The FORUM Entertaining Music Series at Lees-McRae College enters its 45th season in summer 2024. The Ultimate Eagles Experience is a stunningly accurate tribute to the music of the Eagles. Using no backing tracks or harmonizers, 7 Bridges faithfully recreates the experience of an Eagles concert from the band’s most prolific period. Every show features […]

The FORUM Entertaining Music Series at Lees-McRae College enters its 45th season in summer 2024. The Ultimate Eagles Experience is a stunningly accurate tribute to the music of the Eagles. Using no backing tracks or harmonizers, 7 Bridges faithfully recreates the experience of an Eagles concert from the band’s most prolific period. Every show features […]

Discover the man who changed the course of Banner Elk’s history. Presented by Lees-McRae Summer Theatre, the Edgar Tufts story is compelling & heartwarming

This is a multi-faceted play: A thriller that actually manages to thrill, and a very dark comedy that twists and spirals towards an unexpected ending. This is one show where seeing isn't quite believing. PLEASE NOTE: Mind Game contains staged violence and is NOT RECOMMENDED for children. The play is part of Ensemble Stage’s 2024 […]

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 […]

This is a multi-faceted play: A thriller that actually manages to thrill, and a very dark comedy that twists and spirals towards an unexpected ending. This is one show where seeing isn't quite believing. PLEASE NOTE: Mind Game contains staged violence and is NOT RECOMMENDED for children. The play is part of Ensemble Stage’s 2024 […]

Ensemble Stage’s Saturday kids’ theater series presents “Robin Hood” for the 2024 season. A fun-filled, medieval adventure as Robin Hood, Little John, Maid Marian and their band of Merry Men (and women) take on the crooked Prince John to restore peace and happiness in Nottingham. The show involves lots of audience participation. Tickets are $6 […]

Country music star Brad Paisley heads to the NC High Country this summer for an outdoor concert July 27 at Kidd Brewer Stadium on the campus of Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. Paisley's concert is the headline event of App State's An Appalachian Summer Festival, and is hosted in partnership with App State Athletics. […]

This is a multi-faceted play: A thriller that actually manages to thrill, and a very dark comedy that twists and spirals towards an unexpected ending. This is one show where seeing isn't quite believing. PLEASE NOTE: Mind Game contains staged violence and is NOT RECOMMENDED for children. The play is part of Ensemble Stage’s 2024 […]

This is a multi-faceted play: A thriller that actually manages to thrill, and a very dark comedy that twists and spirals towards an unexpected ending. This is one show where seeing isn't quite believing. PLEASE NOTE: Mind Game contains staged violence and is NOT RECOMMENDED for children. The play is part of Ensemble Stage’s 2024 […]