Recommended for ages 3+. This will be a ticketed program. Tickets are free and available one hour prior to program start time. Must have a ticket to attend. Tickets are first-come, first-served.
10:30am-11:30am: Waynesville Branch
2:00pm-3:30pm: Canton Branch
Recommended for ages 5+. Magician for Summer Reading. This is a ticketed program. Tickets are free and available one hour prior to program start time. Must have a ticket to attend. Tickets are first-come, first-served. Roll up for the Musical Magical Tour…Step Right this way!
The Library Rocks! with Professor Whizzpop’s 2018 Summer Reading Program; the Musical Magical Tour. A brand new program designed to get your Summer Reading crowd rocking out to books! In this amazing musical medley of mashed up magic you’ll be introduced to the latest in musical technology, we will “Rock in our School Shoes” with Pete the Cat and even play the world’s most popular tune LIVE with the Seals on the Bus. This hilarious mix tape of magic, music, and books will be the high note of your summer!
10:30am-11:30am: Canton Public Library
2:00pm-3:00pm: Waynesville Public Library
Join us at the Canton Branch for a high energy music and movement storytime including fun scarves, shaker eggs, rhythm sticks, and the parachute. Additional fun includes bubbles and sidewalk chalk, healthy refreshments, a free book for each child in attendance, sign-ups for Summer Reading at the public library, and sign-ups for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library.
Crooning Critters presented by Balsam Mountain Trust and their live animal ambassadors to explore the world of animal squeaks, squawks, and howls. We’ll explore how and why animlas make their music and then try out a few screeches and squeals of our own. This is a ticketed program. Tickets are free and available one hour prior to program start time. Must have a ticket to attend. Tickets are first-come, first-served. (Recommended for ages 3+. )
10:30am-11:30pm: Waynesville branch
2:00pm-3:30: Canton branch
Summer Reading Program with Ron Cromer. Live reptiles!
11:00am-12:30pm and
2:00pm-3:30pm
Enjoy sidewalk chalk, bubbles, face painting, karaoke, rock painting, balloon art, and get your Summer Reading Challenge Card! This event is for all ages! Fun for everyone!
This weekend, come out for the No Bull Barrel Race and Rodeo in the McGough Arena! Advance tickets available at Alan’s Jewelry and Pawn, Jackson’s Western Wear in Asheville and at the WNC Ag Center in the McGough Arena
June 2nd 4:00pm-10:00pm – 2018 Carnival for a Cure with Relay For Life of Buncombe County, NC at A. C. Reynolds Middle School. “Inflatables! Games! Lots of food! Entertainment throughout! Plus special survivor laps and luminary ceremony. Teams have been working all year to fundraise for Relay. This is the big event that finishes off the season. The community comes out and each team has a tent with food or activities. The entertainment is FREE, but there will be a charge for inflatables and food.”
Tar Heel Storytelling Festival
Workshop: 10-11am
Open Mic for Storytellers: 11-12:30pm
Greeting by Mayor of Hendersonville: 2pm
Afternoon Stories by featured NCSG Tellers: 2:15-4:30pm
Tap n Shake along with Sonia Brooks in this interactive music program. This program will take place instead of our regular toddler storytime on this day.