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🌱 How to navigate Blowing Rock’s July 4th parade, parking, and shuttle
Blowing Rock, North Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Blowing Rock! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How to navigate Blowing Rock’s July 4th parade, parking, and shuttle
Also on today's calendar: Studio Saturdays - Geo Soctomah Neptune — Blowing Rock Art & History Museum and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 64 degrees.
- Saturday: Times of sun and clouds, temps: high: 80, low: 61.
- Sunday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 77 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• July 4th Celebration in Blowing Rock (blowingrock.com) — Blowing Rock’s 4th of July Parade & Festival is set for Saturday, July 4 at 10 a.m. on Main Street, with a big small-town procession of families, musicians, and local groups. Main Street parking will be closed from midnight to 11 a.m., and a free shuttle from Shoppes on the Parkway runs 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., pausing only during the parade. 
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★ Featured events ★
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Art in the Park →
Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, 132 Park Ave, Blowing Rock
10:00 am
Saturday June 13
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Other local events
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Studio Saturdays - Geo Soctomah Neptune — Blowing Rock Art & History Museum →
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Ln, Blowing Rock
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Sunday Concert in the Park →
Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, 132 Park Ave, Blowing Rock
1:00 pm -
Cork & Canvas 6/19/26 — Blowing Rock Art & History... →
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Ln, Blowing Rock
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Cork & Canvas 6/19/26 — Blowing Rock Art & History Museum →
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Ln, Blowing Rock
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4th of July Parade & Festival →
Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, 132 Park Ave, Blowing Rock
10:00 am -
Monday Night Concert Series →
Broyhill Park, 173 Lakeside Dr, Blowing Rock
6:30 pm -
Cork & Canvas 7/10/26 — Blowing Rock Art & History Museum →
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, 159 Ginny Stevens Ln, Blowing Rock
4:00 pm
Saturday June 13
Sunday June 14
Friday June 19
Saturday July 4
Monday July 6
Friday July 10
📣 Blowing Rock Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Dementia Caregiver Support Group @ WW Branch Library
Watauga County Public Library Western Watauga County Library, 1085 Old US Hwy 421, Sugar Grove
2:00 pm -
Science & Nature Drop-In
Watauga County Public Library 140 Queen Street, Boone, NC 28607
3:00 pm -
Wild, Garden, and Culinary Herbs & Some of Their Traditional Uses
Watauga County Public Library 140 Queen Street, Boone, NC 28607
3:30 pm -
Summer Reading Begins @ WW Branch
Watauga County Public Library 140 Queen Street, Boone, NC 28607
Friday June 12
Saturday June 13
Monday June 15
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Just a few days after our last update on the Barn Owl box, the youngest owlet passed.
Owlet #5 likely passed due to a combination of factors including malnutrition, failure to thrive, competition from older siblings, drought‑related… (Nextdoor ) - Our upper deck leaks onto hottub below.
Anybody else experience this? How did you fix it? (Nextdoor Ski Acres)
- Earth Fare, Inc. posted a job opening for Grocery Clerk in Boone. Apply here.
- Appalachian Regional Healthcare System posted a job opening for Hospital Housekeeper Summer & Part-Time Opportunities Available in Boone. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Blowing Rock here.
🗞 Nearby News
Boone
- Buskers Fest returning to downtown Boone in September (wataugademocrat.com)
- Melissa Reaves returning to Boonerang (wataugademocrat.com)
- North Carolinians Hit The Road For The Country Ham At This Legendary Restaurant (takingthekids.com)
Banner Elk
- Banner Elk NC Real Estate & Homes For Sale (zillow.com)
Newland
- From moonshine roads to muscle cars: Newland's Independence Day Car Show celebrates deep mountain automotive tradition (wataugademocrat.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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