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Cashiers Quilters at St Jude's Catholic Church
2025-12-11 11:30 (America/New_York) | NC
Come join us for lunch each Thursday at 11:30 at a local restaurant and then quilting at the church.
Held at St Jude’s Catholic Church in Cashiers.

Bear Shadow Music Festival TICKET DROP
2025-12-11 12:00 | NC
Tickets go on Sale Thursday, December 11 | 12pm https://bearshadownc.com/
Bear Shadow music festival made its debut in April 2021 at Winfield Farm in Scaly Mountain, just outside the city limits of Highlands, North Carolina.
A sister festival to the highly esteemed Highlands Food & Wine, Bear Shadow music festival is now a phenomenon all to itself, bringing celebrated artists to The Highlands-Cashiers Plateau for a weekend of music, mountains, and revelry each spring.

Home For The Holidays 2025 at Highlands PAC
2025-12-11 15:00, 2025-12-12 15:00, 2025-12-13 15:00 | Highlands PAC, 507 Chestnut Street, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Purchase tickets to Mountain Theatre Company’s production of HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 2025 here: https://www.mountaintheatre.com/
An Original Musical Revue Written & Created by Scott Daniel
Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with Mountain Theatre Company at our annual holiday spectacular! Fun for all ages, this ALL-NEW festive seasonal music revue promises dazzling costumes, high energy choreography, and is sure to fill audiences with plenty of good, old-fashioned holiday cheer!

Dementia Caregivers Support Group at Albert-Carlton Community Library
2025-12-11 15:00 - 16:30 | Albert-Carlton Community Library, 249 Frank Allen Rd, Cashiers, NC, 28741, United States
Join a welcoming group of people that understand what you are going through. We come together to offer each other support, resources, and a listening ear.
The group is a safe place for judgement free discussion.
2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.

Ice Skating at Kelsey Hutchinson Founders Park
2025-12-11 15:30 - 20:00, 2025-12-12 15:30 - 22:00, 2025-12-13 13:00 - 22:00 | Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park, 411 Pine St., Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Price: $8.00 (with or without skates)
Rental skates available, youth size 8 to adult size 14.
Coffee and Hot Chocolate will also be available.
For any additional information, please call the Highlands Parks & Recreation Dept. at 828-526-3556.
Hours are Thursday 3:30 to 8 P.M., Friday 3:30 to 10 P.M., Saturday 1:00 to 10:00 P.M., and Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 P.M.

Lotto & Berenson: Crossed Destinies at Highlands PAC
2025-12-11 17:00 | Highlands PAC, 507 Chestnut Street, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Lotto and Berenson: Crossed Destinies follows the intertwined journeys of Lorenzo Lotto, a forgotten Renaissance master, and Bernard Berenson, the American Jewish art critic who resurrected his legacy. Through the eyes of actor Alessandro Sperduti, the film retraces Lotto’s artistic path across Italy, uncovering the painter’s personal and professional struggles. At the same time, it explores Berenson’s fascination with Lotto’s ability to capture the human soul, creating a profound reflection on art, ambition, and the fear of being forgotten.

Holiday Hits: Festive Cheeses and Board Making Tips at One Wicker Cheese Co
2025-12-11 17:30 | One Wicker Cheese Co., 539 Main St, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Perfect for all cheese and wine enthusiasts!
Join us for the evening as we explore a selection of amazing cheeses paired with fun festive wines. We’ll talk through the basics of tasting, pairing and chat holiday board building tips!

Blues Night at Ruffed Grouse Tavern at Highlander Mountain House
2025-12-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Highlander Mountain House, 270 Main St, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Join us for Blues Night with Scott Low every Thursday night at the Ruffed Grouse Tavern.

Carolina Concert Series at Trailborn Highlands
2025-12-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Trailborn Highlands, 96 Log Cabin Ln, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Join us in the Trailborn Highlands backyard for live music and drinks during our Carolina Concert Series!

Mountain Voices Community Chorus presents “A Very Merry Christmas” at First United Methodist Church - Franklin
2025-12-11 19:00 | First United Methodist Church, 66 Harrison Avenue, Franklin, NC, 28734, United States
Mountain Voices Community Chorus will perform their annual winter concert on Thursday, December 11 beginning at 7 pm at First United Methodist Church located at 66 Harrison Avenue in Franklin NC.
Please join Mountain Voices for an evening of familiar carols – a mountain tradition you don’t want to miss; this year’s “A Very Merry Christmas” concert is sure to bring holiday cheer!! The performance includes jazzy arrangements, big band orchestral scores, twists on holiday favorites and traditional anthems.
The concert is FREE (donations are appreciated)

A Christmas Wine Bar Pop Up at Duck Hawk Provisions
2025-12-12 09:00 - 20:00 | Duck Hawk Provisions, 281 US 64, Cashiers, NC, 28717, United States
Fridays in December, we’re opening the cellar and keeping the Nest pouring until 8:00 p.m. Expect featured champagnes, cozy reds, and bottle discounts you won’t see every day. Holiday snacks are on: spiced pecans, bacon‑wrapped figs, and a few surprises.
Swing through when it suits you. Grab a glass, share a toast, stay a while. Good wine, good company, and a little December glow.

Holiday Market at The Bascom
2025-12-12 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-12-13 10:00 - 17:00 | The Bascom, 323 Franklin Rd, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
The Bascom’s Holiday Market is just around the corner!
Festive shopping in the Greehey Atrium – with unique handcrafted gifts by local and regional artists.⁠ Our line-up of seasonally themed workshops is already live, inviting all to create, learn, and celebrate the joy of making.
From gingerbread houses to ornament making, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.⁠

The Church of the Good Shepherd Bazaar Barn
2025-12-12 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-13 11:00 - 15:00 | Bazaar Barn, 118 US Hwy 64 W, Cashiers, 28717, United States
The Bazaar Barn is an “upscale resale” shopping experience, offering gently used home furnishings.
Owned and operated by the Church of the Good Shepherd, the 10,000 square foot shopping center sells furniture, art and household items in styles ranging from antique to vintage to modern.
All of our items are donated, and all proceeds go directly back to the Cashiers community in the form of Outreach Grants.

Friday Classes at Fusion Yoga and Wellness
2025-12-12 12:00 | Fusion Yoga and Wellness, 21A Lance Rd, Cashiers, NC, 28717, United States
Join us for Friday classes at Fusion Yoga and Wellness.
Fusion Flow: Flow & Restore
9:00 AM
This class offers the best of both worlds, beginning with a mindful vinyasa flow to build heat, strength, and flexibility, followed by grounding restorative poses to help you slow down, release tension, and reset.
Fusion Flow: Gentle
10:30 AM
Slow down and unwind with this soothing class that focuses on gentle, flowing movements paired with mindful breathing.

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey at Highlands PAC
2025-12-12 14:00, 2025-12-12 17:30 | Highlands PAC, 507 Chestnut Street, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Sarah and David are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present… and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures.

Live Music at The Vineyard at High Holly
2025-12-12 15:00 - 18:00 | The Vineyard at High Holly, 37 High Holly Rd, Scaly Mountain, NC, 28775, United States
Join us for live music at The Vineyard at High Holly!
Vineyard open hours 12-6 PM.

Live Music with Mick Mayer at Western Carolina Brew and Wine
2025-12-12 17:00 | Western Carolina Brew and Wine, 454 Carolina Way, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Join us at Western Carolina Brew & Wine!
Come grab a pint and enjoy live music from Mick Mayer!

Live Music at Happ's Place
2025-12-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Happs Place, 5914 NC-107, Glenville, NC, 28736, United States
Enjoy live music every Friday and Saturday at Happ’s Place in Glenville.

Winter Market at Highlands Rec Center
2025-12-13 10:00 - 15:00 | Highlands Recreation and Civic Center, 600 N 4th St, Highlands, NC, 28741
Your favorite vendors from the Saturday Farmer’s Market (plus a few extras) will be warm and cozy indoors at the Highlands Rec Center with fresh produce, locally made bakery treats, specialty foods, handcrafted gifts, unique products, artful jewelry, Haitian metal art, and a FREE cup of Haitian Coffee we all know and love.

Come say hello, and shop for one-of-a-kind gifts and other things you need for the holidays.

See you there!

Wreaths Across America at Highlands Community Building
2025-12-13 12:00 | Highlands Community Building, 869 North 4th Street, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Remember and Honor our veterans through the laying of Remembrance Wreaths on the graves of our country’s fallen heroes and the act of saying the name of each and every veteran aloud.
Ceremony will take place at the Highlands Community Bldg. 869 North 4th Street at 12:00PM.
Following the ceremony at the community bldg., shuttles will take volunteers to and from the cemetery to lay veteran wreaths.
For more information, please contact Phil Potts at 828-200-9753 or ppotts63@frontier.com

Football Weekend at High Country Wine & Provisions
2025-12-13 12:00 | High Country Wine & Provisions, 621 Franklin Rd, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
College Football Saturday and NFL Sunday is ON at High Country!
We’re going BIG with the games ALL DAY on our massive 90-inch screen—the best seat in town! Fuel your fandom with special features on wine, craft beer, and delicious game-day eats.
Gather your crew and settle in for great football and even better company. See you there!

Umberto Giordano's Andrea Chénier at Highlands PAC
2025-12-13 13:00 | Highlands PAC, 507 Chestnut Street, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Giordano’s passionate tragedy stars tenor Piotr Beczala as the virtuous poet who falls victim to the intrigue and violence of the French Revolution.
Following their celebrated recent partnership in Giordano’s Fedora, Beczala reunites with soprano Sonya Yoncheva as Chénier’s aristocratic lover, Maddalena di Coigny, with baritone Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard, the agent of the Reign of Terror who seals their fates. Daniele Rustioni takes the podium to lead Nicolas Joël’s gripping staging.

Live Music on the Patio at Highlander Mountain House
2025-12-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Highlander Mountain House, 270 Main St, Highlands, NC, 28741, United States
Join us for live music on the patio every Saturday at Highlander Mountain House from 1-3 PM.
