Welcome or Welcome back to the newest edition of the High Country Host bi-monthly Newsletter! 

Enjoy!

The Blue Ridge Food & Wine Festival

in Blowing Rock

This Weekend!

Vintners' Dinners-Auction-Wine Tastings-"Fire on the Rock"

Chef Challenge-Cooking Classes & Seminars-Entertainment-Amateur Winemaker Competition-Commercial Winery Competition and so much more!

For more information, visit www.BlueRidgeWineFestival.com or

call 828-295-7851 / 877-295-7965

Summer Arts and Entertainment

of the High Country

Summer schedules have been released, so mark your calendars!

Hayes Performing Arts Center of Blowing Rock

Appalachian Summer Festival of Boone, by ASU

Lees-McRae Summer Theatre Season of Banner Elk

Lees-McRae College "Forum" of Banner Elk

HayesGrass: Quarterfinals

Jul 8: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.

Wine, Art and Music Celebration at Brushy Mountain Winery of Elkin

  • Enjoy European-style and Fruit wines
  • Live Music by the Elkin Creek Bluegrass Band plus
  • The keyboard styling of virtuoso Keary Reid
  • Art Show by fabric artist Carol Vanderpool
  • Sign up for Wine Give-Away's

Complimentary light refreshments and no fee for entertainment

$5 wine tasting fee - but you keep the glass!

For more information, check out www.brushymountainwine.com or 336-835-1313

46th Annual Art in the Park

located in downtown Blowing Rock

A Series of Juried Art and Craft Shows with vendors selling local and regional crafts, art and more. Sunday concerts in the downtown park following most show weekends. 

For a complete calendar listing visit, www.BlowingRock.com or call 800-295-77851

May 17-June 14-July 19-August 16-September 13-October 4

After Spring Market Furniture Sale

at Hickory Furniture Mart

Day Trip to Hickory May 2-4

Over 1,000 premier furniture manufacturer's represented in one place. Hours of operation Friday & Saturday: 9am-6pm & Sunday: 1-5pm. For more information visit, www.hickoryfurniture.com

FYI: Blue Ridge Parkways Road Closures

*Milepost 285 at Bamboo Gap to Milepost 288 at Aho Gap is closed due to facilitate deck replacement, painting of superstructure steel and related miscellaneous work on the Goshen Creek Bridge.  The estimated time of closure is 8 months.* 

(This section is the small amount of Parkway connecting the entrances of Deep Gap and Blowing Rock).

Visitors can still enter and exit the Parkway at these two ramps, travel North from Deep Gap and South from Blowing Rock, as well as, get to destinations such as Price Park, Moses Cone Manor House and more.

There are other closures traveling South on the Parkway from Linville.  There are detours at every closed area to continue travel.

For up to date information, call 828-298-0398 for Blue Ridge Parkway road closures.

www.MountainsofNC.com