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15-16 - Lavender Thyme

Festival comes to the Beagle
Ridge Herb Farm at Wytheville,
Virginia (beagleridge.org). On the
same weekend, the Chautauqua
Festival (running to June 22) lands
in Wytheville with music, arts and a hot
air balloon launch (wythe-arts.org).

21-22

- Look for craft beer in
Maryville, Tennessee, at Hops in the
Hills (hopsinthehills.org).

22

- In Georgia, you can raise a
glass to toast the summer at the Blue
Ridge Mountains Wine and
Jazz Festival (706-698-1275).

Knoxville Brewfest celebrates East
Tennessee suds (9lakeseasttn.com).

22-23

- Mountain Fling
comes to Blairsville's North Georgia
Technical College (artworksgalleryga.
com). Lap up the Lavender
Festival at the Beliveau Estate
Winery in Montgomery County, Virginia
(540-200-7905). Roan Mountain

JULY
2-7

- Get your Fourth of July fix with
six days of kicks at the Alderson
4th of July Celebration in
Alderson, West Virginia (alderson4th.
com).

3-4

- The "Happy Birthday
America" celebration in Staunton,

Virginia, brings the next generation
of The Statler Brothers to celebrate
Independence Day with Wil and
Langdon Reid (sons of Statler Brothers
Harold and Don Reid) leading the
musical charge with food, fun and
fireworks (happybirthdayamerica.org).

- Back Home
Appalachian Arts & Music
Festival features the Allman Betts

Little Levels Heritage Fair

- The Red, White and
Blue Festival brings bluegrass,

returns to Tennessee along the North
Carolina border (roanmountain.com).

27-July 6 - Buchanan

Community Carnival sets up in
the small town of Buchanan, Virginia
(townofbuchanan.com).

28-30

Band at New Martinsville, West Virginia
(backhomefestival.com).
heads to Hillsboro, West Virginia (800336-7009).

29

- Cass Logging Days rolls
into Cass Scenic Railroad State Park in
West Virginia (304-456-4300).

29-30 - Made In Georgia

Festival occupies the Towns County
Georgia Recreation & Conference
Center at Young Harris with all that's
made, brewed, grown, crafted, stitched
and harvested (706-896-4966).

All trails lead to Elkin.

4

- Family Fun Fourth comes
to Banner Elk, North Carolina, with
a parade on Main Street and the
beloved Banner Elk Duck
Race (bannerelk.com). Look for the
unusual July 4th Celebration
and Anvil Shoot at the Museum
of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee
(865-494-7680). Also in Tennessee:
Gatlinburg celebrates the holiday
with a midnight parade, River
Raft Regatta and a fireworks
show (800-568-4748); and you can
find Festival on the Fourth
at the World's Fair Park of Knoxville,
Tennessee (865-523-7263). You can
also go to Red, White & Boom at
the Barnet Park of Spartanburg, South
Carolina (864-594-5000).

Rhododendron Festival

HIKE
BIKE
PADDLE
& MORE

MAY 31-JUN 2, 2019

WWW.NCTRAILDAYS.COM

4-6

country and Americana music to
Morganton, North Carolina (www.
redwhiteandbluegrassfestival.org).

6

- Brycefest returns to Virginia's
Bryce Resort with bluegrass music,
fireworks and summer tubing (540856-2121).

11-13

- Pioneer Days comes
to Marlinton, West Virginia (800-3367009).

MAY/JUNE 2019

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http://WWW.NCTRAILDAYS.COM http://www.beagleridge.org http://www.wythe-arts.org http://www.hopsinthehills.org http://www.9lakeseasttn.com http://www.happybirthdayamerica.org http://www.bannerelk.com http://houstonfestgalax.com http://www.roanmountain.com http://www.townofbuchanan.com http://www.backhomefestival.com http://www.redwhiteandbluegrassfestival.org

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