Brevard Music Center’s premier summer music festival and comprehensive music center has set the highest standards in performance and education for six decades. Brevard Music Center provides intensive study for high school, college, and pre-professional musicians, ages 14 and older, and offers a full range of concerts and operas with renowned artists. The Brevard Music Center is located 18 miles west of Hendersonville. For additional information call 1-888-384-8628 or (828) 862-2105 brevardmusic.org

Flat Rock Playhouse, State Theatre of North Carolina - Considered one of the ten best seasonal theaters in the country. The Flat Rock Playhouse has presented hundreds of productions for over fifty years. A wonderful escape from life's hectic pace, the Playhouse offers quality entertainment rarely found so far from Broadway. The Vagabond Players perform a variety of hits each year, featuring comedy, American classics, musicals, farces and whodunits. The Playhouse is open from mid-May through mid-October, plus holiday productions, presenting matinees and evening performances Wednesday through Sunday. For additional information or a schedule of productions call (828) 693-0731, Hwy. 25 South, Flat Rock. flatrockplayhouse.org

Southern Appalachian Repertory Theater Owen Theater, 44 College St. Mars Hill, NC 28754 828-689-1239 sartheatre.com

TRYON THEATER Operating since the early 1930s, the theater is a social and cultural hub for Tryon. The balcony features electrostatic air purifiers to accommodate smoking and serves a selection of domestic and imported beers.
Feature movies are shown Wednesday through Saturday at 8:00pm with a matinee on Sunday at 3:00pm. On the second and fourth Mondays and Tuesdays of the month, the Tryon Film Society hosts art-specialty films (foreign, documentaries, etc.) at 7:00pm. Special events such as plays and concerts happen throughout the year. 45 South Trade Street Tryon, NC 28782 828-859-6811 tryontheatre.com