The Mariam and Robert Hayes Performing Arts Center in Blowing Rock saw it's first special event this past Saturday night with Eleganza! >>PHOTOS

Power Pop With A Velvet Touch Chapel Hill’s Velvet At Black Cat Burrito Lowe’s Home Improvement To Sponsor MerleFest 2007 Home Improvement Chain Honors Home Town Rods In The Park Ready To Roll Classic Car Show To Be Held On August 26 High Country Youth Festival Coming To Holmes Center They came by the hundreds last year – young people from all around Western North Carolina and beyond - for the Fifth Annual High Country Youth Festival. Sugar Mountain Hosts 2nd Annual Makeover Contest Extreme Ski & Snowboard Makeover Entries Due Sept. 1 Clint Howard Joins Krugers For Heritage Hall Show If you mention the name “Clint Howard” in Johnson County or Mountain City, you get a smile of recognition. New River Blues Festival Set For Sept. 2 Features Blues Legends, Holiday Weekend, Great Setting

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Beau Jest Keeps Crowds In Stitches Blowing Rock Stage Comedy Runs Through August 20th

Saturday Afternoon In The Park With Doc The only concert in Todd this summer will take place on August 19 at Walter and Annie Cook Memorial Park. Ola Belle Reed Homecoming Festival Kicks Off Friday Among the many events and activities scheduled to take place during the First Annual Ola Belle Reed Homecoming Festival scheduled for this coming weekend is the dedication of the Albert Hash Memorial Stage. Mountainhome Music Presents Music and Stories This Saturday The history, religion, and folkways of Appalachian culture are greatly manifested in its music and stories. Cruisin’ And Jammin’ This Friday Wishing to see vintage autos in a quaint village setting? Or yearning to hear some great bluegrass music? Grandfather Mountain Highlanders In Blowing Rock This Sunday The village of Blowing Rock welcomes the Grandfather Mountain Highlanders Bagpipe Band for a free performance at Sunday Concert in the Park. New River Blues Festival Set For Sept. 2 Features Blues Legends, Holiday Weekend, Great Setting Free Monday Night Park Concerts in Blowing Rock Picking on the Porch WCAC Announces Roster for Concert on the Lawn Series Music at Milepost 213 Blue Ridge Music Center Offers Summer Concert Series Acoustic Music With An Appalachian Flavor Mountainhome Music Brings Wide Variety of Regional Styles to the Stage Local Music Links