Blowing Rock's Newest Fresco Program at BRAHM
2025-03-20 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church has unveiled two frescoes by renowned artist, Ben Long. These frescoes depict the 23rd Psalm. Join us to learn how the frescoes made it to Rumple and their plans for the future of fresco. This discussion will feature Kathy Beach, Pastor at Rumple Memorial Presbyterian and Jim Walters, fresco scholar and driving force behind the fresco making its way to Blowing Rock.
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Hatch Show Print: Every Poster Tells a Story at BRAHM
2025-04-12 14:30 - 15:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Hatch Show Print is a letterpress poster and design shop located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1879, HSP is still designing and printing over 700 jobs a year, using the original wood type found on countless posters advertising live music, carnivals, circuses, and vaudeville and minstrel shows of years gone by, combined with hand carved imagery that spans the history of the shop. Though the 145 year old business is known for its twentieth century country music posters, the work the shop has put out over five generations in operation reflects changes in technology, communication arts, and commerce, as well as the evolution of popular entertainment.
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Greek Wine Dinner
2025-04-17 18:00 - 21:00 | Cafe Violette, 1132 Main St. Suite 102, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Get ready for warmer weather with a culinary trip to Greece! Featuring wine from Kellogg Selections.
Hosted by Joseph Schwabauer – Four courses of Greek wine & cuisine
$95 per person
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Meet the Easter Bunny!
2025-04-19 10:00 - 18:00 | Tweetsie Railroad, 300 Tweetsie Railroad Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
The Easter Bunny is heading to Tweetsie Railroad Easter weekend. Bunny hop along with the Easter Bunny during Diamond Lil’s Can-Can Revue shows in the Tweetsie Palace at 11:00 am, 12:30 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm.
After the show, the Easter Bunny will be available for a meet, greet, and photos.
This special event is included with a Daily Admission Ticket.
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Doc Watson A Life in Music: Book Discussion at BRAHM
2025-04-19 14:00 - 15:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Join Author Eddie Huffman as he takes us through is new book, Doc Watson: A Life In Music. Huffman will take us through the process of researching and writing the book and sharing some of his favorite stories about the man, the myth, the legend of the Blue Ridge, Doc Watson.
Pick up your copy of the book in advance at Firelight Book and Candle in Blowing Rock. If you aren’t able to pick up your copy ahead of time, Firelight will have representatives at the event selling copies.
This event is made possible through a grant from America 250 NC, an initiative by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. This event is co-presented with Firelight Book and Candle in Blowing Rock.
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Dail Dixon Artist Talk at BRAHM
2025-04-24 18:00 - 19:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Join artist Dail Dixon for an exploration of his exhibition, Dail Dixon: Modern at Scale. This program will explore Dail’s life and development as an artist.
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IF4 2025 International Fly Fishing Film Festival
2025-04-27 18:00 - 22:00 | Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, 559 West King Street, Boone, NC, 28607, United States
IF4™ is the world’s leading fly-fishing film event, consisting of films produced by professional filmmakers from all corners of the globe and showcases the passion, lifestyle, and culture of fly fishing. It is the gathering place of the fly-fishing community and a celebration of friendship, fly-fishing stories and stoke.
This year’s event kicks off with a pre-screening concert performance with Mad Tom & The Chubs. The film festival film screening begins at 7PM.
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Considerations Tour with Sarah Vaughn at BRAHM
2025-04-29 11:00 - 12:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Considerations: An Installation by Sarah Vaughn, Installation view. Photo by Joshua White
Join BRAHM for a special gallery tour of Considerations: An Installation by Sarah Vaughn, with none other than Sarah Vaughn! Learn about the exhibition from the artist herself.
This event has limited capacity, please register in advance to reserve a spot.
Sarah Vaughn’s Considerations invites visitors to step into a landscape of thousands of carefully crafted glass river rocks. Made using techniques like blowing, flame-working, casting, and laminating, these fragile stones are stacked and arranged to create an immersive installation that explores how we experience and remember the world around us. Each glass rock represents a moment in time—some tied to personal memories, others shaped from reclaimed glass, blending stories of loss and creation.
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Claudine Langille and Fiddlin Al McCanless
2025-04-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, 559 West King Street, Boone, NC, 28607, United States
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 7 p.m. / Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Mast Store Community Room
A “Pay What You Can” Event with suggested donations: $5 Students / $20 Regular General Admission All Ages
Claudine Langille a mandolin and tenor banjo player best known for her work with the band Touchstone and collaborations with Triona NiDhomhnail. Langille is known for her prowess on her instruments, her powerful song writing, and her singing voice. She currently performs with the Vermont based band Gypsy Reel. Langille maintains a musical connection with the traditional music of the maritime provinces of Canada, especially Nova Scotia, home of her father.
Fiddlin’ Al McCanless is known as one of the most versatile fiddler players in the North Carolina music scene, adept at old-time, bluegrass, and Irish music. A founding member of the New Deal String Band, McCanless often plays with friend and vocalist Leroy Savage. McCanless spent years as the fiddle player for the Bluegrass Experience, which won the World Championship Bluegrass prize at the Union Grove Old Time Fiddlers Convention in 1972. MCanless has recorded with The Red Clay Ramblers, Celtic Jam, Contentment Is Wealth, Mike Cross, and Alice Gerrard. He currently plays with Hindsight, The Merry Gadflies, and Stellar Bluegrass with Savage, Tony Williamson, and Tommy Goldsmith.
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Excavating One Ship with Two Identities: La Concorde and Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge
2025-05-01 18:00 - 19:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Hundreds of thousands of artifacts have been raised from the shipwreck of Queen Anne’s Revenge since full excavation began in 2005. Kimberly Kenyon of the North Carolina Office of State Archaeology is the lead archaeologist for the site of Blackbeard’s infamous flagship, formerly the slave ship La Concorde. Ms. Kenyon will share her experiences and insights into what the artifacts from this significant archaeological discovery reveal about the Golden Age of Piracy and how it intersected with the transatlantic slave trade.
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Considerations: Mending Stones
2025-05-02 11:00 - 12:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Join BRAHM Friday, May 2, 2025 for a discussion between artist Sarah Vaughn and Reverend Andrew Hege about the significance and symbolism of stones in their work. Reverend Hege, Rector of St. Mary of the Hill’s Episcopal Church, was inspired by Vaughn’s exhibition so much so that his Ash Wednesday address to the congregation focused on the symbol of mended stones. Sarah Vaughn is the artist behind Considerations: An Installation by Sarah Vaughn.
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Blowing Rock Spring Market
2025-05-03 10:00 - 15:00 | Shoppes on the Parkway, 278 Shoppes on the Parkway Rd., Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Bring the whole family out for a day full of supporting small businesses and enjoying the beautiful scenery of Blowing Rock. With over 30 vendors to shop from, an array of beverages, from smoothies to coffee & lemonade, and local food trucks. All while you enjoy shopping the premium outlets of Shoppes On The Parkway!
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Community Day - Make Your Own Needle-Felted Rocks
2025-05-03 14:00 - 16:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Sarah Vaughn, A Day. A Time., needle felted wool, 2020. Photo: Joshua White
Join BRAHM artist in residence Sarah Vaughn for a drop-in event creating needle-felted stones like those featured in her current BRAHM installation, Considerations. Throughout the last week of April interact with the artist during her residency week as she adds to the exhibition. To create your own felted stone, head down to the Wilson Education Center on our lower level between 2:00 and 4:00 pm on Saturday. All materials and instructions provided. Recommended for ages 10+
This event will be an all-day event and no registration is required for guests.
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Exhibition Reception for Young at Art
2025-05-08 17:30 - 18:30 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Thursday, May 8, 2025
5 to 6:30 pm
Alexander Community Gallery
Join BRAHM in celebrating the amazing young artists from Blowing Rock School. Thanks to a grant from the Blowing Rock Community Foundation as well as private donors, students in Kindergarten through Fourth grade visit BRAHM each month to learn about art history and current Museum exhibits. From Moai to Monet, their projects are inspired by famous works of art. Each student will have one artwork featured in the student show. The Young at Art Student Show will be open for the entire month of May in the Alexander Community Gallery on BRAHM’s upper level.
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Music on the Lawn
2025-05-09 17:30 - 20:30 | Inn At Ragged Gardens, 203 Sunset Drive, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605
“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. It has grown in popularity over the years and attendance in the hundreds can be expected. A different band is featured every week and performances are from 5:30 until 8:30. A cash bar and lawn menu are available.
There is no charge for the concerts and guests are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and arrive early to secure a spot on the lawn. Please no pets, coolers or outside food and beverage. Each week a private non-profit organization is featured to educate and inform the public about their cause.
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Blowing Rock Community Library Association: Spring Social!
2025-05-15 16:30 - 18:00 | Blowing Rock Community Library, 1022 Main St., Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Head on over to the Historic Library on Main Street Blowing Rock for wine, appetizers, and dessert. Get to know your local library, learn about volunteer opportunities, and meet new friends!
Celebrate the Library and hear about the upcoming Summer Events!
RSVP to the library by calling 828-295-7000 or email blowingrocklibrary@gmail.com
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Summer Kickoff Event
2025-05-24 12:00 - 17:00 | Shoppes on the Parkway, 278 Shoppes on the Parkway Rd., Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Stop by Shoppes on the Parkway on Memorial Day weekend for Live Music, Guest Entertainers, and Holiday Sales.
Live music on Saturday with local musician Keith Stroud.
Twist the Balloon Man will be making free balloon characters at The Incredible Toy Co. from 12-2
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Zine Community Workshop
2025-05-24 12:30 - 16:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Use collage, drawing, journaling, and painting to express your healing journey and vision for the future. Create a “zine” format vision board collage with Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Registered Expressive Arts Consultant and Educator Andi Gelsthorpe for this FREE workshop. Ages 16+
All materials and snacks provided.
This class is funded by the North Carolina Arts Council Hurricane Helene Relief Grants for Organizations in Western North Carolina.
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Rhododendron Rambles at Grandfather Mountain
2025-05-24 13:00 - 13:30 | Grandfather Mountain, 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC, 28646
Take a daily, short, guided stroll that highlights Grandfather Mountain’s rhododendron species and blooms. Included with admission. See the blooms and learn about their history, attributes and roles they play in the mountain’s ecological communities. The easygoing walks take approximately 20 minutes and are fit for guests of all ages – wheelchair and stroller accessible. Meet outside the entrance of the Wilson Center for Nature Discovery. Staff naturalists will also have a display inside Wilson Center. Read more about our species of rhododendron.
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Remaking the Mayview Manor with Dan Nance
2025-05-29 11:00 - 12:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Join BRAHM on Thursday, May 29, at 11 am for a talk about the Mayview Manor diorama, with artist Dan Nance. In this program, Dan will take us through his artistic practice of historically accurate works. Audiences will get to see behind-the-scenes footage of Dan reconstructing the Mayview Manor at an 80th of the scale.
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Stories from Here: High Country Documentary Film
2025-06-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Join App State’s Dr. Beth Davison for a screening of five short documentaries that showcase the stories of locals. After the screening, there will be a Q&A session with filmmakers.
List of Short Films:
Mod-1 (runtime 11:00) – by Aaron Barlow
Above the Mountain Majesties (runtime 12:23) -by Beth Davison
The Nature of Art – (runtime 4:30) – by Beth Davison
Cane Boil – (runtime 5:32) by Sammy Osmond
Julian Price Park – (runtime 8:16) by Laci Broom
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Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives
2025-06-06 19:30 - 22:00 | Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, 559 West King Street, Boone, NC, 28607, United States
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives – Country Music Hall of Famer, five-time Grammy-winner, and AMA Lifetime Achievement honoree Marty Stuart picks up where he left off on Altitude, his first new album in five years, exploring a cosmic country landscape populated by dreamers and drifters, misfits and angels, honky-tonk heroes and lonesome lovers. There’s a desert flare to the music here, a sweeping, spacious feel that conjures up wide-open horizons and endless stretches of two-lane highway, and the production is raw and cinematic to match, tipping its cap both to Bakersfield and Laurel Canyon as it balances jangle and twang in equal measure. While it would be easy for an artist as accomplished as Stuart to rest on his laurels, Altitude instead showcases the work of a searcher with an insatiable appetite for growth and reflection, one whose ambition, much like his keen wit and rich imagination, only seems to grow with each and every release.
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Blowing Rock Community Library Association Meeting
2025-06-11 10:30 - 12:00 | Blowing Rock Community Library, 1022 Main St., Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Wednesday, June 11, Community Room at 10:30 am
Guest Speaker: Stephan Dragisic, Executive Director, BRAHM
This event is free and open to the public!
Please visit our library website for more info.

Summer Concert Series: Music in the Park 2025
2025-06-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Broyhill Park, 173 Lakeside Drive, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605
Head over to Broyhill Park (173 Lakeside Dr.) for a free concert! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy the sounds of local artists in a serene setting. 5-7 pm
June 12 – Harris Brothers
July 10 – Smokin’ Joe Randolph
Aug. 14 – The King Bees
Sponsored by the Blowing Rock Civic Association.

Old Gods of Appalachia - VIP Meet & Greet
2025-06-12 18:30 - 19:30 | Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, 559 West King Street, Boone, NC, 28607, United States
An additional add-on VIP ticket includes a brief meet and greet with Steve and Cam before the show and a tour exclusive merch bundle.
**The VIP Meet & Greet ticket does not include admission to the live event. This requires an additional ticket purchase for each event.**
$100 each (tax & service fees included)
LIMITED 60 TICKET QUANTITY!
General Admission – Meet & Greet Experience
Doors open at 6 p.m.

VIP ticketholders will receive:
– A laminate
– Merch bundle to be picked up at the box office upon arrival
– Exclusive access to a pre-show meet & greet with the cast
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Old Gods of Appalachia
2025-06-12 19:30 - 22:00 | Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, 559 West King Street, Boone, NC, 28607, United States
Live Storytelling Performance
Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. / Lobby doors open at 7 p.m.
Reserved Adult – $34* each Student $15* each (valid student ID shown at lobby box office to purchase)
*taxes & processing fees included
Old Gods of Appalachia is an eldritch horror fiction podcast set in an Alternate Appalachia, a world where these mountains were never meant to be inhabited. This world feels eerily similar to the hills and hollers we’ve grown up with, but there are some tell-tale differences. Names of towns and counties may be altered. Historical events slide forward or backward in time. And then, of course, there are the monsters. Our live show includes a staged storytelling performance similar to an old time radio play, featuring show creators Steve Shell and Cam Collins, a rotating cast of professional actors, and live musical performances.
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Dizzy's Business: the Creative Genius of Dizzy Gillespie
2025-06-13 11:00 - 12:00 | Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605, United States
Presented by The High Country Jazz Festival
This program will provide an overview of the life and creative genius of ground breaking musician, Dizzy Gillespie.
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Distillery Tasting Event
2025-06-13 15:00 - 18:00 | Blowing Rock ABC, 7960 Valley Blvd, Blowing Rock, NC, 28605
Join the folks at the Blowing Rock ABC Store as they welcome End of Days Distillery for a free public tasting! Try out signature flavors from this NC distillery.

Catherine Russell
2025-06-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, 559 West King Street, Boone, NC, 28607, United States
High Country Jazz Festival presents – Catherine Russell
Friday, June 13, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. / Doors open at 7 p.m.
PREMIUM- $38
STANDARD – $32
All Seating is Reserved. All Ages (children under 17 admitted with parent/legal guardian)
*AppTheatre inclusive pricing combines fees, tax, and ticket value.
Catherine Russell – Grammy Award-winning vocalist best known for her stunning vocal approach and interpretive works in blues and early jazz. A native New Yorker, born into musical royalty. Her father, the late Luis Russell, was a legendary pianist / composer / bandleader, and Louis Armstrong’s long-time musical director. Her mother, the late Carline Ray, was a pioneering vocalist / guitarist / bassist who performed with International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Mary Lou Williams, and Sy Oliver. Catherine’s professional life began early. After graduating with honors from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she toured and recorded with Carrie Smith, Steely Dan, David Bowie, Cyndi Lauper, Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Michael Feinstein, Levon Helm, Toshi Reagon and Rosanne Cash, among others, appearing on over 200 albums.
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Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
2025-06-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, 559 West King Street, Boone, NC, 28607, United States
High Country Jazz Festival presents – Dizzy Gillespie Big Band
Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. / Doors open at 7 p.m.
PREMIUM- $44
STANDARD – $36
All Seating is Reserved. All Ages (children under 17 admitted with parent/legal guardian)
*AppTheatre inclusive pricing combines fees, tax, and ticket value.
Dizzy Gillespie Band – The Dizzy Gillespie Big Band is the direct descendant of the impact of Dizzy Gillespie and the tradition lives on, nurtured by Gillespie alumnus, executive director and producer, bassist John Lee. Together they continue to delight audiences around the world with the enduring power and freshness of Dizzy Gillespie’s music. This is the legacy the master would have wanted—and a living tribute from the many extraordinary musicians in this group who exemplify his style, range, and commitment.
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