A Special Free Event for Kids ages 5-13 and their Parents
Blue Ridge Bicycle Club, Sycamore Cycles and Chick-fil-A are sponsoring a free Bicycle Safety Clinic, bicycle games and a three mile ride around the Flat Rock campus of Blue Ridge Community College.
Registration begins at 9:30 am and the Bicycle Safety Clinic begins at 10 am.
Among the promises made by Americans after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, was to pay homage to those who perished, and to never allow the heroism and resilience displayed by Americans in the aftermath to be forgotten.
The Tunnel to Towers Run & Walk Series was created to honor the heroic life and death of Stephen Siller, a New York City firefighter (FDNY) who lost his life on September 11, 2001 after strapping on his gear and running through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the Twin Towers. #avl#yellowtruck Asheville Fire Department #T2TRun
It starts between Pack’s Tavern & the Asheville Fire Department at 8:46 am!
Join us for the 3rd Annual Bracken Mountain Races & Festival in Brevard, NC over Labor Day weekend.
The 3rd Annual Bracken Mountain Races are two separate races (running then biking) to be held in Brevard, NC. The 12K race course (7.1 miles to be exact) is an all terrain course from the scenic roads of beautiful Brevard, to a short section of gravel climbing up to the Bracken Preserve, where the challenging single-track loop trail around Bracken Mountain is featured.
The family-friendly festival will include food trucks, exhibitors / vendors, live music, awards ceremony, and more! Join us for a fun Saturday of Labor Day weekend in Brevard, NC.
Bike race registration: http://www.active.com/
Run Race Registration: http://www.active.com/
Day’s schedule:
3rd Annual Bracken Mountain Races & Festival Schedule
SATURDAY September 3, 2016
Including music schedule for the adjacent Founders Day Fair
7:30 Running Race Registration
8:30 Running Race Start (12 K)
10:00-2:30 Bracken Mountain Festival—Kids activities, vendor / exhibitor booths, etc.
10:00 Bike Race Registration begins
10:00 JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) at the Founders Day Fair
11:00 Pretty Little Goat at the Founders Day Fair
11:30 Bike Race Start (12 K)
12:30-2:30 Face Painting
1:00 Celtic Conspiracy at the Founders Day Fair
2:00 Road Apple Ramblers at the Founders Day Fair
3:00 West Main Street re-opens
PLEASE NOTE: West Main Street from Oaklawn to England will be closed from 7am-3pm on Saturday September 3rd. Also England & Oaklawn will be closed from Main to Probart & RACERS WILL BE ON PROBART STREET from 8:30 to 2:30 with a police escort from 8:30-8:45 & 11:30-11:45.
$5 includes: skates
$8 includes: skates, plus hot dog, chips & drink
$3 FUN ZONE, $3 Scooters, $3 Skate Mates
With brighter lights and more kid-friendly music, this event is aimed at families with younger families so that they can have a special time to learn how to skate. Althought it’s intended for ages 5 and under, parents feel free to bring your older siblings, too!
Parents, come and enjoy these “freedoms” not typically permitted at the rink:
-BRING IN YOUR OWN BREAKFAST. Sit in our concessions area and enjoy your breakfast and maybe even our FREE WIFI as the kids are skating.
-WALK AROUND ON THE RINK (in socks) while assisting your little ones.
-USE OUR SKATE MATES FOR FREE so your beginning skaters can have something else to hold onto (besides your hand or the wall).
Having a family of our own with 5 kids, we know how hard it is to find an affordable, indoor place (from out of the rain), to allow your little ones to exercise and have fun. Besides, we might just be there and join you, as well, with our newborn twins! Remember, strollers are welcome, too!
Abbey Road LIVE! is well known in the Southeast for their energetic concerts at clubs, theaters and festivals. This time, the focus will be on the kids. Expect fun classics such as “Octopus’ Garden”, “Yellow Submarine”, and “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”. Does your child have a favorite Beatles tune? Abbey Road LIVE! loves to take requests, and has often been known to invite kids on stage to sing along.
This rare event will be big fun for the whole family!
For young anglers ages 15 and under are invited to compete in the first fishing tournament of 2025. Competitors will be divided into age groups (0-5, 6-10, and 11-15) with prizes in each division for biggest fish caught, smallest fish caught, and most fish caught. The admission for the fishing tournaments is $10, which includes bait, beverages, breakfast snacks. Register online.
In support of National Youth Soccer month, UNC Asheville and the NC Youth Soccer Association are hosting a free recreation festival from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on our lower field prior to the UNC Asheville vs. SC State women’s soccer game beginning at 7 p.m. Youth players will receive free admission to the game with their jersey. To RSVP to the clinic, contact Jane Matejcik at jane@ncsoccer.org
Join us for the 43rd Annual Hey Day Fall Festival!
Hey Day is the largest WNC Nature Center event of the year and celebrates the wildlife, culture and community of Western North Carolina.
This year’s celebration will feature games, arts and crafts, educational animal programs, local food vendors and a wide variety of exciting wildlife.
Food will be available for purchase. There will also be a kick-off to the Friends’ fall raffle, with the opportunity to win great items!
Standard Nature Center admission rates apply for non-members. Friends members receive free admission. All activities are included with admission except for face painting and food/merchandise purchases.
The Transylvania Heritage Museum will hold its 10th annual Founders’ Day Fair on Saturday, September 1st. This year the festivities will be from 12:30-5:00 pm and will include a special Brevard’s Got Talent show, MC’d by Mayor Jimmy Harris, in honor of Brevard’s Sesquicentennial.
Other activities include Vendor booths, Craft demonstrations, Children’s activities, Mama Bear’s Food Truck, Bake Sale, Moonshine Still Display, Antique Fire Truck, Founding Families Exhibits and a whole lot more! The Road Apple Ramblers will be on stage following the Talent Show.
The Founding Fathers Guided Walking Tours will depart from the street at 10:30 am and 1:30 pm. No reservations are required for these tours and the cost is $5 per person. Payment will be taken in the Museum gift shop. Bring your tour tag and meet the guide at the street.
Bring a chair and enjoy a day of fun on the grounds of the Transylvania Heritage Museum.