Things to do in Boone

The big ones every year in Boone

The events the calendar builds itself around — exact dates land in the feed above as each year's details firm up.

• Boonerang Music & Arts Festival · June
  Downtown's free two-day street festival — stages on King Street, local bands and artists.
• An Appalachian Summer Festival · July
  App State's month-long arts festival: concerts, dance, theatre, film, visual art.
• App State Mountaineers home games · fall Saturdays
  Kidd Brewer Stadium — "The Rock" — and a town that plans its weekends around the schedule.
• Valle Country Fair · October, in Valle Crucis
  One Saturday of crafts, apple butter, and mountain music behind the Holy Cross church.
• Woolly Worm Festival · third weekend of October, in Banner Elk
  Caterpillar races that predict the winter, plus a craft fair — the High Country's biggest weekend.
• Ski season · December–March
  Appalachian Ski Mtn., Sugar Mountain, and Beech Mountain — check each hill's snow report.