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March
3—Circus,
Circus & more Circus - Haywood County Fairgrounds 941-806-0390
Small children’s variety show.
March 9--- “Roots & Boots Tour”Smoky Mountain Center, Franklin
877-415-7315
7:30PM
Featuring Aaron Tippin, Joe Diffie and
Sammie Kershaw
March 9- 11--- “The Story of my Life” The Feichter Studio, Waynesville
828-456-6322
(Hold
over dates are March 16 – 18.)
March 10 – Flea MarketHaywood County Fairgrounds
828-400-1529
7AM – 2PM
March 17--- Old Time Music Jam Sessions - Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Cherokee
1PM – 3PM Free Event Bring your instrument & join in.
March 18 – Sunday Concert Series - Haywood County Public Library, Waynesville
“Michael Pilgrim”
Celtic Concert 3PM Free
March 23 - 25--- “The Guys” The Feichter Studio, Waynesville
828-456-6322
(Hold
over dates are March 30 - 31.)
March 24—Rainbows and RampsCherokee Indian Fair Grounds
800-438-1601
March 31--- Opening Day Trout Tournament - Cherokee
828-497-5520
$10,000 in cash prizes for tagged fish
caught.
March 31--- KOA Fishing Tournament - Cherokee
828-497-2511
6:30AM – 5PM
April
4 – 28—Gallery 86
Show - Waynesville
828-452-0593 Monday – Sat. 10am – 5pm
April 5 – Melange of the Mountains - Waynesville, Gateway Club
828-456-3021
Annual event showcasing a taste of the best food the mountains has to offer. 5 –
7 PM
April -6 – 8-- Weekends—“The Oxymoron’s” Comedy Improvisational HART Theatre,
Waynesville
828-456-6322
April 6 & 7 – PEANUTS Easter Beagle - Great Smoky Mt. Railroad Bryson City
800-872-4681
Photo opportunities and children seek out bunnies carrying brightly colored
eggs.
April 7--- Flea Market - Haywood County Fairgrounds
828-400-1529
7AM – 2PM
April 7 & 8 – Easter at Lake Junaluska
828-452-2881
Saturday Easter egg hunt, egg decorating contest, Sunday Sunrise Service.
April 13—Artist Reception Gallery 86, Waynesville
828-452-0593
April 14 --- Balsam Range opening for “Jeff Foxworthy” Smoky Mountain Center,
Franklin.
877-415-1598 A comedy Benefit for Africa
7:30PM
April 15 – Sunday Concert Series - Haywood County Public Library, Waynesville
“Doodle and Karin
Lyle” 3PM
April 21 --- Old Time Music Jam Sessions - Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Cherokee
1PM – 3PM Free Event Bring your instrument & join in.
April 21--- Great Smoky Mountain Trout Festival Maggie Valley Festival Grounds
828-926-0866
Tentative Date
April 21 - Taste of Chocolate - Maggie Valley Club
828-456-6456
6 -9 PM. If you love chocolate you don’t
want to miss this.
April 27 –May 6 Weekends “Look Homeward Angel” - HART Theatre, Waynesville
828-456-6322
April 27--- Juan Siddi Flamenco Theatre Company - Smoky Mountain Center,
Franklin
877-415-7315
7:30PM
The controlled power, thundering footwork, and blood
boiling
music of Juan Siddi Flamenco distills centuries of tradition into an
unforgettable evening of spectacular dance.
April 27 – 29— 9 Ball Shoot Out - Haywood County Fairgrounds
828-452 -1980
April 28 & 29—Southeastern Mini Truckin Nationals
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds
865-859 -9030
April 27 – 29--- Summer Kick off Trout Tournament Cherokee
www.fishcherokee.com $11 entry fee,
$10,000 in tagged fish in the rivers of Cherokee.
April 28 – Quick Draw - Waynesville
828-456-3517
May 1
---
Oconaluftee Village Opens - Cherokee, NC
May 3 Hotel California “a Salute to the Eagles” - Franklin
877-415-7315
Smoky Mtn. Center for Performing Arts, Join us for a trip down a
dark deserted highway, feel the cool wind in your hair…. 7:30PM
May 4 – Art After Dark - Waynesville
828-456-3517
May 4 - 6--Thunder in the Smokies Motorcycle Rally
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds 828-246-2101
May 5—Clogging Competition - Stompin Ground, Maggie Valley
304-872-5803
May 5--- Flea Market - Haywood County Fairgrounds
828-400-1529 7AM –
2PM
May 6-- Annual Ramp Festival - Legion Field, Waynesville
828-456-8691
May 11--- Tenth Avenue North - Smoky Mountain Center, Franklin
877-415-7315
7:30PM
Musically inventive and lyrically compelling, the collection
helped earn the band the “New Artist of the Year” accolade at the 2009 Dove
Award.
May 12--- Whole Bloomin Thing Festival - Frog Level Section, Waynesville
May 16—Motorcycle Kick Start Classic -
(beginning at)
Wheels through Time Museum This
event is limited to the first 100
motorcycles and riders to register. Registration costs $100 per person. The
Motorcycle Kickstart Classic is a rain or shine event! The registration form
will be available shortly. But if
you can’t wait, please send your name, address, email, shirt size and $100 check
(to TAM Communications)
to American Iron Magazine, ATTN Kickstart Classic, 1010 Summer St., Stamford, CT
06905.
May 18- Little Texas & Restless Heart - Franklin
877-415-7315
Smoky Mtn. Center for the Performing Arts, Hits such as “I’ll still be loving
you”, “When she cries”, “God Bless Texas” and “What might have been” 7:30PM
May 18 – 20 – Meet me in the Smokies Fishing Tournament - Cherokee rivers
www.fishcherokee.com - $225 entry fee,
$10,000 in prizes 7AM
May 19-- Old Time Music Jam Sessions - Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Cherokee
1PM – 3PM Free Event Bring your instrument & join in.
May 20 – Sunday Concert Series - Haywood County Public Library, Waynesville
“Frog Level
Philharmonic” Dixieland 3PM Free
May 20 – Haywood Community Band - Maggie Valley Pavilion
828-452-5553 6:30PM
Free event, come early and bring a
blanket or chair.
May 19 – 21—SSR Fanatics Rally Laurel Park Inn, Maggie Valley Inn
May 18 & 19 —American Cancer Society “Relay for Life”
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds
828-254-6931
Fun, food,
music & games; overnight team event to raisemoney in the fight against cancer
May 23 Mountains & Streams Garden Tour - Haywood County
9 – 4PM 828-456-3575 $10
May 25 – June 10- Weekends – “The Marvelous - Wonderettes” HART Theatre,
Waynesville
828-456-6322
May 26—“Rockin” Block Party - Main Street, Waynesville
828-456-3517 7 –
10PM
May 28—Memorial Day Program - Maggie Valley Town Hall
9:30 AM
May 30—Memorial Day Parade - Main Street, Canton
1PM
June
1 – Art After Dark
- Waynesville
828-456-3517
June 1— Unto These
Hills (Opens) - Mountainside Theater Cherokee
866-554-4557
June 1 –Pickin at the Park - Canton Rec Park
828-648-2363 9PM
Free Event
June 1 & 2-- Ole Smoky Spring Farm Fest
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds
828-627-6372
June 1 – 3--- Cherokee Gourd Artists Gathering Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds800-438-1601
June 1 – 3—Shady Ladies Quilt Show - Lake Logan Episcopal Center
828-456-8885
June 2—Flea Market - Haywood County Fairgrounds
828-400-1529 7AM –
2PM
June 5 – 9 --Cherokee Carnival - Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds
843-385-3180
June 8 –Pickin at the Park - Canton Rec Park
828-648-2363 9PM
Free Event
June 8 - 10--Cruise the Smokies- Spring Rod Run - Cherokee Indian Fair Ground
828-497-2603
www.cherokeerodders.com
June 9 – Appalachian Lifestyle - Main Street, Waynesville
828-456- 3517, 10am – 5pm
June 9— Civil War Commemoration - Shelton House, Waynesville
828 452-1551
Re-Enactments, displays of Southern
heritage & period clothing.
June 9— Old Mill 1886 Craft Festival - South of Cherokee on 441
828-497-6536
Free event 9:30 – 5PM Blacksmith, stone carver, wood carver, gourd artist & much
more.
June 10---Cherokee Voices Festival -Cherokee Museum
10am – 5pm FREE
June 14 – 16--- Cherokee Bluegrass Festival - Happy Holiday RV, Cherokee
828-497- 9204
June 15 –Pickin at the Park - Canton Rec Park
828-648-2363 9PM
Free Event
June 15 – 17— Pioneer Weekend - Great Smoky Mountain Rail Road
800-872-4681
June 16-- Old Time Music Jam Sessions - Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Cherokee
1PM – 3PM Free Event Bring your instrument & join in.
June 17 --- Sunday Concert Series - Haywood County Public Library, Waynesville
“Sugar Barnes”
Heritage Blues 3PM Free
June 17 – Haywood Community Band - Maggie Valley Pavilion
828-452-5553 6:30PM
Free event, come early and bring a
blanket or chair.
June 19 – July 11— “Lone Ranger” Pioneer Days - Great Smoky Mountain Rail Road
800-872-4681
Tuckasegee trains with appearances by Lone Ranger, Pioneer story teller, and
Cherokee Indians.
June 21 – 28— Cherokee Little Theatre for Children Cherokee, Mountainside
Theatre
866-554-4557
June 22- Mountain Street Dance - Main Street, Waynesville
828-456-3517
June 22 –Pickin at the Park - Canton Rec Park
828-648-2363 9PM
Free Event
June 22 & 23— Blue Ridge Crafters - Haywood County Fairgrounds
9AM – 5PM
June 22 – 24--- US Junior Fly Fishing Tournament - Cherokee
828-497-5520
June 23 ---Mountain & Streams Garden Tour - Waynesville
828-456-3575
Presented by the Happy County Master Gardner Volunteers. The 6 garden tour
begins at the barn at Mountain Research Station where ticket holders receive
directions to the gardens.
June 24-- “Swannanoa Chamber Music” - Performing Arts Center, Waynesville
828-452-0593 7:30PM
June 29 –Pickin at the Park - Canton Recreation Park
828-648-2363 9PM
Free Event
June 29 – 30— 37th Annual Cherokee POWOW - Cherokee, Acquoni Expo Center
828-554-6471
June 29 - July 1 – Maggie Valley Swap Meet & Car Show - Maggie Valley Festival
Grounds
423-623-4644
June 29 – July 1—45th Annual Antique Auto Club Show - WNC Ag Center, Fletcher
July
1, 8, 15 & 22 –
“Swannanoa Chamber Music” - Performing Arts Center, Waynesville
828-452-0593 7:30PM
July 4th Red White & Boom
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds
828-926-0866
July 3rd -- 4th of July Celebration - Lake Junaluska
828-452-2881 Ext. 743
July 4-- Stars & Stripes Celebration - Waynesville
828-456-3517 11 –
3PM
July 6 - Art After Dark - Waynesville
828-456-3517
July 6-- Mountain Street Dance - Main Street, Waynesville
828-456-3517
July 6 –Pickin at the Park - Canton Rec Park
828-648-2363 9PM
Free Event
July 6 - 29 – Weekends “La Cage aux Folles” - HART Theatre Waynesville
828-456-6322
July 7-- - MedWest Triathlon - Clyde 828-400-5868
300 yard swim, 11.4 mile bike, 5k run
July 7 & 8 - Maggie Valley Arts & Crafts Festival
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds 828-926-1686
Crafters from throughout the US converge on Maggie Valley
with their beautiful handcrafted items.
July 7 & 8—Blue Ridge Crafters - Haywood County Fairgrounds
July 6 –Pickin at the Park - Canton Rec Park
828-648-2363 9PM
Free Event
July 13 & 14--- 8th Annual Festival of Native Peoples - Cherokee
828-497-3481
July 13 – 15--- Cherokee’s Mid Summer Trout Fishing - Cherokee
828-497-6700 9AM – 5PM
July 14--- Flea Market - Haywood County Fairgrounds
828-400-1529 7AM –
2PM
July 15 – Haywood Community Band - Maggie Valley Pavilion
828-452-5553 6:30PM
Free event, come early and bring a
blanket or chair.
July 20 - 31--- Folkmoot USA - County Wide
828-452-2997
July 20- Folkmoot Parade - Main Street, Waynesville
828-452-2997
July 20-- Mountain Street Dance - Main Street, Waynesville
828-456-3517
July 20 –Pickin at the Park - Canton Rec Park
828-648-2363 9PM
Free Event
July 20– 29 – “Dinosaur Train” - Great Smoky Mtn. Railroad
800-872-4681
July 21-- International Festival Day - Waynesville
828-452-2997
July 21--- Old Time Music Jam Sessions - Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Cherokee
1PM – 3PM Free Event
Bring your instrument & join in.
July 27 –Pickin at the Park - Canton Rec Park
828-648-2363 9PM
Free Event
July 28--- HAM Fest - Haywood County Fairgrounds
Amateur radio enthusiasts, you can swap, buy & sell HAM radios & other
electronics.
August -
3 – Junuluska
Singers - Lake Junaluska - Stuart Auditorium
828-452-2881
August 3-- Mountain Street Dance - Main Street, Waynesville
828-456-3517
August 3 – Art After Dark - Waynesville
828-456-3517
August 3 & 4 -- The 9th Annual Mater Festival - Canton
828-648-8275
August 3 & 4 – Dinosaur Train - Great Smoky Mountain Railroad
800-872-4681
August 4 – Downtown Dog Walk - Main street Waynesville
828-456-3517
Courthouse lawn. Proceeds go to support
SARGE.
August 4—Talking Trees Trout Derby - Oconaluftee Island Park, Cherokee
828-497-1898
August 4 – “Natalie Grant” Smoky Mountain Center, Franklin
877-415-7315 7:30PM
August 5-- Lake Logan Triathlon - Canton
828-400-5868
August 10 –Pickin at the Park - Canton Rec Park
828-648-2363 9PM
Free Event
August 11 ---Volkswagon Car Show - Acquoni Expo Center, Cherokee
828-554-6472
August 17 – 26- “Lost in Yonkers ” - HART Theatre, Waynesville
828-456-6322
August 17 –Pickin at the Park - Canton Rec Park
828-648-2363 9PM
Free Event
August 18 – “Blue Ridge Breakaway” Bike Race - Lake Junaluska
828-456-3021 Take your passion to a new
level. 7:30am
August 18-- Old Time Music Jam Sessions - Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Cherokee
1PM – 3PM Free Event Bring your instrument & join in.
August 19 --- Sunday Concert Series - Haywood County Public Library, Waynesville
“Marshall Ballew”
Old-time blues, bluegrass classical 3PM
August 19– Haywood Community Band - Maggie Valley Pavilion
828-452-5553 6:30PM
Free event, come early and bring a
blanket or chair.
August 24 –Pickin at the Park - Canton Rec Park
828-648-2363 9PM
Free Event
A ugust 25—Maggie Valley Moonlight Run Maggie Valley
Festival Grounds 828-400-5868
This long running is back by popular
demand.
August 31 – Sept. 7 -- Annual Labor Day Celebration & Parade. Canton
828-648-2363
August 31 – Sept 1st -- Annual Smoky Mt. Folk Festival - Lake Junaluska
828-452-1688
September
1 —Block Party -
Downtown Waynesville
828-456-3517
September 1 – Open Air Indian Art Market - Qualla Arts & Crafts
828-497-3103
September 1 & 2 – Labor Day Weekend Craft Show
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds
828-497- 9425
September 7 – Art After Dark - Waynesville
828-456-3517
September 7 - 9 --Thunder in the Smokies Motorcycle Rally
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds
828-246-2101
www.handlebarcorral.com
September 7 - 9--- End of Summer Trout Fishing - Cherokee
828-497-6700
September 14 & 15 ---Southeastern Tribes Celebration - Cherokee Indian
Fairgrounds 828-497-3481
September 14 - 16 --- Railfest & Mountain State Craft Fair - Great Smoky Mtn.
Railroad
800-872-4681
September 15-- Old Time Music Jam Sessions - Oconaluftee Visitor Center,
Cherokee
1PM – 3PM Free Event Bring your instrument & join in.
September 16 – Sunday Concert Series - Haywood County Public Library,
Waynesville
“Pan Harmonia” Genre –
smashing Chamber music 3PM
September 16 – Haywood Community Band Maggie Valley Pavilion
828-452-5553 6:30PM
Free event, come early and bring a
blanket or chair.
September 21 & 22— Annual Fall Regional Mustang Event
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds
770-586-0338/
770-356-9431
September 22--- 6th Annual Gospel Singing- Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds
12PM – 3PM
September 28 – 30---- Maggie Valley Swap Meet & Car Show - Maggie Valley
Festival Grounds
423-623-4644
October 1 & 2 –
Haywood Open Studios Tour - Haywood County
828-452-0593 10AM – 5PM FREE EVENT
October 2 – 6--- 100th Annual Cherokee Indian Fair - Cherokee Indian Fair
Grounds 828-554-6472
October 5--- Art After Dark “The Original” - Waynesville
828-456-3517
October 5 – 21 -
Weekends –
“The Light in the Piazza” - HART Theatre, Waynesville
828-456-6322
October 6 - 6th Annual Trail of Tears Memorial Walk - Cherokee
828-497-2111 Ext. 202
October 6 – 28 –Peanuts” Pumpkin Patch Express” - Bryson City
800-872-4681
WEEKENDS –
Enjoy hayrides, storytelling, bouncy house, trick or treating and lots more.
October 11 - 13 – Annual High Country Quilt Show - Maggie Valley Town Hall
828-926-3169
Quilt show featuring new & antique
quilts.
October 12 & 13—Junaluska Singers - Lake Junaluska – Stuart Auditorium
828-452-2881
October 12 – 14- Big Rigs Antique Truck Show - Acquoni Expo Center
800-438-1601
October 13 & 14- October Leaves Craft Show - Maggie Valley Festival Grounds
828-497-9425
October 13-- Church Street Arts & Crafts Show - Waynesville
828-456-3517
October 19 – 21—Rumble in the Rhodedendron - Fly Fishing Cherokee
828-497-5520 9AM – 5PM
October 20—The Annual Apple Harvest Festival - Waynesville
828-456-3021 10am – 5pm
October 20 & 21 -- Maggie Valley Fall Arts & Crafts Show
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds 828-926-1686
. Do your Christmas shopping early.
October 20--- Old Time Music Jam Sessions - Oconaluftee Visitor Center, Cherokee
1PM – 3PM Free Event Bring your instrument & join in.
October 21 – Sunday Concert Series - Haywood County Public Library, Waynesville
“Tom Fisch”
Traditional Folk & Country Music 3PM
October 21 – Haywood Community Band - Maggie Valley Pavilion
828-452-5553 6:30PM
Free event, come early and bring a
blanket or chair.
October 21 – 27— Myths & Legends Tour - Oconaluftee Indian Village
828-554-6492
October 22- Halloween Parade Downtown Cherokee
828-554-6491 12PM –
3PM
October 24 – 31— Haunted Indian Village - Oconaluftee Indian Village
800-438-1601
October 26 - 28--- World Championship Clogging Stompin Ground, Maggie Valley
304-872-5803
October 27— Ghosts & Goblets at Shelton House Shelton House & Barn, Waynesville
828-452-1551
Admission $10, Children under 8 years old $5
7 – 8:30PM Pre - registration required
October 27—Halloween Bash - Cherokee Indian Fairgrounds
828-554-6471 7PM –
10PM
October 31st - Treats on the Streets Downtown Waynesville
828-456-3517 5 – 7pm
November
9 – 30 “Polar
Express” - Great Smoky Mtn. Railroad Weekends
800-872-4681
November 2 - 4--Cherokee Fall Rod Run - Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds
828-497-8122/ 828-497-2603
www.cherokeerodders.com
November 5 – 14 “The
Little Foxes” Weekends - HART Theatre, Waynesville
828 – 456-
6322
November 17--- Old Time Music Jam Sessions - Oconaluftee Visitor Center,
Cherokee
1PM – 3PM Free Event - Bring your instrument & join in.
November 17---Holiday Open House - Waynesville
828-456-3517
November 18 --- Sunday Concert Series - Haywood County Public Library,
Waynesville
“Lorraine Conard”
Christmas Concert 3PM Free
November 30 – Dec.1—Travel & Tourism Christmas Bazaar - Cherokee Welcome Center
800-438-1601
December
1 – 29-- “Polar
Express” - Great Smoky Mtn. Railroad Weekends
800-872-4681
December 1--- Christmas Parade 6 pm -
Highway 19, Maggie Valley
828-926-1686
December 1—Christmas Parade - Cherokee
800-438-1601
December 3-- Christmas Parade - Waynesville
828-456-3517
December 3 – Appalachian Christmas - Hart Theatre, Waynesville
828-452-1551
December 6 – Christmas Parade - Canton
828-235-2760 6PM
December 7 – Art After Dark - Waynesville
828-456-3517
December 8-- A Night Before Christmas - Waynesville
828-456-3517
December 7 & 8--- Appalachian Christmas - Lake Junaluska
828-454-6738
December 7 & 8-- Junaluska Singers Concert - Lake Junaluska
828-452-2881
December 15--- Old Time Music Jam Sessions - Oconaluftee Visitor Center,
Cherokee
1PM – 3PM Free Event Bring your instrument & join in.
December 16 - Sunday Concert Series - Haywood County Public Library, Waynesville
3 PM
December 31--- New Years Eve Fireworks - Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds
828-497-8122
December 31--- New Years Eve Gala - Great Smoky Mountain Rail Road
800-872-4681
Dates are tentative &
subject to change.
Every attempt has been made to cover all
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