Details of the 2020 Bearfootin’ Art Walk & Auction Announced

by: David Lawson • 01/06/2020

Bearfootin’ Art Walk Courthouse Square & Main Street Hendersonville, NC May 9 is the Bear Reveal! Historic Downtown Hendersonville presents the 18th annual Bearfootin’ Art Walk & Auction. Bears will be created in a whimsical artistic fashion and will decorate the downtown area. The bears provide an interesting addition to the Main Street and can […]

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Gnarliest Kids Adventure Race Set for May 3

by: David Lawson • 01/06/2020

The Gnarliest Adventure Race Camp Ton-A-Wandah  300 W Ton A Wandah Rd Hendersonville, NC 28739 May 3 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. A Hendersonville favorite! The 8th annual Gnarliest Kids Adventure Race lets kids the thrill of adventure racing through Camp Ton-A-Wandah. Working in teams of two, the kids, ages 5 through 14, work together […]

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Gem & Lapidary Wholesalers Kick Off, End 2020 in Asheville

by: David Lawson • 01/06/2020

The Gem & Lapidary Wholesalers have 17 shows in 2020 — the first one being January 7-8, and the final one being November 3-4, both in Asheville. For more than 40 years, the Gem & Lapidary Wholesaler Trade Shows have been a top gem and mineral buyer destination. Exhibitors enjoy world-class personal service and exposure […]

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Flat Rock Playhouse Announces Its 2020 Lineup

by: David Lawson • 12/30/2019

Flat Rock Playhouse 2661 Greenville Hwy Flat Rock, NC 28731  828.693.0731 www.flatrockplayhouse.org The playhouse announced its 2020 schedule. Tickets can be purchased at the Flat Rock Playhouse website or by calling the Box Office at (828) 693-0731. The 2020 shows are: On the Leiman Mainstage Million Dollar Quartet – April 24 – May 17 Steel […]

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Snow Tubing at Black Bear is a Hendersonville Must

by: David Lawson • 12/30/2019

Black Bear Snow Tubing 373 Kerr Road Hendersonville, NC 828.685.1155 One of Hendersonville’s favorite winter activities, snow tubing! Slide down a 500-foot slope on tubes is a fun way to spend the afternoon and evening with the family. The slopes have a tube-tugging system that allows you to ride your tube back to the top […]

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Plans Scheduled for Annual Garden Jubilee Festival in May

by: David Lawson • 12/30/2019

The Garden Jubilee Festival Downtown Hendersonville, NC 28739 May 23 – 24 (Memorial Day Weekend) With spring and early summer comes gardening in Hendersonville. The Annual Garden Jubilee Festival is one of the largest and premier garden shows in Western North Carolina. The festival is held over the two-day Memorial Day weekend along Main Street […]

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Date Set For The 2020 Tail Chaser

by: David Lawson • 12/30/2019

The Tail Chaser 250 Oskar Blues REEB Ranch 315 Shoals Falls Road Hendersonville, NC 28739 April 25 An adventurous 250K/175-mile ride through beautiful Western North Carolina. The weather will be warming as spring invades the mountains around Hendersonville with the grass turning green and the trees blooming. The ride is a combination of paved, gravel […]

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Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra to Present ‘Once Upon A Time’

by: David Lawson • 12/30/2019

Once Upon A Time Presented by the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra Blue Ridge Community College Concert Hall 49 East Campus Drive Flat Rock, NC 828.697.5884 March 28 The Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra presents the classic tale of good vs. evil. Tchaikovsky’s Lilac Fairy and Calaboose, Menken’s Belle, Gaston, Lumiere, and the Beast, and Berlioz’s journey through infatuation […]

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Take the Family to the Elijah Mountain Gem Mine

by: David Lawson • 12/03/2019

Elijah Gem Mining Elijah Mountain 2120 Brevard Road Hendersonville, NC 828.692.6560 The gem mine on Elijah Mountain is Western North Carolina’s go-to for a day of mining and family fun. Your inner prospector will come alive as you mine for gems and gold as the settlers of the Blue Ridge Mountains did and continue to […]

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Explore The Oklawaha Greenway

by: David Lawson • 12/03/2019

The Oklawaha Greenway is a short 5-minute drive from downtown Hendersonville and a step into nature. Part of the watershed of Henderson County, the 3.5-mile greenway winds its way along Mud Creek, through wetlands, meadows of native flowers and grasses, and native forests. The greenway connects four parks around Hendersonville. The greenway is a local […]

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