Location
Historic Banner Elk Elementary School

Description   Fine Arts in the Ultimate Mountain Setting of Banner Elk. An eclectic gathering of international and mountain fine artists and master crafters handcrafting ,iron works portrait paintings, glass blowers and demonstrations. There is something to suit every taste and budget at this juried annual event.

Location
Historic Banner Elk Elementary School

Location
Holmes Convocation Center
111 Rivers Street
Boone, NC 28607

Description
In 1974, Garrison Keillor hosted the first broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion in St. Paul. The show ended in 1987, resumed in 1989 in New York as The American Radio Company, returned to Minnesota, and in 1993 resumed the name A Prairie Home Companion. Over 3 million listeners on more than 450 public radio stations now hear the show each week. In 1994, he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame at Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications. This one-of-a-kind performance by Garrison Keillor will also feature some of the finest musicians of our region, performing works that reflect its character and cultural traditions.

Website
http://pas.appstate.edu/

Contact
Name: Box Office
E-mail: boxoffice@appstate.edu
Phone: (828) 262-4046

Location MacRae Meadows

Description Founded in 1956 by Agnes MacRae Morton and former Charlotte News reporter Donald MacDonald, GMHG carries on and promotes the annual Grandfather  Mountain  Highland Games and Gathering of Scottish Clans, to foster and  restore  interest in traditional dancing, piping, athletic achievement  and Gaelic culture, and to create and establish scholarship funds to  assist students from Avery County High School to study at American colleges  and universities.

Website http://www.gmhg.org/

Contact GMHG, P.O. Box 1095, Linville, NC  28646  Phone:  828.733.1333