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Grandfather Mountain Highland Games

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville

Blaring bagpipes, astounding athletes, delicate dancers, rocking Celtic music and a spectacular highland setting makes this colorful celebration of Scottish culture the best highland games in America.

Straight No Chaser Beach Bash

Appalachian Theatre of the High Country 559 West King Street, Boone

If the phrase “male a cappella group” conjures up an image of students in blue blazers, ties, and khakis singing traditional college songs on ivied campuses… think again. Straight No Chaser (SNC) are neither strait-laced nor straight-faced, but neither are they vaudeville-style kitsch.

$40 – $60