Category
Festivals & Fairs
Oct7Today
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Festivals & FairsAshe CountyMulti-day
High Country Honey Festival
Oct 3 – Oct 31, 2026
1:00 PM
Ashe County Chamber of Commerce
Oct7Today
Happening now
Festivals & FairsAshe County↻ +3 more datesMulti-day
Ashe County Corn Maze & Pumpkin Festival
Oct 3 – Oct 9, 2026
5:00 PM
Ashe County Chamber of Commerce
Oct8
Festivals & FairsMitchell County↻ +6 more dates
Spruce Pine's Songwriters Festival
Thu, Oct 8, 2026
12:00 PM
Spruce Pine
Oct8
Festivals & FairsOther County↻ +6 more dates
New Play Festival
Thu, Oct 8, 2026
12:00 PM
N/A
Oct8
Festivals & FairsAshe County
Annual Fall Festival Farmers Market
Thu, Oct 8, 2026
6:00 PM
Ashe County Chamber of Commerce
Oct9
Festivals & FairsOther County↻ +9 more dates
Summer Theatre Festival
Fri, Oct 9, 2026
12:00 PM
Lees-McRae
Oct9
Festivals & FairsMitchell County↻ +5 more dates
First Friday Street Festival
Fri, Oct 9, 2026
12:00 PM
Spruce Pine
Oct9
Festivals & FairsOther County↻ +4 more dates
Theatre Arts Program Fall Festival
Fri, Oct 9, 2026
12:00 PM
Lees-McRae
Oct10
Festivals & FairsAvery County
Dust Off Your Dirndl and Lace Up Your Lederhosen for Sugar Mountain Resort’s 36th Annual Oktoberfest, October 10 & 11
Sat, Oct 10, 2026
12:00 AM
Sugar Mountain Resort
Oct10
Festivals & FairsAshe County↻ +23 more dates
West Jefferson Antiques Fair
Sat, Oct 10, 2026
8:00 AM
West Jefferson Antiques Fair
Oct10
Festivals & FairsAshe County
Annual Fall Festival Farmers Market
Sat, Oct 10, 2026
8:00 AM
Ashe County Farmers Market 108 Backstreet, West Jefferson
Oct10
Festivals & FairsAvery CountyMulti-day
Oktoberfest at Sugar Mountain Resort
Oct 10 – Oct 11, 2026
10:00 AM
High Country Visitors Guide
Oct10
Festivals & FairsAvery County↻ +7 more dates
Beech Mountain Mile-High Kite Festival
Sat, Oct 10, 2026
12:00 PM
Beech Mountain Resort
Oct10
Festivals & FairsAshe County
Thistle Meadow Winery Annual Wine Festival
Sat, Oct 10, 2026
12:00 PM
Ashe County Chamber of Commerce
Oct10
Festivals & FairsOther County
Thistle Meadow Wine Festival
Sat, Oct 10, 2026
12:00 PM
Thistle Meadow Winery
Oct11
Festivals & FairsAvery CountyAll day
Polka Dance Your Way to Sugar Mountain Resort’s 35th Annual Oktoberfest, October 11 & 12
Sun, Oct 11, 2026
Sugar Mountain Resort
Oct11
Festivals & FairsAshe County↻ +15 more dates
Ashe County Corn Maze & Pumpkin Festival
Sun, Oct 11, 2026
10:00 AM
Ashe County Corn Maze & Pumpkin Festival
Oct11
Festivals & FairsMitchell County↻ +6 more dates
Sunday: Spruce Pine Sunday Street Fair
Sun, Oct 11, 2026
12:00 PM
Spruce Pine
Oct11
Festivals & FairsOther County↻ +4 more dates
New Play Festival
Sun, Oct 11, 2026
12:00 PM
Lees-McRae
Oct11
Festivals & FairsAvery County↻ +19 more dates
Oktoberfest at Sugar Mountain Resort
Sun, Oct 11, 2026
12:00 PM
Sugar Mountain Resort
Oct12
Festivals & FairsAvery CountyAll day
Don your Dirndl and Lace up Your Lederhosen for Sugar Mountain Resort’s 34th Annual Oktoberfest, October 12 & 13
Mon, Oct 12, 2026
Sugar Mountain Resort
Oct12
Festivals & FairsOther County↻ +3 more dates
THE 24 HOUR PLAY FESTIVAL
Mon, Oct 12, 2026
12:00 PM
Lees-McRae
Oct12
Festivals & FairsAvery County
Woolly Worm Festival
Mon, Oct 12, 2026
12:00 PM
Banner Elk
Oct14
Festivals & FairsYancey County↻ +3 more dates
Music in the Mountains Festival
Wed, Oct 14, 2026
12:00 PM
Leisure and Sport Report
Oct17
Festivals & FairsOther County
Valle Country Fair
Sat, Oct 17, 2026
12:00 AM
NC 194 across from Holy Cross Church
Oct17
Festivals & FairsAvery County
Woolly Worm Festival
Sat, Oct 17, 2026
12:00 AM
Historic Banner Elk Elementary School
Oct17
Festivals & FairsOther County
Woolly Worm Festival 2026
Sat, Oct 17, 2026
12:00 AM
High Country Visitors Guide
Oct17
Festivals & FairsAvery County↻ +1 more dateMulti-day
Woolly Worm Festival
Oct 17 – Oct 18, 2026
12:00 PM
Downtown Banner Elk
Oct17
Festivals & FairsWatauga CountyMulti-day
Valle Country Fair
Oct 17 – Oct 18, 2026
12:00 PM
Valle Crucis
Oct18
Festivals & FairsAvery County
Sugar Mountain Area Festivals & Events Calendar: Valle Country Fair
Sun, Oct 18, 2026
6:00 PM
See Sugar
Oct21
Festivals & FairsWatauga County
Education Abroad Fair
Wed, Oct 21, 2026
11:00 AM
Plemmons Student Union, 420 Parkway Ballroom
Oct29
Festivals & FairsWatauga County
Fall Festival
Thu, Oct 29, 2026
10:00 AM
App State Hickory Campus, 1140 (Student Commons)
Oct30
Festivals & FairsWatauga County
Education Career Fair
Fri, Oct 30, 2026
12:30 PM
Holmes Convocation Center, Arena
Oct31
Festivals & FairsWatauga County
Blowing Rock Halloween Festival
Sat, Oct 31, 2026
8:00 AM
Blowing Rock NC
Oct31
Festivals & FairsAshe County
Fall Festival
Sat, Oct 31, 2026
3:00 PM
Ashe County Chamber of Commerce
Oct31
Festivals & FairsWatauga County
Blowing Rock Halloween Festival
Sat, Oct 31, 2026
4:30 PM
Memorial Park
Oct31
Festivals & FairsWatauga County
Blowing Rock Halloween Festival & Monster March
Sat, Oct 31, 2026
5:30 PM
Main Street
Nov3
Festivals & FairsWatauga County
Walker Internship Expo
Tue, Nov 3, 2026
5:00 PM
Peacock Hall, Contact Table
Nov7
Festivals & FairsAshe County
High Country Honey Festival
Sat, Nov 7, 2026
9:00 AM
Ashe Ag Center
Nov27
Festivals & FairsWatauga County
Christmas in the Park & Lighting of the Town
Fri, Nov 27, 2026
12:00 PM
Blowing Rock Memorial Park
Dec12
Festivals & FairsOther County
Old Time Appalachian Christmas Festival
Sat, Dec 12, 2026
11:00 AM
Galax, VA
May2
Festivals & FairsOther County
Bluegrass at Altapass: May 2 & 3
Sun, May 2, 2027
10:00 AM
Other County
May29
Festivals & FairsAvery CountyMulti-day
Memorial Day Art on the Greene
May 29 – May 31, 2027
10:00 AM
Historic Banner Elk School
May29
Festivals & FairsAvery County↻ +1 more date
Art on the Greene
Sat, May 29, 2027
12:00 PM
Banner Elk Chamber of Commerce
May31
Festivals & FairsAvery County
Memorial Day Art on the Greene
Mon, May 31, 2027
12:00 PM
Banner Elk Chamber of Commerce
Jun18
Festivals & FairsWatauga County↻ +1 more dateMulti-day
Boonerang Music & Arts Festival
Jun 18 – Jun 21, 2027
12:00 AM
Jones House
Jun18
Festivals & FairsWatauga County
Boonerang Music Festival 2027
Fri, Jun 18, 2027
12:00 AM
High Country Visitors Guide
Jun19
Festivals & FairsAvery County↻ +1 more dateMulti-day
Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival
Jun 19 – Jun 20, 2027
12:00 PM
Banner Elk Chamber of Commerce