This year, the theme of Blue Ridge Pride was “Resilience and Resistance,” named in honor of the anniversary of Hurricane Helene, which hit Western North Carolina exactly one year ago on Sept. 27, 2024.
The annual event was filled with attendees enjoying fair fare during its last weekend, including everything from the gondola lift and footlong corndogs to the farm animals competing in various livestock shows. Check out our photo galleries from the 2025 NC Mountain State Fair.
On Chestnut Street in North Asheville, one yard is chock-full of unusual lawn decorations. Rather than political signage, flamingos or garden gnomes, this Strangeville house is home to over a dozen skeletons.
Hendersonville dressed in their apple-themed best for the 79th annual NC Apple Festival. Check out our photo gallery from the downtown event.
For the second day of Boomtown FestAVL, Saturday, Aug. 30, we captured small moments from the festivities in a photo gallery.
Hundreds of sasquatch celebrators turned out for the annual Bigfoot Festival this weekend in Marion, N.C. Check out our photo gallery for all the best moments and weirdest merchandise from the 2025 festivities.
Period Nirvana, a menstrual product store and museum, celebrates its grand opening today with an in-shop party from 11 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Check out our photo gallery from the event.
Amy Ray took to the stage with Adrian Carter, Kerry Brooks and Jim Brock for the free show, the latest in the Well Crafted Music Series hosted by pedal steel guitarist Matt Smith.
Check out our photos of Cherokee sights and sites, including the Oconaluftee River, “Unto These Hills” and Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort, in our gallery of images, snapped Saturday, June 28.
Check out our photo gallery of snapshots from “Geektastic,” day one of the 2025 Land of the Sky Burlesque Festival. Performers put on acts inspired by everything from “SpongeBob SquarePants” to “Transformers” to “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”