Furniture Festival & Clearance Sale
2025-07-25 09:00 - 18:00, 2025-07-26 09:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Hickory Furniture Mart, 2220 Hwy 70 SE, Hickory, NC, 28602, United States
Event:
The Furniture Festival and Clearance Sale is the perfect opportunity to find significant savings on popular clearance items, floor models, and previous Market samples from High Point. This event also features demonstrations and displays by local artisans and craftsmen to further enhance your shopping experience. Sale offers and more details with a list of our local artisans and craftsmen may be found at our reception desks and online.

About:
Today, Hickory Furniture Mart’s expansive complex is comprised of four levels housing 100 factory outlets, custom order stores, and manufacturers’ galleries, representing nearly 1,000 of the most recognizable brand names in the furniture industry. The Mart also offers an onsite hotel as well as a gourmet café and a coffeehouse with Wi-Fi internet access. The premier manufacturers represented throughout the Mart include most major quality domestic and international manufacturers, accessories, fabrics, lighting, rugs, wall coverings, and additional home furnishings.

Trivia & Jingo
2025-07-25 10:30 - 11:30 | Ridgeview Branch Library, 706 1st St. SW, Hickory, NC, 28602, United States
Event:
Keep your mind active and sharp by taking part in a variety of quizzes, puzzles, and games.

About:

Hickory Public Library promotes a high quality of life by providing empowering opportunities and excellent service. Hickory Public Library is a department of the City of Hickory, North Carolina, located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The library has two locations: the main facility, the Patrick Beaver Memorial Library, and the Ridgeview Branch.

Latino Dance Class
2025-07-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Catawba Farms, 1670 Southwest Blvd, Newton, NC, 28658, United States
Event:
Welcome to a vibrant space where culture, joy, and movement come together with Latino Dance! Our latino dance classes are open to all ages and skill levels — from total beginners to experienced dancers.
🎵 Styles we offer:
Salsa
Bachata
Guajira
Merengue
Cha-cha-cha
And more!
🔥 Why learn latino dance?
Passionate, professional instructors
High-energy, fun classes
Inclusive, community-focused environment
Boost your confidence, health & coordination
Connect with your roots and make new friends!

Live Music at Lake Hickory Pub and Marina
2025-07-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Lake Hickory Pub and Marina, 6706 Limbaugh Ln, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
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🎶 Live Music on the Lakefront Patio – Every Friday! 🎶
Join us at Lake Hickory Pub & Marina every Friday from 6–9 PM for live music on our beautiful lakefront patio! Enjoy great tunes from local musicians, cold drinks, and delicious food—all with a stunning view of Lake Hickory. It’s the perfect way to kick off your weekend. Bring your friends, grab a seat by the water, and soak in the sounds and scenery!

TGIF Summer Concert Series - The Livehouse Band
2025-07-25 18:00 - 22:00 | Courthouse Square, Morganton, 102 E Union St, Morganton, NC, 28655, United States
Event:
Get ready to kick off your weekends with the rhythm of summer! The highly anticipated 2025 TGIF Summer Concert Series lineup will bringing a diverse lineup of live music to the heart of downtown. From soulful rhythm and blues to classic rock anthems and country twang, there’s something for everyone to enjoy under the stars. Livehouse began it’s musical journey in 2010. A synthesis of Soul, Funk, House, Rock, Disco, Country, and everything in between, their emphasis is to make you dance. Livehouse is a dance generating machine and they know what it takes to make you hit the floor. They have provided entertainment for all types of functions such as commercial events, community organizations, fraternities, holiday parties, country clubs, and nearly any other type of event you could think of. With lush harmonies and thick grooves, Livehouse is committed to bring you the best show that we can with an emphasis on having fun. If you are searching for a band that can do it all, give Livehouse a listen. The door is open, welcome to our house!

Myra's Cruise In
2025-07-25 18:00 - 23:00 | Myra’s Smashburgers & Creamery, 212 Main St W, Valdese, NC, 28690, United States
Event:
Join Myra’s as they continue the longest-running Friday night Cruise-In in western North Carolina. All cars, trucks, and bikes are welcome! For details call 828-879-8049.

Christmas in July! Wine Glasses - Winter - Paint & Sip Class
2025-07-25 18:30 - 21:00 | Painted Grape, 1366 US-321, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Event:

Create your own custom-painted wine glasses! In this fun and relaxed class, you’ll design a set of 2 or 4 wine glasses—choose stemmed or stemless.
What’s Included:

Paint the featured designs or let your creativity take the lead with your own ideas!
All materials provided, so all you need to bring is your imagination.

Hickory Crawdads vs. Augusta GreenJackets
2025-07-25 19:00 | L. P. Frans Stadium, 2500 Clement Blvd NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Post-Game Christian Concert ft. Building 429:
Bring your family, friends, or your church out for a night of baseball and a post-game performance by Building 429! The ticket includes the game and concert. | Presented By 106.9 The Light FM.

About:
The Hickory Crawdads are a Minor League Baseball team and the High-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Home games are played at L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory, NC, offering fans affordable, family-friendly entertainment all season long.

Hickory Crawdads vs. Augusta GreenJackets
2025-07-25 19:00 - 22:00 | L. P. Frans Stadium, 2500 Clement Blvd NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Princess Night & Meet and Greet:
Who doesn’t want to feel like royalty? Come join us as we celebrate princesses everywhere. Dresses and tiaras are encouraged. Sign up for the pre-game meet & greet with Practically Perfect Princess Parties to have cookies and lemonade with the princesses!

Fireworks:
Don’t miss the best fireworks show in town, immediately following all Friday games! | Presented By Carolina West Wireless, WHKY 1290AM & 102.3FM

Catawba Science Center Night:
Members can get 2 free tickets with their membership card at the ticket office. Family memberships are eligible for up to 4 free tickets!

About:
The Hickory Crawdads are a Minor League Baseball team and the High-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Home games are played at L.P. Frans Stadium in Hickory, NC, offering fans affordable, family-friendly entertainment all season long.

2025 FFN Concert Series - Shake Down Band
2025-07-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Old Rock School, Temple Field, 400 Main Street West, Valdese, NC, 28690, United States
Performance:
Shake Down is a five-piece variety band located in the foothills of North Carolina. Combining a mixture of both “past” and “present” in both talent and music, they perform a wide variety of music including beach, shag, rock’n’roll, funk, motown, country, and top 40. Shake Down is the perfect group for any festival, wedding, corporate event, dance club, or any other venue!

About:
Summer concerts are a staple to the Valdese Summer schedule, and attendees come from all over to enjoy FREE family fun entertainment. The Town of Valdese hosts this series to bring family fun entertainment downtown. Visitors and locals make plans on Friday nights to enjoy time with family, friends, and neighbors while they enjoy various genres of music from regional bands. The Valdese Family Friday Nights Summer Concert Series celebrates the summer on Friday nights from June to August. Attendees are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and enjoy a different regional band each week.

2025 Friday Night Live
2025-07-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Downtown Lenoir, 801 West Ave NW, Lenoir, NC, 28645, United States
Event:
Get ready for summer vibes—Friday Night Live returns to the Downtown Square! Join us on select Fridays from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM, June through August, for a free evening of live music, community fun, and local flavor. Bring your family, invite your friends, and soak in the sounds of talented musicians under the open sky. While you’re here, explore local shops, grab a bite to eat, and enjoy your favorite beverages in the social district.

Featured:
Third Times A Charm – “Third Time’s a Charm is both a throwback and a glimpse of the future. A throwback in the sense that it’s an old-school story of teenage pals coming together to form a band with lofty dreams and a desire to rock out. But this young, precociously talented group is also unafraid to incorporate modern musical styles and genre-defying compositions to build a repertoire of unique signature songs.

About:
Downtown Lenoir Main Street Program guides and facilitates connections to resources that create a culture which powers growth Downtown, promotes diversity through engagement, inclusive design and actively showcases the talents of this creative community which lives, works, and prospers in the beauty of a natural environment that inspires artisans, entrepreneurs and attracts the next generations of the creative class.

Empire State in the Biergarten!
2025-07-25 19:00 - 22:00 | City Walk Brewing & Distilling, 205 Main Ave NE, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Event:
Get ready, Hickory! Empire State is hitting City Walk Brewing for a night of high-energy rock, pop, and soul that’ll have you dancing in the Biergarten all evening long!

Foo 4 You - Foo Fighters Tribute
2025-07-25 19:00 - 23:00 | Hickory Premier, 109 11th St NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Event:

FOO 4 YOU THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE TO THE FOO FIGHTERS WAS FORMED IN 2021 IN CHARLOTTE, NC. THEY TRAVEL FROM CITY TO CITY PERFORMING THE CLASSIC SONGS BY THE FOO FIGHTERS.

LIVE MUSIC EVERY FRIDAY + SELFPOUR TAPS!
2025-07-25 20:00 - 23:30 | Romeo & Brewliet Tap Room & Pour House, 2016 N Center St, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Friday Night Vibes: Live Music to get your weekend started right! Every Friday starting at 8 p until 11 p 🎸🎤
PLUS *Food trucks** every day except Mondays (Tacos? Burgers? YES, please!) 🌮🍔

Kids & Children Yard Sale
2025-07-26 07:00 - 19:00 | See Description, United States
Event:

This Saturday, July 26th 7am til ?
RAIN DATE IS Next Saturday, August 2nd 7am til ?
Cash and Cards will be accepted.

Location:

370 15th Ave NE, Hickory, NC 28601-2043, United States

Conover Farmers Market
2025-07-26 08:00 - 12:00 | Conover Farmers Market, 109 1st St E, Conover, NC, 28613, United States
About:
In 2008, a few members of the community came together to bring fresh local produce and goods to one central location. Over the years, Conover Farmers Market has cultivated a community where everyone belongs. Our markets are slow paced and easily accessible. The goal is that the community enjoys the unhurried atmosphere, taking in all there is to offer. The vendors prepare for the market with you in mind. Every item offered at the market is locally grown and harvested, or locally made.

Morganton Saturday Farmers Market
2025-07-26 08:00 - 12:00 | Morganton Saturday Farmers Market, 300 Beach Street, Morganton, NC, 28655, United States
Event:
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 Saturday Morganton Farmers Market is located at 300 Beach Street, behind Sidetracked Brewery at Morganton Station. From I-40, take Exit 105, make a right turn, and follow South Sterling Street approximately 2 miles under the railroad tracks, and then make a right turn.

Alexander County Farmers Market
2025-07-26 08:00 - 12:00 | Alexander County Services Center, 151 West Main Ave, Taylorsville, NC, 28681, United States
Event:
Support your local vendors at the Alexander County Services Center in downtown Taylorsville! New vendors are also welcome!

Hickory Farmers Market
2025-07-26 08:00 - 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!

Car Show For Chelsey: Claiming The Healing
2025-07-26 08:00 - 14:00 | Alexander Central High School, 223 School Dr, Taylorsville, NC, 28681, United States
Event:
This is my Beautiful Daughter Chelsey Lippard Ingle and she is battling cervical cancer for the 2nd and needs all the Love and Prayers she can get so mark your calendars for this Car Show on her birthday July 26th at Alexander Central High School 223 School Dr. Taylorsville NC from 8am till 2pm. This will be a Top 50 Show with 5 custom painted skate deck awards painted by Ronnie Enriquez for Chelsey’s Choice, Families Choice, Faith’s Choice , Best Car,Best Truck and Sticker Guy will be making his own Best Mini Truck award as well. Live music , Silent Auction, 50-50 Drawing, Face Painting, Bounce House , Cake Walk , BBQ Chicken and Hot Dog Plates for sale and so much more. All vehicles welcome and to enter the show it will be $25 the day of the show and no pre registration due to scammers. We’re also looking for vendors on the day of the show. If you’re interested in setting up as a vendor, the fee will be $25 as well. So let’s make this show huge and everyone come out and wish my daughter a Happy Birthday and let’s show her how much she is loved and help her Kick Cancers Butt!! Hope to see everyone there and don’t forget to share this up to everyone u know. If you have any questions contact me Scott Lippard or Faith York Moore.

Hot Tub and Swim Spa Blowout Expo
2025-07-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Hickory Metro Convention Center, 1960 13th Ave Dr SE, Hickory, NC, 28602, United States
Event:
Save Big on a huge selection of Hot Tubs and Swim Spas from major brands! Over 30 Hot Tubs and Swim Spas will be on display from 5 major brands at huge discounts. Financing is available (with approved credit).

Beginner Bobbin Lace Class
2025-07-26 08:30 - 12:30 | Hart Square Village, 5055 Hope Road, Vale, NC, 28168, United States
Event:
This is your opportunity to learn a beautiful and relaxing craft and keep this ancient art alive. No prior experience is needed, and this workshop is open to everyone ages 11 and up. Children under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Supplies will be provided.

About:
Hart Square Foundation is responsible for the historic preservation of Hart Square Village and the conservation of traditional and regional arts. They host mission-driven public events year-round, offer folklife classes and K-12 educational programming, and welcome members Tuesday through Saturday through our membership program.

Pre-K Craft & Storytime - Grape Kids Class
2025-07-26 09:30 - 10:00 | Painted Grape, 1366 US-321, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Event:

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.

Pottery Toad House Class
2025-07-26 09:30 - 12:00 | Hart Square Village, 5055 Hope Road, Vale, NC, 28168, United States
Event:
Create a cozy space for resident frogs, toads, or even fairies! This specially designed house, created using slab clay, can provide toads a safe place to live and add charm to your garden. You will be notified when your finished piece is ready for pickup, usually in 2-3 weeks. This class is designed for adults, but children 14 and older are welcome if accompanied by an adult. Participants may choose to have their creation shipped for a fee of $12. This fee covers the cost of shipping supplies and postage,s payable at the end of the class. I’d like to suggest you bring an apron.

About:
Hart Square Foundation is responsible for the historic preservation of Hart Square Village and the conservation of traditional and regional arts. They host mission-driven public events year-round, offer folklife classes and K-12 educational programming, and welcome members Tuesday through Saturday through our membership program.

Western Piedmont Woodcrafters
2025-07-26 09:30 - 12:30 | Klingspor’s Woodworking Shop, 856 21st St Dr SE, Hickory, NC, 28602, United States
Event:
Western Piedmont Woodcrafters is an informal group of men and women dedicated to ALL kinds of woodworking. We meet once a month for a couple of hours to hear a guest speaker talk about a woodworking project, demonstrate a hand or power tool, or new woodworking techniques. Administrators will approve people requesting to be members of this group.

Naturalist Program: Deep Sea Creatures
2025-07-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Catawba Science Center, 243 Third Avenue NE, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Event:
Ever wonder what lurks beneath the surface? Join us as we dive into creatures that live in the deep sea on Saturday, July 26th from 10 AM – 12 PM, in the Naturalist Center. Free event with the purchase of admission.

Basic Photography Workshop
2025-07-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Hiddenite Educational Complex, 70 Hiddenite Church Road, Hiddenite, NC, 28636, United States
Event:
The Hiddenite Arts and Heritage Center invites photography enthusiasts of all skill levels to join a Basic Photography Workshop led by local photographer Sarah Loudermilk of Laze L Farm Photography.
This hands-on learning experience will take place on Saturday, July 26th, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Hiddenite Center’s Educational Complex, located at 70 Hiddenite Church Road, Hiddenite, North Carolina.

Rock the Block Sidewalk Sale
2025-07-26 10:00 - 12:00 | See Description, United States
Event:
Join us for a Rock the Block Sidewalk Sale celebration in Downtown Newton’s newly paved streets and safer, wider sidewalks, on Saturday, July 26, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.!
Grab free hot dogs and cotton candy, visit the History Museum of Catawba County, do some family art, get your face painted, listen to live music around the square, visit the petting zoo, take a tractor ride around town, see the trackless train and some snow, watch pleinaire artists at work, get wood carving tips from Woody Woodcarver Shop, catch a power carved wood demonstration, and check out the booths of local partners such as:

Catawba County Partnership for Children
The Corner Table
Hoodless Garden Apiary
Library to Go
Newton-Conover High School Athletic Boosters Club
N.C. Cooperative Extension
Scotty’s Book Barn
United Way

Location:
217 North Main Ave., Newton, NC, United States, North Carolina 28658

Live in the Lounge: Ed Smith Elvis Tribute!
2025-07-26 12:00 - 14:00 | The Graceful Geese Mercantile, 2220 US Hwy 70 SE # 179, Hickory, NC, 28602, United States
Event:
We’re pumped to welcome crowd-favorite Ed Smith back to the Graceful Geese Lounge this Saturday, July 26 • 12 PM – 2 PM! Grab a snocone, grab a chair, and enjoy Ed’s feel-good set while you shop our “Beat the Heat with Cool Savings” sale.
🛍️ Sale runs July 25 – 28 – think vintage treasures, artisan goods, and summer must-haves up to 50% OFF in our climate-controlled showroom (no sweating required!).
