Downtown Hendersonville Welcomes Colorful Characters To Main Street
Some of downtown Hendersonville’s most beloved residents return this spring. Twenty colorful bear statues take their places along Main Street for the annual Bearfootin’ Art Walk & Auction. The bears start as blank, white forms, and local artists decorate them with creative designs. The bears appear in May and stay…
Miss Angels Farm Second Annual Peach Festival
Spend Saturday June 29, 9am– 6pm, and Sunday June 30, 12–6pm on a Peach Orchard. Homemade Peach Ice Cream, Homemade Peach XXX Ice Cream, Peach Zonker, Peach Pies, Peach Turnovers, Fresh Breads, Peach Jam, baked goods and of course Peaches are available for picking and purchase. Local music, live bands,…
Fireworks Explode On The Border!
The 2019 Fireworks Friday Night will be held on June 28, 2019 in conjunction with Family Friday Nights Summer Concert Series. Each year the Town of Valdese celebrates Independence Day by holding an impressive fireworks display on the football field behind the Old Rock School. Regarded as one of the…
Must-Stop Spots Along The South Fork River Blueway
Not as well known and heavily traveled as the Catawba River, the South Fork River is an under-the-radar destination that you’ll want to keep all to yourself. Paddling the narrow South Fork River Blueway from Spencer Mountain to Cramerton is just the right amount of Class I-II whitewater to get…
Pedal Mountainous Terrain And Zip Through Tree Tops In Stokes
Beat the heat this summer, feel the mountain breeze rushes past you on a zip line or mountain bike adventure in the great outdoors of Stokes County, North Carolina. Take to Hanging Rock State Park trails on two wheels along single track, rock ledge berms, fast flows, stream crossings, and…
Plan A Romantic Mountain Escape With Banner Elk’s Theater Packages
Surprise that special person in your life with a romantic mountain escape this summer. The resort town of Banner Elk is home to easy-to-use theater packages that include one night of lodging, a pair of tickets to an Ensemble Stage performance, breakfast and discount dining coupons for the popular Banner…
Blueways To Bluegrass, Splash Into The Dan River In Stokes
With summer weather on the horizon, now is the perfect time to plan your escape to the mountains and waterways of Stokes County, NC!
Get Wet in Nature’s Playground
The water doesn’t get any cleaner than crystal clear mountain streams whose source is a federally protected wilderness area. No development of any kind is allowed in the Linville Gorge Wilderness Area near Morganton in Burke County. Lake James is primarily fed from the Linville River which comes straight out…
Surry County: Four Rivers Run Through It
The new Surry County Four Rivers Map provides locations for all paddling access points in the county, as well as stream details and parking info for each access point.
Banner Elk Art Show Is The Perfect Getaway This Month
The cool mountains of Banner Elk provide an ideal backdrop for the Art on the Green show this Memorial Day weekend.