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Sweet Sensations at Highlands Mountaintop Art and Craft Show

The Scaly Mountain Women’s Club provides tuition reimbursement for qualifying residents of Scaly Mountain and Sky Valley

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Weekend Concerts

Lace up your dancing shoes – Highlands’ free weekend concerts return next month – Friday nights at Town Square and Saturday evenings at

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Easter Events on The Plateau

Easter will be celebrated across the Plateau, with events at both the Village Green in Cashiers and Highlands Rec Park.

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Bear Shadow Music Festival

The side events during the day add color and texture and fun to Bear Shadow. For details and reservations, visit bearshadownc.com.

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Sip & Savor Tuesdays at Half-Mile Farm

The secrets of farm-flavored cooking and casual cocktail crafting will be revealed at High-Mile Farm’s Sip & Savor Tuesdays. Once your Half-Mile

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Spoon Headlines Bear Shadow

Spoon brings decades’ worth of Indie cred to Bear Shadow. For more information, visit bearshadownc.com.

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Highlands Music Scene

Highlands heats up cool spring evenings with cool jazz and sharp beats.

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Cars, Cars and More Cars

Rev those engines, polish the chrome – Highlands Motoring Festival is racing toward us – June 8-11.

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Blessing of the Animals

The unbreakable bonds between people and their pets will be sanctified at the Village Green Blessing of the Animals, 11:00 A.M. Sunday, October 2. For more information, visit goodshepherdofcashiers.com.

Halloween on Main

Everyone (the living and the recently departed) is invited to stroll Main Street for Highlands’ Halloween on Main, 6:00 P.M. Monday, October 31.

Color Draws

Fall on the Plateau is a wild, sensual overload, with nature setting the stage for a spectacular Finale.


Autumn in the Mountains

October whispers at dawn yet explodes in color with the sun’s zenith.

Single-day Tickets for 3nd Annual Bear Shadow spring music festival on sale

What: Single-day tickets for the 3nd annual Bear Shadow spring music festival, to be held April 28 – 30, 2023 near Highlands, North Carolina, will be on sale beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 10 a.m. EST. Three-day tickets are also available now.   Who:     When: Headliners for the weekend-long event include Spoon, The Head & The Heart …

3rd annual Bear Shadow spring music festival lineup features A-list Americana talent

HIGHLANDS, N.C. — The lineup for the 3rd annual Bear Shadow spring music festival is jam-packed with today’s hottest stars in the Americana music scene, according to an announcement from Highlands Festivals, Inc. today. The music festival, set to be held April 28­–30, 2023 near Highlands, North Carolina, will feature headlining performances by Spoon, The Head & The Heart and …


The Dream has Become a Reality

The curtain rises on the new Highlands Performing Arts Center with a month filled with delights and surprises.

Painting Comes Full Circle

Zach Claxton’s art is fueled by a life filled with incident and observation

The Essence of Wild

Peggy Marra lost her way for a while – but she’s now back to Where the Wild Things Are.


Broad Wings over the French Broad

Look to the Skies! On September 18-24, depending on weather conditions, birders will hike up Whiteside Mountain to search the sky for soaring hawks; email [email protected] to join the email notification list

Sensational Summit

Stunning, spectacular, and awe-inspiring are all overused adjectives to describe the Western North Carolina Mountains. But the end result of a hiking trail in the Nantahala National Forest truly embodies those declarations and many more.

More Than a Fish

The mindset of a fly-fisher is at once deep and remarkably simple.