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Events Journal
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games
Taking place half an hour from the Inn, The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games is a 4-day Scottish festival held each year on the second full weekend in July at MacRae Meadows near Linville, North Carolina in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Blood Sweat & Gears
The BSG is a challenging to strenuous full English century – 100 mile loop ride starting and ending at the Valle Crucis Elementary School, approximately 5 miles south of Boone, North Carolina.
Boone Heritage Festival
Have fun with the family, learning about history through 18th century demonstrations, crafts, music, storytelling and dance. Celebrating Appalachian heritage and Daniel Boone’s legacy with 18th century living history demonstrations! Admission is FREE
The Spindale Dairy Goat Festival & Parade
Spindale, NC is home to the International Headquarters of The American Dairy Goat Association. The Spindale Dairy Goat Festival & Parade was Founded in 2009 as a celebration of Dairy Goats for the intelligent, friendly multi-purpose animals that they are, and to have some good old-time family fun.
An Appalachian Summer Festival
For nearly a decade, the festival has been named one of the ”Top Twenty Events in the Southeast” by the Southeast Tourism Society.
Blowing Rock Winterfest
Blowing Rock Winterfest is a lively winter festival in the mountains of North Carolina featuring a polar plunge, chili cook-off, wine tastings, ice carving, WinterFeast, bluegrass music and more during the month of January each year.
Bristol Motor Speedway
Located an hour from the Inn, Bristol Motor Speedway, known among the racing community as ”The World’s Fastest Half-Mile” is located in Bristol, Tennessee. The popular motorsports venue hosts NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series events each year.
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Blood Sweat & Gears
The BSG is a challenging to strenuous full English century – 100 mile loop ride starting and ending at the Valle Crucis Elementary School, approximately 5 miles south of Boone, North Carolina.
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Plates For The Parkway
Plates For The Parkway • This fall, participating restaurants will be donating a portion of their proceeds to the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. Please plan to dine out at one of the restaurants listed at www.brpfoundation.org on those days.
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Red White & Bluegrass Festival
The Red White and Bluegrass Festival, produced by The Morganton Parks & Recreation Department, is held at Catawba Meadows Park in Morganton, NC, every year from June 30th through July 4th
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High Country Beer Fest
High Country Beer Fest is the annual celebration of great craft beer from around the region and the world. Patrons sample craft beers, club beers, and delicious food in the beautiful high country of North Carolina.
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Doc Watson & MerleFest
It all began with a gardener who wanted to raise funds for the campus gardens of a rural North Carolina community college and a group of musicians who wanted to memorialize a fallen friend and his musician father.
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Music Fest Sugar Grove
MusicFest n’ Sugar Grove has become a favorite of bluegrass, old-time, blues and Americana music lovers. Featured artist Doc Watson calls this music Tradition plus.
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ASU Performing Arts Series
The world’s most exciting and highly renowned artists make Appalachian State University their destination each season, appearing as part of the university’s highly acclaimed Performing Arts Series.
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Todd’s Calendar
Todd’s Calendar • www.facebook.com/todds.calendar • www.toddscalendar.com • ”Where the High Country Goes to Know!”
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Bristol Motor Speedway
Located an hour from the Inn, Bristol Motor Speedway, known among the racing community as ”The World’s Fastest Half-Mile” is located in Bristol, Tennessee. The popular motorsports venue hosts NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series events each year.
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The Valle Crucis Country Fair
The Valle Crucis Country Fair is an overgrown church bazaar set in the center of one of the most picturesque valleys in the North Carolina mountains at the peak of the fall color season.
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The Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show
Building On a Tradition, The Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show began eighty-nine years ago bringing equine enthusiasts and their families to the quaint village of Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
