Hendersonville North Carolina Entertainment & Events

Special Events

Foothills Highland Games
Blue Ridge Community College • Flat Rock, NC 28797
828-693-8526
A true Scottish event featuring Scottish athletics, Highland dancing, sheep herding demonstrations, arts and crafts, traditional Scottish music and food, pipe bands, a parade of tartons, and children's activities. more...
Sponsored By: Scottish Clans of the South (S.C.O.T.S.)
Olde Fashioned Hendersonville Christmas
Located in Historic Downtown Hendersonville
828-697-2022
Downtown merchants host an open house with refreshments, entertainment, carriage rides and carolers - all with a Victorian flair from 5 to 9 p.m.
March of the Leprechauns-St. Patrick's Day Parade
401 North Main Street, Suite 302 • Hendersonville, NC 28792
828-697-2022
Held in historic downtown Hendersonville, the annual March of the Leprechauns will last from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and include live music, a parade, leprechauns, vendors, a pub march and more! more...

UA Four Seasons Cinemas
1300 7th Avenue East • Hendersonville, NC 28792
828-693-8989
Features critically-acclaimed Hollywood films. more...
Hendersonville Film Society
Lake Pointe Landing
828-697-7310
Brings together high quality foreign, private and alternative films every Sunday. The society hosts several "Stars Under the Stars," an outdoor cinema in the park during warm weather.

Flat Rock Wine Shoppe
2702 Greenville Highway, Suite C • Flat Rock, NC 28731
828-697-6828
Browse an impressive selection of wine and beer and enjoy open mic night every Wednesday and live entertainment Thursday through Saturday. more...

Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra
828-697-5884
The Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra presented its first concert in December 1971 and is now one of the community's leading cultural organizations. Directed by Thomas Joiner, the orchestra performs six concerts a year featuring guest artists from around the country. more...

Flat Rock Playhouse
2661 Greenville Highway • Flat Rock, NC 28731
828-693-0731
Flat Rock Playhouse is a wonderful vacation destination. A nationally recognized entertainment venue, Flat Rock Playhouse hosts a variety of comedies, musicals, and dramas, which range from World Premieres to the latest from Broadway and London to the classics, and theatre for young people. Flat Rock Playhouse endeavors to produce plays that have a wide range of appeal. more...
Hendersonville Little Theatre
1025 State Street • Hendersonville, NC 28793
828-692-1082
A non-profit, non-professional, volunteer organization of theater-lovers. Their goal is to enrich lives by providing high quality productions. more...

Bearfootin' in Hendersonville
Main Street, Historic Downtown
828-697-2022
A seven day family fun public art exhibit that features 26 creatively decorated bears on the tree-lined sidewalks of Historic Downtown. more...

Craft Show
1181 Broyles Road • Hendersonville, NC 28791
UNC Ashville Kellogg Center
828-890-2050
This juried exhibition and sale of crafts shows the work from artists across eleven southeastern states.

Chalk It Up
Downtown Hendersonville
828-697-6393
Each year on a Saturday morning in July, more than 100 artists of all ages converge on Historic Downtown Hendersonville to participate in Chalk It Up. With a bucket of chalk in hand, they quickly turn the sidewalks into works of art.
Farm City Day
Jackson Park
828-697-4884
The whole family will enjoy a day of unique farming demonstrations, games, live entertainment, and children's activities during this wonderful event held in scenic Jackson Park. This annual event takes place the first Saturday of October.
North Carolina Apple Festival
Downtown & Surrounding Areas
828-697-4557
Established in 1946, this four day festival, held every year in August, includes a wide variety of arts and crafts, children's activities, a parade, delicious food, and live entertainment. more...
Blue Ridge Barbecue Festival [Friday, Jun. 14, 2013]
Located at Harmon Field
828-859-7427
The biggest annual event in Polk County and one of the premier barbecue events in the nation, the Blue Ridge Barbecue Festival features live music on two stages, the Foothills Craft’s Fair, a fun park with carnival rides and games, Beach Bingo, fireworks, fantastic food, and of course, the barbecue cook-off event. The event takes place in June each year. more...

Andy Petree Racing
908 Upward Road • Flat Rock, NC 28731
828-698-5335
Enjoy stock car racing, one of the most popular spectator sports, as well as NASCAR style racing at this racetrack that is open from May to November and features a 100,000 square foot facility that showcases race car displays, trophies, memorabilia of racing history, and the teams affiliated with Andy Petree. more...