https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/woollywormfestival.jpgWoolly Worm Festival NCWoolly Worm Festival NC2024-10-20 10:00:002024-10-20 10:00:00Downtown Banner ElkDowntown Banner Elk*CANCELLED DUE TO HURRICANE HELENE*
The Annual Woolly Worm Festival, Banner Elk NC takes place each fall on the third weekend in October in downtown Banner Elk. This festival is annually attended by an estimated 20,000 guests. The Woolly Worm festival is one of the High Country’s largest and most unique festivals.
Up to 1,000 worm racers vie for the top position and the honor of having their worm predict the upcoming winter weather at the festival’s famous woolly worm races. The winning worm on Saturday takes away a whopping $1,000 and on Sunday, $500. Worm races are limited so be sure to come early and register your worm.
In addition to the worm races, there will be delicious food, over 150 craft vendors, great music all weekend, trampoline & inflatable rides, fall foliage and beautiful mountain views. Shop for woolly worm memorabilia, souvenir shirts, and hand-crafted items that will become family heirlooms. There will be something for everyone!
The Festival is sponsored by Banner Elk Kiwanis and the Avery County Chamber of Commerce and all proceeds are given back to the community to enhance our schools, children’s programs, and to promote business and tourism in Avery County.
Admission is $6.00 for Adults, $4.00 for Children 6-12, Free for 5 and under.
Festival Hours: Saturday 9-5 p.m. & Sunday 9-4 p.m.
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Members free / Non-members $5.
Space is limited, reservation required.
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King Street Market is at 126 Poplar Grove Connector, just past Galileo's off King Street in downtown Boone.
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These events are free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring an acoustic instrument to participate in the jams or listen and observe the fiddle tunes and folk songs in a close-up and casual environment. Each week, various musicians from the local community, as well as visitors, gather throughout the Jones House. After catching up and choosing a key, the music begins until the "last call for tunes" comes around 9:45.
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Stock up on candy from our trail or treat and then head out on the haunted trail.
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Enjoy free concerts every Friday and Saturday night with local jazz musician Charlie Ellis! Mr. Ellis is an accomplished musician that has appeared in concert with Ramsey Lewis and Herbie Mann. Enjoy the music in the lobby and sitting rooms of the beautifully restored Green Park Inn. The Divide Tavern is open to the public.
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Start your Halloween fun a few days early. Be a part of the studio audience and experience the spookiness of these Hitchcockian stories along with their sound effects and suspenseful musical underscoring. All being performed live onstage just like they were in their original 1949 radio broadcast.
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Every Friday and Saturday night, enjoy live music from the area’s best musicians while you grab a bite to eat or a cocktail at the bar. Let's gather around the hearth for some High Country tunes from 7-10pm at Rhode's Motor Lodge & Canteen. No cover.
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A covered open-air market located on the backstreet in West Jefferson. Fresh, locally grown produce, nursery plants, homemade baked goods and handmade crafts.
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The Watauga County Farmers Market, held in Boone NC, offers local produce, meats, and flowers plus live music, cooking demos and children's activities
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Visit Grandfather Mountain for a day of nature programs about animals that some consider creepy and crawly! This fun filled celebration includes an opportunity to trick or treat through the animal habitats area and then watch special Halloween enrichments be given to the animals. Plus, children in costume are admitted at half-price.
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Great fun for kids with downtown Blowing Rock Halloween Festival trick-or-treating, games, hayrides, bounce houses, and the costumed Monster March where everyone can participate.
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Ensemble Stage Hitchcock Radio.jpgHitchcock Radio Hour Ensemble StageHitchcock Radio Hour Ensemble Stage2024-10-26 19:00:002024-10-26 19:00:00Historic Banner Elk SchoolHistoric Banner Elk SchoolHitchcock Radio Hour Ensemble Stage, Banner Elk NC
Start your Halloween fun a few days early. Be a part of the studio audience and experience the spookiness of these Hitchcockian stories along with their sound effects and suspenseful musical underscoring. All being performed live onstage just like they were in their original 1949 radio broadcast.
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Every Friday and Saturday night, enjoy live music from the area’s best musicians while you grab a bite to eat or a cocktail at the bar. Let's gather around the hearth for some High Country tunes from 7-10pm at Rhode's Motor Lodge & Canteen. No cover.
