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December 2020
Dillsboro Lights & Luminaries
Journey back to the days of yesteryear. Experience the magic as the entire town is transformed into a winter wonderland of lights, candles, laughter, and song! 2,500 luminaries light your way to shops and studios as shopkeepers provide holiday treats with hot cider and cocoa. Enjoy live music while the children will experience a socially distant and safe visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus. This event will take place the first two Friday and Saturdays of December.
Find out more »Dillsboro Lights & Luminaries
Journey back to the days of yesteryear. Experience the magic as the entire town is transformed into a winter wonderland of lights, candles, laughter, and song! 2,500 luminaries light your way to shops and studios as shopkeepers provide holiday treats with hot cider and cocoa. Enjoy live music while the children will experience a socially distant and safe visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus. This event will take place the first two Friday and Saturdays of December.
Find out more »Home For the Holidays
We could all use a little holiday cheer this year! The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Sylva Association, Town of Sylva, Town of Dillsboro, and the Jackson County Tourism Development Authority encourage everyone to enjoy "Home for the Holidays," in our area. Limited Covid-safe holiday events are planned throughout our county from Thanksgiving through New Year's. Mark your calendars, mask up, and come enjoy Jackson County for the holidays. Shop small and shop local!
Find out more »Dillsboro Lights & Luminaries
Journey back to the days of yesteryear. Experience the magic as the entire town is transformed into a winter wonderland of lights, candles, laughter, and song! 2,500 luminaries light your way to shops and studios as shopkeepers provide holiday treats with hot cider and cocoa. Enjoy live music while the children will experience a socially distant and safe visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus. This event will take place the first two Friday and Saturdays of December.
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Sapphire Valley Ski Slopes Open
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Sapphire Valley offers the area’s finest skiing facility, boasting a state-of-the-art quad lift, a learning center slope and newly expanded, multiple lane, 500-foot snow tubing run. The actual open date is weather dependent but typically around the second to third week of December. Just above 3,400 feet elevation, Sapphire Valley offers a 1,600-foot main run with a vertical drop of 200 feet and a 500-foot snow tubing run. And now, Sapphire…
Find out more »Home For the Holidays
We could all use a little holiday cheer this year! The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Sylva Association, Town of Sylva, Town of Dillsboro, and the Jackson County Tourism Development Authority encourage everyone to enjoy "Home for the Holidays," in our area. Limited Covid-safe holiday events are planned throughout our county from Thanksgiving through New Year's. Mark your calendars, mask up, and come enjoy Jackson County for the holidays. Shop small and shop local!
Find out more »Holiday Fireworks in Downtown Sylva
Make this holiday season merry and bright - literally! Spark up some much needed holiday cheer with the first every Holiday Fireworks in Downtown Sylva. From 7:30 - 8:30 pm, witness the luminescent display over the town of Sylva. Get here early and enjoy holiday music while finding the perfect gift for your loved ones at our unique downtown shops, or grab dinner at one of our award-winning non-chain restaurants.
Find out more »March 2021
Assault on Blackrock
Sylva, NC’s extreme trail race The eleventh annual Assault on BlackRock trail race has been set for Saturday, March 20, 2021. Register here. Trail running is extreme, and trail running in Sylva, North Carolina is no exception. How does running a seven-mile mountain trail race with 2,770 feet of elevation gain sound? Trail runners who compete in the Assault on BlackRock trail race will summit BlackRock at 5,810 feet- and that’s just the halfway point of the race. The trail…
Find out more »May 2021
Hook, Line & Drinker Festival
The annual Hook, Line & Drinker Festival will be held at the Bridge Park in Sylva, N.C. This "Top 20 Event in the Southeast" is organized by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and celebrates being the home of the N.C. Trout Capital and the WNC Fly Fishing Trail. The festival features fly fishing guides and vendors; craft breweries; music by two of the region's most popular bands; food trucks; and children's activities.
Find out more »Spring Fling Art & Craft Walk
Enjoy the artisan village of Dillsboro to the fullest during the Spring Fling Art & Craft Walk.
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