Festival Todos Somos América - We Are All America Festival
2025-09-21 15:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Downtown, Under the Sails, 246 Union Square NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
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Each year, the United States observes National Hispanic Heritage Month “Mes de la Herencia Hispana” from September 15th to October 15th, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988. This year, Centro Latino, in partnership with the City of Hickory, will hold its fourth annual Todos Somos América (We are all America) festival Sunday, September 21st, Under The Sails on the Square from 3-7 p.m. The event will include activities for the whole family including vendors representing various Latin American countries, face painting and piñatas for children, food trucksa DJ playing traditional music, a Quinceañera’s parade and competition, traditional dances and so much more! We will be presenting the fourth annual Outstanding Catawba County Latino award and our Abriendo Puertas scholarships.

Don’t forget to wear the jersey or the traditional attire of your favorite Latin American country!
Bring your own chairs or blankets to sit on.
WE Love Pets, BUT ONLY Service Animals will be allowed

Line Dancing with Angie!
2025-09-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Dive Bar Hickory, 117 Government Ave SW, Hickory, NC, 28602, United States
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Every Sunday from 6pm-7:30pm in Hickory! All skill levels welcomed… Even those with two left feet!

Hickory Jazz Society @ Taste Full Beans
2025-09-21 18:00 - 20:00 | Taste Full Beans, 29 2nd St NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
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JAZZ ON TAP comes to Taste Full Beans (Downtown Hickory since 2001) beginning on Sunday Feb 2023. Jazz on Tap is the longest running jazz night in Western North Carolina for 21 years.. From 2000-present Jazz lovers continue to hear quality jazz of all flavors with rotating musicians each month 6-8pm.

Joe Hastys, Rick Hefner, Jim Clark

Fonta Flora Run Club
2025-09-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Fonta Flora Brewery, 317 N Green St, Morganton, NC, 28655, United States
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Every Monday at the Morganton Pub Location. All ages and skill levels welcome. Run starts promptly at 6:15pm.

Learn to Square Dance
2025-09-22 18:30 - 20:00 | St. Luke’s United Methodist Church Youth Building, 52 16th Street NW, Hickory, NC, 289601, United States
Learn to Square Dance in just 12 lessons!
Sponsored by the Catawba Valley Cloverleafs Square Dance Club
FUN, heart and brain healthy!
No partner needed – 12 to 90 years old!
Mondays 6:30-8:00 p.m.
New Session begins Sep. 22, 2025
$60 per person
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church Youth Building
52 16th Street NW, Hickory NC 28601
For more information Call Tonya Brannan 828-312-5849
Facebook: “Catawba Valley Cloverleafs Square Dancing”

LA Shaggers Test & Tune
2025-09-22 18:30 - 20:30 | 1841 Cafe, 117 N Main St, Lenoir, NC, 28645, United States
Beginner/Intermediate/Advance Shag Lessons
***FREE***
Monday nights 6:30pm-8:30pm
@ 1841 Cafe
117 N Main St, Lenoir, NC 28645
Ignore the closed sign go in and ask directions to the 4th floor. Bring take-out or eat before you come the kitchen is close on Mondays
Call Vickie
828.850.3857 to confirm meeting each week.

B Chord Live Monday Music Bingo!
2025-09-22 19:00 - 21:00 | B Chord Live, 47 Duke St., Granite Falls, NC, 28630, United States
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B Chord Live hosts Music Bingo every Monday night from 7pm – 9pm with Top Shelf Trivia! Come join the fun!

Town of Hildebran Farmers Market
2025-09-23 08:00 - 13:00 | Royal Park, 202 S Center St, Hildebran, NC, 28637, United States
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The Town of Hildebran hosts a weekly Farmers Market on Tuesdays from 8AM to 1PM through September 30th, 2025. The Farmers Market features produce from local farmers, handmade craft items and coffee vendors. Town of Hildebran is still accepting vendors for the 2025 Farmers Market season with free vendor spots. Please visit www.hildebranNC.com for more information.

CALL TO ARTIST
2025-09-23 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-24 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-25 10:00 - 17:00 | Trade Alley Art, 25 2nd St NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
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Trade Alley Art is hosting an art competition. We are looking for artists to participate. Cash prizes for winners. Please apply to enter today at Tradealleyart.com.

Pre-K Craft & Storytime - Grape Kids Class
2025-09-23 10:30 - 11:00 | Painted Grape, 1366 US-321, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
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Now Free but Registration Required. Each week we will have a craft & story time. We will read a classic, yet age-appropriate story followed by a craft.
We will remain open until 5pm with Open Studio hours for you to do other paid crafts and activities.

Strength & Balance Class
2025-09-23 11:00 - 11:45 | Catawba Valley Medical Center’s Fitness Plus, 810 Fairgrove Church Road SE, Hickory, NC, 28602, United States
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Strength & Balance Class is a low impact fitness class for anyone wanting to improve their balance, coordination, and overall strength.

Open Mic Night
2025-09-23 18:30 - 21:30 | Liquid Roots Brewing, 1048 Harper Ave. NW, Lenoir, NC, 28645, United States
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Bring your instrument or voice! Each guest musician gets to perform 3 songs. Sign up with the host each week. Don’t want to play solo? Jam with other performers or our weekly host.

B Chord Live Corn Hole
2025-09-23 18:30 - 23:00 | B Chord Live, 47 Duke St., Granite Falls, NC, 28630, United States
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Every Tuesday – All are Welcome! Bags fly at 6:30pm. B Chord Live has a large warehouse space open for Corn Hole! $1 Wings, 30+ taps, full bar and food menus. Live music and live corn hole every Tuesday at B Chord Live!

KARAOKE NIGHT!
2025-09-23 19:00 - 23:00 | Romeo & Brewliet Tap Room & Pour House, 2016 N Center St, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Sing your heart out at Karaoke Night every Tuesday from 7-10 pm at Romeo & Brewliet Tap Room & Pour House! Grab the mic, enjoy great drinks, and let’s make it a fun night! PLUS enjoy food from our rotating food trucks!

Footcandle Film Festival 2025
2025-09-24 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-25 08:00 - 17:00 | Hickory Community Theatre, 30 3rd St NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
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The Footcandle Film Festival is designed to bring unique, challenging and entertaining films to Western North Carolina every September. The festival is being held by the founders and members of the Footcandle Film Society, a 600-member group dedicated to screening and discussing films on a monthly basis. The society was formed in late 2007 by Alan Jackson & Chris Frye. The inaugural film festival was held in September of 2015.

Hickory Farmers Market
2025-09-24 10:00 - 13:00 | Downtown, Under the Sails, 246 Union Square NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Enjoy local musicians, taste our local Chefs’ market creations, and visit with friends. Select meats, rice, honey, eggs, cheeses, baked goods, marinades, preserves & pickles, fresh cut flowers, transplants, potted plants, fresh herbs, heritage & artisan crafts, street foods and more… join your neighbors each week and shop with the people who grow your food! Welcome!

Morganton Wednesday Mini Market
2025-09-24 10:00 - 13:00 | Morganton Wednesday Mini Market, 111 North Green Street, Morganton, NC, 28655, United States
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Morganton’s open-air farmers markets offer the best locally grown products in the area. By visiting the Market and supporting your local growers, you reduce your carbon footprint. Plenty of variety can be found right here at your back door! The Morganton Farmers Market is a cash-only market with only a few vendors set up to accept debit/credit cards. Are you a shopper using SNAP, WIC, or Senior Vouchers? Be sure to stop by J&J Farms’ booth to receive your shopping tokens.

About:
The Wednesday Mini-Market is located at 111 North Green Street, at the corner of Green Street and Avery Avenue. From I-40, take Exit 105, make a right turn and follow South Sterling Street approximately 2.5 miles under the railroad tracks and past the historic courthouse (to your left). The Mini-Market will be on the next corner on the left!

Silent Book Club
2025-09-24 17:00 - 19:00 | MoonJoy Meadery, 902 West Ave NW, Lenoir, NC, 28645, United States
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5-5:30: Grab a snack, a drink, cozy up.
5:30-6:30: Silent reading
6:30-7: chat with other readers or keep reading silently—totally up to you.

Dungeons & Dragons: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
2025-09-24 18:00 - 20:30 | Highland Recreation Center, 1451 8th St Dr NE, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
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Delve deep into the world of Dungeons & Dragons at Highland Recreation Center! Every Wednesday, beginning on August 20, come to the Community Room from 6-8:30 p.m. to participate in this classic role-playing fantasy game. Learn more and register today at hickory.recdesk.com.

Lake Hickory Shag Club
2025-09-24 18:30 - 22:30 | Pour Choices Bottle Shop, 208 N College Ave, Newton, NC, 28658, United States
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Lake Hickory Shag Club was organized in March 1987 by Ann Sigmon and Jim Dingler. Both were lovers of shag dancing and wanted to share this love and experience with others in the Hickory area. Since then, shaggers and “beginning” shaggers have gathered at the VFW in Hickory, NC, home of the club, for dancing and fellowship. Membership has averaged around 100 people each year for the past several years.

Trivia Night!
2025-09-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Romeo & Brewliet Tap Room & Pour House, 2016 N Center St, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Trivia Night Is On!

Grab your smartest friends (or your best guessers) and come take on Trivia Night at Romeo & Brewliet! The fun kicks off tonight at 7 — cold beer, good laughs, and plenty of brain busters await.

Bonus: Rotating FOOD TRUCKS will be serving from 5–9 PM, so fuel up before you fire off those answers.

$30 Thursday - Tattoos
2025-09-25 12:00 - 21:00 | Tattoo Factory of Hickory, 724 1st Ave SW, Hickory, NC, 28602, United States
$30 THURSDAYS!!! – 100’s of tattoo designs to choose from for only $30!!! – (Designs are 3-4 times larger than our “tiny tattoo” designs!) – WALKINS WELCOME!!! – Sorry, no appointments for this event.

Caldwell County Ag Fair
2025-09-25 12:00 - 23:30 | Caldwell Agriculture Fairgrounds, 2461 Fairgrounds Rd, Lenoir, NC, 28645, United States
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The Caldwell Agriculture Fairgrounds is an event venue and 24-acre facility with buildings, barns, bathrooms, and concession stands! All the amenities needed for your event. While historically, agriculture fairs existed to bring farmers together, modern fairs are as much about agriculture education as they are about showcasing local food and agriculture. Youth and other community members can participate in the fair in several ways.

Snacks & Facts: All About BellaAge
2025-09-25 14:00 - 15:00 | BellaAge, 22 S Center Street, Hickory, NC, 28602, United States
Join us Thursdays for light snacks and a closer look at the BellaAge lifestyle. We’ll answer questions and share how our all-inclusive pricing makes upscale living refreshingly simple for adults 55+ – one rate covers it all!

You’ll also have a chance to take a joyful stroll through our brand-new community. Tour our model unit and first-class amenities, including a fitness room, a yoga studio, an elevated courtyard, a social kitchen, and an open-air terrace with panoramic mountain views.

At BellaAge, we make it easy to live a life that’s anything but ordinary!
Space is limited. To RSVP, email BellaAge@EveryAge.org or call 828-717-1712. We’ll see you there!

History of Hickory
2025-09-25 14:00 - 15:30 | BellaAge, 22 S Center Street, Hickory, NC, 28602, United States
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Have you wondered what was originally on the site where BellaAge now stands? We have! The town of Hickory began just a short walk from our front door, so we know there certainly must be some fascinating stories and events associated with the site. Now, we want to share them with you!
Join us on Thursday, September 25, at 2 pm in the BellaCommons Loft, where presenter Carl Shatley will explore the rich history of the area that BellaAge now occupies. Once a lively fresh market beside the railroad tracks, the location has deep roots in Hickory’s legacy of furniture, textiles, and community.
Come hear the stories and imagine what’s next. You may be surprised at what you learn!
Carl Shatley is an accomplished educator, lecturer, and artist. He holds a Master of Arts degree in History from Duke University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art from Greensboro College.

Bethlehem Farmers Market
2025-09-25 16:00 - 19:00 | Mt. Bethel Methodist Church, 9042 NC Hwy 127, Taylorsville, NC, 28681, United States
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The Bethlehem location of the Alexander County Farmers Market is at Mt. Bethel Methodist Church. There is nothing like buying fresh produce, homemade sweets, or handmade crafts from your local vendors! If you GROW IT, MAKE IT, or BAKE IT… please BRING IT!

Princess Night at Chick-fil-A Viewmont
2025-09-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Chick-Fil-A Viewmont, 1239 2nd ST. NE, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Join us for a Royal Princess Evening. Step into a night filled with fun, magic, and enchantment! come dressed as your favorite princess and receive a sparkling tiara to complete your look. A delightful dinner will be available to purchase. This will be a night to create memories that will be magical. As a special treat, a jewelry-making station will be set up for our princesses to enjoy! We cant wait to see you all at Chick-fil-A Viewmont on September 25 for a delightful evening!
Address: 1239 2nd St NE, Hickory, NC 28601
Phone: (828) 569-2769
