Event Series The Fall Color Ramble

The Fall Color Ramble

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Hwy, Linville, NC, United States

From October 4-12, guests enjoy daily, 30-minute, guided nature walks that highlight Grandfather Mountain’s fall colors. Rambles start outside the entrance of the Wilson Center for Nature Discovery. Grandfather Mountain is home to myriad species of plants and hardwood trees, from pumpkin-colored beech trees to blood-red sourwoods and rusty red oaks. During the daily rambles, […]

Free with park admission
Event Series The Fall Color Ramble

The Fall Color Ramble

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Hwy, Linville, NC, United States

From October 4-12, guests enjoy daily, 30-minute, guided nature walks that highlight Grandfather Mountain’s fall colors. Rambles start outside the entrance of the Wilson Center for Nature Discovery. Grandfather Mountain is home to myriad species of plants and hardwood trees, from pumpkin-colored beech trees to blood-red sourwoods and rusty red oaks. During the daily rambles, […]

Free with park admission
Event Series Oktoberfest at Sugar Mountain

Oktoberfest at Sugar Mountain

Sugar Mountain Resort 1009 Sugar Mountain Dr, Sugar Mountain, NC, United States

Sugar Mountain Resort brings a taste of Bavaria to North Carolina's High Country each fall with its Oktoberfest celebration. This two-day, family-friendly event features Bavarian music, a Bavarian costume contest, great food, regional artists, a children's fun area and barrels of Oktoberfest beverages for partaking. Admission, parking and shuttle service are free. The festival takes […]

Free
Event Series The Fall Color Ramble

The Fall Color Ramble

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Hwy, Linville, NC, United States

From October 4-12, guests enjoy daily, 30-minute, guided nature walks that highlight Grandfather Mountain’s fall colors. Rambles start outside the entrance of the Wilson Center for Nature Discovery. Grandfather Mountain is home to myriad species of plants and hardwood trees, from pumpkin-colored beech trees to blood-red sourwoods and rusty red oaks. During the daily rambles, […]

Free with park admission
Event Series Oktoberfest at Sugar Mountain

Oktoberfest at Sugar Mountain

Sugar Mountain Resort 1009 Sugar Mountain Dr, Sugar Mountain, NC, United States

Sugar Mountain Resort brings a taste of Bavaria to North Carolina's High Country each fall with its Oktoberfest celebration. This two-day, family-friendly event features Bavarian music, a Bavarian costume contest, great food, regional artists, a children's fun area and barrels of Oktoberfest beverages for partaking. Admission, parking and shuttle service are free. The festival takes […]

Free
Event Series The Fall Color Ramble

The Fall Color Ramble

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Hwy, Linville, NC, United States

From October 4-12, guests enjoy daily, 30-minute, guided nature walks that highlight Grandfather Mountain’s fall colors. Rambles start outside the entrance of the Wilson Center for Nature Discovery. Grandfather Mountain is home to myriad species of plants and hardwood trees, from pumpkin-colored beech trees to blood-red sourwoods and rusty red oaks. During the daily rambles, […]

Free with park admission

Woolly Worm Festival

Historic Banner Elk School 185 Azalea Cir SE, Banner Elk, NC, United States

Since 1978, this quirky, world-famous festival has been used to predict the upcoming winter weather for the North Carolina High Country. According to local legend, the 13 bands on the woolly worm (woolly bear caterpillar) represent the 13 weeks of winter. Brown bands indicate a mild week, black bands indicate a cold, snowy week. Since […]

$5 – $10

Woolly Worm Festival

Historic Banner Elk School 185 Azalea Cir SE, Banner Elk, NC, United States

Since 1978, this quirky, world-famous festival has been used to predict the upcoming winter weather for the North Carolina High Country. According to local legend, the 13 bands on the woolly worm (woolly bear caterpillar) represent the 13 weeks of winter. Brown bands indicate a mild week, black bands indicate a cold, snowy week. Since […]

$5 – $10

Ensemble Stage Presents: The Hitchcock Radio Hour

Historic Banner Elk School 185 Azalea Cir SE, Banner Elk, NC, United States

Start your Halloween fun a few days early by experiencing what it was like to be a member of the studio audience of a 1940s live Hitchcock Radio Hour broadcast. Two tales of horror and suspense are on tap, complete with spooky background music and sound effects performed live on stage. Will a chill run […]

$10 – $16

Beary Scary Halloween

Grandfather Mountain 2050 Blowing Rock Hwy, Linville, NC, United States

At Grandfather Mountain, Halloween isn’t scary. It’s Beary Scary. Enjoy a day of nature programs about animals that some consider creepy and crawly. This fun-filled celebration includes an opportunity to trick-or-treat on the mountain and then watch special Halloween enrichments be given to the animals. Children in costume are admitted at half-price. Children coming in […]

Free with park admission

Ensemble Stage Presents: The Hitchcock Radio Hour

Historic Banner Elk School 185 Azalea Cir SE, Banner Elk, NC, United States

Start your Halloween fun a few days early by experiencing what it was like to be a member of the studio audience of a 1940s live Hitchcock Radio Hour broadcast. Two tales of horror and suspense are on tap, complete with spooky background music and sound effects performed live on stage. Will a chill run […]

$10 – $16

A Banner Elk Christmas

Historic Banner Elk School 185 Azalea Cir SE, Banner Elk, NC, United States

A Banner Elk Christmas is a must-see holiday show for visitors in the NC High Country towns of Banner Elk, Beech Mountain, Boone and Blowing Rock. This high-energy performance pays tribute to those popular television holiday variety shows of the 1960s and '70s. Packed into an hour and 10 minutes are parts of nearly 40 […]

$12 – $26