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Wilkes County Cultural Scene Is Entertaining
Several crowd-pleasing sites and sounds grace Wilkes County, with plenty of eye- and ear-candy attractions to go around. Here is a brief background:
Downtown North Wilkesboro
Downtown North Wilkesboro is enjoying a resurgence these days. It began when developer Mark Pegram and his partners decided to transform the 90-year-old Tomlinson’s Department Store building on Main Street into a retail‚ entertainment and office complex collectively known as R20. Several other changes are... Read More »
Festivals Celebrate Life in Wilkes County
Wilkes County boasts a ripe atmosphere for festivals‚ the largest of which is the Brushy Mountain Apple Festival. The event on the first Saturday of October draws more than 160‚000 visitors to downtown North Wilkesboro and features arts and crafts vendors‚ musical performances‚ delicious foods and of course‚ an abundance of apples. The annual festival is one of the biggest in the Southeast and is the primary fundraiser for the Brushy Mountain Ruritan Club. Another popular component of the... Read More »
Whippoorwill Academy and Village Provides History Lessons in Wilkes
There is a lot to see at Whippoorwill Academy and Village, all adding up to provide visitors to the site a better understanding of 19th century history.
The interesting attraction in Ferguson is owned and operated by Edith Ferguson Carter, a history devotee who started the village by purchasing and then moving a number of abandoned historical buildings to her family farm many years ago. Even though its several old buildings make it a current-day attraction, Whippoorwill still remains a working... Read More »
Wilkes Playmakers Convey Local History Through Outdoor Dramas
Moonshine, fast cars and the law provide all the makings of a great story – and it’s the true tale of Wilkes County’s colorful past.
Today, people share in the area’s history as a moonshine capital and witness the origins of local moonshine runner turned NASCAR racing legend Junior Johnson at the riveting outdoor drama, Moonshine & Thunder – The Junior Johnson Story, staged by the Wilkes Playmakers at the Forest’s Edge Amphitheatre in Fort Hamby Park.
Not one, but two shows bring the county... Read More »
