Events for December 5 - May 17, 2026

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    Festival on the Square

    Historic Hayesville Downtown Square 25 Herbert Street, Hayesville, NC, United States

    Each Summer, the 2nd weekend of July, CCHAC hosts The Festival On The Square ~ beginning with a Friday night street dance, and continuing Saturday and Sunday with artist displays, music, and food. Our 2022 Festival, the 41st annual, featured over 80 local and out of state artists, with their original creations for sale. The Festival has become a town tradition […]

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    Alleghany County Fiddlers Convention

    Alleghany Fairgrounds 1585 U.S. 21 North, Sparta, NC, United States

    On Friday night and during the day Saturday, the audience will see and hear a variety of bands and individual contestants who come to the stage when they are ready to play, in no particular order.  You never know who's coming next! The Saturday night show is 100 percent hot pickin' bands. The top 15 bluegrass […]

    $10.00 – $12
  • An Evening of Appalachian Tales – Scribes on Stage Series Event

    Peacock Performing Arts Center 301 Church Street, Hayesville, NC, United States

    Grab a seat, sit a spell and enjoy the view for an evening of mountain music, story, dancing and more. Moonshine to mountain laurel, trails to turnpikes, drum beat to banjos, Cherokee to Shamrocks, Chunky Gal and Hanging Dog to Brasstown Bald and back again, you’ll enjoy the magic. Young and old storytellers, writers, poets, […]

    $5.50 – $65
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    Mt. Mitchell Arts & Craft Fair

    Burnsville Town Center 6 South Main Street, Burnsville, NC, United States

    Nearly 250 artists will fill Burnsville’s Town Square for the 66th Mt. Mitchell Arts & Crafts Fair on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 4-5. Considered the granddaddy of art shows in Western North Carolina, this juried event focuses on quality, handmade wares from local artists in the Toe River Valley and regional artisans across the southern […]

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    Community Tuesdays at the Folk School

    John C. Campbell Folk School 4590 Brasstown Road, Brasstown, NC, United States

    Community Tuesdays will feature live music and dance components, and program details will be announced weekly. The focus will be on jamming, playing games, gathering, performing, and taking part in dances that don’t require embracing strangers for long periods of time. A schedule and a preliminary list of performers are included below. For weekly updates, […]

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    Saturday Night Community Dance at the Folk School

    John C. Campbell Folk School 4590 Brasstown Road, Brasstown, NC, United States

    The Saturday Night Community Dance is back indoors! Come feel the warmth in the walls of generations past. We’re ready to get back to the joy of dancing to live music with our kind callers and dance instructors. Join us as we step back into a favorite Folk School pastime. If it is your first-time […]

    $5.00 – $10.00
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    Community Tuesdays at the Folk School

    John C. Campbell Folk School 4590 Brasstown Road, Brasstown, NC, United States

    Community Tuesdays will feature live music and dance components, and program details will be announced weekly. The focus will be on jamming, playing games, gathering, performing, and taking part in dances that don’t require embracing strangers for long periods of time. A schedule and a preliminary list of performers are included below. For weekly updates, […]

  • Recurring

    Saturday Night Community Dance at the Folk School

    John C. Campbell Folk School 4590 Brasstown Road, Brasstown, NC, United States

    The Saturday Night Community Dance is back indoors! Come feel the warmth in the walls of generations past. We’re ready to get back to the joy of dancing to live music with our kind callers and dance instructors. Join us as we step back into a favorite Folk School pastime. If it is your first-time […]

    $5.00 – $10.00
  • Recurring

    Community Tuesdays at the Folk School

    John C. Campbell Folk School 4590 Brasstown Road, Brasstown, NC, United States

    Community Tuesdays will feature live music and dance components, and program details will be announced weekly. The focus will be on jamming, playing games, gathering, performing, and taking part in dances that don’t require embracing strangers for long periods of time. A schedule and a preliminary list of performers are included below. For weekly updates, […]

  • Recurring

    Saturday Night Community Dance at the Folk School

    John C. Campbell Folk School 4590 Brasstown Road, Brasstown, NC, United States

    The Saturday Night Community Dance is back indoors! Come feel the warmth in the walls of generations past. We’re ready to get back to the joy of dancing to live music with our kind callers and dance instructors. Join us as we step back into a favorite Folk School pastime. If it is your first-time […]

    $5.00 – $10.00
  • Appalachian State Old-Time Fiddler’s Convention

    Plemmons Student Union at Appalachian State University 263 Locust Street, Boone, NC, United States

    The Appalachian State Old-Time Fiddler's Convention is an annual event put on by the Appalachian Popular Programming Society's (APPS) Appalachian Heritage Council. This year marks the 16th edition of Fiddler's Convention and is set to be held on Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 in the Plemmons Student Union. This year's Fiddler's Convention is set to feature the traditional slate of competitions, […]

  • Jimmy’s Pick N Grin

    Jimmy's Pick N Grin 220 Country Hearth Lane, Andrews, NC, United States

    Jimmy's Pick N Grin Music Hall was created by the son of late Singer/Musician Jimmy Jordan. Steve, and wife Sue Jordan have created a place where locals and visitors can come and enjoy local and regional musicians play country and bluegrass music, complete with a wooden dance floor proudly maintained by the 'regular buck dancers'. […]

    $12