Todd Wright Returns to Edgewood Cottage

Edgewood Cottage 115 Ginny Stevens Ln., Blowing Rock, NC, United States

Todd Wright and Nathan Hefner will perform on the porch of Edgewood Cottage (Weather Permitting) on July 22 from 1-3 pm. Artists Cindy McEnery and Karin Neuvirth will be showing in the cottage. Remember to bring lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy! 

Free Entry

An Appalachian Summer Festival: Keb’ Mo’ with special guest Allison Russell

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC

American blues musician (singer-guitarist-songwriter) Keb’ Mo’ has five Grammy Awards, 14 Blues Foundation Awards, a 2021 Americana Music Association award for Lifetime Achievement in Performance, and a groundbreaking career spanning nearly 50 years under his belt.

$40 – $60

Waitsel Smith at Artists in Residence

Edgewood Cottage 115 Ginny Stevens Ln., Blowing Rock, NC, United States

North Carolina artist Waitsel Smith is a visual artist living in Lenoir with over 30 years experience painting the people and places of North Carolina.

Free Entry

Kathryn Regel at Artists in Residence

Edgewood Cottage 115 Ginny Stevens Ln., Blowing Rock, NC, United States

Kathryn has been described as a weaver of stories; her work, a unique combination of art, memories and ancestry.

Free Entry

An Appalachian Summer Festival: Girl Picture

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC

Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö have each other’s backs, always. They want to live adventurous lives, loaded with experiences and passion.

$10

An Appalachian Summer Festival: Garrick Ohlsson, pianist

Rosen Concert Hall 813 Rivers Street, Boone, NC

Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, pianist Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess.

$30

An Appalachian Summer Festival: Celebrating 20 Years of Turchin Center Exhibition Programs

Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Lecture Hall 423 West King Street, Boone, NC

Hear from the Turchin Center’s former Director and Chief Curator, Hank Foreman (who now serves as the university’s Vice Chancellor for External Affairs and Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff), and current Turchin Center Senior Curator Mary Anne Redding, as they reflect on 20 years of contemporary art at the Turchin Center and some of the exhibitions that have been most meaningful and memorable to them.

FREE

An Appalachian Summer Festival: Darius Rucker

Kidd Brewer Stadium 733 Rivers Street, Boone, NC

Grammy Award winner and Grand Ole Opry member Darius Rucker, live at Kidd Brewer Stadium, for one night only!

with special guest Lindsay Ell

$35 – $95

Community Band Concert at Memorial Park Gazebo

Memorial Park 1036 Main Street, Blowing Rock, NC

The community band will be playing their hard practiced pieces in the Gazebo at Memorial Park from 2-4 pm on the last Sunday of the month.

Free

Susan Sharpe at Artists in Residence

Edgewood Cottage 115 Ginny Stevens Ln., Blowing Rock, NC, United States

For more than 30 years Susan has created original fiber art at her Redwing Studio overlooking a quiet mountain stream in northwestern NC.

Free Entry

Evenlight Eagles at Artists in Residence

Edgewood Cottage 115 Ginny Stevens Ln., Blowing Rock, NC, United States

Evenlight’s work is handcrafted in the spirit of connecting to and caring for the earth. She often uses leathers with positive social and environmental attributes, including repurposed and low chemical leathers, as well as free-range leathers from animals that were legally hunted and used for their meat.

Free Entry

Monday Night Concert at Broyhill Park

Broyhill Park 173 Lakeside Drive, Blowing Rock, NC

The mission of the Monday Night Concert Series is to support rising talent and to share a variety of music with residents and visitors to the town of Blowing Rock in memory of the Farm House and its creators, EJ and Shirl Blackwell.

Free