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Make these chic silver earrings (or pendant necklace) yourself in this DIY jewelry workshop in downtown Asheville. Our qualified instructors will be sure you leave feeling super accomplished and with your finished jewelry. You have the option of either making the earring or the pendant necklace and can choose the size of your circles designs as well!

*$175 - Includes all materials

*Beginner Friendly / No Experience needed

*Ages 12 and up!

WHAT: Where's Waldo Brevard
WHEN: July 1st thru July 31st
WHERE: Highland Books & Downtown Brevard

Pick up a Where’s Waldo Passport at Highland Books starting July 1st! Search for Waldo in Brevard at 30+ local businesses and turn your passport in to Highland Books before the end of the month for a prize and a chance to win one of three stacks of Waldo books!

Get your costumes ready, or come as you are – regardless, be prepared for a good time! We’ll have something for everyone:
*Interactive music and dance performances
*Henna, fairy hair, and face-painting artists
*Free craft activities with our community partners
*Numerous vendors selling whimsical, handmade art and crafts
*Visits with Brucie Abella, woodland fairy
*Cool drinks and yummy treats for purchase

Adults, if you wear your fairy and woodland best, you may win a prize!
Admission: $5 for adults, with young folk 17 and under free
https://www.danielboonenativegardens.org/fairyday

Join us in this hands on class where you will make a hammered sterling silver wide band ring. One of Ignite's fabulous instructors will take you through the process step by step including soldering, shaping, hammering, and finishing your ring.

These also make great wedding bands! Come make your own wedding bands (or each other’s) in our fully equipped studio. Or just take this as a fun make-and-take in our amazing maker space. This class is a little taste of what it’s like to make jewelry as a profession.

You'll leave with a beautiful ring made to size in our downtown Asheville metalsmithing studio.

$120 includes all materials

Arrive 15 minutes early to sign the safety waiver and get settled.

*Convenient parking is available just below the studio in either the Harrah's Parking Garage or Rankin Parking Garage, 1st hour is free!

This combo of both our Simply Charmed and Enamel a Charm is the perfect way to experience a few styles of jewelry making and leave with a multi-charm necklace. This is also perfect for larger groups, bridesmaids parties, and team building. It includes a brass and silver charm of your choosing, plus a sterling silver chain.

$105 includes a a silver charm to stamp and a silver charm to enamel plus a sterling silver chain

Janiec Opera Company
Brevard Festival Orchestra
Dean Anthony, stage director
Joshua Horsch, conductor

The Janiec Opera Company presents The Falling and the Rising, a powerful contemporary opera by BMC Alum Zach Redler.

Blending lyricism with dramatic intensity, the work follows a wounded soldier’s journey through memory, healing, and transformation. Performed with the Brevard Festival Orchestra, this moving story explores resilience, sacrifice, and the path toward renewal.

PROGRAM
ZACH REDLER The Falling and The Rising

Chronology Music are pleased once again to be part of the Town Of Weaverville's Summer Music Series in the Nature Park, just off of Main St in downtown Weaverville, expanding to a trio for this outdoor concert! The group will perform 2 sets of original jazz and select standards as a trio, featuring guest drummer Brian Palmieri. 6-8pm free, outside!

APLR Presents: Idle County - Album Release

with Special Guests Colin Miller & i26connector

Saturday, July 11th, 2026

AyurPrana Listening Room - 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806

Doors 6PM || Show 7 PM

Idle County - Western North Carolina Farm Rock

Colin Miller

Colin Miller is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from Asheville, North Carolina. His latest record, Losin’ (Mtn Laurel Recording Co.), carries the imprint of his longtime neighbor and landlord, Gary King, whose friendship shaped Miller’s days and whose voice, humor, and memory now run through the songs he writes and the stories he tells. Miller’s music is rooted in place and shaped by devotion. He traces and responds to the echoes that call out to him until they reveal what matters. In his hands, grief and gratitude often blur, a feeling nurtured through collaborations with artists from near and far, and folded back into the music community he calls home.

I26 Connector - Emo Southern Rock from Asheville, NC

The 30th Annual Upstate Shakespeare Festival in beautiful Falls Park in downtown Greenville, SC features A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM opening May 21st, 2026 and runs through June 21st, followed by THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN running July 9th – 25th. This is not your English teacher's Shakespeare! Bring your dog, your kids, your cousin's wife's best friend, or a bottle of wine and a picnic basket. Admission is free and open to the public, and donations are greatly appreciated. Performances are Thursdays - Sundays at 7pm and run approximately 90 minutes with no intermission, weather permitting.

The Jazz Showcase is curated by esteemed pianist, scholar, and UNC Asheville music professor Dr. Bill Bares; this showcase series is dedicated to bringing the region’s finest jazz musicians and most compelling sounds to our stage in a true listening room experience.