Entrance is the breezeway between the Marble Slab and White Duck Taco
All Saturdays in July, 2016
10:00am – FREE – Rain or Shine
July 2nd: ‘Fun for Children’
July 9th: ‘Stories from Biltmore’
July 16th: ‘Cinderella Meets Jack’
July 23rd: ‘Listen to This’
July 30th: ‘Cherokee Stories’
July 1-2
car corral and swap meet. See, show, sell or buy collector cars, parts, and memorabilia.
The Global Big Latch On takes place at registered locations around the world, where women gather together to breastfeed simultaneously and to offer peer support to each other. Their friends, family and community join this celebration to promote and support breastfeeding. Volunteers from within the community host each location. Hosting a Global Big Latch On creates a lasting support network for the community.
Learn more about the Global Big Latch On: http://biglatchon.org/about/
The Big Latch On of Asheville 2018 will be held at West Asheville Park, located at 198 Vermont Ave. Please plan to arrive at 10:00 to sign in (pre-registering for the event online will help save you time)!
The latch on will begin PROMPTLY at 10:30! No expectations will be made, so please be sure to arrive early enough to sign in and have your family settled. Feel free to stay as long as you’d like after the Big Latch On to meet new friends, or play at the playground located within the park.
Please feel free to bring the whole family along! Supporters of breastfeeding in our community are more than welcome to join this event. Everyone will be counted.
More details on raffle prizes, gift bags, and other goodies will be posted on our Facebook page.
To pre-register for the Big Latch On: https://biglatchon.org/apps/location-detail/?location_id=2079
If you have a business that would like to participate in the event by donating small items and/or vouchers for goodie bags, or by donating a raffle prize, please message the page FB.com/BLOAsheville. Thank you for your interest!
JULY 6th FUN!!!! Kith and Kin will be on the fairgrounds instead of the library! Everybody is welcome so come on out for the Madison County Library celebration!
As part of the Madison County Public Library’s Summer Reading Program, we have scheduled an Olympic Day event at the Madison County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, July 6, from 10 am to 1 pm. We will offer an area designed especially for children birth to five years old. In addition to a small “bounce house” and small waterslide, we will be offering additional activities including some outdoor messy fun: painting, paper mulch “mud” kitchen, and also a quiet/cozy area for just chilling out. Smart Start/MCPFC&F, Rosie from Kith & Kin, and CDSA folks will be on-site and ready to play.
Come dressed to play and get dirty!!!
Thursday 5:00pm-9:00pm
Friday 1:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday 11:00am-10:00pm
Admission $6
Rides and inflatables wristbands $12
Wagon rides, vendors, food, rodeo, team roping, Barell racing, livestock shows, tractor pull, contests, exhibits and more!
Roscoe’s Marathon Station in Tuxedo (near Zirconia) … If you haven’t been, these are some of the best in the area, and well worth the short drive. They put on an amazing show every year, and shoot them off from the mountain behind the station, making them feel like they’re right above your head! It’s an all day party, so get there early and tailgate. Fireworks shot off at dark.
Food trucks will be onsite.
“Please be mindful that we are a growing community. Our goal is to provide a fun, family friendly and safe experience for everyone to enjoy. It is our pleasure to open our doors and welcome everyone. Shooting personal fireworks, use of alcohol and drugs are not permitted on or around premises. Be respectful and considerate of those around you and clean up after yourselves.”
“Bats eat bugs, they don’t eat people.”
Our annual Winged Creatures event is an evening to enjoy the Cradle at twilight. This program highlights nocturnal winged creatures such as owls, moths, and bats. Gates open at 6:30.
Beginning in the outdoor amphitheater, our Cradle educators will entertain with a short play, “The Gathering of the Winged Creatures.” This will be followed by a live animal program and short walk where participants can interact more with the characters from the play to practice owl calls, learn how researchers study bat populations, and search for moths at a moth attractant station.
An evening of family fun at the Cradle of Forestry!
BLACKBERRY PICKING!
7 Days a Week 8:30am-6:00pm- Justus Orchard is now open for Blackberry picking, in Hendersonville! “Sweet, thornless, pick your own! We mow our blackberries each time we mow our lawn, so it’s a pretty clean field” .
Bakery open Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Jumping Pillow is weather pending, weekends only.
12pm Carnival = FREE
1pm, 2pm, & 3pm = Ticketed Performances
A brand new event for Folkmoot 2016, the Many Cultures Carnival will run from noon to 4 p.m. in the field adjacent to the Folkmoot Friendship Center and will feature regional organizations and clubs hosting booths with varying cultural themes, including games and crafts. Folkmoot’s international performers will teach cultural dances to children.
The carnival is free and everyone is welcome! The afternoon will also feature three ticketed performances inside the Sam Love Queen Auditorium at the Folkmoot Center. Each of thee three afternoon performances will feature two of the Folkmoot 2016 dance troupes and will be wonderful for families as children as children will be encouraged to dance in the isles
The auditorium performances will cost $5 for children, $15 for adults with a special family rate of $30. Groups of 20 or more receive a 20% discount, call 828-452-2997 for more information.