Calendar of Events
Jul 31, Sat - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL DAY 10-5-Downtown Waynesville
Aug 6, “ART after DARK”-Downtown Waynesville
- 1st Friday each month, Downtown galleries remain open until 9pm, demonstrations, receptions, music.
- Aug 6 Fri night - MOUNTAIN STREET DANCES-Downtown Waynesville
- Downtown is Alive at Night. Put on your cloggin’ & square dancin’ shoes. Enjoy an old-fashioned mountain hoe down!
- Live mountain music, demos & instruction by local clogging teams. Refreshments, bring a chair or blanket, in front of the Historic Courthouse. 6:30-9.
- No pets allowed.
- Aug 7, Sat - DOWNTOWN DOG WALK-Downtown Waynesville
- Courthouse lawn, Proceeds go to support the proposed SARGE’s Adoption Center in Haywood, 9:30-1pm
- www.sargeandfriends.org
August 20 & 21--The Porter Family
Eaglenest Entertainment 828-926-9658
August 27 & 28--21th Annual Cruso Quilt Show
10am-4pm Cruso Community Center Free Admission
August 28 & 29 ---2nd Annual Valley Auto & Truck Classic
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds 828-734-9126
Sep 3rd “ART after DARK”-Downtown Waynesville
- 1st Friday each month, Downtown galleries remain open until 9pm, demonstrations, receptions, music.
Sep 3-4, Fri & Sat - SMOKY MOUNTAIN FOLK FESTIVAL-Downtown Waynesville
Sep 4, Sat - BLOCK PARTY-Downtown Waynesville
- Downtown is Alive at Night, dancing in the street with live bands,
- 7-10pm, children’s area, eats & treats, many shops & restaurants open,
- a portion of Main St. is closed.
September 4 & 5-- Labor Day Arts & Craft Show Maggie Valley Festival Grounds
www.maggievalleycraftshows.com
September 5--- Spectacular Labor Day Fireworks Display
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds 9:15 PM
September 10 - 12---Thunder in the Smokies
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds
September 17 & 18---Fall Rally in the Valley
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds
September 25--- 37th Annual Fall Regional Shelby/Mustang & Ford Meet
Eaglenest Entertainment 828-926-9658
September 30 - October 2---20th Annual High Country Quilt Show
Maggie Valley Town Hall 10am - 4pm 828-926-4427/926-6003
Oct 1, “ART after DARK”-Downtown Waynesville
- 1st Friday each month, Downtown galleries remain open until 9pm, demonstrations, receptions, music.
Oct 9, Sat - CHURCH STREET ART & CRAFT SHOW-Downtown Waynesville
Main St. 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,
Official event of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s 75th anniversary.10am-5pm.
October 9 & 10--- 1st Annual Craft Show Maggie Valley Festival Grounds 828-497-9425
www.maggievalleycraftshows.com
Oct 16, Sat - APPLE-HARVEST FESTIVAL
- Main St., APPLES, live mountain music, dance & food, crafts, cider, fresh fried pies & more! 10am-5pm.
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds 828-926-1686
Oct 30, Sat “TREATS ON THE STREET”-Downtown Waynesville
- Downtown Waynesville merchants will open their doors for trick-or-treaters from 5 – 7 pm.
- This is a safe and fun adventure for costumed children and their parents to stroll the streets in
- search of delicious candy and special treats.
Nov 5, “ART after DARK”-Downtown Waynesville
- 1st Friday each month, Downtown galleries remain open until 9pm, demonstrations, receptions, music.
- Nov 21, Sun - HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE-Downtown Waynesville
- 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 3, “ART after DARK”-Downtown Waynesville
- 1st Friday each month, Downtown galleries remain open until 9pm, demonstrations, receptions, music. A special holiday version
- of Art after Dark with entertainment and hundreds of luminaries lining the sidewalks.
December 4--- Maggie Valley Christmas Parade Hwy. 19-Maggie Valley (Soco Road) Dec 6, Mon - CHRISTMAS PARADE-Downtown Waynesville Evening Christmas Parade in Downtown Waynesville on Main Street, 6pm.
Dec 11 - A NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
- Come share our Holiday Tradition with Us! Caroling, live music, a live Nativity, Santa,
- old-fashioned wagon rides, storytelling, poetry & more. Main St. is lined with hundreds
- of luminaries, shops & restaurants open until 9pm.


