Featured Events Calendar
April
MerleFest
Wilkes Community College
Wilkesboro, NC 28697
Thursday-Sunday‚ last week in April
May
Christian Harmony Shape-Note Sing at Etowah Elementary School
Etowah School Road
Etowah, NC 28729
Saturday before first Sunday in May
Old-Time Fiddlers and Bluegrass Festival at Fiddlers' Grove
Fiddler's Grove Campground
Union Grove, NC 28689
Memorial Day Weekend‚ Friday-Sunday
June
Mount Airy Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention
Veterans Memorial Park‚ 691 West Lebanon Street
Mount Airy, NC 27030
First full weekend in June
Bluff Mountain Festival
Hot Springs Spa and Resort
Hot Springs, NC 28743
Second Saturday in June
Annual Singing on the Mountain in MacRae Meadows
Grandfather Mountain
Linville, NC 28646
Fourth Sunday in June
Bolick Family Pottery Kiln Opening & Heritage Day
Bolick Family Pottery‚ Blackberry Road
Lenoir, NC 28645
Last Saturday in June
July
Christmas in July
Downtown West Jefferson
West Jefferson, NC 28694
First Friday and Saturday of July
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games
MacRae Meadows on Grandfather Mountain
Linville, NC 28646
Second weekend in July
Music Fest 'n Sugar Grove
Cove Creek School‚ 207 Dale Adams Road
Sugar Grove, NC 28679
Usually the second Friday and Saturday in July
Alleghany County Fiddlers' Convention
Higgins Agricultural Fairgrounds‚ US 21 north of Sparta
Sparta, NC 28675
Third Friday and Saturday in July
Old-Time Music & Dance Week at Swannanoa Gathering
Warren Wilson College
Asheville, NC 28815-9000
Workshops throughout July
Silver Family Museum at Kona Baptist Church
227 Kona Road
Bakersville, NC 28705-7021
Fourth Saturday and Sunday in July
The Nunn Brothers Bluegrass Festival
Nunn Brothers Music Park
Mount Airy, NC 27030
Last weekend in July
August
Mountain Dance and Folk Festival
Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place‚ Downtown Asheville
Asheville, NC 28802
First weekend in August (Thursday‚ Friday‚ and Saturday evenings)
Everett R. Greene Memorial Gospel Singing Jubilee
The Holmes Center‚ ASU Campus
Boone, NC 28607
Second weekend in August‚ Friday and Saturday
Hollow Springs Church Shape-Note Sing
Hollow Springs Baptist Church
Hudson, NC 28638
Third Sunday in August
Goombay Festival
YMI Cultural Center‚ South Market and Eagle Streets
Asheville, NC 28802
Fourth weekend in August
September
Smoky Mountain Folk Festival
Stuart Auditorium‚ Lake Junaluska
Waynesville, NC 28786
Friday and Saturday evening of Labor Day weekend
Christian Harmony Shape-Note Sing at Etowah Elementary School
Etowah School Road
Etowah, NC 28729
Saturday before first Sunday in September
Old Folks Day at the Morning Star Methodist Church
Morning Star United Methodist Church
Canton, NC 28716
Second Sunday in September
Bascom Lamar Lunsford Minstrel of Appalachia Festival
Mars Hill Campus (Moore Auditorium)
Mars Hill, NC 28754
Second Saturday in September
Mayberry Days in Mount Airy
Downtown Mount Airy
Mount Airy, NC 27030
Fourth week of September‚ Thursday-Saturday
Mountain Heritage Day
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
Last Saturday in September
October
Madison County Heritage Festival
Main Street and the Mars Hill Campus (Moore Auditorium)
Mars Hill, NC 28754
First Saturday in October
Music in the Mountains Festival
Burnsville Town Center
Burnsville, NC 28714-0882
First Saturday in October
Sonker Festival at the Edwards-Franklin House
Edwards-Franklin House on Haystack Road in Lowgap
Lowgap, NC 27024
First Saturday in October
Fall Festival at John C. Campbell Folk School
Campus of John C. Campbell Folk School
Brasstown, NC 28902
First full weekend of October
Todd New River Festival
Banks of the South Fork of the New River in Todd
Todd, NC 28684
Second Saturday in October
Open House at Little Mountain Pottery
Little Mountain Pottery
Tryon, NC 28782
Second full weekend in October
Autumn Leaves Festival
Downtown Mount Airy
Mount Airy, NC 27030
Second weekend in October
Old-Time Mountain Music Competition at Halloweenfest
Gazebo on the Courthouse Lawn‚ corner of Main and Broad
Brevard, NC 28712
Saturday closest to Halloween
November
Swannanoa Singing
Black Mountain Arts Center
Black Mountain, NC 28711
Saturday before the first Sunday in November
Annual Ellenboro Fiddlers' and Bluegrass Convention
Ellenboro School Auditorium
Ellenboro, NC 28040
Third Saturday in November