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Trout and About in Western North Carolina.

Summer is the time for festivals and craft fairs in Haywood County, NC and many surrounding areas. Here are a few that caught my attention.

Next weekend (May 24 – 25) you can join the fun and festivities at the White Squirrel Festival in Brevard, NC. Hours are from 10 – 6. There’s even a White Squirrel Blog!

Also next weekend, in Avery County, is the Ramp Festival. By the way, ramps are a wild, mountain onion, garlic flavored, found only in the higher elevations of the mountains.

Dillsboro’s Arts & Music Festival is scheduled for June 14, 10 – 5 in beautiful ‘downtown’ Dillsboro.

Maggie Valley’s Great Smoky Mountain Trout Festival is scheduled for June 21, and features delights such as trout dinners, barbecue, hand-churned ice cream, and kettle corn. Games for young and old alike, arts and crafts, and wildlife demonstrations are scheduled.

Folkmoot USA is an international music and dance festival based in Waynesville, NC and this summer is the 25th-year anniversary celebration. Some 400 performers from 12 countries will take to various stages during the 12-day event from July 14 through 27 in Waynesville.

Cherokee, NC celebrates the indigenous history and rich heritage of culture and art during the Festival of Native Peoples July 17 – 19. While you are in Cherokee, be sure and see how many bears you can find! See the ones I found here.

The Annual Coon Dog Day Festival (July 5 in Saluda) sounds like fun for a holiday weekend outing.

And don’t forget to visit Ghost Town in the Sky while you are in beautiful Maggie Valley.

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