
The annual Art on Main art show will return to Hendersonville this weekend for its 66th rendition, coinciding with the one year anniversary of Hurricane Helene.

For the last three seasons, Austin Maynor, a lifelong Oz enthusiast, has performed as a Winkie Guard and the Munchkin Mayor for the Autumn at Oz festival in Beech Mountain. Read his Letter to the Editor about why the cancellation of this year’s season at The Land of Oz is a great loss for Western North Carolina.

Read our 828reviewsNOW take on “A Big Bold Beautiful Journey,” starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell. Spoiler: the title is misleading in nearly every way.

Blue Dragons, an Asheville Americana and blues band, will perform two benefit sets at the Grey Eagle next weekend, the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene, in support of a Helene recovery album.

Writers and readers alike are invited to the Punch Bucket Literary Festival, a weekend celebration that will bring writers, poets and essayists from all over the country to share their work with a series of panels and workshops.

This weekend, the Southern Highland Craft Guild will hold their annual Heritage Weekend at the Folk Art Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Expect to hear bluegrass music, see live craft demonstrations and play with Gee Haw Whimmy Diddles at the free event.

Looking for things to do this weekend in Asheville? We’ve got you covered. This weekend in Western North Carolina, enjoy festivals of all sorts, including writing, food and Southern Appalachian crafts, as well as a few other fun, funky activities.

Shrektoberfest, an annual “Shrek”-themed Oktoberfest celebration, returns this weekend to downtown brewery DSSOLVR.

Western North Carolina is just a week away from the 2nd annual Black Mountain Blues Festival, a celebration of storytelling, blues music and Appalachian history. In addition to blues music, the festival will spotlight the history of the tradition, which has long ties to Black Mountain.

“The Long Walk,” adapted from the Stephen King novel and directed by “Hunger Games” franchise helmer Francis Lawrence, is a brutal dystopian movie about 50 young men walking to their deaths on a long stretch of highway. Surprisingly, it’s about the power of friendship, too. Read our review for more.