Auction opens Monday, June 2
Closes Friday, July 18

Win items from your favorite spas, golf clubs, restaurants, hotels, attractions, artisans and boutiques while supporting the arts! The festival's largest, single fundraising event takes place during the months of June and July, and offers festival-goers the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the finest businesses and organizations in the region and have some fun at the same time! All proceeds benefit An Appalachian Summer Festival.

The fesitval's much-anticipated Silent Auction, generously sponsored by Peabody's Wine & Beer Merchants, will feature a more spectacular selection of items than ever before! View this extraordinary selection of products and services from the area's most distinctive merchants and artisans, including spa and golf packages, restaurant and hotel getaways, handcrafted ceramics, original artwork and tickets to area attractions.

The auction will close after intermission during the performance by Doug Varone and Dancers on Friday, July 18, and auction items may be picked up at this time.

Advance registration is required; bidders need not be present to win.

With rising gas prices and rising temperatures take a cool mountain getaway to the Inn at Crestwood and receive a $100 gas card.
This package includes:

4 day, 3 night accommodations in a private cottage complete with a fully equipped kitchen, living room and private deck
A $100 BP gas card
$200 dinner credit towards the Table at Crestwood
Movie and popcorn night with a $20 Blockbuster card
2 adult and 2 child tickets to two area attractions such as Tweetsie, Grandfather Mountain, The Blowing Rock, etc.
Continental breakfast each morning
Wine and cheese reception each afternoon

Starting at $1300* for a family of 4.

* Additional charges will apply for additional guests and certain attraction tickets.

Good now through Labor Day, Come see us for summer.

Leading Ladies is a new hilarious comedy about two English Shakespearean actors who find themselves so down on their luck that they are performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an old lady in York, PA is about to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English nephews, they resolve to pass themselves off as her beloved relatives and get the cash. The trouble is, when they get to York, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces.

Admission $12/$8
June 28
July 5, 12 and 19
all shows at 10am
Contact the box office for futher information

$24 adults/$13 Students/Children
Evenings 7:30pm
Matinees 2pm
Check website for further date/time information

Show description:
In an empty theatre, on a bare stage, casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. The field’s been narrowed down to just 17 dancers.

For these men and women, this audition is the chance of a lifetime. It’s what they’ve worked for — with every drop of sweat, every hour of training, every day of their lives. It’s the one opportunity to do what they’ve always dreamed of. Not to be the star, but to get the job … to have the chance to dance and come through.

Performed as a series of vignettes, A CHORUS LINE is a celebration of those unsung heroes of the American Musical Theatre and a celebration of the American Musical itself.

Dramatization of the murder of Laura Foster and hanging of Tom Dula for the crime.
Special events each weekend!
For the Month of July
check out the website for more information!

Jack turns wood to produce wine stoppers and art bowls.

July 4-6, Fri & Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 1pm-5pm. Start your Independence Day celebrations with us as we offer up gelato; ice cream Italian style, from Cafe Gelato in Winston Salem, along with wine tastings and sample food pairings. Don’t forget to stock up on your favorite Raffaldini wines for the cookout! We are open Wednesday and Thursday, too.

Charming small-town parade featuring clowns, local dignitaries, vintage autos, fire trucks and homemade floats on Main Street in downtown Blowing Rock!

Adult Horse Show tournament from 9am-noon
Games, face-painting, contests at Memorial Park from 10am-1pm for kids and all.
The Country Magic Cloggers will perform from 11:30am-12:30pm
Independence Day parade 2pm
3-4:30pm the Cockman Family performs in Memorial Park

Bluegrass musicians perform in appreciation of Doc.
Doc. and Merle Watson Museum open with exhibits and activities.

Call for exact dates and for more information, check out the website!

1:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m.
Historian Bill Carson hosts storytelling hayrides. $5/person.
1:00 p.m. (by appointment (828) 765-9531)
Explore the Orchard Monarch Butterfly Preservation Project with knowledgeable guides.
1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Bob Lominac and Tom Sparks gather friends and sing country favorites.

Join us for this unique opportunity! We'll be enjoying a full dinner buffet featuring locally grown food and local wines surrounded by the sounds of the rain forest. This setting will be the ideal backdrop for presentations offering us ideas on how to 'go green' and make a positive impact on our planet starting right here in the North Carolina mountains! Our guest speakers will teach us about indigenous flora and fauna and innovative ways to preserve it. We'll also be featuring a nature photography and wildlife art exhibition in our gallery. Limited seating. Advanced reservations required. 5:00pm - $50.00 per person. Located at 313 Mt. Jefferson State Park Road in West Jefferson, NC. Please call 336-246-3600 or toll free: 877-246-3615.

Start Eating Locally at White Hart Woods for Eat Carolina Food Challenge.
$50 per person, reservations required
White Hart Woods, West Jefferson
Sunday, July 6 at 5pm

Admission $15
July 6, 13, 20 & 27 and August 3
All shows at 7:30pm
Contact the box office for further information

$25 / $18 / $15 / $10 / $5
Farthing Auditorium
Over the past twenty-five years, David Lockington has developed an impressive conducting career in the United States. A native of Great Britain who began his music career as a cellist, he has served as the Music Director of the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra since January 1999 and was appointed to the position of Music Director of the Modesto Symphony in May 2007. He is also the former Music Director of the New Mexico Symphony and the Long Island Philharmonic. Mr. Lockington's guest conducting engagements have included appearances with the Saint Louis, Houston, Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, Colorado and Oregon symphonies, the Buffalo, Rochester and Louisiana Philharmonics and the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Carnegie Hall. Internationally, he has conducted orchestras in Asia, Spain and Great Britain.

This weeklong climbing camp is for youth between ages 8 and 12 who have an interest or enthusiasm for rock climbing and other outdoor adventures.
For beginners and those with some basic experience

Locations:
Climbing Tower at Footsloggers (downtown Boone)
Valle Crucis Conference Center (onsite ropes/challenge course)
Roberts Cave (Sugar Grove, VA)
Linville Gorge / Wilson Creek (Pisgah National Forest)
Local climbing areas near Boone (National Park Service)

Cost $500/person for 5 day camp
Call to inquire about partial camp options

Community Art School Workshop
Wey Hall, Room 103
For teens, adults and Appalachian students
Facilitator: Elissa Graff

The history of "inlaying" colorful materials onto a metal base, and securing their position with wire, dates back to ancient Egypt (1800 BC.) The art of Chinese fired-enamelware dates back as far as the Yuan Dynasty (1271 to 1368), but was popularized during the Ming Dynasty, with the extraordinary use of the color blue. Come discover this ancient art form of coloring metal. Participants will learn traditional methods of enamel applications with a focus on cloisonné for the development of personal imagery. Students will create both wearable and functional art. This course allows participation for students with a wide range of abilities, from beginner to advanced.

Pre-registration is required. Minimum enrollment of ten (10). Class limited to twelve (12) participants.

Cost:
$125 for TCVA members
$185 for non-members

$18 / $10 / $5
Rosen Concert Hall
Music inspired by the sounds of our animal friends is this concert's theme. Works will include George Crumb's theatrical and haunting Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whales) for three masked musicians, Franz Schubert's much loved Quintet in A Major, nicknamed "The Trout," and a few surprises as well!

50 piece orchestra performing a patriotic pops concert

$25 / $18 / $15 / $10 / $5
Farthing Auditorium
In 1995 Aspen Ballet Company partnered with the City of Santa Fe to create a new professional dance company. A unique hybrid was developed when the resulting company shared by two communities became known as Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.