Blue Ridge Mountain Events

A Charlie Brown Christmas

The Walker Center | Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM

A Charlie Brown Christmas: Live on Stage is an all-new live production of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning television special that has been charming viewers since it first aired in 1965. Featuring the classic Vince Guaraldi music score and the popular Peanuts comic strip characters by Charles M. Schulz, audiences discover the magic of the meaning of Christmas right along with the Peanuts gang, live on stage. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.

Christmas with the Embers

Ashe Civic Center - 962 Mount Jefferson Road | Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM

Having been inducted into the South Carolina Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame and most recently the South Carolina Beach Music Hall of Fame, The Embers are honored to carry the moniker of North Carolina’s Ambassadors of Beach Music. Christmas with the Embers is a fun family friendly experience with holiday music...beach style. Tickets are available here.

International Holiday Cookie and Cocoa Tasting

Ashe Arts Center - 303 School Ave, West Jefferson, NC 28694 | Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 7:30 PM

Enrich your experience of the holiday season with tastes of different cultures!

Experience unique flavors by joining the Ashe County Arts Council’s welcome to winter. The evening will honor the winter holiday and Christmas customs in Mexico, India, and Germany with speakers who are familiar with those countries.

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DIY Christmas Cookie Class at Old Barn Winery

Old Barn Winery - 2152 Beaver Creek School Rd | Starts: 5:00 PM | Ends: 7:00 PM

Learn how to decorate 6 fun holiday themed cookies at the beautiful Old Barn Winery! Class participants receive 6 cookies, 4 icings, sprinkles, and scribes needed to decorate cookies in class. With a take home box for your newly decorated cookies! You get 2 hours of in class instruction with a step by step powerpoint, practice piping sheet. Learn about dough 101, icing consistencies, and all my professional tips & tricks! Also, a fun little goody bag AND includes a glass of wine!

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Drumline Live

The Walker Center | Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 8:30 PM

DRUMLine Live is an international tour based on the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) marching band tradition. With riveting rhythms, bold beats and ear-grabbing energy, this stage show is a synchronized musical showcase of the HBCU experience.

Incorporating original compositions and soul-infused interpretations of top 40 hits, group performances range from colorful, choreographed routines to heavy doses of drum riffs and cadences.

Barn Quilt Painting Workshop

Lost Province Center for Cultural Arts Lansing, NC | Starts: 9:00 AM | Ends: 5:00 PM

Let your creative side come alive with Barn Quilt Headquarters Painting Workshop - All Skill & Sizes. This week long workshop allows you to choose your own size from 1x3, 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6 or 8x8ft and any pattern from our website. You will receive hands-on instruction in prepping aluminum composite, priming, drawing your selected pattern, taping, painting and sealing. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to explore optional choices for your barn quilt. Visit website for more details.

Coffee House Live: An Evening Of Local Music Excellence

Orion Schoolhouse: 350 Orion Ln, Jefferson, NC 28640 | Starts: 7:00 PM

We're thrilled to announce the return of "Coffee House Live", an audience favorite that's been dearly missed during it's brief hiatus. Join us for an unforgettable night of music at the cozy and inviting Orion Schoolhouse, the perfect backdrop for a casual and intimate music experience. Featuring an impressive lineup of local artists, "Coffee House Live" showcases the diverse talent that thrives in our community. Seating will be limited and tickets available here.

Western Piedmont Symphony: Carmina Burana

The Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts - 733 River St, Boone | Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM

One of classical music’s most spellbinding and immersive experiences, Carmina Burana is an epic, captivating choral masterpiece. A massive orchestra and huge chorus join forces for Carl Orff’s infamous ode to love, drink, and living life to the fullest. Brahms’ “Academic Festival Overture” opens the concert. Information here.

Bergamot Quartet

Ashe Arts Center - 303 School Ave, West Jefferson, NC 28694 | Starts: 2:30 PM

Bergamot Quartet is fueled by a passion for exploring and advocating for the music of living composers, continually expanding the limits of the string quartet’s rich tradition in western classical music. With a priority given to music by women, they aim to place this new, genre-bending music in meaningful dialogue with the histories that precede it with creative programming, community-oriented audience building, and frequent commissioning.

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Sing & Swing: A Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents Production

The Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts - 733 River St | Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM

The Jazz at Lincoln Center PRESENTS touring initiative provides an affordable opportunity to present great jazz programming, featuring up-and-coming musicians who have been identified as rising stars by Jazz at Lincoln Center. Click here for more information.

Four Phantoms In Concert

The Walker Center | Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM

An extravagant celebration of the iconic music of Broad­way and more, The Four Phantoms brings together four Phantoms from the Tony Award-winning The Phan­tom of the Opera for an unforgettable evening of entertain­ment. This glorious show celebrates the legendary work of the many composers and artists who have made Broadway an American art form. Click here for more information.

Snarky Puppy Live at the Schafer Center

The Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts - 733 River St, Boone | Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM

Snarky Puppy’s music is the joy of performing together in the perpetual push to grow creatively. Come see this 20 member jazz fusion band in Boone! Click here for more information!