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APRIL 2008
Where: Biltmore Estate
Info: http://www.biltmore.com/visit/calendar/spring.asp
Enjoy the ongoing show of colors across the estate during Festival of Flowers.
Where: Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Info: http://www.blueridgewinefestival.com/
Tastings, winemaker’s dinner, cooking classes and other events. Lodging packages available.
Where: Morganton
Where: Old Fort
May 2008
Where: Black Mountain
Info: http://www.theleaf.com/index.php
Where: Asheville
Info: http://www.mountainsportsfestival.com
Whether you’re a hardcore athlete or a newbie trying an event for the first time, the Mountain Sports Festival offers something for you. From intense trail running to laid-back disc golf, from adventure racing to the Iron Kids events, from high speed track racing to fly fishing clinics… there is something here to entertain and challenge you!
JUNE 2008
Where: Black Mountain
Info: http://www.exploreblackmountain.com
Where: Downtown Asheville at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, 7-10 PM
Info: http://www.romanticasheville.com/shindig.htm
JULY 2008
Where: Downtown Asheville at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, 7-10 PM
Info: http://www.romanticasheville.com/shindig.htm
Where: Morganton
Info: http://redwhiteandbluegrassfestival.com
Where: Morganton
Where: Marion
When: 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Where: Asheville
Info: http://www.exploreasheville.com
When: 8:00 PM-12:00 AM
Where: Black Mountain
Info: http://www.exploreasheville.com
With a Street Dance, Food and Fun!
Where: Downtown Asheville
The Craft Fair has been an eagerly anticipated event in the mountains since 1948. The fair showcases work by members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, with over 900 members throughout the mountain regions of nine states. Members' work must be juried and accepted by a committee of peers, based on quality, design and craftsmanship.
Info: www.belecherefestival.com
The largest free outdoor street festival in the Southeast
AUGUST 2008
Where: Downtown Asheville at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, 7-10 PM
Info: http://www.romanticasheville.com/shindig.htm
Info: 828.879.2126 or e-mail at bhefner@ci.valdese.nc.us
The nearby town of Valdese holds a festival to celebrate the "Glorious Return" of the Waldenses from exile in Switzerland to their native valleys in the Cottian Alps of Italy in 1689. Other Waldensian communities mirror this celebration around the world. Valdese held its first festival in 1976.
Where: Black Mountain
Where: Asheville
Info: http://www.ymicc.org/goombay.html
The YMI Cultural Center's "Goombay!" Festival brings a variety of entertainment that delights every festival-goer. From Steel Drums, African-America Dancers, local Gospel Groups, and Contemporary Rhythm Bands, the activities are geared for families. The Festival-goer can enjoy an authentic Caribbean Meal at "Island of Delight" Café and see vendors line the streets with everything from ice cream to Third World Crafts.
Where: Morganton
Where: Hendersonville
Info: http://www.ncapplefestival.org
The festival not only features a street fair with arts & crafts vendors but it includes continuous live musical entertainment, apple growers and their apples, children’s & youth activities, special exhibits & open houses, food, and, to top it all off, on Labor Day, the King Apple Parade. Capture the spirit of a hometown celebration that has something for the whole family, with many individual events and entertainers throughout the festival.
SEPTEMBER 2008
Where: Downtown Morganton, North Carolina
Come play in the street at the 25th Annual Historic Morganton Festival. The festival offers a mile of handmade and unique items ranging from copper yard art to fine art such as photography, landscapes and sculpture and finely crafted silver jewelry. Friday, 3-11 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-10 p.m.
Where: Asheville
Info: http://www.ncagr.com/markets/fairs/mtnfair/index.htm
Where: Nebo
Info: http://www.whippoorwillmusicfest.com/Index.htm
OCTOBER 2008
Where: Marion
Where: Old Fort
Info: http://www.oldfortchamber.com/oktoberfest.htm
Where: Hickory
Info: http://www.hickoryoktoberfest.com/
Where: Marion
Info: http://www.mtngloryfestival.com
Where: Black Mountain
Where: Downtown Morganton
Info: 828-433-7282
http://www.burkearts.org/oysterfest.html
Where: Banner Elk
Info: http://www.woollyworm.com
Where: Morganton
NOVEMBER 2008
Where: Asheville
Info: http://www.exploreasheville.com
Where: Morganton
Where: Marion
Annual event marking the beginning of the Christmas season. Free. 3:00pm, Main Street; Historic Downtown Marion. For more information, call 828-652-2215 or visit www.downtownmarion.org
DECEMBER 2007
Where: Morganton
When: Black Mountain
Info: http://www.exploreasheville.com/
The shops in downtown Black Mountain stay open late, luminaries line the streets, Christmas music and cheer.
Where: Asheville
Info: http://www.visitnc.com
Historic Biltmore Village transforms itself into a quaint Victorian village. Enjoy three days of concerts, refreshments, horsedrawn carriage rides, and strolling vocalists and instrumentalists in costumes of the period.
When: Starts at 10 a.m.
Where: Downtown Valdese
Info: Valdese Office of Community Affairs 828-879-2129, www.visitvaldese.com/new/happenings.html
Historic Valdese is a 15-minute drive from Morganton, North Carolina and Lake James.
Where: Black Mountain
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