Chetola Resort features a sparkling display of lights each winter season! The “Festival of Lights” is free and open to the public, and you are invited to enjoy thousands of dazzling illuminations throughout the resort.
Building Sweet Futures: Gingerbread Competition. All proceeds go to Watauga County Children's Council.
Join App Ski Mountain and ring in 2026 in style! Skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, fireworks, and torchlight skiing.
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.
These seasoned musicians are not just performers; they are magicians, weaving soaring melodies, lush harmonies, and irresistibly tight grooves into every note. Imagine yourself swaying to the rhythm, captivated by the enchanting tunes, as Thurston Howell transforms any event into a lively spectacle.
App Terrain Park will kick off the Signature Shred for the Cup Series on Sunday, January 4 with the Rail Jam!
We launched Park Affair with a clear mission: to build a space in the terrain park where women could feel confident, empowered, and unstoppable. In just a few years, this vision has evolved into a thriving community united by common values.
Featuring Stand-up Comic Dale Jones. With over 25 years in the making – Dale accentuates his machine gun style delivery with a healthy dose of animated faces and then combines that with quick improvisations and well placed physical comedy. Basically he leaves the audience wishing they had his energy. His shows are always a night you won’t soon forget.
NouN Improv Comedy has been providing Appalachian State’s campus with laughter throughout the years. The improv group performs on campus and provides a comedic outlet for students and audiences alike.
A beloved WinterFest tradition, WinterFeast @ Chetola’s Timberlake’s Restaurant brings together some of Blowing Rock's finest restaurants for an unforgettable evening of food and festivities. There will be two seatings for this event, one at 5:00 pm and one at 7:30pm.
In a career spanning four continents and four decades, internationally acclaimed environmental artist Patrick Dougherty has created over two hundred majestic sculptures out of nothing more than saplings. Bending Sticks offers an intimate portrait of Dougherty...
One part performance, one part lecture. Jazz is Democracy is an exploration of the American-original musical genre, Jazz, and the American experiment, democracy.