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When: July 25 - August 3, 2008
Where: Dillsboro, NC |
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Day Out with Thomas The Tank Engine
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Nine fun-filled days, Thomas fans will meet Sir Topham Hatt and ride the train pulled by Thomas the Tank Engine. 30-minute ride, entertainment, petting zoo, storytelling, play center and more.
Contact: Great Smoky Mountains Railway- 1-800-872-4681
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When: June 13 -August 30, 2008
Where: Mountainside Theater, Cherokee Historical Area |
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"Unto These Hills...a retelling"
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“Unto These Hills” debuted on July 1, 1950 and was in instant hit. The drama has shown at the open-air Mountainside Theatre each summer since then when Kermit Hunter, a non-Native, wrote the original version as a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A new version that debuted last year adopted a Cherokee perspective of the Eastern Band’s own history and included authentic costumes, traditional dance and music and – for the first time ever – a majority of Cherokee actors. Attendance rose last season and audiences gave the revised show a standing ovation after each performance. Over the decades, more than five million people have experienced this memorable outdoor drama.
Opens 7:30 p.m. nightly except Sundays
Cherokee Contact: Cherokee Historical Association Box Office- (828) 497-2111
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When: May 9-October 18, 2008
Where: Cherokee Historical Area, Downtown Cherokee |
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Oconaluftee Indian Village
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Experience Cherokee village life in the 1750s. Visit the council house, ceremonial grounds, and sweat lodge, where you’ll learn of the Cherokee way of life and the seven-clan society. See traditional potters, basket weavers, blowgun marksmen, mask-makers, bead-workers, arrowhead knappers, and craftsmen making great canoes by ancient methods. A life so peaceful you may not want to return home.
The Oconaluftee Indian Village is open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 9-Oct. 18. Admission costs $15 for adults and $6 for children ages 6-12. Children ages 5 and younger are admitted free and group discounts are available. The Village is on Drama Road, near the Mountainside Theatre, off U.S. 441 in Cherokee.
Contact/Tickets: (828) 497-2111
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When: August 2, 2008
Where: Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds |
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Talking Trees Children's Trout Derby
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This trout derby entertains and thrills an average of 1,000 children annually. Featuring fly-tying exhibitions, fish-cleaning stations, food, music, door prizes and trophies, the derby is free for children ages 11 and under.
Contact: Janice Wildcat (828) 497-8122
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When: August 2, 2008.
Where: Train Depot, Bryson City |
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Music In The Mountains
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Every Saturday from June 9 to October 2008. 6:30-8:30 pm. Bluegrass and old-time mountain music. Bring a chair or blanket.
Contact: 828-488-3681 or 1-800-867-9246
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When: August 2, 2008
Where: Stecoah Valley Center |
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An Appalachian Evening Concert & Dinner
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Summer concert series featuring bluegrass, folk and old-time mountain music by award-winning artists. Show time at 7:30pm.
Enjoy and Authentic Appalachian Dinner before each concert. Dinner is served family style in two sittings, 5:30 & 6:30pm.
Contact: 828-497-6634.
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When: August 9, 2008
Where: Train Depot, Bryson City |
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Music In The Mountains
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Every Saturday from June 9 to October 2008. 6:30-8:30 pm. Bluegrass and old-time mountain music. Bring a chair or blanket.
Contact: 828-488-3681 or 1-800-867-9246
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When: August 16, 2008
Where: Train Depot, Bryson City |
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Music In The Mountains
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Every Saturday from June 9 to October 2008. 6:30-8:30 pm. Bluegrass and old-time mountain music. Bring a chair or blanket.
Contact: 828-488-3681 or 1-800-867-9246
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When: August 16, 2008
Where: Stecoah Valley Center |
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An Appalachian Evening Concert & Dinner
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Summer concert series featuring bluegrass, folk and old-time mountain music by award-winning artists. Show time at 7:30pm.
Enjoy and Authentic Appalachian Dinner before each concert. Dinner is served family style in two sittings, 5:30 & 6:30pm.
Contact: 828-497-6634.
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When: August 23, 2008
Where: Stecoah Valley Center |
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An Appalachian Evening Concert & Dinner
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Summer concert series featuring bluegrass, folk and old-time mountain music by award-winning artists. Show time at 7:30pm.
Enjoy and Authentic Appalachian Dinner before each concert. Dinner is served family style in two sittings, 5:30 & 6:30pm.
Contact: 828-497-6634.
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When: August 23-24
Where: Nantahala Outdoor Center |
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NOC Shootout
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Think you can ride alongside kayaking’s superstars? Come see some high-flyin’ acrobatics as NOC hosts a pro-rodeo on the well-loved Outfitter’s Store Wave. An official stop on the pro-rodeo circuit, you won’t want to miss camera-ready cartwheels, loops and McNasties. Or, compete and earn some major cred. Big Air. Big Shred. Big Purse.
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When: August 23, 2008
Where: Cherokee KOA Campground |
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Cherokee KOA Fishing Tournament
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Contact: Gayle Dutcher or Mark Jones - (828) 497-2511
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When: August 23
Where: Harrah's Cherokee Casino Hotel |
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Enchanted Evening: Cruising Under The Stars
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SYLVA – Tickets are still available for WestCare Health System’s “Enchanted Evening: Cruising Under the Stars” on Saturday, August 23 at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Hotel.
The “Enchanted Evening Under the Stars” event is in its ninth year, raising funds for the WestCare Health System Foundation. This year’s cruise ship theme includes dinner, live music from Atlanta’s “Class Act Band”, dancing and an auction. Proceeds from the evening will be used to purchase a digital mammography machine.
Over the past eight years, the “Enchanted Evening Under the Stars” event has raised over $200,000 and funded various projects including WestCare’s WeeCare Community Childcare Center, the Alzheimer’s Unit at Mountain Trace Nursing Center, the purchase of a cryostat, which preserves tissue samples for biopsy, the purchase of a nuclear medicine camera and the establishment of a Cancer Educator Navigator Program.
The event is black tie optional. Tickets are $100 per person with corporate sponsorships available. For more information call the foundation office at (828) 586-7669.
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When: August 23, 2008
Where: Train Depot, Bryson City |
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Music In The Mountains
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Every Saturday from June 9 to October 2008. 6:30-8:30 pm. Bluegrass and old-time mountain music. Bring a chair or blanket.
Contact: 828-488-3681 or 1-800-867-9246
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When: August 23, 2008
Where: Wildwater Ltd. Rafting |
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Wildwater Raft For The Cure
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Raft For The Cure is a special day where we honor breast cancer patients and cancer survivors. Wildwater donates one-fourth of each rafting trip to the Susan G. Komen For The Cure organization. Although the entire day's trips are counted toward the the Raft For The Cure fund raiser, an afternoon trip is the Special For The Cure trip where survivors and visitors are invited to raft with the group and then join the reception which follows the trip. Breast Cancer survivors are honored and a Komen representative is presented with a check. Light hors' oeuvres and beverages are served.
In 2007, our first year, over $12,000 was donated to Komen For The Cure to help in the fight against breast cancer.
Contact: 800-451-9972 and mention the Raft For The Cure event.
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When: August 30-31, 2008
Where: Inspiration Park, Hyatt Creek Exit off US 74 |
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Inspirations Labor Day Festival
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Gospel music weekend featuring some of the nation's most famous gospel groups. Food and vendors.
Inspiration Park, take Exit 69 off Hwy 74 or use Hwy 19 to Hyatt Creek Road.
Contact: (828) 497-2060
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When: August 30, 2008
Where: Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, Inc |
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Qualla Arts Open Air Indian Art Market
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Witness bead making, basket weaving, sculpture, and woodwork being crafted by Cherokee artisans, practicing hundreds of years old traditional art techniques. You will fine art pieces you will treasure for years.
Contact: Vicki Ledford – (828) 497-3103
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When: August 30, 2008
Where: Stecoah Valley Center |
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An Appalachian Evening Concert & Dinner
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Summer concert series featuring bluegrass, folk and old-time mountain music by award-winning artists. Show time at 7:30pm.
Enjoy and Authentic Appalachian Dinner before each concert. Dinner is served family style in two sittings, 5:30 & 6:30pm.
Contact: 828-497-6634.
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When: August 30, 2008
Where: Train Depot, Bryson City |
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Music In The Mountains
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Every Saturday from June 9 to October 2008. 6:30-8:30 pm. Bluegrass and old-time mountain music. Bring a chair or blanket.
Contact: 828-488-3681 or 1-800-867-9246
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