Name: Listening Day
Start: 2025-09-20T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-20T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Blowing Rock Art & History Museum

September 2025
September 11 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Revisiting the “Brown Decades”: Tonalism and the American South

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

Following the American Civil War, American artists quieted their paintings, embracing blurred contours, muted palettes, and introspective atmospheres. Often considered the moody counterpoint to Impressionism’s vibrant and light-filled canvases, Tonalism offered a harmonious space for respite and reflection in a rapidly changing world.

$8.00
September 11 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Antlers & Acorns: Darrell Scott with Ben Danaher

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

Antlers & Acorns Boone Songwriters Festival presents, Darrell Scott with Ben Danaher! Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 7 PM / Doors open at 6:15 PM. Standard - $45

$45
September 12 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Antlers & Acorns: Ordinary Elephant

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

Mesmerizing folk duo Ordinary Elephant has spent the better part of the last decade on a never-ending tour that’s earned married couple Crystal and Pete Damore widespread critical acclaim and made fans of luminaries like Tom Paxton and Mary Gauthier.

$25
September 12 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Antlers & Acorns: Mary Gauthier with Jess Klein

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

Back for the third time to Antlers & Acorns, Mary Gauthier is a Grammy-nominated American folk singer/songwriter and author whose dark atmospheres and tales of marginalized people draw on her early experiences with addiction and recovery and growing up gay in Southern Louisiana.

$45
September 12 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Grandfather by Night: Naturalist Program

Grandfather by Night: Naturalist Program

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC

xplore the mountain after hours with your own personal guides during our Grandfather by Night series! You’ll discover some of the park’s nighttime wonders, watch a stunning sunset (weather permitting) and experience the mountain as never before!

$50
September 13 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Antlers & Acorns: Voices in the Round

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

Mary Gauthier, Jaimee Harris, Jess Klein, and Leslie Mendelson together on the stage of the Appalachian Theatre sharing songs for one glorious show.

$25
September 13 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Antlers & Acorns: John Moreland with Mando Saenz

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

John Moreland - After an impressive 2010s run of albums that earned him a devoted fanbase, accolades from outlets like The New York Times, Fresh Air, and Pitchfork, and a place in the upper echelon of modern Americana singer-songwriters, John Moreland has already taken two unexpected turns this decade, both of which highlight his fierce artistic independence.

$45
September 17 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Mindfulness Meditation Group at BRAHM

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

Make time for yourself on Wednesday evenings for a weekly mindfulness and meditation Group. The gatherings will explore meditation, mindfulness and consciousness. Combining years of meditation practice experience with his lifelong passion of living in service to others, Eric DeVere will be guiding the weekly meditation group.

Free
September 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

“More Magnificent than Imagination”: Camp Catawba as Muse

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

She will share the poetry and music created by Lachmann and Tucker that reflect their passion for Catawba, and the ways in which they constructed an artistic community within that place that nurtured the creativity of the campers.

$8.00
September 18 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Tunes at the Trout – Thursdays

The Speckled Trout Restaurant & Bottle Shop 922 Main Street, Blowing Rock, NC

Head over to The Speckled Trout Restaurant & Bottle Shop to get your tunes fix and hear some live music! Thursdays from 6-8pm.
September 19 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Music on the Lawn

Music on the Lawn

Inn At Ragged Gardens 203 Sunset Drive, Blowing Rock, NC

“Music on the Lawn” at The Inn at Ragged Gardens has become a much beloved outdoor concert series. Held each Friday from May through September (weather permitting), the event draws locals and visitors alike.

Free Entry
September 20 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Listening Day

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

On September 27, 2024 Hurricane Helene changed the High Country forever. In remembrance of that we are hosting a community listening day for people to share their experiences of Hurricane Helene and its aftermath.

Registration Requested