Freehttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/buildfest childrens playhouse.jpgChildren's Buildfest CANCELLEDChildren's Buildfest CANCELLED2020-03-21 10:00:002020-03-21 10:00:00Watauga High School, BooneWatauga High School, BooneThis FREE event is a celebration of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) and will feature more than 30 hands-on activities, plus physics and chemistry shows! There will be all ages activities as well as activities specifically designed for preschool, grades K-3, and grades 4-6. Soft opening for children with special needs at 9 a.m. Food available for sale! Presented by The Children's Playhouse and the 2019 North Carolina Science Festival.
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Jonathan-Bird-300x150.jpgJonathan Byrd & The Pickup CowboysJonathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys2020-03-21 20:00:002020-03-21 20:00:00Muddy Creek Cafe, SpartaMuddy Creek Cafe, SpartaJonathan Byrd is a preacher’s son, a Gulf War veteran, and an award-winning songwriter from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, known for literary, outsider songs that have become Americana favorites. The Chicago Tribune called Byrd “one of the top 50 songwriters of the past 50 years.
Multi-instrumentalist Johnny Waken cut his teeth on electric guitar in Pittsburgh with rock legend Norm Nardini, opening for The Blues Brothers Band on their Red, Hot & Blue tour in 1992. After taking a few years away from music, Johnny is back at it with the Pickup Cowboys.
$20 (workshop FREE)https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Erynn Marshall Carl Jones Boone NC.jpgErynn Marshal and Carl Jones Indoor Workshop and Concert CANCELLEDErynn Marshal and Carl Jones Indoor Workshop and Concert CANCELLED2020-03-22 13:00:002020-03-22 13:00:00Jones House Community Center, Downtown BooneJones House Community Center, Downtown BooneErynn Marshall and Carl Jones are old-time musicians and inspired tunesmiths from Galax, Virginia. They are married – in life and music. Southern song-duets and powerful fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo tunes comprise their diverse sets. Erynn and Carl play with spontaneity and vitality. While rooted in the traditional sounds of older players, this duo stays true to their own muse by composing new, tradition-rooted music. Carl’s song, Last Time on the Road was featured on the grammy-award winning album “Unleashed†by the Nashville Bluegrass Band. They have won many awards for their playing including Erynn’s 1st place fiddle win at Clifftop and Carl’s 3rd place fingerpicking-guitar win at Winfield – both premier festivals in the United States. They have 15 recordings between them including their duet CD Sweet Memories Never Leave. Erynn and Carl have recently toured in the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and China. For more information please visit www.dittyville.com
Erynn Marshall and Carl Jones (at 4:00 PM)
Fiddle and Mandolin Workshop (at 1:00 PM)
ALL INDOOR CONCERTS:
$20 per person (40 seat limit)
Advanced reservation recommended
Concerts begin at 7:30 PM unless otherwise noted.
Doors open 30 minutes prior to the show.
FOR RESERVATIONS:
Contact Brandon Holder
(828) 268-6280 or brandon.holder@townofboone.net
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/LA_SEVEN.jpgL.A. TheatreWorks: Seven CANCELLEDL.A. TheatreWorks: Seven CANCELLED2020-03-24 19:00:002020-03-24 19:00:00Schaefer Center for the Performing ArtsSchaefer Center for the Performing ArtsSeven is a riveting documentary play by seven female writers based on personal interviews with seven remarkable women who faced life-threatening obstacles before bringing heroic changes to their home countries of Pakistan, Nigeria, Ireland, Afghanistan, Guatemala, Russia, and Cambodia.
Playwrights Carol K. Mack (who conceived the play), Anna Deavere Smith, Paula Cizmar, Catherine Filloux, Gail Kriegel, Ruth Margraff, and Susan Yankowitz collaborated to create a tapestry of stories that weave together the words of these women, dramatizing their struggles and triumphs over resistance, death threats, entrenched norms, and pervasive violence. Seven makes the powerful and timeless statement that even in the darkest times, one person, one voice, and a single act of courage, can change the lives of thousands.
FreeArtist Talk: Jason Drake & Elizabeth Randell CANCELLEDArtist Talk: Jason Drake & Elizabeth Randell CANCELLED2020-03-28 10:00:002020-03-28 10:00:00Florence Thomas Art SchoolFlorence Thomas Art SchoolFlorence Thomas Art School will host artist Jason Drake and traditional Byzantine Iconographer Elizabeth Randell in this panel discussion on the topic of Egg Tempera.
Saturday, March 28th, 10 am - 11:30 am
Free & open to the public
Egg tempera painting and techiniques have been used throughout art history, dating as far back as early Egyptian sarcophagi decorations. Egg Tempera rose to popularity during the European Medieval and Early Renaissance.
$5https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/ToddCommunityDance.jpgTodd Old Time Community DanceTodd Old Time Community Dance2020-04-03 18:30:002020-11-20 18:30:00Todd Merchantile, Todd NCTodd Merchantile, Todd NCGrab the family and give a holler to your neighbors for our commUnity potluck dinner and oldtime dance. So bring a favorite dish to share, come out and reconnect with old friends, make new ones and enjoy a variety of delicious foods.
After the dinner (about 7:15ish) we'll break down the tables and chairs and rosen up the bows. Then get ready to promenade your partner around the room and kick up your heels to the live band led by Cecil Gurganus! We'll be doing Contra's, Reels, Squares, Waltzes, plus a little bit of flat footing.
If'n you ain't got experience, no never mind, there ain't no experience necessary, as the caller runs through all the steps before each dance. And if'n you're single, there are always people looking for partners to dance!
Bring your neighbors!
Cost is only $5.00 for those over 12 for the dance to pay the extremely talented musicians and callers for their time and talents.
Freehttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/CrossnoreJam.jpgCrossnore JamCrossnore Jam2020-04-03 19:00:002020-11-06 19:00:00Crossnore, NCCrossnore, NCCrossnore 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.
Freehttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Hibernation's End Car Show Wilkesboro.jpgHibernations End Car Show Wilkesboro CANCELLEDHibernations End Car Show Wilkesboro CANCELLED2020-04-04 10:00:002020-04-04 10:00:00Yadkin Valley Marketplace 700 C B D Loop North Wilkesboro, NC 28659Yadkin Valley Marketplace 700 C B D Loop North Wilkesboro, NC 286591st Annual Hibernation's End! Brought to you by Wilkesboro Crew Promotions the Crew that bring you Prohibition Hot Rod and Moonshine Festival. April 4th 2020
All Makes all Models!! Restorations, Hot Rods, Rat Rods, Tuner Cars, 4x4's. Mini Trucks and everything in between! Top 20 Awards!
Registration: $15 plus fees when purchase tickets on this page $20 day of at the gate Spectators are free!!
Live DJ Food Trucks Vendors For info email Prohibition@zoho.com Vendor fee $50 Family Friendly!! Come out and shake off the winter blues and kick off car show season with us at Hibernation's End!!! Vendor Load in 7am-9am Gates Open at 10am Awards at 4pm
freehttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/2nd Saturday Logo.jpg2nd Saturday Celebration of the Arts *CANCELLED2nd Saturday Celebration of the Arts *CANCELLED2020-04-04 17:30:002021-01-09 17:30:00377 Shadowline Drive, Boone, NC 28607377 Shadowline Drive, Boone, NC 286072nd Saturday Celebration of the Arts Watauga County Arts Council, Boone NC
*Event Cancelled until further notice*
This free, family-friendly event is the opening for four gallery exhibitions. It also features four artist demonstrations (including live music). The Gift Shop is open and refreshments are served.
Rosanne Cash-She Remembers Everything Boone NC
One of the countrys pre-eminent singer/songwriters, Rosanne Cash has released 15 albums of extraordinary…
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Rosanne Cash.jpgRosanne Cash- She Remembers Everything CANCELLEDRosanne Cash- She Remembers Everything CANCELLED2020-04-04 19:00:002020-04-04 19:00:00Schaefer Center for the Performing ArtsSchaefer Center for the Performing ArtsRosanne Cash-She Remembers Everything Boone NC
One of the countrys pre-eminent singer/songwriters, Rosanne Cash has released 15 albums of extraordinary songs that have earned four Grammy Awards and 11 nominations. She is also an author whose four books include the best-selling memoir Composed, which the Chicago Tribune called “one of the best accounts of an American life you’ll likely ever read.†Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone magazine, the Oxford American, The Nation and many more publications.
In 2015, Cash was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters’ Hall of Fame. On The River and the Thread, a collaboration with husband/co-writer/producer/arranger John Leventhal, Cash evokes a kaleidoscopic examination of the geographic, emotional, musical, and historic landscape of the American South. The album garnered impressive worldwide acclaim and earned Cash three Grammy Awards in 2015. Her latest album, She Remembers Everything, will be released on November 2.
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/David Holt and Josh Goforth West Jefferson.jpgDavid Holt & Josh GoforthDavid Holt & Josh Goforth2020-04-16 19:30:002020-04-16 19:30:00Ashe Civic CenterAshe Civic CenterTraditional music and storytelling David Holt and Josh Goforth West Jefferson Ashe Civic Center
$20Kyle Petty Jones House ConcertKyle Petty Jones House Concert2020-04-17 19:30:002020-04-17 19:30:00Jones House Community Center, Downtown BooneJones House Community Center, Downtown BooneKyle Petty Jones House Concert
singer-songwriter, folk, americana
ALL INDOOR CONCERTS:
$20 per person (40 seat limit)
Advanced reservation recommended
Concerts begin at 7:30 PM unless otherwise noted.
Doors open 30 minutes prior to the show.
FOR RESERVATIONS:
Contact Brandon Holder
(828) 268-6280 or brandon.holder@townofboone.net
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Shinetopia Wilkesboro.jpgShinetopia WilkesboroShinetopia Wilkesboro2020-04-18 12:00:002020-04-18 12:00:00Copper Barrel Provisions 508 Main St North Wilkesboro, NC 28659Copper Barrel Provisions 508 Main St North Wilkesboro, NC 28659Thanks to you, each year has become even more sensational than the last. In addition to raising money for a non-profit (TBD), we have some exciting surprises in store. So, save the date for our most exciting celebration ever that will include an amazing lineup of bands, breweries, car clubs, food trucks and fun for the kids.
Tickets will be required for entry and VIP pass holders will be granted early access, receive exclusive commemorative souvenirs and have an opportunity to spend some quality time with North Carolina's very own moonshine folk hero and Master Distiller, Buck Nance. Drink vouchers are included with each ticket purchased and additional drink vouchers will be available for purchase during the concert as well.
We're absolutely delighted to host our 3rd Annual Copper Barrel Cornbread Cook-Off sponsored by Carolina Cooker and Linney's Mill. The top 10 entries will win their share of more than $1,000 (ARV) in total prizes. So, if you think you have what it takes to be crowned the Carolina's Cornbread King or Queen, we invite you to join this cooking competition. Contestants must submit an entry form no later than April 11, 2020 and comply with all of the contest rules to be eligible for participation.
See you there and let's show the world how remarkable Wilkes County's spirit truly is!
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/spring-awakening-appstate.jpgSpring AwakeningSpring Awakening2020-04-22 19:00:002020-04-25 19:00:00Valborg Theater, Appalachian State UniversityValborg Theater, Appalachian State UniversityThe winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with a poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. It is based on the 1891 German play Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind. The musical tells the story of teenagers navigating the inner and outer journey of transitioning to adulthood, mental health, sexuality, and more. The landmark musical is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality, and rock and roll that is exhilarating audiences across the nation like no other musical in years. This production contains mature situations/themes which may trigger an adverse reaction.
https://highcountryhost.com/images/events/rgrgwrg.jpgBRAHM Book Club: What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte, Ph.DBRAHM Book Club: What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte, Ph.D2021-08-26 18:00:00-0001-11-30 18:00:00OnlineOnlinebout the Book: In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America's "forgotten tribe" of white working class voters. Journalists flocked to the region to extract sympathetic profiles of families devastated by poverty, abandoned by establishment politics, and eager to consume cheap campaign promises. What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia is a frank assessment of America's recent fascination with the people and problems of the region. The book analyzes trends in contemporary writing on Appalachia, presents a brief history of Appalachia with an eye toward unpacking Appalachian stereotypes, and provides examples of writing, art, and policy created by Appalachians as opposed to for Appalachians. The book offers a must-needed insider's perspective on the region.
(148 pages)
Buy from Foggy Pine Books - https://www.foggypinebooks.com/store/p1714/9780998904146.html#/
Scholars & Scones - GinsengScholars & Scones - Ginseng2021-09-16 11:00:00-0001-11-30 11:00:00Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing Rock Art & History MuseumThe harvest of wild American ginseng has been an integral part of Appalachian history and culture for over 300 years. As one of the world’s most popular herbal remedies, ginseng is revered in China, where its roots have been consumed for its purported immune-system enhancing and energy-boosting qualities for millenia. While large scale plantations of shade-cultivated ginseng are grown in Wisconsin and Ontario for export to Asia, the cryptic, shade-loving plant grows naturally in the rich mountain forests of western North Carolina. Each fall, locals hit the woods in search of the plant to dig its unique root, which can fetch up to $1,000 per pound. Overharvest and poaching are now threatening this native plant and the traditions that many in the region hold dear. In his presentation, “Roots in Appalachiaâ€, Dr. Jim Hamilton will discuss the significance of ginseng to western North Carolina, its role in local and global markets, and other cultural nuances of ‘seng.
$45 general admission | $40 for Museum membershttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/the jack pine.pngCork & Canvas: Tom Thompson's "The Jack Pine"Cork & Canvas: Tom Thompson's "The Jack Pine"2021-09-17 16:00:00-0001-11-30 16:00:00Join us as we paint inspired by Tom Thompson's "The Jack Pine" in a relaxed atmosphere.
Each participant goes home with a finished work of art inspired by a famous work. All materials, including canvasses, acrylic paint, brushes, and aprons, are provided. Our trained instructor will lead you step by step.
Wine, beer and light snacks are complimentary.
Cost: $45 general admission | $40 for Museum members (not yet a member? join today and save!)
Online ticket purchase is required in advance of the event. There is limited seating available, so register today!
$105/BRAHM members; $120/non membershttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Screen Shot 2020-07-13 at 12.53.59 PM.pngBeautiful Needle Felted LandscapesBeautiful Needle Felted Landscapes2021-09-18 10:00:00-0001-11-30 10:00:00Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing Rock Art & History MuseumWHEN: Saturday, September 18, 2021 10:00PM - 2:00PM
IDEAL FOR: Teens and Adults
PRICE: $105/BRAHM members; $120/non members
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Attendees will learn to needle felt a beautiful landscape using dyed wool roving. Using only barbed needles, students learn to turn a pile of fluff into a memorable scene of our amazing mountains. No experience needed and all are welcome. Kits will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring photos of their favorite mountain scene to use as inspiration. A complete instruction booklet and resource list is also included.
$90/BRAHM members; $105/non membershttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/broom.pngMaking a Turkey Wing BroomMaking a Turkey Wing Broom2021-09-25 12:30:00-0001-11-30 12:30:00Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing Rock Art & History MuseumWHEN: Saturday, September 25, 2021 12:30PM - 4:00PM
IDEAL FOR: Ages 14 and up
PRICE: $90/BRAHM members; $105/non members
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Participants in this session will learn how to make a turkey wing broom. Cull processed hurl, separate the hurl into nine sections, tie sequentially into the shape of a wing, and fasten the handle using broom corn stalks. Included in this session also will be information about the history of broom making, the plant (sorghum vulgare), sources of both broom corn and twine, and other possible types or styles of brooms.
$0 Members/$8 Non-membershttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/ArabidopsisFlowerMutants.jpegBlowing Rock Garden Club Presents: GMOs in the gardenBlowing Rock Garden Club Presents: GMOs in the garden2022-10-04 11:00:00-0001-11-30 11:00:00Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens LaneBlowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens LaneWhat are GMOs and should you be concerned about them? In this presentation, Dr. Annkatrin Rose will explain the science behind genetic modification and address some common misleading claims and misconceptions about their uses, as well as some recent developments in genome editing technology and its applications. The presentation will be supplemented with posters prepared by students from the Capstone course on Genetic Engineering at Appalachian State University.
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/Kruger Brothers Ashe Civic Center 1.jpgKruger BrothersKruger Brothers2023-01-29 14:30:002020-01-25 14:30:00Ashe Civic CenterAshe Civic CenterThe Kruger Brothers will return to West Jefferson at the Ashe Civic Center!
Yeshttps://highcountryhost.com/images/events/sunset-at-the-swinging-bridge.jpgSunset at the Swinging BridgeSunset at the Swinging Bridge2023-02-18 17:00:00-0001-11-30 17:00:00Grandfather Mountain, Linville NCGrandfather Mountain, Linville NCSunset at the Swinging Bridge, Grandfather Mountain
Enjoy the rare opportunity to visit Grandfather Mountain outside of regular operating hours and see a sunset from the top of the mountain. Your event ticket includes an entire day’s access to Grandfather Mountain, with regular park hours being 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Trails close at 4 p.m. At 5 p.m., all sunset eventgoers should head to the top of the mountain. There are no event ticket discounts for folks who do not want to access the park during regular park hours.
Sunset is at 6:12 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. Due to safety regulations, eventgoers are only permitted to view the sunset from the Swinging Bridge area. The Top Shop gift shop and restrooms will be accessible during the event. Participants are strongly encouraged to bring flashlights/headlamps and wear heavy winter jackets, hats, gloves and rubber-soled shoes.
All Sunset at the Swinging Bridge participants will need to exit the park’s gates by 7 p.m. A picture-perfect sunset, unfortunately, cannot be guaranteed.