Events in Downtown Waynesville

2008 Calendar of Events

Festivals, special events and performances are held frequently in downtown Waynesville, sponsored by the DOWNTOWN WAYNESVILLE ASSOCIATION and other area organizations.

MID MAY - OCT - every Wed-Sat, TAILGATE FARMER'S MARKET. Local growers set up in the parking lot of Badcock Home Furnishings to sell their fresh produce, plant & herbs throughout the summer & fall growing season. 8-Noon.

May - Nov - 1st Friday each month, "ART after DARK" - Downtown galleries remain open until 9 pm, demonstrations, artist receptions, live music.

Aug 29 - Sept 1 - Friday - Monday - SIDEWALK SALES downtown, Celebrating Labor Day Weekend

Aug 30 - Sat. - BLOCK PARTY, Downtown is Alive at Night, dancing in the street with live bands, music starts at 7pm, children's area, eats & treats, restaurants open, a portion of Main Street is closed.

Aug 29 & 30 - Fri & Sat - 37th annual SMOKY MOUNTAIN FOLK FESTIVAL. Two full evenings, celebrating our mountain folk music. Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska
call 452-1688.

Oct 11- Sat - 25th annual CHURCH STREET ART & CRAFT SHOW. Main Street is transformed into an art & craft marketplace for this one-day event; widely know as one of the finest in the region. Live mountain music & clogging, entertainment & food. 10am-5pm.
Vendor Application

Oct 18- Sat - 20th annual APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL. Main Street. Live mountain music & dance, crafts, demonstration booths, apples, cider, fresh fried pies & other apple delicacies. 10am-5pm.

Nov 10 - Mon - Veteran's Day Tribute to HAYWOOD CO. VETERANS, featuring Asheville Symphony Orchestra, 7 p.m. in Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska. For more information, call Mr. Richard Miller, The Classic WineSeller, 452-6000

Nov 23 - Sun - "Holiday Open House". A Holiday Tradition on Main Street. Enjoy the sights, scents & sounds as the holiday season begins in festively decorated shops & galleries. Noon-5 pm

Dec 8 - Mon - Evening Christmas Parade in Downtown Waynesville - Main Street. 6pm

Dec 6 & 13, Sat evenings - "A Night before Christmas". Come share our Holiday Tradition with Us! Caroling, live music, a live Nativity, pictures with Santa, old-fashioned wagon rides, storytelling, poetry & more. Main Street is lined with hundreds of luminaries. Shops & restaurants open until 9pm.

2009 Calendar of Events

Apr 25, Sat - "Quick Draw" Highly motivated live auction artists start & complete a work of art for sale. Silent auction items available also. Fundraising efforts support local art teachers who inspire seniors to pursue art in college.

May-Nov, 1st Friday each month, "ART after DARK"

May 9, Sat - WHOLE BLOOMIN' THING FESTIVAL

Mid May-Oct, Wed & Sat - TAILGATE FARMER'S MARKET

May 23, Sat - BLOCK PARTY, Downtown is Alive at Night

Jun 20, Sat - 14th annual DOWNTOWN STUDIO & GALLERY TOUR

Jun 19, July 17, Aug 14 - DOWNTOWN DRIVE-IN MOVIES

Jun 12, 26, July 10 & 24 & Aug. 7, Fri nights - 5 MOUNTAIN STREET DANCES

Jul 4, Sat - STARS & STRIPES CELEBRATION

Jul 17, Fri - FOLKMOOT USA PARADE

Jul 25, Sat - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL DAY

Aug 8 - DOWNTOWN DOG WALK

Sep 4 & 5 - 37th annual SMOKY MOUNTAIN FOLK FESTIVAL

Sep 5 - Sat. - BLOCK PARTY, Downtown is Alive at Night

Oct 10, Sat - 26th annual CHURCH STREET ART & CRAFT SHOW

Oct 17, Sat - 21st annual APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL

Nov 22, Sun - "HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE"

Dec 7, Mon - Waynesville CHRISTMAS PARADE

Dec 5 & 12, Sat evenings - "A NIGHT before CHRISTMAS"

For detailed information on these events, refer to the 2008 calendar.

Cultural Events Calendar

ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT
By Jeff Daniels
Weekends August 22 - 31
We go camping in upper Michigan with the most outrageous family you've ever met. This play contains what may well be the funniest scene you have ever witnessed on stage. People will be talking about this comedy for the rest of the year.

FLOYD COLLINS
Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Book and Additional Lyrics by Tina Landau
Weekends October 3 - 19
In the tradition of HART's production of "Parade," we bring you one of the most beautiful musicals of recent years relating the true story from the 1920's of a Kentucky cave explorer whose life and death became a legend.

THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO
By Alfred Uhry
Weekends November 7 - 16
A Broadway comedy hit by the author of "Driving Miss Daisy" set in Atlanta on the eve of the opening of "Gone with the Wind."

SPOTLIGHTS YOUTH THEATER

SPOTLIGHTS is Haywood County's premiere youth theater organization appearing at Haywood Community College Auditorium in Clyde. Tickets are available at the door on the day of the performance. Evenings, 7 Matinees, 3pm 828-456-8983

2008

Nov 7-9
The Emperor's New Clothes

2009

Feb 20-22
The Importance of Being Ernest

Mar 27-29
King Midas and the Touch of Gold

May 22-24
Murder by Natural Causes"

Nov 6-8
Snow White

HAYWOOD COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL

Many events take place throughout the year with the HCAC or in Gallery 86.
Please check for further information: Haywood Arts Website or info@haywoodarts.org
828-452-0593

2008

May-November - Sunday Concert Series - FREE, third Sunday in each month, variety of eclectic performances including jazz, classical, traditional American music and literary arts. Held in the Waynesville Public Library, 678 S. Haywood Street, 3pm.

Gallery 86 Artists Receptions - 86 N. Main St., call for dates

Open Studios Exhibit & Tour & Sale - Sat, Oct 4 10-5 and Sun, Oct 5, 12noon-5,
Haywood County artists open their working studios to the public, see the creative process first hand.