The big ones every year in Sylva
The events the calendar builds itself around — exact dates land in the feed above as each year's details firm up.
- Greening Up the Mountains · last Saturday of April
Downtown's spring street festival — the region's traditional season opener. - Hook, Line & Drinker Festival · May, at Bridge Park
Fly-fishing, craft beer, and music by the creek. - Concerts on the Creek · Friday evenings, summer
Free live music at Bridge Park; bring a chair and a cooler. - Mountain Heritage Day · last Saturday of September, at WCU in Cullowhee
Free all-day festival of Appalachian music, crafts, and food — running since 1974. - Dillsboro Lights & Luminaries · first two weekends of December
Dillsboro's streets lit with candles, shops open late, carolers and cider.