Sights and Shows of 2008
More entertainment events occurred in the High Country last year than could ever fit in one issue of High Country Press. But here’s some photos to remind you of a few dozen of them.
Chick Willis at the Winter Blues Festival
Hayes Center, Blowing Rock (Jan. 25)
JAZZfest
Appalachian State University (February 2008)
The Arabian Nights
Lees-McRae Performing Arts (Feb. 15-19)
Ricardo Pau-Llosa, poet
ASU Visiting Writers Series (Feb. 28)
The Trainwreks
Murphy’s (March 7)
Dehlia Low
Black Cat Burrito
(April 5)
Shannon Wurst
Woodlands (April 22)
High Country Kids Triathlon
Watauga Parks and Rec (May 24)
David Johnson and
Dixie Dawn
Mountainhome Music (June 7)
Possum Jenkins – Canyons (June 28)
Art in the Park, Blowing Rock (Summer 2008)
I’ll Never Be Hungry Again
Ashe County Little Theatre (Aug. 21-24)
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Holmes Convocation Center (Sept. 12)
Ghost Train Halloween Festival
Tweetsie Railroad (October)
Godspell
Lees-McRae Performing Arts (Oct. 1-5)
Oktoberfest
Sugar Mountain Resort (Oct. 11-12)
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Farthing Auditorium (Oct. 23)
B.J. Novak
Farthing Auditorium (Nov. 19)
Tellabration
Watauga Public Library (Nov. 22)















