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Other modern festivals, such as the National Folk Festival, were inspired by the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival. [7] [5] In its early years, the festival hosted artists such as Samantha Bumgarner. Pete Seeger was inspired to play banjo after hearing founder Bascom Lamar Lunsford play the five-string banjo at the festival in 1936. [8] [9]
The Brushy Mountain Apple Festival is a one-day arts and crafts fair held annually in downtown North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Founded in 1978, the fair is held on the first Saturday in October. Over 160,000 people visit the fair each year, and it is one of the largest single-day arts and crafts fairs in the Southeastern United States.
Lake Eden Arts Festival (instructive, performing arts) North Carolina Azalea Festival; North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival; North Carolina Science Festival; Wild Goose Festival (focuses on justice, spirituality, music and the arts) Woolly Worm Festival (celebrating the supposed weather-predicting abilities of the woolly worm)
Sept. 6 marked the kickoff of the 30th year of the North Carolina Mountain State Fair. The festivities end Sept. 15 at the WNC Agricultural Center in Fletcher, where young and old descended on the ...
What to know about the opening of the 2014 N.C. Mountain State Fair in the Asheville area. ... unique fair foods this side of North Carolina. From Sept. 6-15, the 2024 N.C. Mountain State Fair ...
August 2023: NC summer music festivals. AUG. 3-5: Mountain Dance and Folk Festival — A different show will be presented live on stage each evening allowing you to appreciate the talent and ...
The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games is a Highland games event that has been held annually since 1956 at Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina.Celebrating the history and culture of Scots in North Carolina, it is among the first and largest modern Highland games established in the United States.
The North Carolina Mountain State Fair is a 10-day agricultural fair, which starts the Friday after Labor Day in Fletcher, North Carolina, and was established in 1994.The N.C. Mountain State Fair is focused the people, agriculture, art, and traditions of Western North Carolina.