Head over to Grandfather Mountain and enjoy a mile-high sunset! Sunset at the Swinging Bridge tickets include the entire days admission to the park as well as the sunset event at the Swinging Bridge.
We are celebrating 134 years with a hometown birthday and potluck dinner. All of Blowing Rock is invited to bring a covered dish or dessert.
Lively Appalachian Celtic band Wild Blue Yonder takes “roots music” to a whole new level, performing songs of Appalachia and the British Isles with spirit and fire.
Presented by the Alpine Ski Shop at Appalachian Ski Mountain, this rail jam and costume contest is guaranteed to be fun and festive! Make sure to wear your green hat!
Under the theme “One Earth,” Kodo endeavors to bring the sound of the taiko to all corners of the globe so music and message can resonate with myriad cultures and ways of life. Head over to the Schaefer Center and experience Kodo for yourself!
Rapidly rising on the bluegrass scene, Billboard-charting artists Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road perform internationally and stateside winning both industry awards and the hearts of fans who turn out to see them at some of the industry’s most iconic venues.
Latin Dance Boone is a grassroots dance organization that seeks to cultivate a Latin dance community and celebrate diversity in the high country of Boone, NC and surrounding areas. LDB’s mission is to learn, practice and share styles of Latin social dance, including: salsa, bachata, and rueda de casino.
Storie Street Grille is bringing back their Thursday night Chef's Night menus. They will be serving up delicious tapas and a portion of the proceeds from their special menu will go to benefit a local charity of their choosing!
This concert will feature music for wind quartet written by women composers. Established in 2015, Elektra Winds is a woodwind quartet founded by professional musicians Dr. Laura Dangerfield Stevens, flute; Dr. Anna Lampidis, oboe; Dr. Eileen Young, clarinet; and Ms. Amber Ferenz Spuller, bassoon.
RAYMOND CHRISTIAN is a retired, decorated army paratrooper and combat veteran, Doctor of Education, Fulbright Specialist Expert in Education and Storytelling Narrative, and former Adjunct professor teaching African American History and Storytelling at Appalachian State University.
Darin and Brooke Aldridge are excited. And why not? With two new band members, a new record label, and five original songs on their latest album, the bluegrass and Americana duo are back with This Life We’re Livin,’ their ninth recorded project together, and first release on Billy Blue Records.
Since, forming in 2008, Surefire has become known for high-energy mountain-style bluegrass music.
The Mountain Home Bluegrass Boys have been a Mountain Home Music staple for the past 29 years.
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