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 […]
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 3: Farm Life
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 […]
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 […]
Summer Camps at the Center for Pioneer Life: Week 3: Farm Life
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 […]
Beginners’ Bushel Basketry
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 […]
Grandfather Presents: T. Edward Nickens
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 […]
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 […]
Mount Mitchell State Park Education Programs (*at Burnsville Fire Department)
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 […]
Intro to Needlefelting at The Bascom
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!
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: Ashley Heath and Her Heathens
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 […]
Summer Tracks 25th Anniversary Welcomes Ashley Heath and Her Heathens
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 […]
Hot Springs Banding Station Community Days
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 […]
Brushy Mountain Peach & Heritage Festival
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. […]
Anything Fiber Sale
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 […]
Pioneer Heritage Festival
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.
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 […]
Mud Dabbers Artists Demonstration Days
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: […]
Summer Lake Workshop with Jaana Mattson
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 […]
Sakonige Festival
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 […]
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 […]
Fall Forest: Needle Felting Workshop with Jaana Mattson
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 […]


