Exciting News!!
We are honored to announce Cashiers Plein Air Festival coming this July!!
Twenty outdoor artists set up their easels to capture the landscape and lifestyle of summertime in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Proceeds from the sale of these unique paintings benefit The Village Green, Cashiers 13-acre central park for community enjoyment.
Visit https://www.cashierspleinairfestival.com/ for more details.
For additional details and photos of this incredible Streamfront Paradise visit: https://www.creeksidetreehouse.com/
With a full calendar of events and activities, Cashiers Historical Society is making a bit of history itself. For all dates and information, check out CHS at cashiershistoricalsociety.org.
Have you noticed that every year, once March is over some sort of switch goes on and all around there are signs of spring. The traffic begins to pick up, local businesses are organizing their new merchandise, the sun sets after 5:00 P.M. and so on.
And while the winter chill may linger, it’s this time of the year Cashiers Historical Society begins their new season. So, Bring on Spring and the 2024 CHS Season!
In 1996, a group of interested residents met to discuss the formation of a Cashiers Valley Historical Society. Since the formation of CHS, the Society has planned activities and events that foster knowledge and appreciation of the history and traditions through hands-on activities, engaging speakers, tradition-bearing performers, and historical accurate demonstrations.
This year’s activities began with the continuation of Heritage Apple Day and the Mountain Heritage Lecture Series in coordination with the Friends of the Library. The lecture series began in February and will continue through the summer. A special lecture will be April 10. To celebrate Earth Month there will be an exclusive screening by the American Chestnut Foundation! Join CHS, Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust and the Friends of the Library in watching Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut. The showing will begin at 4:00 P.M. at the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library. Additional lectures will be each month May-August.
Activities continue in May with the fourth lecture and during Memorial Day weekend with a summer exhibit and the third annual Airing of the Quilts. There is no lack of quilting inspiration in the Cashiers area, so expect to see a variety of quilts exhibited by local and regional quilters. Additional annual events include the 19 Jan Wyatt Symposium on June 20, and in August, CHS will once again present the Cashiers Designer Showhouse.
Children’s events and activities are many and make up the last quarter of the year with a focus on the local children. Founders Day for area third and fourth graders will be celebrated September 26, Art in the Park for fifth and sixth graders will be October 4 and 11. The popular children’s event Christmas at Col. John’s Cabin will be November 29 through December 15.
Once again CHS has a full calendar with many unique events and programs that invite you to discover all that CHS has to offer. Experience the events, historical buildings, and grounds.
Thursday, April 25: Blue Ridge School Education Foundation
Every Thursday in April, Whiteside Brewing Co. will donate 10% of sales to a partnering organization working to make Cashiers a better place.
The Greening Up the Mountains Festival is a heritage arts festival that celebrates the arrival of Spring through both traditional and contemporary forms of Appalachian art, music, food, and beverage which honor our community and local [...]
May 25 - 27, 2024 at CHS, local quilters will display their quilts around campus along with a new exhibit "Work and Leisure: Tourism and the Creation of Modern Cashiers". Crafts and food will also be provided.
This is a family-friendly event free of charge. We hope to see you there!
Jackson County offers festivals and special events throughout the year, opening with downtown Sylva’s Greening Up the Mountains spring festival in April.
Greening Up the Mountains takes its name from the way the spring green creeps up the mountainsides in March and April, starting in the river valleys and ending at the highest peaks. [...]
Airing of the quilts is a mountain tradition where women would take family quilts off the beds and hang them in the spring sunshine to freshen. Enjoy the beautiful display of quilts from quilters and quilt collectors. There will also be the popular fabric scrap exchange, a quilt pattern [...]
This year, gear up for a spectacular display of nature’s power and engineering prowess with the High Falls Dam Release at Lake Glenville. As the dam releases whitewater into the west fork of the Tuckasegee River, witness a transformation of the serene High Falls into a formidable force, creating class IV rapids over a 5.5-mile stretch. This [...]
