Here’s a cool event that our guests told us about — From now through November 28, 2010, the Western North Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild is sponsoring an exhibit featuring fiber crafts at one of our favorite places, the North Carolina Arboretum. On weekends, they’ll also be doing periodic demonstrations of fiber artistry such as spinning and weaving.
The North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival will be held in Marion, NC, this year, at the Tom Johnson Camping Center’s Rally Park (30 minutes east of the Inn on Mill Creek). From Thursday, August 19, through Saturday, August 21, bluegrass music will fill the air in McDowell County.
The 33rd Annual Sourwood Festival will be held August 14-15, 2010, in Black Mountain, NC, a charming artsy town that’s just 12 minutes from the Inn on Mill Creek.
Biltmore Estate will offer a late summer treat for visitors again this year with its flower carpet. The 2010 Biltmore Flower Carpet installation will include more than 155,000 plants, covering the majority of the South Terrace. The design this year is based on a La Farge stained glass window that Mr. Vanderbilt inherited from his father.
We recently learned of a new event taking place in our neck of the woods this year. Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain will be hosting the First Annual WNC Highlands Celtic Festival, a brand new event, presented by Celtic Heritage Productions and endorsed as one of many local events that are part of the Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th anniversary celebration.
