Press Releases
Visit North Carolina brings TRAC to Blowing Rock
Visit North Carolina's Tourism Resource Assistance Center (TRAC), a community-based training program designed to help small tourism-related businesses, will be held Thursday, August 27th from 10 am - 2 pm at the Blowing Rock American Legion Building, 333 Wallingford...
Ninth BRAHM Art and Antiques Show Expands Offerings
The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum (BRAHM) presents its ninth annual Art and Antiques Show Friday, July 31 through Sunday, August 2. This year’s event will be the biggest and most wide-ranging yet, with vendors from eight states offering a wide variety of items...
May To October: Three Glorious Seasons in Blowing Rock
Late spring, summer and early fall in Blowing Rock are a slow, sensuous, sine wave of moderate temperature fluctuations and gradually changing natural beauty. North Carolina’s Prettiest Small Town is in the heart of this High Country environment, and visitor-centered...
Restaurant Week Blowing in Rock Confirmed for June 1-7
Some of Blowing Rock’s best dining venues will be showcasing special lunch and dinner menus during Restaurant Week, Monday, June 1 through Sunday, June 7. To date, ten restaurants have signed on to the program, offering up to three-course meals priced between $15 and...
Town Wins Two Blue Ridge Country “Best of Parkway 2015” Awards
Blowing Rock has been honored with two Blue Ridge Country Magazine “Best of Parkway 2015” Awards. The Town won the Platinum Award for Best Small Town and the Gold Award for Best Retirement Town.“Our readers are obviously taken with Blowing Rock as the ultimate...
2015 Art in the Park Features NC Artists
Art in the Park, which takes place one Saturday a month May through October, has announced featured artists from across North Carolina in its 2015 edition. Dates and artists are as follows: May 9: Joseph Falzone, glass, AshevilleJune 13: Courtney Tomchick, clay,...
Tapping Beer-Town Roots for April
Blowing Rock has a full schedule of beer-related events and promotions during NC Beer Month in April, all part of the state-wide initiative to highlight the local craft brew industry. New events for 2015 include the Blowing Rock Brewing Bivouac and features at the...
Blue Ridge Wine & Food Festival Marks a Decade
Citywide events and festivals come and go. New ones pop up regularly, while existing others abruptly disappear...even from places where people want to visit regularly. So if an event flourishes for a decade, it means that the organizers are always searching for and...
36th Annual Trout Derby!
The 36th Annual Blowing Rock Trout Derby will take place in and around North Carolina’s Prettiest Small Town on Saturday, April 4, from sunrise to 4:30 p.m. First-place winners will receive trophies in five divisions: Men, Women, Girls (12-14) Boys (12-14) and Small...
Four Things To Do in Blowing Rock Right Now
Wintertime in Blowing Rock is usually clear, crisp…and sometimes cold…in the 30s and 40s (consult your favorite weather web site for details). But cold weather doesn’t mean uninviting; several activities have a special attraction for visitors in winter (not to mention...