From the campus of Warren Wilson College, a visiting contingent of classically trained professional musicians produces a series of five marvelous concerts. The festival also combines lectures, demonstrations and a benefit recital into the regularly-scheduled program. This event is a treat. Poetry workshops and events, many featuring Pulitzer Prize winners, are held in Asheville the second weekend in July. Readings, lectures and seminars devoted to the written word are open to amateurs, professionals, and the general public.
Admission is charged and varies for the whole event, workshops or individual days.
There is a charge for the weekend pass. Call for event, workshop or day rates. This tremendously popular annual street festival has grown over almost two decades to become one of the premier events in the Southeast, attracting upwards of 350,000 people over its three-day span. This is western North Carolina's largest outdoor festival, featuring more than 100 national and regional entertainment acts. At least five different stages grace various key parts of downtown, and canopied booths line the main streets.