For a limited time, Tractor Ride Tickets come with a FREE single-scoop cup or cone at our ice cream counter! Tractor Ride Tickets: $10 per person Tractor Ride Schedule: Saturday, Oct 18 Sunday, Oct 19 Saturday, Oct 25 Departure Times: 11 AM, 1 PM & 3 PM Details: SPECIAL TRACTOR RIDE THIS SATURDAY! Suzie & […]
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Sunday October 26, 2025 2 PM – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE Join us for an afternoon of music and community with long time Orchard supporter and friend, Sam McKinney. He’ll be bringing some other familiar faces with him for our last afternoon of the Orchard’s the 2025 season. Native son, Sam
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Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025 2 PM – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE Rhonda Gouge and Keeping Time (Rhonda Gouge, Kathy Kuhne, and Sam McKinney) is a trio of musicians from Mitchell County who play an eclectic mix of folk, bluegrass, blues, gospel, and old-time mountain music. The trio is led by Rhonda
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Saturday, Oct 4, 2025 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE Michael C. Hardy is an award-winning historian and author based in western North Carolina, renowned for his extensive work on the American Civil War and the history of the Old North State. A graduate of the University of Alabama, Hardy
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Sunday, October 5 2 PM – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE Please join us in welcoming SouthWind String Band, from Bakersville, NC. Suzie and Gary have been playing music together for over 2 decades and they love to have their audience participate in all the fun! Join in for a circle dance,
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Saturday, Aug 23, 2025 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE Tonja Smith will be signing and selling copies of her books “The Adventures of Bailey, Bleecker, and Banjo: Linville Gorge” and “I Believe I Can,” books 1 & 2 of The Painted Series. About The Painted Series:Vibrant, careful strokes of
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Sunday, Aug 3, 2025 1 PM – 2 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE Junior Appalachian Musicians believes that children who are actively engaged in traditional mountain music are more connected and better prepared to strengthen their communities for future generations. And that is why we are always excited to welcome the JAM kids
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Saturday, August 16, 2025 Time: 2 PM – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE Split Rail Bluegrass, a band from South Carolina, is sure to get your feet moving. They’ll bring several types of bluegrass and a selection of other music, sure to please. Flatt and Scruggs and a little Monroe, some gospel,
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Sunday, Oct 19, 2025 2 PM – 4 PM Orchard at Altapass (directions) Admission: FREE Buffalo Cove is an acoustic trio from Western NC playing mostly traditional with lots of old-time, old country with a bit of Irish music mixed in. They enjoy playing upbeat music with fun energy for dancing. The Orchard Music Program
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Apple Update: October 13 First, we would like to thank everyone who has visited us and bought and picked apples so far this season. We have been fortunate to have so many of you determined to get to us even with the road closures. At this point in the season, due to losing nearly 500
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