The FORUM Entertaining Music Series at Lees-McRae College enters its 45th season in summer 2024. Returning for the fifth straight year, Symphony of the Mountains has a strong and proud heritage. The orchestra began when a small group of musicians in Kingsport, Tennessee, dreamed of having a civic orchestra in 1946. Through the decades, musical […]

The FORUM Entertaining Music Series at Lees-McRae College enters its 45th season in summer 2024. Returning for the fifth straight year, Symphony of the Mountains has a strong and proud heritage. The orchestra began when a small group of musicians in Kingsport, Tennessee, dreamed of having a civic orchestra in 1946. Through the decades, musical […]

The Sugar Mountain Resort Summit Crawl is a fun event in which participants walk, hike or crawl up Sugar Mountain’s 5,300-foot peak by way of three ski slopes: Easy Street, Gunther’s Way and Northridge. Although mostly just for fun, times are kept and prizes are awarded in various categories. The uphill course is approximately 1.2 […]

Beginning in late May and continuing through late July, wildlife biology and pre-veterinary medicine students at Lees-McRae College give weekly public wildlife presentations. These presentations take place at the amphitheater at Tate-Evans Park in downtown Banner Elk. At each presentation, Lees-McRae students bring an animal ambassador that is being rehabilitated or cared for at the […]

Arrival: A Journey Tribute Band plays an outdoor show in the heart of town during the Saturday Concert Series at The Village of Banner Elk. You won't stop believing your ears as you listen to the chart-topping hits of Journey performed by this talented group. They'll keep the tunes coming any way you want it until the end […]