Thrill seekers wanted! Your child will take their gymnastics skills to the next level through a special three-hour program, focusing on specific beginner, intermediate or advanced moves. By the end of the summer they’ll stick the landing when they handspring back to school.
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Kids Summer Camp (3-8yrs)
Day camp at The Little Gym of Asheville gives your kid the summer camp experience in without the bug bites, poison ivy and week-long commitments. Combining fun physical activity, games, and arts & crafts, we’ll help your child beat the summer heat by staying cool at The Little Gym. Our fantastic camps in Asheville are also available during some other school breaks!
SUPER KIDS QUEST: Your child will spend three adventure-filled hours a day on a unique, exciting quest with their friends. Each week revolves around an interactive learning theme with different, creative lesson plans that will keep your child engaged.
THEMES:
June 12-18: The Search for Rainbow Castle
June 19-25: The Secret Clue to the Baby Animal Zoo
June 26-July 2: The Treasures of Magical Mountain
July 3-9: Green Beard’s Pirate Ship
July 10-16: The Dragon’s Lair Slumber Party
July 17-23: The Missing Mermaid Palace
July 24-30: ThenRace to Outer Space
July 31-Aug 6: Hawaiian Hide & Seek
August 7-13: The Five Wonders of Foxhole Forest
August 14-20: The Super Grown-Ups
August 21-27: The Neat Ninja League
WEAVERVILLE: ‘Fire On The Lake 2025’ Annual July 4th Celebration
Celebrate July 4th in Downtown Weaverville! Join the fun on Main Street this July 4th, for an unforgettable evening!
Live Music starting at 7:00 PM.
Streets intersecting Main Street will be closed so you can bring lawn chairs, blankets, and dance the night away.
Fireworks Display at 9:15 PM!
Arrive early to grab food and beverages from Main Street establishments.
The municipal parking lot will feature food vendors and a tent for relaxation and shade.
2016 NCOBS Collier Lilly Ride
COLLIER LILLY RIDE FOR NCOBS
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Half Century 50 Mile ride @ 7:45am
North Carolina Outward Bound School (NCOBS) is hosting a half century bike ride in honor of Collier Lilly. The ride offers a beautiful Blue Ridge Mountain route, the 50 mile half century with 3,600 feet of climbing, that will start and end at Carrier Park in Asheville. In keeping with Outward Bound’s bedrock principles of “challenge and discovery,” the Collier Lilly Ride for NCOBS will take riders over challenging mountain passes and allow them to discover scenic roads for the first time. This exciting event is being held on Memorial Day Weekend and in conjunction with the ever popular Mountain Sports Festival.
Since 2003 thousands of riders have participated in the Collier Lilly Ride, an annual recreational bike ride honoring the memory of Collier Cobb Lilly, a graduate of the North Carolina Outward Bound School (NCOBS). In 2015 the ride moved from the “flat country” surrounding Davidson, NC to the rugged mountains around Asheville, where NCOBS is based. For the first time, proceeds from this year’s event will fund scholarships for Western North Carolina youth to attend a life-changing NCOBS wilderness course. North Carolina Outward Bound School is the leading provider of experiential and outdoor education programs for youth and adults. Outward Bound has helped people discover strength of character, an ability to lead, and desire to serve.
The first 100 participants are guaranteed a ride shirt if registered by May 14th.
Enter into our raffle for great prizes! 100% of proceeds will go towards WNC Youth Scholarships to attend an NCOBS course. You can purchase raffle tickets over at the registration page HERE. This year’s awesome prizes include:
Osprey Aether 60 in medium red backpack, retail $260
Osprey Ariel 55 in small brown backpack, $260
Industry 9 turquoise hubset, retail value of $575
Mountain Khaki gift cards
Kid’s Ice Cream Flight Night at The Creamery
A night of Ice Cream Flights with all the kids in mind and anything goes. There will be several fabulous and fun flavors to choose from and maybe some super special surprises too.
Ronald McDonald Live!
At these Asheville locations:
11:30am-1:30pm – 343 N Leicester Hwy
2:00pm-4:00pm – Biltmore Square @ 850 Brevard Rd
5:30pm-7:30pm – 950 Patton Ave
FREE cone or cookie with any Happy Meal purchase
‘Eddie’s Dog House Turns 6’ Celebration
Memorial Day, Monday May 30th, is our 6th Anniversary! Come celebrate with us and enjoy 99 Cent Hot Dogs, $1.99 BBQ Pork Sandwiches, $2.99 Brisket Sandwiches, and $1.75 Bud Draft Pints. Double Check-In Day for VIP Club Members too!
12 Baskets Cafe Informational Feast
Join us for a Feast of Community.
Reducing Waste! Feeding and being Fed by Community!
The 12 Baskets Cafe receives donations of already prepared food from local organizations currently being thrown away. Quality food pulled from nightly hot bars, buffets, displays in grocery stores, etc, is picked up by an API companion and delivered to our Cafe to be re-purposed and shared.
We are very excited to announce the opening of our cafe in West Asheville!
Come enjoy a feast and learn more about 12 Baskets Cafe and ways to get involved!
4th Annual Fletcher Firefly Festival
We are pleased to announce the 4th Annual Fletcher Firefly Festival, always occurring on the first Saturday of Summer!
This day marks the release of 2 Blue Ghost Summer Seasonals: Toasted Coconut Blonde Ale (5.1% ABV, 21 IBUs) and Tangerine Hefeweizen (5.0% ABV, 18 IBUs.)
The festival will run from 1-10 PM; 20+ local artists and vendors will be set up 1-6 PM. Last call for alcohol will be at 9:30PM.
The event admission, kids’ bounce house (operating 1-8 PM), music and most vendor/organization activities are free. Tickets are not required.
Beer & Other Alcohol Purchases:
Blue Ghost Brewing Company Beer (https://www.blueghostbrewing.com/brews.html), Bota Box Wine, and Bold Rock Mills River Hard Cider will be available for purchase. The purchase of these drinks will require getting a $2 wristband at the ID Check Table by the brew house in the back of the building. Proceeds will be split evenly between the Fletcher Park Development Fund and funding the event. One of the goals of this is to speed-up beer line! 10% of sales from 1-6 PM will be donated to Fletcher Parks and Recreation.
Non-alcoholic drinks will also be available for purchase. These include bottled water, house-made root beer, sprite, coke, diet coke and juice boxes.
Music:
Remember to bring along your own lawn chairs and/or blankets!
The Paper Crowns 1PM
Christina Chandler 3PM
Soldado 4PM
Brian Hill 6PM
Bayou Diesel 7:30 pm
Food Vendors:
The Hungry Ghost – BBQ sandwiches, BBQ tacos, fried brussels, chicken salad sandwiches fries & more!
The Hungry Ghost Grille – charcoal grilled 1/3 lb. hamburgers & 1/4 lb. Nathan’s hot dogs & chips.
Amazing Pizza Co.. – wood-fired artisan pizza with a variety of toppings
The Hop Ice Cream Cafe – imaginative yet classy array of homemade 16% butterfat dairy ice cream, completely from-scratch vegan ice cream and sorbet
Mackyboy’s Italian Ice
Father’s Day at Blue Ghost
Celebrate the dad(s) in your life over craft beer, lobster, and live tunes! On Father’s Day we will be open 1-7:30 PM with all of your favorite BGBC brews on tap, seasonal releases, cider, wine, hard seltzer, ginger beer, and a variety of non-alcoholic beverages (including NA beer) available. Lobster Dogs food truck will be on site from 1:30 – 6:30 PM and Myron Hyman will take to the stage for a set of rockin’ tunes from 4:30 – 6:30 PM.