Blue Ridge Country July/August 2023 - 22

EVENTS | FESTIVALS
Fourth of July Pow Wow, June
30-July 2. Cherokee. 399-0835.
visitcherokeenc.com.
Fourth of July Festival &
Parade, July 1. Blowing Rock.
295-5200. townofblowingrocknc.gov.
Yadkinville Fourth of July
Fireworks & Parade, July
1. Yadkinville. 336-679-8732.
yadkinville.org.
Top: Georgia Mountain Fair
brings family fun to Hiawassee
from August 18-26.
Bottom: The South Carolina
Peach Festival is slated for July
12-22 in Gaffney.
Sweet Corn Festival at
Darnell Farms, July 1-2. Bryson
City. 488-2376. darnellfarms.com.
Art on the Greene, July 1-2;
Aug 5-6. Banner Elk. 898-5398.
bannerelk.com.
Independence Day
Celebration, July 4. Sparta. 336372-4257.
townofsparta.org.
Star-Spangled Banner Elk, July
4. Banner Elk. 898-8395. bannerelk.
org.
Grandfather Mountain
Highland Games, July 6-9.
Linville. 733-1333. gmhg.org.
Festival on the Square,
July 8-9. Hayesville. 389-6814.
claychambernc.com.
North Carolina Blackberry
Festival July 14-15. Lenoir. 7260616.
ncblackberryfestival.com.
Sunflower Hippie Festival,
July 15. Bryson City. 488-2376.
darnellfarms.com.
Art in the Park, July 15; Aug
12. Blowing Rock. 877-750-4636.
blowingrock.com.
Concert in the Park, July
16. Blowing Rock. 295-4636.
blowingrock.com.
Allegany County Fiddler's
Convention, July 18-22. Sparta.
alleghanycountyfiddlers.com.
Symphony by the Lake at
Chetola, July 21. Blowing Rock.
295-7851.symphonybythelake.com.
Alleghany Quilters
Guild Annual Quilt Show
at Alleghany County
Fairgrounds, July 21-22. Sparta.
336-372-2942. alleghanyquiltersguild.
org.
Hillbilly Jam, July 21-22. Maggie
Valley. 450-9795. thehillbillyjam.com.
Blowing Rock Charity Horse
Show, July 25-30; Aug 2-6.
Blowing Rock. 295-4700. brchs.org.
Ashe County Bluegrass & Old
-Time Fiddlers Convention,
July 28-29. Jefferson. 336-8462787.
ashecountyarts.org.
Brushy Mountain Peach
& Heritage Festival, July
29. Wilkesboro. 336-921-3965.
brushypeachfest.com.
Grassy Creek Mineral & Gem
Show, July 30-Aug 6. Spruce
Pine. 765-2117. grassycreekgemshow.
org.
Mountain Dance and Folk
Festival, Aug 3-5. Asheville. 2586101
ext. 345. folkheritage.org.
AVL Fest, Aug 3-6. Asheville.
avlfest.com.
Mount Mitchell Arts & Crafts
Fair, Aug 4-5. Burnsville. 6827413.
yanceychamber.com.
Reevestock Music Festival,
Aug 4-5. Elkin. 336-258-8240.
reevestock.com.
COURTESY OF SOUTH CAROLINA PEACH FESTIVAL
Waldensian Festival, Aug 1112.
Valdese. 879-2126. visitvaldese.
com.
Sourwood Festival, Aug 1213.
Black Mountain. 669-2300.
exploreblackmountain.com.
Blowing Rock Plein Air
Festival, Aug 15-19.
Blowing Rock. 295-9099.
blowingrockmuseum.org.
Railroad Heritage Weekend
at Tweetsie Railroad, Aug 2627.
Blowing Rock. 800-526-5740.
tweetsie.com.
SOUTH
CAROLINA
Area code 864
Fourth of July Celebration,
July 1. Pickens. 878-6421.
visitpickens.org.
South Carolina Sunflower
Festival at Denver Downs
Farm, July 1-2; 8-9. Anderson.
515-4554. denverdownsfarm.com.
Fireworks on the Fourth at
Unity Park, July 4. Greenville.
232-2273. visitgreenvillesc.com.
Red, White and Boom, July
4. Spartanburg. 596-2000.
cityofspartanburg.org.
South Carolina Peach
Festival, July 12-22. Gaffney.
487-8505. southcarolinapeachfest.
com.
Banjo Extravaganza,
July 15. Pickens. 898-2936.
hagoodmillhistoricsite.com.
Anderson Bluegrass Festival,
July 21. Belton. 386-385-3500.
allevents.in/mobile/amp-event.
php?event_id=200021969926845.
Grits 'n Grass Mountain Music
Festival, July 21-22. Pickens.
359-7999. gritsngrass.com.
864 Music Festival at Barnet
Park, July 28. Spartanburg. 3766552.
spartanburgdowntown.com.
BBQ & Sweet Tea Festival,
July 29. Aiken. 803-508-8285.
destination-bbq.com.
South Carolina New
Play Festival, Aug 10-13.
Greenville. 646-715-8654.
southcarolinanewplayfestival.org.
Budweiser-Hotscape Music
Festival, Aug 18-20. Seneca.
280-4642. nubani.org/hotscapemusic-festival.
Get
Off the Grid Fest, Aug 1820.
Spartanburg. getoffthegridfest.
com.
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