Here are some of the best annual festivals and events in Western North Carolina…

Asheville Wine & Food Festival (Late summer)
87 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Held at the US Cellular Center
Taste wines and sample local delicacies provided by culinary professionals. For more info click here.

Bele Chere Festival (Mid-Summer)
Held in downtown Asheville, Bele Chere is the largest free festival in the southeast, lasting three days, and offers unique art, cuisine, and music. For more info click here.

Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands (Mid-Summer and Fall)
87 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Held at the US Cellular Center
Over 200 exhibitors, craft demonstrations, and live regional music and entertainment. For more info click here.

Goombay! Festival (Late Summer)
Held annually in the city of Asheville, this three-day event includes dancers in costumes, headdresses, and grotesque masks. For more info click here.

Lexington Avenue Arts & Fun Festival (Early Fall)
Held annually in downtown Asheville, LAAFF is a one-day street fair with artwork, music, and street performers. For more info click here.

Montford Music & Arts Festival (Spring)
Held in the Montford Historic District in Asheville, NC.
A large, one-day event with over 100 vendors of art, crafts, and food. For more info click here.

Mountain Dance & Folk Festival
2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28801
Held at Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place
Mountain fiddlers, banjo pickers, dancers and others perform. For more info click here.

Mountain Sports Festival (Spring)
Located at Carrier Park on Amboy Road along the French Broad River in west Asheville.
A weekend music and sports festival that celebrates community, athletics and local business, and showcases the terrain, environment and unique culture of Asheville, NC. For more info click here.

Oktoberfest (Fall)
Held on Wall Street in downtown Asheville, NC.
Beer tastings from local breweries and Oktoberfest games. For more info click here.

River Arts District Studio Stroll (Summer & Fall)
Held in the River Arts District – Clingman Avenue at Lyman Street – Asheville.
Locally handmade arts and crafts are on display in 19 historic buildings, with hands-on activities. For more info click here.

Black Mountain

Black Mountain Arts & Crafts Show (Early Summer)
Held in historic Black Mountain, North Carolina
Over 65 juried artists and crafters. For more information click here.

Lake Eden Arts Festival (Spring & Fall)
Held at Camp Rockmont in Black Mountain, LEAF is a multi-cultural music, arts, dance, and outdoor adventures event. For more info click here.

Sourwood Festival (Mid-Summer)
Located in downtown Black Mountain. Good music, fun, and great mountain food. For more info click here.

Brevard

Looking Glass Entertainment
P.O. Box 1308, Brevard, NC 28712
Phone: 828-243-3496
Looking Glass Entertainment produces concerts and festivals for many genres. Venues include Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium at Brevard Music Center and The Porter Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Brevard College. They are involved with the following events:
White Squirrel Festival (Spring)
Mountain Song Festival (Fall)
Song Smith Gathering (Summer)

Fletcher

NC Mountain State Fair
1301 Fanning Bridge Road, Fletcher, NC 28732
Phone: 828-687-1414
The North Carolina Mountain State Fair is held at the Western North Carolina Agricultural Center. The annual event includes horse and livestock shows, competitions, craft exhibits, amusement rides, conferences, trade shows and more. For a complete schedule of events click here.

Hendersonville

Art On Main Festival (Fall)
Held in downtown Hendersonville, Art on Main brings artists from far and wide to display their creative arts and crafts while the public strolls by. For more info click here.

Garden Jubilee (Spring)
Held in downtown Hendersonville with over 200 vendors promoting art, crafts, and landscaping items. For more information click here.

North Carolina Apple Festival (Fall)
The North Carolina Apple Festival is held annually over Labor Day Weekend in Hendersonville. Enjoy 4 days of fun including one of the best known street fairs in the Carolinas with freshly picked apples, arts & crafts, festival food and free entertainment at the historic Courthouse on Hendersonville’s Main Street. For more info click here.

Waynesville

Apple Harvest Festival
Held in downtown Waynesville, the Apple Harvest Festival hosts more than 130 exhibitors and 35,000 attendees. Handmade crafts, local food, and continuous live entertainment by local mountain musicians, cloggers and characters. For more info click here.

There are many other festivals and events to enjoy in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Please click the appropriate location below for more information on them…

GEORGIA
Blairsville & Union County Festivals & Events
Blue Ridge & Fannin County Festivals
Blue Ridge & Fannin County Calendar of Events
Clayton & Rabun County Festivals & Events
Dahlonega Calendar of Events
Ellijay & Gilmer County Calendar of Events

NORTH CAROLINA
Alleghany County – Sparta Festivals & Events
Asheville Seasonal Fun
Avery County Calendar of Events
Black Mountain & Swannanoa Valley Calendar of Events
Boone & Watauga County Calendar of Events
Brevard & Transylvania County Events Calendar
Cashiers Events
Chimney Rock – Lake Lure – Rutherford County Events Calendar
Deals Gap, Tail of the Dragon Events Calendar
Great Smoky Mountains Calendar of Events
Hendersonville Events Calendar #1
Hendersonville Events Calendar #2
Highlands Calendar of Events
Hot Springs Events
Lake James – Burke County Events Calendar
Lake Junaluska Calendar of Events
Little Switzerland  Events
Madison County – Mars Hill Events Calendar
Maggie Valley Festivals & Events
McDowell County Calendar of Events

VIRGINIA
Abingdon – Damascus – Calendars
Albemarle County and Charlottesville Calendars
Bedford County Calendar of Events
Blacksburg – Calendar of Events
Botetourt County Calendar of Events
Carroll County – Galax – Laurel Fork Events
Craig County – New Castle Calendar of Events
Fancy Gap Events Calendar
Fauquier County – Warrenton Calendar of Events
Floyd – Franklin County Events
Front Royal Events Schedule
Galax Events Calendar
Grayson County Events
Green County Calendar of Events
Highland County Calendar of Events
Loudoun – Leesburg – Middleburg Events
Luray Caverns – Page County Events Calendar
Massanutten Resort Calendar of Events
Nelson County – Wintergreen Calendar of Events
Orange County Schedule of Events
Pulaski County Calendar of Events
Rappahannock County – Little Washington Events
Roanoke County – Salem Calendar of Events
Rockbridge County – Lexington – Natural Bridge Events
Rockingham County – Elkton – Harrisonburg – Massanutten Events
Scott County Schedule of Events
Shenandoah County – Mount Airy – New Market Events
Smith Mountain Lake Calendar of Events
Smyth County – Marion Events
Staunton Schedule of Events
Warren County – Front Royal Schedule of Events
Washington County – Damascus Calendar of Events
Winchester – Frederick County Events
Wise County – Big Stone Gap Events Calendar
Wythe County – Bland – Wytheville Calendar of Events

TENNESSEE
Gatlinburg Calendar of Events
Johnson City – Events Calendar
Pigeon Forge Calendar of Events

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