Dear Traveler:

It’s September, one of our favorite months of the year up in Transylvania County. The days are warm. The nights are a little cool. It’s not quite full-on fall yet, but at a high enough elevation, you can see it from here.  While you’re wiling away those last few hazy, lazy days before sweater weather hits, you’ll find a fair amount to occupy yourself in and around Brevard. There’s some really great music happening around here, fantastic vistas, unforgettable art and a little bit of everything great about this most magical time of year.

Autumnally yours, 
The Adventurist

September is a good month for celebrating and Brevard is kicking it off on day one with a pair of fairs honoring the best of what this community has to offer past, present and future. Start your morning with the biggest day of the year at the Farmer’s Market, with live music, face-painting, hot breakfast, coffee and, of course, a full range of local vendors with fantastic products. Afterwards, take a wander uptown to the Transylvania Heritage Museum for an afternoon of live music, crafts, food, history and a “Brevard’s Got Talent” show celebrating Brevard’s 150th anniversary.  

For over a decade, Brevard’s Mountain Song Festival has picked, fiddled, jammed and rocked its way into the hearts of music fans throughout the Southeast. 2018 brings another stellar line-up of exceptional artists, including Taj Mahal, Robert Earl Keen, Pokey LaFarge, Ben Solee and many others at this annual get-together hosted by the Grammy-winning local talent, the Steep Canyon Rangers.  Tickets to the Mountain Song Festival generally move pretty fast. Find your seat soon, so as not to miss this awesome event.  

This world-class, international event, held every four years (in the middle of the Olympic Cycle), brings together some of the most competitive equestrians in the world for twelve days of championship events, including Jumping, Dressage and Para-Equestrian Dressage, Eventing, Driving, Endurance and Vaulting and Reining, as well as a wide variety of demonstrations and exhibitions throughout the event. While the International Equestrian Center is a few miles down the road, Brevard makes an ideal base camp if you’re planning to attend this extraordinary equestrian event. 

Talk to a local for more than a minute or two and the odds are good they’ll have a tale to tell about the Pisgah Fish Camp, a beloved, long-time purveyor of scrumptious seafood, fried chicken and plenty more. You might be able to hear one or two yourself while enjoying the delicious food, live music and, of course, hushpuppies, at this delicious 50th anniversary celebration.

National Public Lands Day falls on September 22 and this year DuPont Forest is using the day to launch their first ever forest festival. This year’s event will feature more than thirty activities including mountain bike and hiking tours, wildlife lectures, yoga on Big Rock, stand-up paddle board demonstrations and tons more for fans of the forest and all of its adventures.

Also of note in September:

Coming soon...Better start to get your ghosts and ghoulies in gear because it’s almost time for Halloweenfest!