07/04/2018 to 07/07/2018
This 15th annual event celebrates bluegrass music with a bevy of local, regional, and national musicians. Wednesday kicks off with games and contests, including cornhole, mini golf, doughnut-eating, and a frog-jumping contest, and ends with fireworks. Musical performances take place all day Thursday through Saturday, with local children taught through the Junior Appalachian Musicians program taking the stage as the family-friendly finale. » Catawba Meadows Park; Wednesday, 5-11 p.m., Thursday-Friday, 1-11 p.m., Saturday 1 p.m.-1 a.m.; $75 for the weekend, free 12 & under; (828) 438-5350; www.redwhiteandbluegrassfestival.org