Festivities will kick off around 9am and last through the day. Come on out to the farm and enjoy a day of horse and mule teams plowing, wagon rides, music and of course, lots of fresh strawberries!
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Highland Brewing Company Community Night Benefiting the Paw it Foward Campaign
We cordially invite you to our mid-campaign celebration at Highland Brewing on Thursday, May 26 from 4-8 PM!
Highland Brewing is donating a dollar from every pour sold that day to Paw it Forward!
Bring your friends, buy a brew, and join the fun!
‘Extreme Adventure Week’ Vacation Bible School begins (3yrs-4th or 5th Grade)
Join us for a week of FREE fun for kids!
ARDEN: 6/18-6/22
VBS: 6/18-6/22, 9:00am-12:15pm
Family Night: 6/22 6:30pm-7:30pm
VBS Arden Campus is for children ages 3 years through completion of grade 5. Nursery care for birth-2 when parent/guardian volunteers.
SWANNANOA: 6/18-6/20
VBS: 6/18-6/20, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Family Night: 6/21 6:00pm-7:00pm
VBS Swannanoa Campus is for children ages 3 years through completion of grade 4. Nursery care for birth-2 when parent/guardian volunteers.
WEST ASHEVILLE: 6/25-6/27
VBS: 6/25-6/27, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Family Night: 6/28 6:00pm-7:00pm
VBS West Asheville Campus is for children ages 3 years through completion of grade 4. Nursery care for birth-2 when parent/guardian volunteers.
HENDERSONVILLE: 6/25-6/28
VBS: 6/25-6/28, 9:00am-12:00pm
Family Night: 6/29 6:30pm-7:30pm
VBS Hendersonville Campus is for children ages 3 years through completion of grade 4. Nursery care for birth-2 when parent/guardian volunteers.
FRANKLIN: 7/30-8/1
VBS: 7/30-8/1, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Family Night: 8/2 6:00pm-7:00pm
VBS Franklin Campus is for children ages 3 years through completion of grade 4. Nursery care for birth-2 when parent/guardian volunteers.
‘Extreme Adventure Week’ Vacation Bible School begins (3yrs-4th or 5th Grade)
Join us for a week of FREE fun for kids!
ARDEN: 6/18-6/22
VBS: 6/18-6/22, 9:00am-12:15pm
Family Night: 6/22 6:30pm-7:30pm
VBS Arden Campus is for children ages 3 years through completion of grade 5. Nursery care for birth-2 when parent/guardian volunteers.
SWANNANOA: 6/18-6/20
VBS: 6/18-6/20, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Family Night: 6/21 6:00pm-7:00pm
VBS Swannanoa Campus is for children ages 3 years through completion of grade 4. Nursery care for birth-2 when parent/guardian volunteers.
WEST ASHEVILLE: 6/25-6/27
VBS: 6/25-6/27, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Family Night: 6/28 6:00pm-7:00pm
VBS West Asheville Campus is for children ages 3 years through completion of grade 4. Nursery care for birth-2 when parent/guardian volunteers.
HENDERSONVILLE: 6/25-6/28
VBS: 6/25-6/28, 9:00am-12:00pm
Family Night: 6/29 6:30pm-7:30pm
VBS Hendersonville Campus is for children ages 3 years through completion of grade 4. Nursery care for birth-2 when parent/guardian volunteers.
FRANKLIN: 7/30-8/1
VBS: 7/30-8/1, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Family Night: 8/2 6:00pm-7:00pm
VBS Franklin Campus is for children ages 3 years through completion of grade 4. Nursery care for birth-2 when parent/guardian volunteers.
National Get Outdoors Day
The Cradle of Forestry celebrates National Get Outdoors Day, established in 2008 by the USDA Forest Service to encourage Americans, especially youth, to seek out healthy, active outdoor lifestyles, connect with nature, and embrace public lands. The day includes skill teaching and demonstrations by the area’s outdoor recreation community. Admission to the site is FREE on this national event day.
WAYNESVILLE: Stars & Stripes Celebration
Head to Downtown Waynesville for the annual Stars and Stripes Celebration on July 4th! Children and families are encouraged to dress in their loudest and proudest red, white, and blues for the Patriotic Kids’ Parade at 11am (registration begins at 10am). Watch as a procession of flag-waving colorguard, fire trucks, and decorated vehicles move up Main Street. Jam to a live concert by the Haywood Community Band at 2pm, and then peruse nearby shops, galleries, and restaurants open for the occasion.
Mountain Street Dance
June 24th, July 8th, July 22nd, & August 5th
An old-fashioned mountain hoe down! Live mountain music & clogging, instructions & demonstrations, concessions, Historic Courthouse – 6:30-9pm
Bring a chair, your dancin’ shoes, but leave pets at home by Town ordinance.
Canton Pickin’ in the Parking Lot
Starting June 6th through August 8th from 6:00-9:00PM each Friday night
Picking in the Park will be hosted this year by WPTL! This year it will be called” Picking in the Parking Lot”. Starting June 6th through August 8th from 6:00-9:00PM each Friday night in the Parking lot across the street from the Bethel Christian Academy and behind American Cleaners. WPTL will continue to broadcast it live every Friday night from 6:00-8:00.
Each Friday during the summer months‚ one bluegrass or old-time band and one clogging team are hired to perform for Pickin’ in the Parking Lot. Several hundred people come to listen‚ setting up their lawn chairs a distance from the stage. The band performs songs and tunes and provides the music for the clogging team which typically does a succession of five- to ten-minute routines. At other spots away from the stage‚ local musicians meet and play in numerous jam sessions.
THE 2025 SCHEDULE:
- June 6th: BAND: Rewind | DANCERS: Green Valley Cloggers
- June 13th: BAND: Hill Country | DANCERS: Balsam Mt. Cloggers
- June 20th: BAND: Brothers Rathbone | DANCERS: Southern Appalachian Cloggers
- June 27th: BAND: Redbird Roots Band | DANCERS: Mountain Tradition Cloggers
- July 4th: BAND: Rick Morris Band | DANCERS: Green Valley Cloggers
- July 11th: BAND: Steve Jordan Band | DANCERS: Green Valley Cloggers
- July 18th: BAND: Rewind | DANCERS: Balsam Mt. Cloggers
- July 25th: BAND: Outlaw Whiskey | DANCERS: Southern Appalachian Cloggers
- Aug 1st: BAND: Rick Morris | DANCERS: TBA
- Aug 8th: BAND: Steel Creek Band | DANCERS: J Creek Cloggers
5th Annual Box Turtle Day
The fifth annual Box Turtle Day celebrates North Carolina’s state reptile, the eastern box turtle. Participants can sign up for guided box turtle telemetry hunts, watch live reptile demonstrations, make turtle crafts and follow Shelly, the Arboretum’s resident turtle, along the Arboretum’s self-guided TRACK Trail.
Free 2 and 3 Year Old Martial Arts Class
A fun time for parents and little ones to come together and move! Through games and songs, they will learn spatial awareness, how to connect with others in a group, and gain practice following simple directions as a team. Most importantly, their confidence in their movement abilities and readiness to be part of group classes will take off! Most Saturdays, from 9:30 – 10:00 am.
FREE SUMMER CLASSES
July 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th, & August 6th