Events

Annual downtown Anderson Christmas parade with floats, performers and community groups.

Annual Cherokee Christmas Parade through the Qualla Boundary, a popular community holiday tradition.

Four-night Brevard-area holiday light festival at Deerwoode Reserve.

Downtown Seneca holiday celebration with live seasonal music and Christmas atmosphere.

Second weekend of Dillsboro's historic holiday tradition with 2,500 luminaries, white lights, carolers, live music, Santa, cider and horse-and-buggy rides.

Major Asheville music event curated by Grammy Award-winning musician Warren Haynes, returning as a one-of-a-kind holiday music marathon.

Holiday edition of Greenville's popular downtown Saturday Market with seasonal vendors and shopping.

Holiday evening at historic Stumphouse Mountain Park, combining a seasonal celebration with one of Oconee County's most distinctive historic sites.

Free guided bird outing at one of Henderson County's best-known birding locations.

Three-day women's gymnastics competition bringing athletes and families to downtown Asheville.