Asheville Area Events near Clear Creek Cabins
Hendersonville, Lake Lure, Chimney Rock, Flat Rock, Brevard, Tryon, Saluda, Asheville, Black Mountain, and MORE! – Clear Creek Cabins is in the middle of it all!
Check back frequently – we’ll be adding events as we hear of them!
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* * On-Going (Weekly or Monthly) Events * *
Music
- Tuesdays at 7:30 (Free) the (unfortunately named) ISIS Restaurant and Music Hall presents a bluegrass host band, followed by a jam session with local musicians.
- Wednesdays at 5:00PM. Various old-time musicians at Jack of the Wood on Patton Ave Asheville, NC, 828/252-5445
Note: Old-Time Mountain Music is the precursor to Bluegrass - Thursdays at 7:00PM: Local bluegrass musicians at Jack of the Wood Brew Pub, 95 Patton Ave. Asheville, NC 828/252-5445
- Thursday at 7:00PM: Bobby Hicks hosts an open jam at the Zuma Coffee House,7 N. Main in Marshall 828-649-1617.
- Fridays, 6 pm. Traditional mountain music at the old train depot on Main Street in Marshall (282 S. Main). Free/Donation.
- NOTE: (Once you get to Main Street in either Marshall, you can’t miss these events – just look for a crowd or ask anyone you see).
- Bluegrass or Country Music Fridays at 7:30, Bluegrass Saturdays at 7:30PM: Fletcher Feed & Seed Live Bluegrass, in Fletcher, about half an hour from Clear Creek Cabins. Directions
* * JANUARY * *
Gardening
- Time to think gardening! The NC Arboretum‘s events will get you ready for this year’s gardening.
Arts, Crafts
- Mid November to Mid January, the Grove Park Inn’s National Gingerbread House Competition, Asheville
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* * FEBRUARY * *
Music & Festivals
- Kicking off the Music Festival Season for the new year: Bluegrass First Class, Asheville.
Gardening
- Time to think gardening! The NC Arboretum‘s events will get you ready for this year’s gardening.
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* * MARCH * *
Gardening
- Time to think gardening! The NC Arboretum‘s events will get you ready for this year’s gardening.
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* * APRIL * *
Music & Festivals
- Raymond Fairchild’s Maggie Valley Opry, open weekends April and May, then every night starting Memorial Day weekend through September in Maggie Valley 828-926-9336. (This was my first experience of mountain music and clogging when I first came to the mountains in 2000! Incredible! – Kaye)
- Historic Johnson Farm Festival 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville.
Theater
- Flat Rock Playhouse, The State Theatre of North Carolina. Season season starts in April. Don’t miss the Music on the Rock series.
Outdoors
- Along with all the great hiking in our area this time of year, fishing seasons opens on the first Saturday and our creek (Clear Creek) is stocked with fish.
- Hickory Nut Gorge’s 19-mile yard (Gerton to Rumbling Bald) sale takes place in 2016 on Saturday April 16.
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* * MAY * *
Music & Festivals
- Saluda Arts Festival, Historic Downtown Saluda, May 21, 10am-4pm, exhibits are a diversity of art media from local and regional artists, demonstrations, children’s art tent & music.
- Rhythm and Brews first concert of the season is May 19th in downtown Hendersonville, featuring Major and the Monbacks.
Theater
- Flat Rock Playhouse, The State Theatre of North Carolina
Arts & Crafts
- Weaverville Arts Safari. About an hour from Clear Creek Cabins. Free self-guided driving tour of artists’ studios. (May 7-8 2016)
Gardening
- Memorial Day Weekend: Garden Festival, 10 AM – 6 PM Historic Downtown Hendersonville, Main St. at 6th Ave.
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* * JUNE * *
Music & Festivals
- Blue Ridge Barbeque Festival , Harmon Field, Tryon, N.C.
- Bluff Mountain Music Festival . Hot Springs, about 1.5 hours from Clear Creek Cabins. A beautiful drive from the cabins. Free
- Shindig on the Green starts up about July 4th, some years in late June. Downtown Asheville, about 45 minutes from Clear Creek Cabins. Held almost every Saturday from July 4th weekend (or before) to Labor Day weekend, except the weekend of the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival. Starts about sundown. Free.
- Music on Main Street, Historic Downtown Hendersonville
Theater
- Flat Rock Playhouse , The State Theatre of North Carolina Flat Rock, NC 828-693-0731
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* * JULY * *
Music & Festivals
- The Cradle of Forestry’s Songcatcher Music Series, Sunday afternoons (2-4:30 PM) in July – be sure to catch Sheila Kay Adams if she is there! Picnics welcome.
- Mondays: Street Dances, 201 South Main Street, Hendersonville. Free, bring a chair.
- Saturdays (except the Saturday of Bele Chere): Shindig on the Green in downtown Asheville (Martin Luther King Park).
- The Swannonnoa Gathering Faculty Concerts take place in July and August. Sometimes a little hard to find out about, but keep trying, they are well worth it.
Theater
- Flat Rock Playhouse , The State Theatre of North Carolina
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- Fourth of July celebration, 4PM-dusk, with fireworks at dusk, Jackson Park, Hendersonville
- – Fireworks at Lake Lure beach, call (828)625-2725 for exact date.
- Hendersonville Area Events.
* * AUGUST * *
Music & Festivals
- First Weekend in August: Mountain Dance and Folk Festival At the Diana Wortham Theater in Downtown Asheville. Map
- Monday Nights in August, Street Dances (mountain heritage bluegrass and clogging), Visitors Center, Historic Downtown Hendersonville. Bring a chair, seating opens @ 5:30PM.
- Black Mountain Sourwood Festival
- Balsam Mountains Bluegrass Jamboree, Sylva, North Carolina. All Day Bluegrass, Gospel, Clogging, Food, Fun 10 AM-11PM Inside
- Fines Creek Bluegrass Jam
- Thursdays: Park Rhythm Series, Lake Tomahawk, Black Mountain, Free, Map.
- Saturdays: Shindig on the Green in downtown Asheville (Martin Luther King Park), except the first weekend in August.
- Labor Day Weekend: North Carolina Apple Festival, Hendersonville
Theater
- Flat Rock Playhouse , The State Theatre of North Carolina
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* * SEPTEMBER * *
Music & Festivals
- North Carolina Apple Festival, Historic Downtown Hendersonville
- Early Sept: North Carolina Mountain State Fair, Hendersonville, NC. Clogging and Mountain Music Concerts and so much more!
- Mid September: Mountain Song Festival in Brevard. Some of our favorite performers! The Steep Canyon Rangers, and others. A benefit for the Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County.
- Annual Heritage Weekend at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway – music, dancing, crafts!
- Open Studio Tour of Henderson County
- Late SeptemberMountain Heritage Day Cullowhee, NC
Theater
- Flat Rock Playhouse , The State Theatre of North Carolina, Flat Rock, NC 828-693-0731
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* * NOVEMBER * *
Arts, Crafts
- Early November: Weaverville Arts Safari. About an hour from Clear Creek Cabins.Free self-guided driving tour of artists’ studios.
- Mid November to Mid January, the Grove Park Inn’s National Gingerbread House Competition, Asheville
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* * DECEMBER * *
Holiday Events, Arts, Crafts
- First Weekend in December, Friday: Olde Fashioned Hendersonville Christmas, 5-9PM, Historic Downtown Hendersonville
- First Weekend in December, Saturday: Hendersonville Christmas Parade, Historic Downtown Hendersonville. Details: (828) 692-4179
- Mid November to Mid January, the Grove Park Inn’s National Gingerbread House Competition, Asheville
