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🌱 How Highlands pulled off a milestone 45th music festival season
Happening soon: Carolina Concert Series at Trailborn Highlands on the Highlands Patch calendar
Morning Highlands! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Highlands pulled off a milestone 45th music festival season
- Why Highlands is suddenly a hot Thanksgiving getaway destination
Also on today's calendar: Blues Night at Ruffed Grouse Tavern at Highlander Mountain House and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Partly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 73 and low of 54 degrees.
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 74, low: 57.
- Saturday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 71 and low of 62 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• A Standing Ovation (thelaurelmagazine.com) — Highlands residents are thanked for making the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival's 45th anniversary season such a success, from hosting parties to filling local venues like Highlands Performing Arts Center. The piece highlights how local donors, clubs, and businesses helped sustain a beloved cultural tradition that brings world-class chamber music to the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau and keeps the community closely connected. 
• Leavenworth tops national list of trending Thanksgiving destinations (leavenworthecho.com) — Highlands earns a spot among the nation's fastest-rising Thanksgiving travel destinations, with searches for stays up sharply compared to last year. A new HomeToGo report shows travelers favoring cozy, rural getaways like Highlands and Boone, as more families plan longer, close-to-home holiday trips across the United States.
📸 Around Highlands
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Highlands
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★ Featured events ★
- Carolina Concert Series at Trailborn Highlands →
Trailborn Highlands, 96 Log Cabin Ln, Highlands
6:00 pm
Thursday October 1
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Other local events
- Blues Night at Ruffed Grouse Tavern at Highlander Mountain House →
Highlander Mountain House, 270 Main St, Highlands
6:00 pm - Live Music Thursdays at 4118 Kitchen + Bar →
4118 Kitchen and Bar, 64 Highlands Plaza, Highlands
6:30 pm - Thursday Trivia at The High Dive →
The High Dive, 476 Carolina Way, Highlands
7:00 pm - Unfurl Movement | Ashtanga Yoga at Unfurl Wellness Spa →
Unfurl Wellness Spa, 454 Dillard Rd, Highlands
9:00 am - The Bookworm | Open Hours →
The Bookworm, 555 Main Street, Highlands
11:00 am - Live Music at Hummingbird Lounge →
Old Edwards Inn and Spa, 445 Main Street, Highlands
5:30 pm - Karaoke with DJ Real Bill at The Ugly Dog Pub →
The Ugly Dog Pub – Highlands, 294 S 4th St, Highlands
9:30 pm - Highlands Farmers Market at Kelsey Hutchinson Park →
Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park, 411 Pine St., Highlands
8:00 am - Fiber Club at The Bascom →
The Bascom, 323 Franklin Rd, Highlands
10:00 am - The Bookworm | Open Hours →
The Bookworm, 555 Main Street, Highlands
11:00 am - Paint (By Numbers) and Sip at Trailborn Highlands →
Trailborn Highlands, 96 Log Cabin Ln, Highlands
12:00 pm
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
📣 Highlands Shout Outs!
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Check out the excellent in-person and virtual fishing classes being offered by the NCWRC Fishing Education Team in October.
Visit our class calendar and register at: https://bit.ly/44YkCxs Pechmann Fishing Education Center in Fayetteville: October 2: Soft Plastics Lure… (Nextdoor ) - Need help with an unemployment claim?
Thursdays and Fridays are the best days to call #NCDES for claims questions because our UI Support Center typically has lower call volume. Prefer… (Nextdoor )
- Hotwire Communications, Ltd posted a job opening for Commercial Service Technician in Highlands. Apply here.
- Xylem Tree Experts posted a job opening for CDL Driver - Franklin, NC in Franklin. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Highlands here.
🗞 Nearby News
Franklin
- Detective Janet Leonard Fired After Flock Camera Misuse (thencbeat.com)
Cullowhee
- Annual Mountain Heritage Day Festival returns to Cullowhee (thesylvaherald.com)
- Surplus Property Coordinator - #000109 (wcu.edu)
- SC has the best regional university in the South, US News & World Report says (myrtlebeachonline.com)
Ok Highlands! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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