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Festivals
First up
2026 Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival
Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing Rock
Events around town
What's happening, nearby
Markets, festivals, arts, family outings, and local happenings across Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and the High Country — the closest plans first, then everything day by day.
This week
Everything through Sunday — full calendar below.
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Day by day
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37 active dates in the next 60 days
- September 15
2026 Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival
Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing RockThru Sep 19Festivals
Asymmetrical: Karen Emenhiser Harris & Al Harris-Fernandez
Turchin Center for the Visual ArtsBooneArts & cultureFree
belonging to place: The Creative Community & Artistic Legacy of bell hooks
Turchin Center for the Visual ArtsBooneArts & cultureFree
Community Contours in the Southern Appalachian Mountains: Jill Pelto
Turchin Center for the Visual ArtsBooneArts & cultureFree
Cut Food: Beth Galton
Turchin Center for the Visual ArtsBooneArts & cultureFree
Earth Tones: Etienne Charles
Turchin Center for the Visual ArtsBooneArts & cultureFree
Stitching the Natural World: Nancy Hershberger
Turchin Center for the Visual ArtsBooneArts & cultureFree
Between Two Sons - Daniel Boone During the American Revolution
Appalachian Theatre of the High CountryBooneArts & culture
Common Ground: Midterm Strategy and Dialogue Across Difference
Schaefer Center for the Performing ArtsBooneArts & culture
- September 17
Black and Gold Thursdays
App State Hickory CampusBooneArts & cultureFree
Doodlebug Club - September 17
Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing RockFamilyFamily
App State presents how Trees Work: Forest Ecology and What Trees Do For Us
Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing RockArts & culture
Weekly Refresh with the Counseling Center
Plemmons Student UnionBooneArts & culture
Visiting Writers Series
Plemmons Student UnionBooneArts & cultureFree
Cocktails with the Curator: Field Studies
Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing RockArts & culture
- September 18
Men's Cross Country at Southern Showcase
Huntsville, Ala.BooneSports
Women's Cross Country at Southern Showcase
Huntsville, Ala.BooneSports
Economics Seminar
Peacock HallBooneArts & culture
UNC Charlotte Alumni Tailgate
Central Dining HallBooneSports
Flu Clinic
Plemmons Student UnionBooneArts & culture
Field Hockey vs Bellarmine
Dr. Jan C. Watson Field at the Brandon & Erica M. Adcock Field Hockey ComplexBooneSports
Soccer vs Georgia State
Appalachian Soccer Stadium at the Ted Mackorell Soccer ComplexBooneSports
Softball vs Gaston College
Sywassink/Lloyd Family StadiumBooneSports
Dolly Film Fest: Joyful Noise
Appalachian Theatre of the High CountryBooneArts & culture
The Last Class with Robert Reich
Appalachian Theatre of the High CountryBooneArts & culture
Grandfather by Night: Naturalist Program
Grandfather MountainLinvilleArts & culture
- September 21
Western Watauga Community Center: Hojalata// Hispanic Heritage Month
Western Watauga Community CenterBlowing RockArts & cultureFree
Creative Coping
Plemmons Student UnionBooneArts & cultureFree
Mountaineer Recovery Community Meeting
Plemmons Student UnionBooneSports
Startup Factory: Ideation
Peacock HallBooneArts & cultureFree
- October 3
Art in the Park
Park AvenueBlowing RockArts & cultureFreeFamily
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie performed by Children’s Theatre of Charlotte
The Appalachian Theatre of the High CountryBooneArts & cultureFamily
Sit and Stitch - High Country Fiber Meet Up
Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing RockArts & culture
Fall Color Ramble
Grandfather MountainLinvilleArts & culture
- October 6
BRAHM Member's Trip: Danube Waltz
Danube River: Passau to BudapestBlowing RockThru Oct 13Arts & culture
Fall Color Ramble
Grandfather MountainLinvilleArts & culture
Foothills Conservancy presents " A Dream for the Future"
Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing RockArts & culture
Hitchcocktober: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Appalachian Theatre of the High CountryBooneArts & culture
- October 10
Sugar Mountain Oktoberfest
Sugar Mountain ResortSugar MountainThru Oct 11FestivalsFreeFamily
Artful Yoga - October 10
Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing RockArts & culture
Studio Saturday: Indigo & Cyanotype
Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing RockArts & culture
Lunch & Learn: A Slow Art Experience
Blowing Rock Art & History MuseumBlowing RockArts & culture
Fall Color Ramble
Grandfather MountainLinvilleArts & culture
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