BRAHM: The Art of the Limited Pallete with Watercolors

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

This workshop is designed for students to create and customize their own personal limited palette, using the medium of watercolors.

$185.00

Grandfather by Night at Grandfather Mountain

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC

Explore Grandfather Mountain after hours with your own personal guides. Discover some of the park’s nighttime wonders, while stopping at its most significant sites. Watch a beautiful sunset, and experience the mountain as never before!

$50

Tweetsie Railroad: Riders In The Sky

Tweetsie Railroad 300 Tweetsie Railroad Lane, Blowing Rock, NC

Head to Tweetsie and hear America's favorite Cowboys, as this Grammy Award-winning quartet sing and entertain audiences "the Cowboy Way." Performances at Noon and 3:00 p.m.

$40 – $60

BRAHM: Tambem Live in Concert

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

Também, a group of musical artists based in Durham, NC, deliver original performances characterized by odd meter, escalating trances, and interlocking Brazilian rhythms.

$15 – $20

Wendy Morrison Painter at Artists in Residence

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

As an architecture student at North Carolina State University’s School of Design, Wendy focused on painting, pottery, photography, life drawing and graphics.

Free Entry

David Collins at Artists in Residence

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

A self-taught artist and art teacher, David was born in Sebring, Ohio. Having contracted polio as a young child, he passed time drawing, coloring, constructing and painting with watercolor.

Free Entry

Grandfather by Night at Grandfather Mountain

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC

Explore Grandfather Mountain after hours with your own personal guides. Discover some of the park’s nighttime wonders, while stopping at its most significant sites. Watch a beautiful sunset, and experience the mountain as never before!

$50

Summer Beech Trip – Rhoddie Bicycle Outfitters

Valle Crucis Community Park 2892 Broadstone Rd., Banner Elk, NC, United States

Roll out at 9am on Saturday, August 12th from the Valle Crucis Community Park, 2892 Broadstone Rd, Banner Elk, NC 28604. Parking is $5 and you can pay at the donation boxes located around the park. 

Classic Car Cruise-In at Shoppes on the Parkway

Shoppes on the Parkway 278 Shoppes on the Parkway Rd., Blowing Rock, NC, United States

Head over to Shoppes on the Parkway to get your classic car fix! Located in the parking lot by Banana Republic from 10am-5pm.

Free Entry

Concert in the Park: Alair Summer Concert Series

Memorial Park Gazebo 1036 Main St, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

Family-friendly and casual! Bring a lawn chair or blanket to Memorial Park on Main Street to enjoy the music- all concerts begin at 1pm on Sundays following Art in the Park shows.

FREE

Samuel & Ashley Burr at Artists in Residence

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

Bold color and thoughtful emotion are common threads in Samuel and Ashley’s collaborative paintings. Using colors and themes of the four distinct seasons, they hope to impart a sense of safety and solace with works inspired by old world simplicity.

Free Entry

Morgan McCarver at Artists in Residence

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

Morgan’s work is inspired by Victorian American women. Because women have historically been compared to delicate flowers, Morgan reinterprets that symbolism by allowing porcelain wildflower imagery to represent a woman’s inner strength.

Free Entry