Two songs is all we ever knew in high school, "Because I Got High" and "Colt 45," and we knew them cold. Afroman brings the Freedom of Speech Tour to Boone Saloon tonight.
9am Woolly Worm Festival at the Historic Banner Elk School. Winter gets read off the woolly worm's 13 bands, one for each week, and they've been doing it since 1978.
6pm Music Between Friends in Rosen Concert Hall at the Broyhill Music Center. App State faculty on viola, oboe, and piano, with Dvořák, Kahn, Juon, and Brotons on the program. Free, no ticket.
7pm Synth Workshop at Huzzah Books with the Watauga County Computer Music Center. Every skill level, no experience needed. Bring a laptop and headphones, and download the free VCV Rack first.
8pm The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a live shadowcast at the Appalachian Theatre, the last showing. Virgin games, and dress up.
9pm Afroman: Freedom of Speech Tour at Boone Saloon, doors 7:30pm. It's a $100 VIP show with a meet and greet, and tickets are limited.
Overnight Monday, a contractor closes one lane of N.C. 184 near Dobbins Road in Banner Elk, starting at 6pm, to place culvert sections.
Boone's Burnett Sisters Band says its album is on the Grammy consideration ballot for Best Bluegrass Album. A ballot spot is not a nomination, and our story has the details.
The Appalachian Theatre's annual report puts the economic activity its audiences generate at $2.8 million.
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