Arts in Highlands NC and Cashiers NC
Both professional and community theater keep playgoers entertained while music festivals, Chamber music and bluegrass music can also be enjoyed year-round. Highlands NC and Cashiers NC has always attracted visual artists thanks to the luxuriant setting, and the number of fine art galleries encourage collectors to make frequent forays. There are writers’ groups, lectures and classes of all types. Search below to get your creativity fix.
The Goddess of Folk Art
The exuberance of the art at Around Back at Rocky’s Place Folk Art Gallery
(3631 Georgia Highway 53 East in Dawsonville, Georgia) will not be contained.
A Celebration of Music and Arts
The 2025 Bel Canto, set for Sunday, September 7, at the Highlands Performing Arts Center, continues an extraordinary tradition that’s enraptured audiences for 33 years.
Let’s Welcome Gray Pearson
Gray Pearson is the man behind those iconic sounds animating First Presbyterian Church of Highlands.
Two-Man Symphony
Ellie’s Groove Steel Pan Band brings a rich, mellow sound filtered through Caribbean playfulness.
The First Thing You Remember
A mother’s simple question, “What’s the first thing you remember?” sparks a deeply moving memoir shaped by love, listening, and perseverance.
Art and Craft Show
Back and somehow even bigger, Mountaintop Rotary’s Art & Craft Show returns to Highlands’ Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on August 23 and 24. For more information on the show, visit highlandsartshow.com or visit their Facebook page for the latest updates.
Martinis, Mozart & More
Magic and music are brewing when the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival stages its Martinis, Mozart & More at The Orchard House at The Farm at Old Edwards, Thursday, July 24. Reservations are essential and can be made by calling (828) 526-9060. Because some evenings deserve to be as memorable as the music itself.
The Art of Pat Calderone
Originally from Minnesota, Pat Calderone found her Muse in the mountains. Nearly three decades on, she still finds her inspiration in the mysteries of nature.
Public Art Initiative
The Vision Cashiers Public Art Initiative brings texture, color and wonder to the WALK Cashiers campaign. It’s a bouquet of startlements delivered to pedestrians.