Boone First Friday Art Crawl Check out the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on King Street, as well as the Mazie Jones Gallery in the Jones House Community Center. Art exhibits and wine tastings are in various downtown shops and restaurants.

Boone NC Watauga County Farmers Market The Watauga County Farmers Market, held in Boone NC, offers local produce, meats, and flowers plus live music, cooking demos and children's activities

Crossnore Jams are held in the Meeting House in the center of town on the first Friday of the month throughout the year from 7:00 t0 9:00. Jesse Smith provides lively Jam Sessions that are free and open to all. Bring a musical instrument or just come to listen and enjoy the evening with Jesse and friends.

Jones House Jams Old-Time Jam Downtown Boone NC 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.

Includes: 1 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 - contact us for details. We will have these sessions for a limited time as the lambs grow so fast. Seats and/or hay is provided to cuddle on or just watch the lamb interactions. Includes treats for the moms to gain their trust.

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings American folk masters. —The New York Times

Blowing Rock Trout Derby begins at sunrise on Saturday, prizes awarded at 4:30pm. Win prizes for biggest fish in separate age categories. No entry fees are required and no pre-registration is necessary. Just take your catch to the official Derby headquarters at the Blowing Rock American Legion Building on Wallingford Street. Children 11 and under and persons with disabilities may fish at Broyhill Parks Mayview Lake. There is a limit of three (3) fish per participant per day at Mayview Lake. All anglers must have a license and obey all posted fishing regulations. The only fish eligible for entry into the derby are freshly caught trout taken from Watauga County public trout waters. Admission: Free

Childrens Playhouse Buildfest Boone NC Playhouse BuildFest is a FREE community event that will feature more than 60 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) activities for kids aged 2-12 including a giant Cardboard City, an Amazing Physics Show and more! The Children's Council will be offering infant and toddler activities and information in the Family Resource Village.