Story produced in collaboration with Austin Page Greening Up the Mountains, Sylva’s main festival of the year, kicks off the spring. Holding its 21st annual celebration of the changing of the seasons while bringing recognition to local vendors. Spanning Main Street and the Bridge Park area, over 200 vendors kept the area busy, selling local artisanal […]
Thousands flock to the Greening Up the Mountains festival
April 30, 2017 by
The 20th annual Greening Up the Mountains festival was April 22. According to event coordinator, Amy Ammons Garza, she’s estimating there were around 1,200 visitors, this is 2,000 more than last year. Garza said the streets of downtown Sylva were very crowded, not even the rain could discourage visitors. “When it rained, I think people went into […]
Greening Up The Mountains one tradition at a time
April 20, 2017 by
Every 4th Saturday in April, thousands of people from across the southeast crowd the streets of downtown Sylva for a fun-filled day of music, food, arts and crafts and more. This Saturday, April 22, is just around the corner, so get ready! Since 1997, Sylva, North Carolina, has been home to the Greening Up The Mountains festival. […]
The weather won’t keep the locals down
April 27, 2015 by
The weather called for a 92 percent chance of rain, but the people of Sylva still brought out their guitars, grills and their mountain attitudes on Saturday, April 25, to celebrate Earth Day. The Greening up the Mountains festival is a local tradition, that’s been running for 18 years, in Sylva to celebrate the coming […]
VIDEO: Greening Up The Mountains 2014
April 28, 2014 by
Jackson County’s 17th annual Earth Day celebration was a huge hit on Saturday and generated large amounts of revenue for the local economy. Everything went extremely well considering last year the event was cancelled due to a rain out. Check out this exclusive video of Greening Up The Mountains in Sylva on April 26, 2014. […]
Celebrate Earth Day like a local
April 27, 2014 by
Smell of funnel cake and sounds of bluegrass mixed with jazz and fiddle filled up downtown Sylva, Saturday, April 26, to celebrate the Greening up the Mountains Festival . “It started out as an Earth Day festival, and this is the 17th one. It’s always the fourth Saturday in April,” said Paige Roberson, Sylva town […]
