and international attention with her latest album “Something to Believe” released by Organic Records in Asheville, NC in 2022. She also has two previous albums; “Where Hope Never Dies” recorded with her […]

Tryon’s most popular music series—continues its 25 th season July 25 with Ashley Heath and Her Heathens. Though often compared to her influences, Bonnie Raitt and Norah Jones, Heath has been winning over the hearts of Americana music lovers since 2015 with a voice and sound all her own. She and her Heathens have been […]

If you've ever floated down Section 10 of the French Broad or taken a drive down the scenic River Road, you have been to Murray Branch Picnic Area. This special secret spot is now beautifully restored for recreation, and has a new addition nearby- the Blue Ridge Bird Observatory’s new Hot Springs Banding Station! What […]

On July 27, 2019, the Brushy Mountain Community Center held its first annual Peach & Heritage Festival. It showcased local artisans, home-grown peaches, and Brushy Mountain's rich heritage. We invite you to join us on the last Saturday in July each year, in beautiful downtown Wilkesboro, to experience everything that Brushy Mountain has to offer. […]

Local Cloth's Anything Fiber Sale (AFS) is a fiber yard sale for fiber people. The AFS takes place from 9am to 2pm at the AB Tech Conference Center, located at 16 Fernihurst Drive in Asheville. More than 40 vendors pack the space with a range of wares to sell, including hanks and cones of unused […]

The Haywood County Historical & Genealogical Society presents the Pioneer Heritage Festival. This free, family-friendly event will feature live demos of heritage crafts and skills, exhibits, music, food, and more.  

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 […]

Mud Dabbers Pottery & Crafts is hosting a series of demonstration days at their Waynesville location!  Come watch artists from Mud Dabbers, both family and friends, as they work their magic with clay. 11 am - 3 pm every Saturday, June 14- July 26.  June 14: Sophie Karner June 21: Jimmy Richardson (@hemphillpottery) June 28: […]

In this single session we will work on a needle-felted summer landscape, with dappled sun glinting across a blue lake and a few cattails on the shoreline. With all the right colors in your roving kit we will build the scene one step at a time, with particular attention to the tonal layers of color […]

About the Event: Named after the Cherokee word “Sakonige” (pronounced Sha-co-na-gay), meaning “blue,” this festival honors the rich cultural roots of the region known as the Land of the Blue Smoke. This will be a vibrant celebration of local heritage, music, food, and art in the heart of Cherokee. What to Expect: Live music and […]

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 […]

In this single session we will work on a needle-felted forest, building the rich greens of deep woods to offset bright autumn color and distinctive birch trees in the foreground.  With all the right colors in your roving kit we will build the scene one step at a time, working through the layers from dense […]