News & Events

High Country Calendar

While the Highland Games may be the most widely known event in the High Country, it is definitely not the only draw.  The area offers events ranging from art/cultural to music to youth activities to runs and races.  For the most comprehensive listing of events in the High Country, visit toddscalendar.com.

Here are a few upcoming featured events:

• Fine Arts & Mastercrafts Festival of Avery County

  Date/Time
  July 19, 2013, 4 - 8 p.m.
  July 20, 2013, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  July 21, 2013, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  
  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
  
  

• An Evening with Garrison Keillor and Musical Guests

  Date/Time
  Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 8:00pm
  
  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
  
  

• 58th Annual Grandfather Mountain Highland Games

  Date/Time Thursday, July 11 - Sunday, July 14
  
  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