Local Art Classes
Support the Arts
The NewArt School March 2008
Hickory Poker Showdown
Supporting Junior Achievment
and the
Rotory International Scholarship Fund
This is a charity event - no prizes will be awarded
Saturday September 6th Market on Main
Who, What Where and When
Community Events
Art In The Shop Oct 4th 2008
A world of art in your own back yard
Downtown Hickory
Art Crawl
2008

Over 100 established and visiting artists,exhibits, potters, jewelers, musicians,craftspeople, painters on the streets
and in the stores and galleries of Downtown Hickory.
The Art Crawl is free, self guided and open to the public

The Hickory Community Theater located at 30 Third Street NW hosts the first Kick-Off Party for this year's events
For more information about the June 12th Downtown Art Crawl, please cantact HDDA at 828-322-1121 or
Sept. 18th Thursday 5:30 until 9:00 PM
October 10, 11, 12, 2008
Downtown
Hickory NC
Bring the whole family
Oktoberfest 2008 applications
arts and crafts, food booths,
commercial and not for profit.

Click here
Happenings - Art Classes - Festivals
10th Annual celebration of the arts
6th Annual Burlon Craig Pottery Festival
Saturday, October 18th from 10 Am to 4 PM
At The Home Place (listed in the National Register of Historic Places)
3171 Cat Square Road  Vale North carolina
www.burloncraigfest.com
ALEX ART    Arts and Community events in Alexander County           Hiddenite Happenings
For complete listings of upcoming  July events click here
Jazz On Tap Sunday evenings at the Olde Hickory Tap Room
The finest in live Jazz as art for 7 years running
 
     July 27th Phillip Wack,  Bill Gerhardt and Rick
               Aug. 3rd welcomes Bob Taylor and friends    
  


The Downtown Hickory Farmers Market is open now .  Saturdays from 7am - 1pm and Wednesdays from noon - 5:30 p.m. on the corner of Second Street SW and Government Ave SW (next to Hickory Station). The market will run through October 25 828-308-6508.

Downtown Hickory Farmer's Market
Art In The Shop  Oct 4th 2008
July 25th The Newz.
Hickory Alive
FLATROCK Music Festival 2008
September 26th - 27th - 28th
  Beautiful camp Ton-A-Wanda Flat Rock NC
Swingin' Under The Stars Big Band tribute to Glenn Miller
Held Sunday May 25th on Union Square Hickory North Carolina
Soon to become an annual event due to the overwhelming response
Next performance will be Oct 25th - a Halloween Swing dance
Art Crawl returns
Cooking as art, the art of cooking

Flip Flop Theater Presents
Lady Knight
Info @ www.casthickory.com
Over 100 talented young actors from throughout
Catawba, Caldwell, Burke and Alexander Counties
will be featured on stage
Summer Theater
Songwriters contest Call for Entries
NC Songwriters Co-Op is accepting entries for the 11th Annual Songwriting Contest
Over $5,000 in cash and prizes.
For info, rules and entry form go to:
www.ncsongwriters.org
North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
This Tony award winning broadway musical is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed colleage grad who comes to NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account.
For mature audiences!
Belk Theater 130 N Tryon St. Charlotte NC
July 22nd - July 27th
Calling All Artists!
The American Cancer Society's Beach Ball fundraiser will include a Silent and Live
Art auction to be auctioned by WHKY's Hal Row. Artist are invited to participate in this
important event by donating an art item, the proceeds will go to the American cancer Society. Any publicity to the artist will be displayed along side the artwork
Contact Hani Nassar @ 828-326-0237
Entry deadline is July 25th   Items delivered by Aug. 7th