Summer Kickoff Event

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

Free Entry

Zine Community Workshop

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

Free

Artists in Residence: Barb Capeletti & Robert Dennis

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

This free art show allows people to browse art from local artists, meet the artist, and purchase art directly from the artisan. Artists are often glad to talk about their process and answer questions. Different artists will be featured each week from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekends.

Free Entry

Artists in Residence Begins

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

Free art shows in Blowing Rock! Daily through Labor Day, new artists every Monday.

Meet different High Country artists each week. Buy original art directly from artists- Art for every interest and budget.

Free Entry

Remaking the Mayview Manor with Dan Nance

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

$8.00

Grandfather by Night – Twilight Hike

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC

The Twilight Hike version will include a hike after sunset to discuss and look for the creatures that are more active after the sun goes down. The group will explore a unique forest ecosystem from top to bottom in search of salamanders, owls, flying squirrels, fireflies and any other creatures they might come across.

$50

Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show- Saddlebred

Broyhill Equestrian Preserve 1500 Laurel Lane, Blowing Rock, NC

The Saddlebred classes are loaded with chrome and flash. The atmosphere at a Saddlebred show is electric, with teams shouting encouragement and rooting for their favorites.

$10

Nature Photography Weekend

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Highway, Linville, NC

This popular shutterbug weekend includes presentations from top nature photographers, hands-on field courses, a friendly contest and the rare opportunity to photograph the mountain’s spectacular scenery and native animals before and after regular business hours.

$145 – $175
Event Series Day Out With Thomas

Day Out With Thomas

Tweetsie Railroad 300 Tweetsie Railroad Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

All aboard for an unforgettable adventure! Thomas the Tank Engine™ is rolling into Tweetsie Railroad for Day Out With Thomas: Party Tour, and you’re invited to join the fun!

Helping Hands Concert Series presents: Jimmy Fortune and Darin & Brooke Aldridge

Hayes Auditorium 191 Main St. W, Banner Elk, NC, United States

All artists are donating their time to raise money for Hurricane Helene victims in the greater Banner Elk area. The concerts are organized by the non-profit Elk River Helping Hands, with proceeds distributed directly to hurricane victims in Avery and Watauga counties.

Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives

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

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.