Summer festivals in the Asheville area include the Southeast's largest free street festival, live music festivals, arts festivals and a festival devoted to Native American heritage.
Here are some of the hottest and most popular Western North Carolina summer festivals and events.
Summer Festivals:
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Keowee for Kids! Chamber Music Festival Kids Events!
Keowee for Kids! Keowee Chamber Music Concert! Friday, May 29, 3:30 and 5 pm concerts Lord Auditorium, Pack Library, Downtown Asheville Keowee for Kids! Keowee Chamber Music Concert! Saturday, June 6, Noon and 2 pm concerts: Chamber Music Concert The Hop Ice Cream Parlor, 507 Merrimon Avenue, North Asheville Keowee for Kids! Keowee Chamber Music Concert! Friday, June 19, 1 and 2 pm concerts: Chamber Music Concert First United Methodist Church, Waynesville All Kids events: *Free Admission Thanks to the generous support of Dr. Dennis Campbell, DDS, Pediatric Dentistry of Asheville and The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation 828-254-7123 or http://www.keoweechambermusic.org
Event date(s):
May 29, 2009 to Jun 19, 2009
Lexington Bazaar - Your Funky Outdoor Market Featuring Local Art & Design
Come to the 2nd Bazaar of the season featuring eclectic Art & Design, live music by Ras Berhane of Chrystal Kind and Bouchon's French Fries. This Saturday, 11am-4pm in the Lexington Avenue Courtyard at 58 1/2 North Lexington Avenue in Downtown Asheville.
Event date(s):
Jun 06, 2009
Clay Day and Guild Fair on the Parkway at the Folk Art Center
Members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild share their knowledge of ceramics through demonstrations and hands on activities. Craftspeople are also on hand to sell their work in a variety of media. This festival features live music and regional cuisine.
Event date(s):
Jun 06, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Children's Health & Harmony Festival
Come Celebrate Everything good for our children featuring Billy Jonas performing, the Asheville Family Olympics over 70 booths and activity areas. A day full of fun while educating, empowering and enlightening families. Bringing peace to earth one family at a time.
Event date(s):
Jun 07, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Keowee Chamber Music Festival
Keowee Chamber Music Festival Festival dates June 9 - 21: Festival opens with an Open Rehearsal: June 9, 2pm, Reuter Center, UNC-Asheville. Free Admission. Concert: Sunday June 14, 3:00 pm First Presbyterian Church, Asheville. $15 or 2 for $25, members of venue churches $10, students free. June 14, 5:30 p.m. - Post-Concert Fun-Raiser Dinner with Keowee musicians at Stovetrotters Bistro, Asheville. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Open Rehearsal: June 16, 2pm, Reuter Center, UNC-Asheville. Free, donations. Concert: June 18, 7:30 pm, First Presbyterian Church, Asheville. $15 or 2 for $25, members of venue churches $10, students free. Concert: Friday June 19, 10 am. First United Methodist Church, Waynesville. Free, donations. Concert: Sunday June 21, 3:30 pm, Pretty Place Chapel, YMCA Camp Greenville, Cedar Mountain. Free, donations. Keowee Chamber Music. Week 1: Kate Steinbeck, flute, Fabio Parrini, piano, & Phillip von Maltzahn, cello Week 2: Kate Steinbeck, flute, Corine Brouwer, violin, Simon Èrtz, viola, Liz Austin, cello, & Jacquelyn Bartlett, harp, Program: Hummel: Trio for flute, cello, & piano; Debussy: Sonata for cello & piano; Robert Muczynsk: http://www.keoweechambermusic.org, Phone: (828) 254-7123
Event date(s):
Jun 09, 2009 to Jun 21, 2009
River Arts District Studio Stroll
The Bi-Annual Studio Stroll is your chance to tour the studios, meet with the artists and purchase artwork. Within just a few blocks you will find an eclectic mix of creative artists - from traditional to cutting-edge. Near downtown Asheville. Free.
Event date(s):
Jun 13, 2009 to Jun 14, 2009
ABSfest Spectacular: Americana Burlesque & Sideshow Festival
Join us at 8:00 PM for an evening of national talent: trapeze & burlesque, contortion & fire, music, magic & more! Award-winning Trixie Little & the Evil Hate Monkey, The Mezmer Society, Sneaky McFly, Corky Bordeaux, Renea'Le Roux and the Syrens of the South, a visit from James Bond & more. After Party with the Goodies! Delight in the show, visit the vendors, and stay lusciously late.
Event date(s):
Jun 13, 2009 to Jun 14, 2009
Art in Bloom Ikebana Demonstration
The Black Mountain Center for the Arts is celebrating its 3rd annual Art in Bloom, an art and flowers show, from June 18-21. In addition to the art show with accompanying floral interpretation by both Ikebana and traditional floral designers, a different event is planned each day. The Friday, June 19, daytime event is an Ikenobo Ikebana demonstration by Emiko Nishiwaki, with commentary by Terri Ellis Todd. Scheduled at 2 pm, attendees will be treated to afternoon tea and refreshments; locally crafted pottery tea sets by the Black Mountain Center for the Arts Clay Studio potters will be available for purchase during the tea.
Event date(s):
Jun 19, 2009 at 02:00 PM
2009 Downtown After Five: June 19
Produced by the Asheville Downtown Association, Downtown After 5 is celebrating its 21st year. The concert series is the 3rd Friday of the month May through September on North Lexington Avenue in downtown Asheville. Music starts at 5:15pm and goes until 9pm. Downtown After 5 is committed to reducing its carbon footprint featuring biodegradable food and beverage containers, compost and recycling stations, a solar-powered stage and complimentary bike corral. For more information, including how to become a volunteer, visit www.AshevilleDowntown.org or call 828-251-9973. June 19 Line Up The Cheeksters Brushfire Stankgras Geoff Achison with special guest Randall Bramblett
Event date(s):
Jun 19, 2009 at 05:15 PM
Lexington Bazaar - Your Funky Outdoor Market Featuring Local Art & Design
Come and enjoy local Art & Design while listening to live music by Rubber Cushions and sampling Bouchon's Famous French Fries and Crepes! In the Lexington Avenue Courtyard from 11am-4pm (later if the sun shines).
Event date(s):
Jun 20, 2009 at 11:00 AM
"Best Garden Plants for NC" presentation by Pam Beck
Art in Bloom, a show of flowers and art at the Black Mountain Center for the Arts scheduled for June 18-21, will present Pam Beck, an award-winning freelance garden writer, photographer, and lecturer on Saturday, June 20 at 2 pm as the featured speaker. Beck’s topic is “Best Garden Plants for North Carolina,” based on her book by the same title, co-authored with Laura Peters. Ticket includes admission to the Art in Bloom show of floral designs interpreting works from regional galleries in the Center’s Upper Gallery.
Event date(s):
Jun 20, 2009 at 02:00 PM
Asheville Art Museum 60th Anniversary Party!
The Asheville Art Museum invites you to celebrate its 60th Anniversary at a party featuring live music, signature cocktails, beer, wine and entertainment. We will take a look back at how the Museum grew to be 60 years strong, visit where we are today and glimpse into the Museum’s exciting future. Join us for an evening out and experience the transformation as the Asheville Art Museum creates an artistic evening like no other at The Orange Peel in downtown Asheville. Look for details coming soon about exclusive pre-party dinners and raffle featuring fabulous prizes! Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 27, 2009!
Event date(s):
Jun 27, 2009 to Jun 28, 2009
85th Annual Singing on the Mountain
Free, all-day gospel sing and fellowship held in MacRae Meadows, at the base of Grandfather Mountain. Camping (without hookups) available. The Reverend Freida Hartley Hobson, pastor of the Forest Hill United Methodist Church in Concord, N.C. will bring the message.
Event date(s):
Jun 28, 2009 at 08:00 AM
Sizzling Fourth of July Sales Days
When summer days get hot, nothing's cooler than a dip in the Nantahala River and a sweet deal to go with it! Enjoy live music, fun and games and incredible sales at our Outfitter's Store.
Event date(s):
Jul 04, 2009 to Jul 05, 2009
MPAC’s 4th of July Block Party in Weaverville
Weaverville’s 15 year old celebration
Event date(s):
Jul 04, 2009 at 10:00 AM
July 4th Celebration
Saturday, July 4th, 2009 The City of Asheville invites you to join us downtown for the 4th of July Celebration. An event for the whole family, the festivities start in the early afternoon and continue throughout the evening. The day will feature live music from some of Asheville’s hottest bands along with a wide range of family activities, a variety of food from area vendors, with a grand fireworks finale.
Event date(s):
Jul 04, 2009 at 04:00 PM
Shindig on the Green
Bring your instruments, families, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and join us at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, while Pack Square Park is undergoing construction. Enjoy unique music and dance performances on stage, and informal jam sessions. Come celebrate the treasured cultural heritage of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. FREE. Summer Saturday evenings, along about sundown (or 7:00pm for those who wear a watch). For more information please visit the Folk Heritage Committee’s website: www.folkheritage.org.
Event date(s):
Jul 04, 2009 to Sep 05, 2009
54th Annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games
Over one hundred Scottish clans and societies sponsor this celebration of Scottish, dance, music and athletics. Main events are at MacRae Meadows, at the base of Grandfather Mountain.
Event date(s):
Jul 09, 2009 to Jul 12, 2009
Carolina Mountain Ribfest
Award winning, mouth watering rib vendors from around the country serving ribs, pulled pork, brisket, chicken and more. Arts & Crafts, commercial vendors, carnival and games, music and entertainment.
Event date(s):
Jul 10, 2009 to Jul 12, 2009
The Big Crafty
The Asheville Art Museum hosts The Big Crafty in Pack Place. This juried independent craft fair features 100 artists and crafters. For more information, go to www.thebigcrafty.com.
Event date(s):
Jul 12, 2009 at 12:00 PM
5th Annual Festival of Native Peoples and Cherokee Art Market
Tribes from all over the Americas gather in Cherokee in a cultural explosion of song, dance and ceremony. Past festivals have drawn participants from the Alvtiiq in Kodiak, Alaska, the Hopi of Arizona, the White Mountain Apache, and the Cherokee of North Carolina.
Event date(s):
Jul 16, 2009 to Jul 18, 2009
Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands
The Civic Center in Asheville comes alive with fine traditional and contemporary crafts made by members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. The Fair also features craft demonstrations, regional music and entertainment.
Event date(s):
Jul 16, 2009 to Jul 19, 2009
Folkmoot Festival 2009
The 2009 Folkmoot Festival will take place on July 16 – 26 in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. Folkmoot is one of only three international folk festivals in the United States, where over 300 dancers and musicians from countries throughout the world travel to Waynesville, North Carolina for a two-week show. Traditional performances from nearly a dozen countries will take place throughout nine counties during the eleven-day festival. Held for 25 consecutive years, Folkmoot is North Carolina’s Official International Festival and has been designated “One of the Top Twenty Events in the Southeast” by the Southeast Tourism Society.
Event date(s):
Jul 16, 2009 to Jul 26, 2009
Festival of Native Peoples & Cherokee Indian Art Market
This year our annual gathering of tribes from throughout the Americas takes its rightful place as the finest showcase of native dance, art, and culture in the southeast. The Festival of Native Peoples is an exposition of non-competitive dance, storytelling, and song performances expressing the collected history, culture, tradition, and wisdom of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. Entertainment throughout the day will include a replica of an Apache dwelling with audience participation, hoop dancing, flute music, and Cherokee storytellers. Other performers include the Halau Palaihiwa O Kaipuwai, Hopi Senom Dance Group, Phoenix, Arizona - Ambassador's of the State of Arizona and the Yellow Bird Apache champion dancers who have been performing for presidents and heads of state for 22 years. The festival will also play host to one of the southeast’s largest Native American art markets. The Cherokee Indian Art Market will feature over fifty nationally recognized, juried craftspeople and artisans from around the country displaying and selling their handmade traditional and contemporary works of art ranging in price from $10 to tens of thousands of dollars. Artists will also demonstrate techniques passed down from generation to generation.
Event date(s):
Jul 17, 2009 to Jul 18, 2009
Asheville Yoga and Music Fest
Come and experience an entire weekend of yoga and sacred music in the peace and beauty of the Appalachian Mountains!
Event date(s):
Jul 17, 2009 to Jul 19, 2009
2009 Downtown After Five: July 17
Produced by the Asheville Downtown Association, Downtown After 5 is celebrating its 21st year. The concert series is the 3rd Friday of the month May through September on North Lexington Avenue in downtown Asheville. Music starts at 5:15pm and goes until 9pm. Downtown After 5 is committed to reducing its carbon footprint featuring biodegradable food and beverage containers, compost and recycling stations, a solar-powered stage and complimentary bike corral. For more information, including how to become a volunteer, visit www.AshevilleDowntown.org or call 828-251-9973. July 17 Line Up Jen and the Juice King Johnson Hill Country Revue
Event date(s):
Jul 17, 2009 at 05:15 PM
Bele Chere
Bele Chere is the largest free street festival in the Southeast, held in beautiful downtown Asheville each July. Arts & crafts, food, entertainment, interactive events, and a children’s activity area will fill the streets, drawing about 300,000 visitors throughout the three-day event.
Event date(s):
Jul 24, 2009 to Jul 26, 2009
Mountain Dance & Folk Festival
Join in the celebration and discover the nation's longest running folk festival. Founded by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in 1928, the Festival showcases an amazing repertoire of mountain performers who share songs and dances that echo centuries of Scottish, English, Irish, Cherokee and African heritage. Each evening is a joyful exploration of the rich culture found in the valleys and coves between the Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge Mountains. Presented at Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place in downtown Asheville, Thursday July 30 - Saturday August 1, 2009 at 7:00pm nightly. Tickets available at (828)257-4530. For more information please visit the Folk Heritage Committee’s website: www.folkheritage.org.
Event date(s):
Jul 30, 2009 to Aug 01, 2009
37th Annual Village Art & Craft Fair
The fair hosts 125 exhibitors from 20 states, representing the full spectrum of craft media - jewelry, ceramic, wood, fiber, metals, two-dimensional art and more. The craft fair is a great opportunity to encounter new artists and to talk with crafters one-on-one. Most exhibitors are not represented at New Morning Gallery, so visitors are sure to find new treasures along with a few old favorites.
Event date(s):
Aug 01, 2009 to Aug 02, 2009
NOC/Dagger Freestyle Shootout
After a successful debut, the NOC/Dagger Freestyle Shootout kayak rodeo is bigger and better in 2009. Compete against kayaking's rising stars for major prizes, or be a spectator to the coolest moves on the water. This is western North Carolina's only professional freestyle kayaking event.
Event date(s):
Aug 01, 2009 to Aug 02, 2009
Rockin' RiverFest
Start making your "yacht" for this year's Rockin' RiverFest, a FREE day long festival sponsored by Asheville Radio Group and RiverLink at French Broad River Park featuring the ever popular raft race, music competition featuring local bands, kids parade, live performances, local food and beverages, corn hole, frisbee golf, kayak demonstrations and much more! There's something fun for everyone! The deadline for raft race registration is July 31st and is only $15 per raft with the proceeds benefitting RiverLink! All the information can be found at www.riverlink.org. Non profits raft for free so sign up soon and help save the French Broad River!
Event date(s):
Aug 01, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Walker Bros. Circus
Circus, Circus and More CIRCUS!! Affordable Family Entertainment!! Event: Walker Bros. Circus Location: NC Mountain State Fairgrounds Address: 1301 Fanning Bridge Rd Show Date: Monday Aug 3, 2009 Show Time: 5:30 & 7:30 PM Ticket Info: 800.528.6577 or wbcircus@aol.com you can also purchase tickets online through our website. www.walkerbrotherscircus.com Ticket prices are $ 20 per adult witch get's two children 14 and under in for FREE and ALSO ONE FREE adult with a coupon at your local shops!
Event date(s):
Aug 03, 2009
Mt. Mitchell Craft Fair
Celebrating its 53rd year, the fair hosts more than 250 juried crafters from across the country that show and sell their own beautifully handcrafted work. On-going bandstand entertainment is free, featuring an array of traditional mountain music and dance groups, including bluegrass, folk, gospel, golden oldies, and traditional clogging groups. The food court will feature a wide array of delicious food available for purchase. Admission to the fair is free. Park-and-ride shuttle service is provided.
Event date(s):
Aug 07, 2009 to Aug 08, 2009
Sourwood Festival
32nd Annual Festival- alcohol free street festival with over 200 vendors, food, and entertainment. Located Downtown Black Mountain 100 Sutton Avenue
Event date(s):
Aug 08, 2009 to Aug 09, 2009
The Downtown Independent Groove
2 Day Local & Regional Music Festival Thursday, August 20th & Friday, August 21st D.I.G. represents bands from a multitude of prospering genres in Western North Carolina. Independent artists from in and all around Asheville, NC converge on to downtown where the music scene is digging its diverse roots.
Event date(s):
Aug 20, 2009 to Aug 21, 2009
Southern Energy & Environment Expo
The 9th Annual Southern Energy & Environment Expo will take place just outside Asheville at the Western NC Agricultural Center in Fletcher August 21st-23rd. Hundreds of workshops and exhibits to help you live more sustainably and curb your energy usage. Visit www.seeexpo.com to learn more.
Event date(s):
Aug 21, 2009 to Aug 23, 2009
2009 Downtown After Five: August 21
Produced by the Asheville Downtown Association, Downtown After 5 is celebrating its 21st year. The concert series is the 3rd Friday of the month May through September on North Lexington Avenue in downtown Asheville. Music starts at 5:15pm and goes until 9pm. Downtown After 5 is committed to reducing its carbon footprint featuring biodegradable food and beverage containers, compost and recycling stations, a solar-powered stage and complimentary bike corral. For more information, including how to become a volunteer, visit www.AshevilleDowntown.org or call 828-251-9973. August 21 Line Up Silas Durocher and Everybody Knows Radasaurus Rex Pimps of Joytime
Event date(s):
Aug 21, 2009 at 05:15 PM
Rods in the Park Classic Car, Truck and Vintage Bike Show
Over 45 classes from Antique pre-30's through 1989 cars, trucks, vintage bikes and road tractors. MacRae Meadows, at the base of Grandfather Mountain.
Event date(s):
Aug 22, 2009 at 09:00 AM
Goombay Festival
Since 1982, the YMI Cultural Center has presented Goombay!, one of several worldwide variations of the centuries-old celebration. Goombay! can be viewed as a Cultural Expression of a people.
Event date(s):
Aug 28, 2009 to Aug 29, 2009
Big Ivy Bluegrass Festival
Featuring the Lewis Family, New Southern Ramblers, Sherry Lynn and Friends, Big Creek Quartet, Laura Boosinger, Wayne Erbsen & Back Country Bluegrass.
Event date(s):
Aug 29, 2009
The Gathering of the Peacemakers
Info: The Gathering of the Peacemakers will be at Camp Rockmont, 50 acres of paradise inc. swimming lake with slides, vegetarian dining hall/restaurant, fire circles, One Love Coffee Shop & Juice Bar, tennis courts, basketball gym, private cabins and lodge rooms available. It will be a 7-day retreat of conscious instruction and nights of conscious music. Daily workshops include: • Solar and wind • Biofuels • Organic and bio-dynamic gardening • Wilderness & earth skills • Holistic health • Building your own house • Affordable shelter • Finding your mission in life * Living off-the-grid • Handling your money wisely • Creating and sustaining loving unions * Staying awake in a sleeping world * The loneliness of the peacemaker • Hopi and Mayan prophecy * Condolence & forgiveness ceremonies Reserve early, as space is limited to 150. Camping, cabins and lodge rooms are available. Artists: Laura Reed & Deep Pocket, Chalwa, Julian Abey and Tim Robinson.
Event date(s):
Aug 30, 2009 to Sep 05, 2009
TEDxAsheville
Mix your favorite mind-blowing lecture in college with a hot night out at a club, add a few beers, and you've got TEDxAsheville, where smart is sexy and great ideas are the name of the game. Author and revolutionary thinker bell hooks joins four Asheville visionaries and a sprinkling of breathtaking local performance talent for a night of fun for your head that promises inspiration, excitement and ideas worth spreading.
Event date(s):
Aug 30, 2009 at 07:00 PM
Stecoah Mountain Music Convention
Join us in Stecoah for a weekend of mountain music and dance on Labor Day Weekend. Events take place at the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center, located halfway between Bryson City and Fontana Dam off Hwy 28. Individual competitions for fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, plus band competitions in Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Gospel. Camping on the grounds all weekend, great food concessions, hot breakfast, jamming, campfire, outdoor pavilion, dance in the old gymnasium Saturday night. See our website for more information.
Event date(s):
Sep 04, 2009 to Sep 07, 2009
Lexington Ave. Arts and Fun Festival
This fantastically fabulous, freaky jam-packed day will showcase the many diverse talents that Asheville has to offer. Three blocks of downtown will be lined with all local art, food, beer and street performers. Three stages and two courtyards of music and performance. 11am – 10pm on N. Lexington Ave between College Street and the I-240 overpass in downtown Asheville. Free.
Event date(s):
Sep 06, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
The 4th annual Carolina Mountains Literary Festival will celebrate the theme of Mountain Mosaic, and the many vibrant colors and heritages that make up Western North Carolina. Fifty authors will be gathering for a weekend filled with simultaneous readings, workshops, book signings, panel discussions, performances, and Q&A sessions. Banquet speaker will be Ann Pancake.
Event date(s):
Sep 11, 2009 to Sep 12, 2009
Intergalactic Bead & Jewelry Show
Come out and bring your friends for a fun filled day of bead shopping. You’ll find row after row of colorful gemstone beads, crystals, pearls, hand-made glass beads, and unique beads and clasps not found elsewhere. From professional designers to beginning beaders there's something for everyone. Exhibitors offer both wholesale and retail. Come hold the beads in your hand and find what will inspire your next design. Talk to other beaders to find out what's new in beading. Customers at the show can enter to win door prizes. Intergalactic “fulfilling your bead needs”. For more information and a discount admission coupon visit: www.beadshows.com Saturday: $5.00, Sunday: $4.00, Children 12 & Under: Free
Event date(s):
Sep 12, 2009 to Sep 13, 2009
Asheville’s 1st Annual Rastafarian Ancient Living Arts and Kulture Festival
The 1st Annual Rastafarian Ancient Living Arts and Kulture Festival (RALAK Fest), presented by the Black Mountain Asheville Rastafarian Collective (Black Mountain ARC), is to be held on September 13th, 2009 at the Lake Eden Events Site in Black Mountain, NC. RALAK is also a celebration of The Ethiopian (2002) New Year, which is actually two days before on Sept 11th. Tickets cost $30 and are available online at www.RALAKfest.com. RALAK is an all day educational, interfaith, music and cultural event that will feature speakers from a vast majority of religious sects, local civic leaders, representatives within our community and national educators. This is a family friendly event with a kid’s village, live music, and local artisans. The day will begin with spiritual blessings from various cultures as well as the United States and Ethiopian National Anthems. There will also be a moment of silence to honor oppressed peoples well as victims and casualties of all wars. Other activities include educational videos, Native American and African songs and drumming, Irish bag pipes and dance, as well as Nyahbinghi- the rallying call of Theocracy for humanity in the Divine force of truth and rights. Speakers, including international educators, will be represented from many walks of life and faith, such as Carlo Hawk Walker (Native American Sun Dancer) and Dr. John P. Homiak (Curator of the Rastafari exhibit “Discovering Rastafari” & Director of Anthropological Archives at the Smithsonian International Museum of Natural History), Queen Mother Moses, George Rose (Dejazmatch of Baltimore Maryland, legal advisor to the Rastafari cause), and Debra Kiliru-Liontree (co-director of Motherland International Relations). Live music for the day will be Ras Michael and the Original Sons of Negus (Jamaica), Harry Mo (St. Croix), Reggae Infinity (SC) and other WNC artists such as Lyndsay Wojcik, Crystal Kind, U-N-I verse as well as many local DJs.
Event date(s):
Sep 13, 2009
Organicfest
Celebrating everything organic! Live Music, Organic Food & Fun, 80+ Vendors, Arts & Crafts, Kids Garden Parade
Event date(s):
Sep 13, 2009 at 10:00 AM
2009 Downtown After Five: September 18
Produced by the Asheville Downtown Association, Downtown After 5 is celebrating its 21st year. The concert series is the 3rd Friday of the month May through September on North Lexington Avenue in downtown Asheville. Music starts at 5:15pm and goes until 9pm. Downtown After 5 is committed to reducing its carbon footprint featuring biodegradable food and beverage containers, compost and recycling stations, a solar-powered stage and complimentary bike corral. For more information, including how to become a volunteer, visit www.AshevilleDowntown.org or call 828-251-9973. September 18 Line Up Vertigo Jazz Project The Bridge Big Sam’s Funky Nation
Event date(s):
Sep 18, 2009 at 05:15 PM
Art in Autumn Arts & Crafts Festival
The third annual Art in Autumn Outdoor Arts and Crafts Festival is scheduled for Saturday, September 19, 2009, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Main Street in downtown Weaverville. The festival will feature over a hundred juried artists and craftspeople, as well as an exciting array of food and live music.
Event date(s):
Sep 19, 2009 at 10:00 AM
29th Annual Heritage Weekend at the Folk Art Center
A two-day celebration of traditional craft, music and storytelling featuring the World Gee Haw Whimmy Diddle Competition at 2pm on Saturday.
Event date(s):
Sep 19, 2009 to Sep 20, 2009
Brewgrass Festival
Each year in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina, we gather over 30 American breweries to showcase more than 100 different beers. We add a great lineup of national and regional bluegrass musicians. We also feature a variety of area food vendors and plenty of water. Put all these things together and you have the ingredients for the perfect beer day.
Event date(s):
Sep 19, 2009 at 12:00 PM
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