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COURTESY OF EXPLORE OAK RIDGE
SAM DEAN
CLOCKWISE:
Lavender Festival, June 17, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
North Carolina Trail Days, June 1-4, Elkin, North Carolina.
La Vie en Rosé Arts & Wine Festival, June 9-11, Flat Rock, North
Carolina.
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Day. Gospel Fest offers gospel
music at Lebanon, Virginia.
Bakersville and Spruce Pine,
North Carolina, host their kids
fishing Troutaculars.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee's annual
Dogwood Masters Regatta is
back to mark the unoffical start of
the summer racing season.
Take a jaunt to Ranson, West
Virginia, for the Ranson Festival
& Car Show.
June 3-4 - Taubman Museum of
Art presents Sidewalk Art Show
in downtown Roanoke, Virginia.
June 4-10 - Best Friend Festival
unites folks in Norton, Virginia.
June 6 - The National Day of
Caves & Karst carves into the
calendar at Ruby Falls in Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
The Mountain Quiltfest
warms up Pigeon Forge,
Tennessee.
June 8-10 - Ring in the summer
a little early at the Beach Music
Festival at Wayside Park in Stuart,
Virginia.
June 8-11 - Blowing Rock
Charity Horse Show trots into
Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
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June 9-10 - Laurel Cove Music
Festival comes to the Cove Amphitheater
inside Kentucky's Pine
Mountain State Resort Park.
Cedar Fest takes over Main
Street in Lebanon, Virginia,
with live bluegrass and country
performances.
Abingdon Old-Time &
Bluegrass Fiddlers' Convention
makes its way to the Washington
County Fairgrounds in Abingdon,
Virginia.
Pearisburg Festival in the
Park pops into Pearisburg, Virginia.
The
Summer British in the
Blue Ridge Motorcycle Rally
rolls into Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds
in Hiawassee, Georgia.
June 9-11 -High Country Jazz
Festival comes to Boone, North
Carolina.
Vie en Rosé Arts & Wine
Festival lands in Flat Rock, North
Carolina.
June 9-18 - Chautauqua History
Comes Alive Festival arrives
in Greenville, South Carolina.
June 9-22 - Mess Fest Weeks
include a chocolate slip 'n' slide
at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park in
Luray, Virginia.
June 10-17 - Juneteenth GVL
Mega Fest arrives in Greenville,
South Carolina.
June 10 - North Carolina
Ground Steak Festival sizzles
into Dobson, North Carolina.
Hop Blossom Craft Beer Festival
offers tasty suds in Old Town
Winchester, Virginia.
BoCo Wild lands on the James
River at Buchanan, Virginia, with
outdoor activities.
Art in the Park returns to
Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
Celebrate animals with the
Woofstock Pet Festival at Chilhowie,
Virginia.
Venture to downtown Spruce
Pine, North Carolina, for the Alien
Festival, featuring an Area 52
costume contest and a visit from
Mark Bara from Ancient Aliens.
June 14-16 - The kids will love
attending Bug Camp 2023, back
at the UT Arboretum in Oak RIdge
for the first time since 2019.
June 15-17 - The Boonerang
Music & Arts Festival can be
found at Boone, North Carolina.
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