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.

LAMB CUDDLES
Daily, 10-4pm, Land of Milk and Honey Farm, Deep Gap
 Enjoy an hour of cuddle time in the pen with lambs. Our newborn lambs are in one large pen along with their mothers in one of the barns (bathroom provided in barn). We have time slots available every day - Saturdays 11:00-4:00, Sundays 1:00-4:00. *We have available times during the week but set these up to your needs - 828-773-6429

OLD TIME JAM
January 16, 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. 

BEECH MOUNTAIN BONFIRE
January 17, 6pm, Beech Mountain
Follow the Holiday Trail of Lights (entrance located adjacent to the Climbing Tower on Bark Park Way) to the illuminated globe (across from Fred’s General Mercantile). We will have hot cocoa and marshmallows. This event is Free. Weather Permitting. For more information call 828-387-3003

TIM STAFFORD & THOMM JUTZ
January 17, 7:30pm, The Jones House, Downtown Boone
Noted and influential International Bluegrass Music Association award winning artists Tim Stafford and Thomm Jutz perform a concert in the historic Jones House. Advance tickets required @ (828) 268-6280

WINTER FARMERS MARKET
January 18, 10-1pm, Watauga Ag Conference Center, Downtown Boone
Offers local winter vegetables, local meats, jams, and crafts.

WKSK LIVE: KELLEY AND THE COWBOYS
January 18, 11am, Ashe Civic Center, West Jefferson
If you love real country music, the kind they used to make in the heyday of classic country, you are in the right place! Kelley has been called more Patsy Cline than Patsy Cline by The Raleigh News and Observer, and said to have a barn burnin’ attitude with the boots to match.

RICKY SKAGGS AND KENTUCKY THUNDER
January 18, 7:30pm, Appalachian Theatre, Downtown Boone
Ricky Skaggs is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and a 15-time GRAMMY winner!