Foothills Local

Events calendar for Boone, Granite Falls, Hickory, Hudson, Lenoir, Morganton, Newton, and Taylorsville. One page per town. Each listing is a one-liner: event, date, time, location. Use Apple Calendar (downloads a calendar file) or Google Calendar.

Last updated Oct 12, 2026.

Towns

• Boone
  159 upcoming listings

  Watauga County seat and home of Appalachian State. Downtown King Street festivals, App State football at Kidd Brewer Stadium, and shows at the Appalachian Theatre.

• Granite Falls
  2 upcoming listings — few public listings

  Caldwell County town on the Hickory–Lenoir corridor. Festival on Main downtown and the Molasses Festival at Sims Country BBQ; Tri-County Speedway sits on Hickory Nut Ridge Road.

• Hickory
  122 upcoming listings

  Largest city in the foothills metro. Downtown festivals, Lenoir-Rhyne football, Hickory Crawdads baseball, and Hickory Metro Convention Center shows (gun, toy/comic, woodworking).

• Hudson
  11 upcoming listings — few public listings

  Small Caldwell County town between Lenoir and Hickory. Public listings cluster at The HUB Station and Baird Park.

• Lenoir
  29 upcoming listings

  County seat of Caldwell County. Concerts at the J.E. Broyhill Civic Center, sculpture and downtown arts events, and the Caldwell County Ag Fairgrounds.

• Morganton
  43 upcoming listings

  Burke County seat. Downtown festivals on Courthouse Square and concerts/theater at CoMMA Performing Arts Center.

• Newton
  34 upcoming listings — few public listings

  Downtown Newton is Catawba County’s historic courthouse square, with free concerts at the Frank & Sue Jones Amphitheatre and markets around the 1924 courthouse. Fall 2026 is dated on DNDA pages; most holiday events are named but not yet dated.

• Taylorsville
  6 upcoming listings — few public listings

  Alexander County seat. Courthouse Park concerts and the Taylorsville Apple Festival downtown.