High Country Events Calendar: This Week 2025 - events and festivals for Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, Beech Mountain, West Jefferson and Wilkesboro
This events calendar is updated weekly every Monday by the NC High Country Regional Visitor Center staff.  The newest print version is also available for pick up every Monday in the visitor center located between Boone & Blowing Rock.  Download to your phone for easy reference!

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BEECH MOUNTAIN SLEDDING HILL
Daily, 10-5pm, Bark Park Way, Beech Mountain
A Free sledding hill for children under 12, maintained with snow blowing by the town.  Bring your own sled.

FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
Daily, Dusk-10pm, Chetola Resort, Blowing Rock
The Festival of Lights is free and open to the public, and you are invited to enjoy thousands of dazzling illuminations throughout the resort.  As you drive or stroll around Chetola Lake, view glittering ice skaters, “Rudolph” reeling in a big fish, strolling carolers, and many more captivating holiday scenes.

OLD TIME JAM
January 9, 7-10pm, Jones House, Downtown Boone
Bring your banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin - or whatever old-time acoustic instrument you have - and spend a few hours playing along with fellow musicians of all skill levels and backgrounds. Guests and visitors are welcome to observe and enjoy the music but are asked to be respectful of the musicians. 

APPSTATE MENS BASKETBALL
January 8, 6:30pm, Holmes Center, Boone
Vs. Coastal Carolina. Go to a game and cheer on the Mountaineers courtside!  Please note, the Convocation Center has a clear bag and cashless policy. Parking on campus is available all day at the Rivers Street Parking Deck, or you may park at any surface-level campus parking lot this week.

WINTER FARMERS MARKET
January 11, 10-1pm, Watauga Ag Conference Center, Downtown Boone
Offers local winter vegetables, local meats, jams, and crafts.

APPSTATE WOMENS & MENS BASKETBALL
January 11, 1pm, Holmes Center, Boone
Vs. James Madison. (Double Header! One ticket will get you into both Men's and Women's games). Go to a game and cheer on the Mountaineers courtside!  Please note, the Convocation Center has a clear bag and cashless policy. Parking on campus is available all day at the Rivers Street Parking Deck, or you may park at any surface-level campus parking lot this week.

HEARTLAND BAROQUE
January 11, 2:30pm, Ashe Arts Center, West Jefferson
North Carolina musicians perform on historically-informed period instruments.
Heartland Baroque dives into the Baroque musical world with vigor, showing off the immediacy and technical brilliance, the vivacity and profundity, the lilt, complexity, and spontaneity of its composers.