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MAY 5-11 2008

May 9-11, 2008 - Old Fort Pow Wow. Native storytellers & demonstrators, music by N.A.M.Y. Award winner, native traders and food vendors. Admission: $5.00/adult; $2.00/child. Fri-Sat, 9am-9pm, Sun, 9am-5pm. Friday is Kid’s Day. Catawba River Road, Old Fort. Sponsored by the Blue Ridge Intertribal Pow Wow Association. For more information, call 813-765-3073 or 828-765-1667.
May 10, 2008 - Live Music at Switzerland Cafe & Zack’s Pub featuring Visions of Cody performing American roots music reminiscent of Tom Petty or Bob Dylan. Switzerland Cafe and Zack’s Pub are located in Little Switzerland. For more information, call 828-765-5289 or visit www.switzerlandcafe.com.

May 10, 2008 - Turtle Island Pottery Open House. Full house of pottery located just 2.5 miles south of I-40 at exit 73, Old Fort. Featuring a Raku demonstration. For more information, call 828-669-2713 or visit turtleislandpottery.com.

The Orchard at Altapass (beginning May 17) hosts live music and mountain dancing, storytelling and hayrides, naturalist tours and birding walks, arts and handwork demonstrations Wednesday-Sunday. The Orchard is located at milepost 328.3 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Little Switzerland. For more information, call 888-765-9531 or visit www.altapassorchard.com.

The Carolina Mountains: Photography of Margaret Morley presented by the North Carolina Museum of History and the Mountain Gateway Museum & Heritage Center. Photographs feature an intimate look at everyday life in western North Carolina around the turn of the 20th century. Exhibited photographs displayed at Mountain Gateway Museum, Old Fort Train Station, Museum & Visitor’s Center, the Marion Davis Branch of McDowell County Public Library and Catawba Vale Coffee Cafe all located in Old Fort. For more information, call the McDowell County Tourism Authority, 888-233-6111 or 828-668-4282.

Bluegrass Music Jam every Thursday. Open to all musicians, no scheduled performers. Outdoors bring chairs or blankets (the music moves indoors for inclement weather). Free; 7-9pm, Marion Depot, Marion. For more information, call 828-652-2215 or visit www.downtownmarion.org.

Old Fort Mountain Music. Every Friday evening for more than a decade, folks have gathered to hear and play bluegrass and traditional mountain music. Nobody’s paid, everyone’s welcome and coffee and sodas are still just a quarter! All musicians are encouraged to join in the fun. Planning to visit? Don’t forget to bring your instruments with you! Friday evenings; 7:00pm; Rockett Building, Main Street in downtown Old Fort; for more information call 1-888-233-6111.

Tracks Music. Great dance music for everyone. Live music by the “Rewind Band”. New and old Country, Beach, old-time Rock and Roll, Blues, Cloggin’, Broom dances and more. Open every Saturday night 8-11:30pm. Admission: $6. Bacon Drive, Old Fort. For more information, call 828-460-8852.

Various other locations in the county offer free music on the weekends, use the links to the right for more specific musicians, times and locations.