Community Events
Janet, Moishe and Tina have left their homeland in search of a better life in Israel. Siblings, Janet and Moishe, are among the 40,000 legal foreign guest workers from the Philippines who serve as health care workers,
Dulatown, located in Lenoir, North Carolina, is a community settled in 1855 and populated mostly by African Americans who share a kinship and the last name of Dula. The two branches of the family started in 1846
Two young Burmese immigrants flee their country’s civil war and desperate poverty to work illegally in Thailand. During their journey from Myanmar to Thailand, Guo falls in love with Lianqing. In Bangkok, they both find different ways
July 31, State Farm Road Concert Lot, 8pm 2, 4 and 6-person pods: $70/$130/$180 The soulful songs of the Gullah culture are brought to life by this Grammy-winning quintet of native South Carolinians who mix Low
July 24, State Farm Road Concert Lot, 8pm 2, 4 and 6-person pods: $100/$190/$270 Tony winner and TV star Alan Cumming (Cabaret, “The Good Wife”) and NPR staple and singer Ari Shapiro (“All Things Considered,” Pink Martini)
July 20, Schaefer Center plus free livestream, 7pm $35 in-person Free livestream on An Appalachian Summer YouTube channel, An Appalachian Summer Festival Facebook Live, and The Violin Channel Facebook Live Praised for their “superb capacity to find
Leslie Odom Jr. July 17, State Farm Road Concert Lot, 8pm 2, 4 and 6-person pods: $110/$210/$300 Be in the room where it happens when Oscar nominee and Tony Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr., the original
July 15, ticketed livestream, 7pm $15 The celebrated North Carolina Black Repertory Company, fresh on the heels of being named Distinguished Career Award recipients at the Southeastern Theatre Conference, returns to the festival with Freedom Summer, which
July 16, Schaefer Center plus free livestream, 7pm $35 in-person Free livestream on An Appalachian Summer YouTube channel, An Appalachian Summer Festival Facebook Live, and The Violin Channel Facebook Live Award-winning violinist Tessa Lark and virtuoso
This event is by Evident Church in Lenoir NC and in cooperation with town of Sawmills. We will have laps for Hope 5K and over 50 vendors of all kinds of crafts and handmade items as well
