Upcoming Travel: Hometown Holidays

Lake Lure and the Blue Ridge Foothills invite you to our Hometown Holidays -- where you feel the magic of a half-million lights glowing on the limbs of our tree-lined downtown…outlining the old-fashioned skyline…lighting up a fountain. Spend the weekend and experience it all with a carriage ride, hayride, Santa House visit...or watch Santa climb the "Chimney" at Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park.

In Lake Lure and the Blue Ridge Foothills, it costs little to have a Hometown Holiday…we take your breath away for free.

View Photos of Hometown Holidays

View Photos of the 1st Annual New Year's Polar Plunge 2009

 

Hometown Holidays Events:

Christmas Boutique at the Visual Arts Center
November 21-December 24 - Rutherford County Visual Artists Center

Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
November 26 - Downtown Forest City

Forest City Christmas Parade
November 29 - Downtown Forest City

The Rutherford County Heritage Singers
December 1 - First Baptist Church of Rutherfordton

2009 Light up the Gorge
December 2 - Hickory Nut Gorge

2009 Holiday "Fun Raiser" & Cruise Raffle
December 3 - Alyssa's Restaurant

2009 Chili & Cornbreak Cook-off
December 4 - Chimney Rock Fire Department

Santa Comes to KidSenses
December 4 - KidSenses Children's InterACTIVE Museum

Downtown Craft Show & Event
December 4-6, 11-13 & 18- 20

Santa's House
December 4, 5, 11, 12, 18 & 19 - Downtown Forest City

Christmas Hayrides
December 4, 11 & 18 - Downtown Forest City

Ornament Creation
December 5 - KidSenses Children's InterACTIVE Museum

Spindale/Rutherfordton Christmas Parade
December 5 - Downtown Spindale & Downtown Rutherfordton

Christmas Carriage Rides
December 5, 12 & 19 - Downtown Forest City

Santa on the Chimney
December 5 & 12 - Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park

Santa Paws
December 6, 13 & 20 - Downtown Forest City

Christmas House Walk
December 7 - Lake Lure

Handel's Messiah
December 7 - The Foundation Performing Arts Center

North Carolina Symphony Holiday Pops
December 9 - The Foundation Performing Arts Center

Holiday Movie Night
December 11 & 18 - KidSenses Children's InterACTIVE Museum

Riders in the Sky: Christmas the Cowboy Way
December 12 - The Foundation Performing Arts Center

A Dickens Tale
December 19 - KidSenses Children's InterACTIVE Museum

2:00 ROCKS! Christmas Break
December 22-23, 26 & 29-31-- KidSenses Children's InterACTIVE Museum

New Year's Eve Dinner & Dancing
December 31 - The 1927 Lake Lure Inn & Spa

New Year's Polar Plunge
January 1 - The Beach at Lake Lure