 Downtown Asheville, July 4, 2012
An event for the whole family, the Ingles Fourth of July Celebration festivities start at 4 PM in Park Square Park and close with fireworks at 9:30 PM. The day features live music, old-fashioned games, a variety of food from area vendors and a grand fireworks finale.
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More 4th of July Celebrations & Fireworks near Asheville in the North Carolina Mountains
• Brevard: TOP PICK! All festivities on July 4. Morning 5K/10K Firecracker Run. During the day, downtown streets are closed to an overflowing crowd. Transylvania Community Arts Council hosts its Annual Fine Arts & Craft Showcase. The Classic Automobile Show stretches for blocks and delights even the casual aficionado of 1920s to 1970s vintage vehicles. The Courthouse Gazebo is center stage for day-long musical entertainment. Fireworks at 9:30 PM.
• Black Mountain/Montreat: Montreat will host a parade on July 4 at 10:30 AM. Black Mountain will have family fun and fireworks beginning at 7 PM on July 4.
• Fireworks Hike: Come celebrate the Fourth of July with an old-fashioned watermelon cutting, and view the Black Mountain fireworks display from the peak of Sunset Mountain, presented by the Swannanoa Valley Museum. Meet in parking lot of Black Mountain Savings Bank, 200 E. State St. at 6 PM. Please bring your dinner, water, a folding chair, a flash light, poncho (just in case), and warm clothes (it can get chilly after dark even in July). The Museum’s team will transport chairs up the mountain for hikers and provide watermelon and soft drinks. You will carpool to the trail head and hike 45 minutes on a moderate-easy trail to the mountaintop where you will have your dinner and watch the fireworks explode over the town.
Cost is $30 for members and $45 for nonmembers. To register, call 828-669-9566 or email info@swannanoavalleymuseum.org.
• Orchard at Alta Pass on Blue Ridge Parkway: July 4th, 11:00 AM-4:30 PM, Covered dish picnic open to all. Live music all day is free! Admission for the meal is a dish to share OR $10 per meal. The Orchard provides fresh barbecue, water, iced tea and paper goods. You might want to bring lawn chairs.
• Cherokee: Celebrate America's Independence with a bang at Cherokee’s Annual 4th of July Fireworks display, located at the Acquoni Expo Center. The festivities kick off on July 4th at dark.
• Hendersonville: July 4: Fireworks display at dark, viewable from downtown Hendersonville, with free live outdoor music 7-9 PM downtown at 201 South Main (Visitors Center).
• Waynesville: The Stars and Stripes Celebration runs from 11 AM to 3 PM along Main Street with music and sidewalk sales on July 4.
• Maggie Valley: Red White & Boom! Free admission. July 4th Fireworks at Maggie Valley Festival Grounds.
• Cashiers: Cashiers Mountain Music Festival on June 30 & July 1. Fireworks at dark on July 1 at 9:30 PM.
• Franklin: 4th of July Parade in Historic Downtown Franklin at 10 AM. Fireworks at dark at Macon County Veteran’s Memorial Rec Park. U.S. 441 South.
• Old Fort: Community Picnic on the grounds of Mountain Gateway Museum between 1 and 3 pm. Bring your food, drinks, chairs, blankets and the family to enjoy the shaded landscape bordering picturesque Mill Creek. Afterwards, stroll out to Catawba Avenue and watch the Independence Day Parade that begins at 4 p.m.
MORE EVENTS!
Antique Car Show in Asheville
Explore 18 acres of classic cars, trucks and street rods at the annual Mountaineer Antique Auto Car Show on June 29-July 1, 2012 at the Western North Carolina Agriculture Center near the Asheville Airport. Visit their Web site for more.
Shindig on the Green
June 30 & July 7: Musicians and dancers from across Western North Carolina gather starting at 7 PM, to share the region's stirring Southern Appalachian mountain culture and traditions-with each other and visitors from around the world-at the Shindig on the Green in downtown Asheville. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and stake out a spot on the "green." Free!
Read more about Shindig on the Green.
Brevard Music Center Festival
The Brevard Music Center (BMC), a summer festival and institute, led by BMC Artistic Director Keith Lockhart, with several concerts during the week of July 4th. On Sunday, July 4, at 2 PM, the Transylvania Symphonic Band presents the Pendergrast Family Patriotic Pops Concert, one of the Brevard Music Center's most popular events each season. More on the Festival.
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