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February

February      Hampton School Valentine's Fundraiser @ The Library Club in Sapphire Valley --  Call 743-6522 for tickets.

April  25   Earth Day 2008 @ the Village Green -- Food, kids activities, displays, live music and more!!  Join us from 11am - 4pm.  For more info, call 828-526-9938 ext.320

May 

May 2    Tour de Cashiers      743-2052

May    Cashiers Valley Preschool Annual "Cinco de Mayo" Fundraiser     For more info or tickets, call 743-4320

May 15     Zachary-Tolbert House Tours begin -- Will run Fridays & Saturdays through Oct. 13th     743-7710   

 May  23   Summit Memorial Day 5K Race     743-5755         

 May 29-May 30    Cashiers Historical Society Appalachain Music Symposium "Mountain Music: Will the Circle Be Unbroken". For more info call  828-743-7710    

May 29-30     The Bascom:  Collective Wine Spirits Festival     For more info, call (828)526-4949 or visit www.thebascom.org           

June     3rd Annual Land Trust Day! Treat yourself to a great day of shopping and dining for a great cause. By supporting your local participating businesses, you will be contributing to Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust's mission to "save the places we all love."  Participating businesses to be announced. Contact HCLT for more info at (828)526-1111 or www.hicashlt.org

June    Humane Society Gala  @ The C.C. of Sapphire Valley     743-5752

June 13-14     Spring Fling @ the Village Green. Sponsored by the Cashiers Valley Rotary. Arts & crafts, food and entertainment.

June 13-July 11     The Bascom:  World Wide Knit In      For more info, call (828)526-4949 or visit www.thebascom.org  

June 18-August 15     The Bascom Exhibition:  Helen Frankenthaler and the Color Field Painter   For more info, call (828)526-4949 or visit www.thebascom.org   

June 20    Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad Spaghetti Dinner @ the Rescue Squad Bldg. on the corner of N. Norton and 107N. - Starting at 5pm, carryout available. Check back for more details.

June 23-July 28     The Bacom's Young Artisit Program Summer Camp  For more info, call (828)526-4949 or visit www.thebascom.org

 June 27-28    Sapphire Valley Master Association Arts & Crafts Festival       743-0321

July 4     4^th of July Fireworks at the Cashiers Community Center      743-3518     Kathie Finley

July 4th    Mountain Music Festival  presented by the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce. Join us for a wonderful event filled with music from nationally recognized acts and local area talent.  An all day affair filled with live music, food & beverages, children's activities and more!  A great day of fun for the entire family! For more information, call (828)743-5191.  Tickets now onsale!  $20/adults, $5 ages 6-12, under 6 free. Visit our event website at www.cashiersnorthcarolina.com/cmmf.htm !!                                                                                                 

July 4-5     Arts & Crafts Show at the Cashiers Community Center       Contact Mountain Makings at (828)526-3181

July 4-5    Mountain Artisans "Summertime" Arts & Crafts Show   At WCU campus.    (828)524-3405

July 7-11     The Bascom:  Mountains In Bloom Garden Festival     For more info call (828)526-4949  or www.thebascom.org

July 10-11    Mountain Film Festival @ Cashiers Village development on 107 S.  Check back for more information.

 July    Church of the Good Shepherd Auction      743-2359

July     Church of the Good Shepherd Annual Bazaar       743-2359

July 17     Joy Garden Tour    743-4345

July 17-18     Mountain Wildlife & Wilderness Days       743-7663

July       Rescue Squad Bazaar         743-3655

July  24-26     Annual Cashiers Benefit Antique Show at Blue Ridge School         For more info call Hazel Giles -  (828)743-9270

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August

August 1    Annual Make-A-Wish Festival & Car Show @ Sapphire Valley.  For more info please call (828)743-9191 or (828)506-0011.

August     Norton Community Bazaar @ the Norton Community Center

August 8    The Manes and Tails Benefit - Benefiting the Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society and Carpe Diem Farms.  5pm-6:30pm, Wine, Beer & Appetizers. 6:30-9pm Dinner & Dancing. Tickets are $50/person.

August 8-9   Sapphire Valley Arts & Craft Show    743-0321

August 21    Cashiers Designer Showhouse Patrons Party    743-7710

August 22-September 6     Cashiers Designer Showhouse    743-7710

August 22-October 17     The Bascom Exhibition:  Southern Landscapes by Lamar Dodd and Will Henry Stevens.  Tues.-Sat., 10am to 5pm.

August     American Cancer Society Relay for Life    1-866-227-7798

August 29-30   Rotary Fall Fling at the Village Green

August 29-30   Friends of Jackson County Main Library benefit for the new Jackson County Library Complex. Sylva's award winning playwright Gary Carden's "Prince of Dark Corners," starring Steve Brady. To be held in Cashiers at the Albert Carlton Community  Library both nights at 7:30pm. Admission is $10.

July 18-August 29    The Bascom Exhibition:  Moulthrops:  Three Generations of Woodturners.  Tues.-Sat., 10am to 5pm

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September      Cashiers Community Council Annual Fish Fry @ the Cashiers Community Center    5:30pm - 8pm

September 5-October 10     The Bascom Exhibition:  Cat Chow:  Beyond Fiber Art" To be held at 6pm.

September 24     Cashiers Historical Society's Founder's Day      743-7710

October 2-3     The Bascom:  Autumn Festival

October 3     Annual Cashiers Community Council Fish Fry at the Cashiers Community Center from 5-7pm.

October 8-10      Greater Cashiers Area Merchants Association presents the 1st annual "Leaf Festival".  Thurs., Oct. 8th "Groovin' on the Green" with live music & dancing. Fri.-Sat. October 9th & 10th Artisan Festival featuring arts and crafts show, childrens' activities and live music as well as Tour of Homes. Saturday, October 10th concert featuring B.J. Thomas at the Sapphire Valley Resort--tickets for this concert will be $30. Call 743-3956 for more info.  www.leaffestivalofcashiersvalley.com

September 5-October 10     The Bascom Exhibition:  Cat Chow:  Beyond Fiber Art" To be held at 6pm.

August 22-October 17     The Bascom Exhibition:  Southern Landscapes by Lamar Dodd and Will Henry Stevens.  Tues.-Sat., 10am to 5pm.

October 16-November 7     The Bascom Exhibition:  Members Invitational.  Tues.-Sat., 10am-5pm.

October 17     4th Annual "Songwriters in the Round" at High Hampton Inn Pavilion to benefit the Blue Ridge School Education Foundation. Join us for a wonderful evening of music from some of Nashville's premier songwriters as well as food & beverages. More information to come soon!

October 17     "3rd Annual Fall Ball" to benefit Summit Charter School.  Black-tie optional gala featuring a fabulous dinner, open bar and dancing.  For more information contact (828)743-5755.

October 17-18     Sapphire Valley Master Association Arts & Crafts Festival  and the Fall Colors Fine Art Show       743-0321

October 24     Summit 5K Spooky Sprint & Kid's Run     This annual five kilometer run is open to the entire community as is the one kilometer Kid's Run. Events will raise money for the Summit Charter School's Family Association.  For more information, please contact Wendy Carlton at (828)506-6418

October 24-December 19     The Bascom Exhibition:  American Art Today, Juried Works.  Tues.-Sat., 10am to 5pm

October 31     The Bascom:  Pat Taylor Demonstration, "Spooky Raku, a Halloween Pottery Firing".  At sundown.

November 14-December 19     The Bascom Exhibition:  The Shopping Bag: Exemplary Art and Design.  Tues.-Sat., 10am to 5pm

November 27-28      Sapphire Valley Master Association Arts & Crafts Festival         743-0321

November 27-28    22nd  Annual "Hard Candy Christmas" Art & Craft Show    828-524-3405    Ramsey Center of the Western Carolina Univ. Campus  10am-5pm

December 2     "Winter Botany Walk"  Join Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust's own Ph.D. botanist, Dr. Gary Wein, for a winter botany walk. After the crowds have gone home, come learn about what these mountains have to offer year 'round. Free to HCLT members and $25 for new friends. Call or email to reserve your spot: (828)526-1111 or julie.hitrust@earthlink.net

January 30     Murder Mystery Dinner Theater   Dinner, with a play starring the Highlands Player actors.  This is a fundraisor for Summit Charter School's Family Association. For more information contact Summit at 743-5755.

July 2010

July 3     2nd Annual "Cashiers Mountain Music Festival" at the Village Green. Featuring the Steep Canyon Rangers, Lizzie Long & Little Roy Lewis and many, many more.  Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 day of event with children 7-12 $5 and 6 and under free. Don't miss a great day filled with some of the most talented bluegrass musicians out there! A fun filled day for the entire family with arts & crafts and a fun zone for the kids.  For more information, contact the Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce at (828)743-5191 or email cashcham@dnet.net .

July 15-17     Mountain Wildlife & Wilderness Days.  Held at the Sapphire Valley resort, this popular event is filled with activities and programs for all ages as well as live, educational animal exhibits. For more information, contact (828)743-7663.

All information displayed was current as of 12/28/2007