What's on in Boone on a budget?
16 upcoming events
We've rounded up 16 upcoming events in Boone on a budget — concerts, parties, theatre, exhibitions, family outings — updated every day. Pick a theme or just scroll.
Events in Boone on a budget
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Thursday 22 October
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Saturday 24 October
Later
Sun 25 · 2 PMFree
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Live Music - Noan Partly
Mill Camp Wines & Ciders
Sun 25 · 6 PMFree
🎻Classical🎷Jazz
Band Spectacular!
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
Sat 31 · 12 PMFree
Food Truck - Big Brose BBQ
Mill Camp Wines & Ciders
Sun 1 · 6 PMFree
Steely Pan Steel Band
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
Thu 12 · 7:30 PM$10–45
MOMIX: Botanica
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
Sat 14 · 10 AM$10–40
Hands-on Cooking Class: Chinese Dumplings
Watauga County Agricultural Conference Center
Sat 14 · 11 AM$15
🏃Running
Miles with Mallory 2026
355 M.L.K Jr. Street
Thu 19 Nov · 8 PMFree
Appalachian Symphony Band and Wind Ensemble
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
Fri 19 Mar · 7:30 PM$10–45
Cirque Mechanics: TILT!
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
Thu 15 Apr · 7:30 PMFree
North Carolina Symphony: “Classical Favorites”
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
Fri 7 May · 5 PMFree
First Friday Art Crawl
Jones House Cultural Center
See also in Boone on a budget
Wed 4 · 10 AM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Jake Shimabukuro
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts, Boone
At 7:30 PM$112.61
🎤Hip-Hop🎙️Rap
AFROMAN - Freedom of Speech Tour @ Boone Saloon
Boone Saloon
Tue 3 · 7 PM$57–81
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Jake Shimabukuro
Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, Boone
At 4 PM$25
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Darin and Brooke Aldridge Fall Concert
1964 NC-268, Lenoir
Sat 17
🎪Street party🧺Market
Valle Country Fair
Valle Crucis, North Carolina
Wed 21 · 6 PM
🎪Street party
Fall Family Festival
Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Boone
Sat 24 · 1 PMFree
🎪Street party
Fall Celebration!
Elk Knob State Park, Todd
Sat 17
🎪Street party
2026 Woolly Worm Festival
Historic Banner Elk Elementary School
Fri 30 · 5 PMFree
🎪Street party
Beech Mountain's Haunted Trail
Beech Mountain Parks and Recreation
Sat 17
🎪Street party
Woolly Worm Festival
Banner Elk, North Carolina
At 2 PM
🎭Theatre😂Comedy
The Real Inspector Hound
Valborg Theatre
Wed 28 · 7 PM
🎭Theatre
Hamlet
IG Greer Studio Theatre
Fri 23 · 6 PM
🎭Stage
Haunted Watauga Storytelling
Mystery Hill, Blowing Rock
Thu 12 · 10 AM
🌊Contemporary🎓Classes
School performance: MOMIX: Botanica - SOLD OUT
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts, Boone
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Venues in Boone on a budget
Boone Saloon
2 events
Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts
14 events
The Appalachian Theatre
3 events
Appalachian Theatre of the High Country
7 events
Watauga County Public Library
2 events
Appalachian Mountain Brewery
1 event
355 M.L.K. Jr. St
7 events
355 M.L.K Jr. Street
1 event
Mill Camp Wines & Ciders
5 events
Turtle Island Preserve
5 events