Explore the cultural events and attractions in the communities surrounding Wildflower.
Explore the cultural events and attractions in the communities surrounding Wildflower.
Local Events
May 2 – May 18, 2008
The Philadelphia Story
The classic screwball comedy about an upper class society beauty that slipped and fell - in love! Two years after getting a divorce from C.K. Dexter Haven, Tracy Lord is prepared to marry again. However, in the days before her wedding, Haven and a reporter, Connor, show up at her doorstep. What follows is a rapid-fire war of words as the two men try to help Tracy discover for herself that the time to make up your mind about people is never. The romantic ending is both charming and unexpected.
May 2 – May 4, 2008
19th Annual Herb Festival
This festival attracts more than 60 herb businesses and 25,000 herb lovers. There will be an enormous selection of all types and sizes of herb plants. There will be experts on hand to answer questions and talk about new uses for herbs. Bring your little red wagon, your money, and your love of quality herbs to this fun festival. You'll find decortive plants, herbal arrangements, fragrant herbal soaps and lotions, medicianl herbs, and a wide variety of clever and amazing herbal products.
May 2 – May 4, 2008
French Broad River Festival
French Broad River Festival, in Hot Springs, NC. 11th annual festival celebrates the river with music, outdoor events including whitewater raft and mountain bike races, food, outdoor gear and prizes, kids village and more at the Hot Springs Campground & Spa.
May 2 – May 3, 2008
Koresh Dance Company
Renowned for its powerful stage presence and high-energy style, Koresh Dance Company has been hailed as an extraordinary and vital force in Philadelphia's exceptional dance scene (think Philadanco and Rennie Harris Puremovement) and as a high caliber touring company on the national stage. Founded in 1991 by Israeli born choreographer and artistic director Ronen Koresh, this troupe presents its audiences with an exciting and emotional blend of ballet, modern and jazz, molded into a style of choreography that is both eloquent and explosive.
May 3 – May 3, 2008
Oct 4, 2008 – Oct 5, 2008
E.A.S.T. - East of Asheville Tour
Artists of the Black Mountain, Swannanoa, and East Asheville area, present the East of Asheville Studio Tour. Everyone is welcome to visit any or all of the studios during the tour, whether they are serious art patrons or just browsers of beautiful and interesting works.
May 3 – May 4, 2008
Blue Planet Run 24 - Trail Running Relay Series
Relay teams of 2 to 10 and solo runners complete five-mile loops in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. In between laps, runners will enjoy food, beverages, music, and a festival atmosphere at beautiful Camp Rockmont. Events available for all ages and endurance levels including a kids run, 5-mile trail run, and 6, 12, and 24-hour categories. Best of all 100% of the profits fund safe drinking water projects worldwide. Register a team of up to 10 runners or go solo!
May 3, 2008
R.E.A.C.H. Motorcycle Tri-State Poker Run & Rally
Register by calling (828)369-5544 or online at reachofmaconcounty.org. Registration also available the day of the rally. Location is Franklin Ford. Next motorcycle event is planned for October 4, 2008.Festival t -879-8832.
May 3 – May 4, 2008
Film Screening, "Frida"
Frida Kahlo's life was a beautiful and tragic one that intertwined her painting, politics, sexuality and intense chronic pain resulting from a catastrophic accident.
May 3, 2008 at 8:00PM
Chris Spheeris - Up Close & Personal
An Intimate event featuring Chris Spheeris, spiritual singer-songwriter and poet in the beautiful healing environment of The Essence Center.
May 4, 2008 at 7:00PM
Chris Spheeris Solo Live
Award-winning spirit-centered recording artist Chris Spheeris will perform music, vocals & spoken word.
May 8, 2008 at 10:00AM
Cherokee Visitor Appreciation Day
The Cherokee Welcome Center hosts a day of music, craft and art vendors and concessions. A way for Cherokee to say "thanks" to visitors to the area.
May 9 – May 11, 2008
Lake Eden Arts Festival
Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF), presents World Beat, Blues, Folk, Celtic, Bluegrass, Gospel, Latin and more. LEAF also highlights Folk Arts, Poetry, Juried Handcrafts, Healing Arts, kids activities, kayaking, swimming and camping. Connecting cultures & creating community through music & arts!
May 9 – May 11, 2008
7th Annual Mother's Day Gemboree
Macon County Community Building U.S. 441 South of Franklin. Sponsored by the Franklin Chamber of Commerce. Featuring gem & minerals, fine jewelry, and more. Hours 10am to 6pm Friday & Saturday, 12noon to 5pm Sunday. Contact 800-336-7829.
Carolinas Dahlia Society Tuber Sale and NC Chrysanthemum Society Plant Sale
A wide variety of dahlia tubers, dahlia plant starts and chrysanthemums featuring cultivated varieties will be available. Learning from society members, visitors can uncover the secrets of how to produce plants with show quality blooms. Varieties include traditional favorites plus the latest cultivars to start the growing season.
May 10, 2008 at 10:00AM
Fiber Day
Fiber artists from the Southern Highland Craft Guild and other area guilds provide hands-on learning about a myriad of fiber crafts. Many uses of fiber are explored. Sheep shearing demonstrations are featured throughout the day.
May 10, 2008 at 8:00PM
Petrushka presented by the Asheville Symphony with Red Herring Puppets
We end our season with a sonic and visual Russian feast. After a bold and majestic Polonaise of Tchaikovsky, you will be stunned by the sheer musicality and showmanship of young pianist Konstantin Soukhovetski. He will bring his keen musical intellect and bravado to Prokofiev's brash yet sophisticated Piano Concerto No. 2. As a recent winner of the 2006 Juilliard Concerto Competition, and already a local favorite upon a successful recital appearance last year in Waynesville, we are proud to introduce Konstantin to you on our season finale. Our season comes to a spectacular close when we collaborate with Asheville's famed Red Herring Puppets on Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka, with life-sized puppets "dancing" the roles of Petrushka the clown, the boorish Moor, and the beautiful Ballerina. We hope you will join us for a very special night of music to cap a very special season of great music with your Asheville Symphony Orchestra.
May 16 – May 18, 2008
Cruise the Smokies - Spring Rod Run
The Rod Run features more than 500 classic and customized automobiles built before 1972. The mountains and miles of surrounding roads, including the nearby Blue Ridge Parkway, make for good driving and amazing views. Plus, the many attractions at Cherokee make the Rod Run fun for the entire family. Registered vehicles are eligible for cash-prize drawings totaling $15,000. Vehicle registration is $30 before the event and $35 at the door.
May 17 – May 18, 2008
Grandfather Mountain Naturalist Weekend
Join us for two days filled with guided hikes and special presentations on birds, wildflowers and nature of Grandfather Mountain.
May 17 – May 18, 2008
Asheville Choral Society presents Seasons of Love
Love, time, and the seasons: "Autumn in New York," "April in Paris," "As Time Goes By" what better theme than this? Not to mention Jonathan Larson's fabulous Rent, one of the most innovative shows to hit Broadway in many years. With Show Band.
May 17 – May 18, 2008
Girls at Play Women's Weekend
Instructor Anna Levesque devotes her career to making kayaking an inspiring activity for women. Not only is she one of the most decorated paddlers out there, she's also an Ashtanga-trained yoga teacher! Find your element in this weekend of hiking, lake-paddling, downward dogging and more. Whitewater novices encouraged!
May 17, 2008 at 11:00AM
5th Annual Montford Arts and Music Festival
View the eclectic architecture that enables Montford to be home to a large variety of people. Celebrate the diversity that is Montford. Mingle and chat with local artists and craftspeople as they showcase their talents that so richly portray the warmth and character that is Montford. Be our guests and step back in time to experience the magic of Montford. Spend a day packed with creativity and good food. Great local music featuring Buncombe Turnpike. This event is co-sponsored by the City of Asheville Parks and Recreation and the Montford Neighborhood Association.
May 17, 2008 at 5:00PM
Mountain Music and Dance Frolic
This spring Vance Birthplace State Historic Site will be hosting a series of living history events to celebrate the traditions of our forefathers. The highlight of the Saturday Event Series will be an Old-time Frolic. The Frolic will take place Saturday May 17th at 5:00 p.m. in honor of Zeb Vances birthday. Zebulon Vance, a 19th century political force, was born in Reems Creek Valley on May 13th, 1830 and was a known fan of mountain music. In fact, at one particular debate in his 1858 campaign for congress, Zeb entertained followers by playing traditional mountain tunes on his fiddle. Fiddle music and dancing go hand-in-hand, and frolics grew quite popular in the years prior to and following the Civil War. In many mountain communities, these dances provided the rare chance for socialization. After log raisins, corn shuckins, and other types of community workings; folks would clear out the furniture, throw down the corn meal, and dance the night away. Couples would join together to make a square and would alter their dance figures at the direction of the caller, with each community having their own unique and distinctive ways of making the figures. Dancers at the Vance Birthplaces Old-time Frolic will be altering their dance moves at the direction of veteran dance caller, Peter Gott. Throughout western North Carolina, Mr. Gott is well known as a dance caller, folklorist, and musician. Helping keep his dance moves in time at this upcoming event, will be legendary fiddler Roger Howell and the original Carolina Old-timers. Jerry Sutton will be playing guitar, Bob Gregory on the banjo, and Cathy Arrowood picking the stand-up bass. Folks are invited to string up their dancing shoes and join in, or sit back and enjoy the show from their lawn chairs! Admission will be free.
May 18, 2008 at 7:15AM
Biltmore/Kiwanis 15k/5k Classic
An Extraordinary Race for Runners of All Abilities! The race course is run entirely on the scenic grounds of Biltmore. Medals for Top Finishers in 5k/15k Overall, Masters & Age Groups. Due to parking restrictions at Biltmore, the race will be limited to the first 950 entrants.
May 18, 2008 at 8:00AM
Fletcher Flyer
Century, Metric Century and Half-Century bike rides that wind through the valleys south of Asheville. It is the least hilly ride in WNC, but it has enough rolling hills and terrific mountain scenery to keep it interesting.
May 21 – Jun 7, 2008
"Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks"
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks by Richard Alfieri. When Lily hires Michael to give her dance lessons, the two offend each other right off the bat. Off to a rocky start, the prickly pair foxtrot, cha-cha and tango until a most unlikely friendship develops through the discovery that the two are more alike than not.
May 22, 2008 at 8:00PM
Buille in concert
It is rare that an individual instrument is reinvented by an individual musician, but according to The Irish Times and other raving critics, this is precisely what Niall Vallely (brother to Lnasas piper, Cillian Vallely) has accomplished with his concertina. Add to his virtuosic playing, his brother Caoimhn on piano (another member of the talented Vallely clan) and guitar powerhouse Paul Meehan (formerly with Dorsa, the Karan Casey Band, and Lnasa) and you have Buille, one of the most potent new sounds emerging from Ireland. In the words of The Irish Times, As fresh a breath thats blown through traditional and roots circles in a long, long time.
May 23 – May 25, 2008
Asheville Music Jamboree
Welcome to the Asheville Music Jamboree. For well over a century, the climate, the scenery and the welcoming openness of the people of Asheville have captured the hearts of poets, painters, princes and paupers alike. Regardless of status or standing, people have been drawn here from across the map, sharing their talents and ideas to create a cultural tapestry that's enormously rich in diversity and unrivaled beauty. The Asheville Music Jamboree will embrace that diversity and beauty, inviting patrons from all walks of life to enjoy an eclectic mix of world-class entertainment and to celebrate a unique sense of community in an intimate setting of rolling hills and bountiful apple orchards. Confirmed artists include... Warren Haynes and Govt Mule Burning Spear Ivan Nevilles Dumpstaphunk The Lee Boys Jason Isbell RAQ Afromotive Barrel House Mamas Laura Reed and Deep Pocket Jaime McLean Band Josh Phillips Folk Festival Kellin Watson New Familiars Jeff Sipe Trio ...and many more to be announced, so stay tuned!
May 23 – May 24, 2008
Asheville Firefighter Combat Challenge
Welcome to the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge. Recently viewed on ESPN for over a dozen years and seen by millions of people worldwide, the Challenge attracts hundreds of U.S. and Canadian municipal fire departments and thousands of competitors each year to more than 20 North American locations. As The Competition with a Purpose, the Challenge seeks to encourage and reward firefighter fitness while it demonstrates the profession's rigors to the public. Wearing full bunker gear and the SCOTT Air-Pak SCBA breathing apparatus, pairs of competitors simulate the physical demands of real-life firefighting by performing a series of tasks including climbing the 5-story tower, hoisting, chopping, dragging hoses and rescuing a life-sized, 175 lb. victim as they race against themselves, their opponent and the clock.
May 23, 2008 at 6:30PM
The Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa Wine Dinner Series
Schramsberg Sparkling Wine Dinner With winery owner and winemaker Hugh Davies Our Wine Dinner Series is a rare and intimate opportunity to share a delicious gourmet meal with the wine maker. Our culinary staff has worked closely with each featured vineyard to create a first-class menu that is sure to delight the epicurean in you.
May 24, 2008
WNC Trout Jamboree
Macon County Recreation Park. 10am-9pm. Entertainment, fireworks, food, crafts, games & fishing. Contact 800-336-7829.
May 24 – May 25, 2008
Garden Jubilee
Garden Jubilee offers over 100 vendors selling handmade arts and crafts, plants and items to enhance your outdoor living area. Nurseries selling many varieties of annuals, perennials, vegetables and hard to find plants will be located on very block of the festival. A great way to enhance the beauty of a garden is to add garden ornamentation. There will also be delicious food to satisfy any appetite. Located at the Visitors Information Center, 201 South Main Street will be the Lowes Expo offering garden clinics, plants, a hands-on kids clinic and beautiful displays. Nationally known lawn and garden product specialist will be giving one-on-one-advice.
May 24 – May 25, 2008
Memorial Day Powwow
This annual event draws more than 200 dancers and more than 2,000 spectators. Men and women compete for thousands of dollars in different age groups there are participants younger than 5 performing dances including traditional, grass, jingle, fancy and more. These events offer great opportunity for non-Natives to appreciate a diversity of Native cultures. Beyond this, the powwows are safe, family entertainment that includes everyone from young children to tribal elders
For more upcoming events around western North Carolina, visit Asheville.com’s Calendar >>
