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!
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‘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 red, white, and blues for the Patriotic Kids’ Parade at 11am (registration begins at 10am). Watch as a procession of flag-waving color guard, fire trucks, and decorated vehicles move up Main Street. Enjoy live music, kettle corn, face painting, and at the end of the parade stop at First Baptist Church for an ice cream social! 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 Park
Fridays, June through Labor Day
Each Friday during the summer months‚ one bluegrass or old-time band and one clogging team are hired to perform for Pickin’ in the Park. 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 park has a concession stand open during the event.
Directions: Take Interstate 40 to exit 31. Begin following the signs for Canton Pickin’ in the Park. As you do this‚ you will continue on Hwy. 215 South just past the Pisgah Football Stadium. The Recreational Park will be on your left.
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THE 2023 SCHEDULE:
- June 2nd: BAND: Running Wolf | DANCERS: Southern Appalachian
- June 9th: BAND: Hill Country | DANCERS: Darling
- June 16th: BAND: Steve Jordan Band | DANCERS: Green Valley
- June 23rd: BAND: Kid Alley | DANCERS: Appalachian Mountaineers
- June 30th: BAND: Rewind | DANCERS: TBA
- July 7th: BAND: Rick Morris | DANCERS: TBA
- July 14th: BAND: Steve Jordan Band | DANCERS: J Creek Cloggers
- July 21st: BAND: Running Wolfe | DANCERS: Mountain Tradition
- July 28th: BAND: Hill Country | DANCERS: Southern Appalachian
- Aug 4th: BAND: Rewind | DANCERS: Darling
- Aug 11th: BAND: TBA | DANCERS: Green Valley
- Aug 18th: BAND: Rick Morris | DANCERS: TBA
- Aug 25th: BAND: Running Wolfe | DANCERS: Appalachian Mountaineers
- Sept 1st: BAND: Rick Morris | DANCERS: Green Valley
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
Salad Potluck & Gardening with Kids
Join us for a healthy lunch and presentation about gardening with kids.
FREE when you bring salad, bread, or healthy desert to share. ($4 per adult, if you don’t bring a dish.) Kids eat free. Drinks provided.
Presentation from 11:30-12 with lunch and Q&A to follow.
Gardening with Kids
How Your Family Can Grow Carrots, Creativity and Connections
Amy Landers, Gardens That Matter
*Discover 10 benefits of a family garden.
*Learn ways to get your kids involved.
*Special garden activity for kids by ECC staff during the talk.
*Free tomato seedling from Linda’s Plants for the first 20 pre-registered attendees!
*Beginning and experienced gardeners welcome.
Pre-registration is suggested. Call 828-685-3108.
Presented by Henderson County Parks and Recreation.
Sponsored by Linda’s Plants and Shrubs.