Upcoming Events
Live Music with Freddy Bradburn and the Youth String Band
Join us for a night of LIVE MUSIC featuring Freddy Bradburn and the NEW Youth String Band!
Freddy Bradburn has taught communications, theater, and storytelling at McDowell Tech for more than 20 years. He is also an award-winning songwriter, mulit-instrumentalist, and member of the local trio The Happy Enchiladas. He has had two original musicals produced by the local theater. Presently, Freddy created and directs a youth string band that performs in the community. Come see them perform right here at Bigfoot Books & Brews!
Free-to-Play Dungeons & Dragons hosted by Timeless Adventurers
Timeless Adventurers hosts free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons at Bigfoot Books & Brews—special Friday night edition!
Open Mic Poetry Night
Join us for a night of open mic poetry! Get here early and sign up to read. Or just come enjoy the spoken word.
FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY: “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” (Bilingual Edition) at Hungry Caterpillar Adventure - MTA Family Day
Parents, bring your little ones out to the Hungry Caterpillar Adventure - MTA Family Day and the first 25 children will receive a FREE COPY of the children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar (bilingual edition)courtesy of Bigfoot Books & Brews!
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP ON FACEBOOK TO LET THE ORGANIZERS KNOW YOU’RE COMING!
FREE Community Family Event
Get ready for an unforgettable outdoor adventure where little explorers can follow the journey of a very hungry caterpillar through an interactive trail full of surprises!
Families will take photos with giant hand-painted bugs, crawl through an oversized food tunnel, and celebrate the amazing transformation from caterpillar to butterfly. Kids are encouraged to wear their favorite bug-themed outfit—think butterflies, ladybugs, bees, dragonflies, caterpillars, or anything that crawls, flies, or wiggles!
Along the way you'll find:
A giant 16-foot caterpillar
A beautiful giant butterfly
Huge interactive food tunnels to crawl through
Bug-themed face painting
Bug antennae for kids (while supplies last)
Plenty of opportunities to explore, play, and make memories together outdoors
This event is completely FREE and is presented by the McDowell Trail Association in partnership with the Barefoot Baby Foundation, bringing families together through nature, imagination, and adventure.
Bring your sense of wonder, wear your favorite bug attire, and join us for a day of outdoor fun!
Free-to-Play Dungeons & Dragons hosted by Timeless Adventurers
Timeless Adventurers hosts free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons at Bigfoot Books & Brews on Saturdays from 2-7pm!
2-4pm Character Building
4-7pm One-shots & beginner-intermediate campaigns
(Note: Subject to change based on other book/author events that may be happening.)
PowerPoint Party: Hear Me Out …
We are hosting another PowerPoint Party! The theme for September is “Hear Me Out …”
Have a wild idea to pitch or belief to share or argument you’d like to make? This is your chance to make friends and influence people!
Fire up your slideshow for a 3- to 5-minute presentation to share. (Sign up now by filling out the form below!)
National Comic Book Day Drawing Tutorial with Doctor Genesis
Join us on National Comic Book Day for a very special drawing tutorial by Marion native—and author of the new book 2nd Skin: The Written Image Construct—Doctor Genesis (Adam Ledford)!
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
ABOUT DOCTOR GENESIS
Doctor Genesis (Adam Ledford) is a Marion, NC native and abstract artist-scientist who explores homemade concepts and ideas through painting, drawing, and writing.
Hurricane Helene 2nd Anniversary Book Event with Julianne Rhodes, Author of “Mountain Tsunami II”
Join us for a very special Hurricane Helene second anniversary book event with Julianne Kuykendall Rhodes, author of the book Mountain Tsunami II: True Flood Stories of Hurricane Helene’s Historic Havoc on the Appalachian Mountains of Western North Carolina & East Tennessee.
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
ABOUT MOUNTAIN TSUNAMI II
On Friday, September 27, 2024, the eyes of the world were on the “hills and hollers” of the Appalachian Mountains as Category 4 Hurricane Helene dumped a colossal amount of rain on the mountains of Western North Carolina and East Tennessee.
For some people, Helene was a “hiccup” — an inconvenience in cell service for an extended weekend. For others, Helene was quite a “headache” as widespread power outages, blocked roads, and multiple landslides left many communities cut off from the outside world. For many others, unfortunately, Helene was an absolute “horror” as residents watched their homes, businesses, family members, and friends wash away in the angry, swirling floodwaters.
However the hurricane affected Appalachian residents, one thing is certain — they won’t soon forget the name Helene. This documentary-style book tells the true, raw stories of this momentous hurricane from various angles — the family members of the deceased, survivors, homeowners, business owners, pastors, and volunteers.
Through reading these stories, you’ll discover how Hurricane Helene altered the Appalachian Mountains — and its resilient mountain people — forever!
Note: 10% of all profits from the sale of this book will go directly back into flood relief in Western North Carolina & East Tennessee!
ABOUT JULIANNE KUYKENDALL RHODES
Julianne Kuykendall Rhodes is an author from the mountain town of Canton, NC, just west of Asheville. Her books, both fiction and non-fiction, are largely based in the Carolinas.
Julianne and her husband, Wayne, split their time between Canton and his hometown of Darlington, South Carolina.
She is a graduate of Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, NC, and the Focus on the Family Institute in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
When she isn’t writing, Julianne enjoys church activities, exploring waterfalls, beach days, reading, hiking, whitewater rafting, and spending time with family and friends!
Yonder Youth Collective presents … Theatre Kid Karaoke
Expect showtunes, pop music, or the genre your heart desires. Mics will be hot and bad art is encouraged. All are welcome. Art is for all.
Hosted by the Yonder Youth Collective!
Documentary Viewing Party: “The Doctor from India”
Join us for a special viewing party featuring The Doctor from India about Dr. Vasant Lad, the founder of The Ayurvedic Institute in Asheville, NC!
The Doctor from India is a meditative and immersive portrait of the life and work of Dr. Vasant Lad, the holistic health pioneer who first brought the ancient medical practice of Ayurveda from India to the West in the late 1970s.
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
ABOUT THE DOCTOR FROM INDIA
Integrating his gifts as both a healer and a mystic, Dr. Lad has dedicated his life to sharing what is considered the oldest healthcare system on earth in the complex medical landscape of the United States.
This is the beautiful and inspiring story of a man who has for decades been quietly at the center of a revolutionary movement to change the way we care for our bodies and our spirits.
The Doctor from India is beautifully directed by Jeremy Frindel (One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das) and features interviews with Deepak Chopra, Robert Svoboda, David Frawley, and Claudia Welch.
Banned Books Week 2026
Banned Books Week is an annual event that highlights the value of free and open access to information.
Order books for the Asheville Prison Books Program through our Bookshop wishlist THIS WEEK (October 4-10), and you’ll be donating books to incarcerated people in our region — and a small portion of your orders will go to support Bigfoot Books & Brews, as well.
Banned Books Week is officially October 4-10, 2026!
Launched in 1982, Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community and is typically held each year during the last week of September or the first week of October. Today, Banned Books Week coverage by mainstream media reaches an estimated 2.8 billion readers.
The theme for Banned Books Week 2026 is: “Let Books Be.”
Fire Cider Making Class
Join us for a fun class on making fire cider, hosted by Angela De Nigro! Cost is $5 for supplies for each jar you plan to make and take home. (Donations are also welcome and appreciated.)
Angela intends to share the process of making an immune-boosting herbal tonic by infusing apple cider vinegar with ingredients like garlic, ginger, horseradish, and peppers, plus herbs and citrus, to support wellness through the stressors of daily life.
This hands-on class will cover history, ingredients, and customization, allowing you to create and take home your own jar of a flavorful natural herbal medicine, which in folk traditions can be used for digestion, immunity, and respiratory health.
Participants will leave with their own jar of freshly made fire cider, ready to support their own health!
When: Thursday, October 8, 7pm
Where: Bigfoot Books & Brews
What to Bring: $5 for supplies for each jar you want to make
Questions? Submit via the RSVP form below!
We ask that you please RSVP by using the form below so Angela knows how many supplies to bring:
Silent Book Club - Second Fridays
Bring a book with you (or grab one off of our shelves!), read quietly, then talk about it with other people if you choose to (or not)! Tell people about what you’re reading and hear about what other people are reading. (Or just keep reading quietly by yourself—it’s up to you!)
Hosted by poet and former bookstore owner Angela Leigh!
Appalachian Horror: Andrew K. Clark & David Allan Voyles In Conversation
Join us for a special evening of Appalachian horror featuring local authors Andrew K. Clark and David Allan Voyles in conversation, to celebrate the release of Andrew’s new novel Hollow Folk!
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out form below):
ABOUT HOLLOW FOLK
The night shift at the Holloway was supposed to be quiet.
It wasn’t.
When grad student Ethan Ray clocks in as night auditor at the aging Holloway mountain resort, he expects paperwork, silence, and a paycheck. Instead, reddish-brown lights bleed across the Appalachian sky. Hard winds whip through the trees without making a sound and mysterious owl gargoyles come to life.
At 3 a.m., every clock stops.
Trapped inside with his co-workers Kal and Teresa, Ethan realizes the hotel isn’t just old. It's now a boundary.
Something ancient has been waiting and is now awake.
To escape, they must uncover the Holloway’s secrets. The problem is, the visions haunting each of them carry the same warning: someone in the hotel cannot be trusted.
A chilling Southern Appalachian folk horror set in 1993, where the mountains are watching and the dark leaves marks.
ABOUT ANDREW K. CLARK
Andrew K. Clark is a writer from Western North Carolina where his people settled before the Revolutionary War. His debut novel, Where Dark Things Grow, published by Cowboy Jamboree Press, was a finalist for the Manly Wade Wellman Award, shortlisted for the Sir Walter Raleigh Fiction Award, and winner of an IPPY from the Independent Book Publishers Awards.
The sequel, Where Dark Things Rise, was published by Quill & Crow Publishing House. His third novel, Hollow Folk, is being published by Quill & Crow in September 2026.
His poetry collection, Jesus in the Trailer, was published by Main Street Rag Press and shortlisted for the Able Muse Book Award. His work has appeared in The American Journal of Poetry, UCLA’s Our of Anonymity, Appalachian Review, Rappahannock Review, The Wrath Bearing Tree, and many other journals. He received his MEA from Converse College.
ABOUT DAVID ALLEN VOYLES
Some of the tales in David Allen Voyles’ first collection of original horror stories The Thirteenth Day of Christmas and Other Tales of Yuletide Horror were those he told while conducting tours for his ghost tour company Dark Ride Tours in Asheville, NC. Playing the role of gravedigger / storyteller Virgil Nightshade, Voyles entertained guests as they were transported to various spooky sites in a 1972 Cadillac hearse converted for that purpose.
Having taught literature for 30 years, Voyles is no stranger to weird tales and horror fiction in general.
In addition to publishing his stories in various anthologies, he is also the creator of the horror podcast, Dark Corners with David Allen Voyles, a program in which he narrates many of his tales of horror. Dark Corners can be found on most podcast apps including Spotify.
Prison Banned Books Week 2026
Asheville Prison Books is about to embark on the rare win-win-win fundraiser during Banned Books Week (October 4-10) and Bigfoot Books & Brews is pleased to announce that we will once again be supporting them. Asheville Prison Books has been sending free books to incarcerated people in the Carolinas for over 27 years! Books inside prisons are more heavily censored than anywhere else in the U.S. Many readers inside request dictionaries, self-help, how-to trade manuals, and a wide variety of fiction.
Here’s how the fundraiser works … Your purchase of books from Asheville Prison Books’s Bigfoot Books wish list goes to support Bigfoot Books, your local independent bookstore. WIN!
We send Asheville Prison Books those books, and they send them to an incarcerated reader free of charge. WIN!
Asheville Prison Books receives a matching grant from the Hull Foundation totaling the sales price of all the books sold from their wish list during Banned Books Week. WIN!
Prison Banned Books Week 2026 — October 19-25, 2026
“Prisons and jails ban more books than all public schools and libraries combined. Prison Banned Books Week is an annual campaign that shines a light on this widespread censorship and advocates for the rights of incarcerated and detained people to access literature and express themselves freely. In partnership with organizations that champion free expression, the campaign underscores a powerful message: censorship has no place in a democracy.”
LIVE MUSIC: Jennifer Alvarado
Join us for a special evening of LIVE MUSIC with Nashville recording artist and songwriter Jennifer Alvarado!
Jennifer Alvarado is redefining what it means to be a country artist in today’s music scene. With a sound that fuses the heartfelt storytelling of 90s country with the raw, unfiltered honesty of alternative rock, her music has been described as “Deana Carter meets Alanis Morissette.” But Jennifer isn’t just another artist blending genres—she’s a truth-teller, a fighter, and a voice for those who have ever felt out of place. Her songs are unflinchingly personal, yet universally relatable, tackling love, loss, trauma, and redemption with a fearless honesty that sets her apart.
Born and raised in Hickory, North Carolina, Alvarado’s love for music was sparked at the age of four when her grandfather first placed a guitar in her hands. Growing up, she found her voice singing in church and school performances, but a devastating loss and relentless bullying in middle school silenced her for years. While others saw her talent, she struggled with crippling performance anxiety, choosing instead to write in secret. It wasn’t until her mid-teens, when she picked up the guitar again and began leading worship, that she slowly reclaimed her confidence.
Beyond the music, Jennifer is deeply passionate about using her platform to make a difference. She is actively involved in Celebrate Recovery, prison ministry, and organizations supporting women overcoming addiction and homelessness. She volunteers at various local recovery based ministries in North Carolina, Tennessee Oncology in Nashville, and Meals on Wheels. Jennifer Alvarado is more than a musician — she is a storyteller, an advocate, and proof that resilience and faith can carve out a space where none seemed to exist. She isn’t chasing fame or fortune. She’s chasing meaning, moments, and the chance to remind others that their voice, their dreams, and their stories matter.
Alyssa Hughes Author Talk & Book Signing for NEW “Bats of Boone” Children’s Book
Parents, bring your little ones for a special book event with Alyssa Hughes—owner of Barefoot Baby and director of the Barefoot Baby Foundation—for her new children’s book Bats of Boone!
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
ABOUT BATS OF BOONE
When the lights go out and the streets grow quiet, Boone comes alive in a whole new way. Join a charming group of bats as they soar through some of the town’s most beloved landmarks, discover local history, and remind young readers that adventure can be found right in their own backyard.
Written in playful rhyme and brought to life with original illustrations, Bats of Boone celebrates curiosity, community, and the magic of exploring together.
From iconic downtown destinations to hidden local treasures, every page encourages children to slow down, look closer, and make lasting memories with the people they love.
Perfect for families, visitors, classrooms, and anyone who loves the High Country, this keepsake is more than just a bedtime story—it’s an invitation to experience Boone in a whole new way.
ABOUT ALYSSA HUGHES
Alyssa Hughes is owner of Barefoot Baby and director of the Barefoot Baby Foundation.
After she and her husband moved to North Carolina from Connecticut, they started living a life they didn’t know they needed—one filled with hiking, gardening, and adventure. After starting a homestead in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and having their first child, they became even more enthralled with the beauty of the world and the benefits of having their family in it.
This passion started to show itself through the designing of their clothing brand, Barefoot Baby, which had a mission to “bring nature and family back to childhood.”
As their family and connections to the community grew, the idea of starting a non-profit began. They moved forward and have been expanding their ties to both the nature and people around them ever since. Their 501c3 had the same mission of bringing nature and family back to childhood, but it added one part—through memories.
Alyssa’s books reflect the values of both their company and their foundation. From learning about self-esteem through the chickens of Just Red, being brave through The Spooky Barn Owl, or the hope and strength in being Mountain Made, there is no shortage of positive lessons and original artwork to be found. She is part of a family on a mission to bring you through their world of love of each other, of the simple life, and of the beautiful place they call home.
OFFICIAL BOOK LAUNCH EVENT for Roxy Taylor’s New Romantasy Novel “Claimed by the Orc King”
Join us for a very special book release event for local Marion-based author Roxy Taylor’s new romantasy novel Claimed by the Orc King!
This is an ‘80s themed party at the local roller rink, so come prepared for cake, prom photo wall, and all kinds of fun! Admission will be just $3.
PLEASE RSVP IN ADVANCE (fill out the form below):
ABOUT CLAIMED BY THE ORC KING
A fated mates monster romance featuring an orc king, a portal to a brutal fantasy realm, and a heroine who refuses to kneel.
This beautiful trade paperback edition features a deluxe jacket with silver foil on the front and a full-color interior illustration.
Thena came to FantastiCon to survive the weekend with minimal human interaction and maximum sarcasm. She didn’t plan on catching the attention of a seven-foot orc painted in war green―or the way her pulse stutters when he looks at her like she’s already his.
Viggo Klausson isn’t a cosplayer. He’s the High Chieftain of the Eastern Orcs, stranded in the human world while searching for the mate fate promised him. The moment he scents Thena, the bond snaps tight.
Then a portal drags her into Korule―a fractured kingdom where women are rare, power is carved in blood, and claiming a mate can start a war.
Thena refuses to become anyone’s prize. An ancient magic awakens inside her, and suddenly she’s not just the king’s fated mate.
She’s dangerous.
Viggo may be steady. He may be patient. But when enemies circle, he does not hesitate to bare his teeth.
He found his mate.
Now he has to earn her.
ABOUT ROXY TAYLOR
Roxy Taylor is a GenX Amazon writing romantasy that refuses to behave. She writes about women who never fold themselves smaller, and the men or monsters caught between worshiping them and surviving them. Fueled by a lifelong love of ‘80s films, she writes for women who remember adventure and refuse to settle for less.
Wm. Paul Young VIRTUAL Author Talk & Book Signing for “Return to The Shack”
Join us for a very special VIRTUAL author talk and book signing with Wm. Paul Young, best-selling author of The Shack discussing his new book Return to The Shack: A Journey Into Redemption.
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
ABOUT RETURN TO THE SHACK: A JOURNEY INTO REDEMPTION
In the long-awaited sequel to one of the world’s most beloved and widely read books of the last 20 years—The Shack—unrivaled storyteller Wm. Paul Young leads us back to the great questions of human existence: How does life go on in the face of irreconcilable loss? How can the irredeemable find redemption?
Ten years after the devastating events of The Shack, Mackenzie Allen Phillips is still living in the shadow of loss. Though life has moved forward, grief continues to haunt his family, his relationships, his faith, and his very sense of self. Nan, his wife, carries her own hidden sorrow. They are two people bound together by love yet often divided by pain.
On what would have been their daughter Missy’s sixteenth birthday, Mack and Nan confront the unthinkable when Mack is asked to visit death row to speak with the serial killer who abducted and murdered her. In the stark silence of the prison, Mack encounters not only the brokenness of another human being but also the raw weight of his own anger, doubt, and disappointment with God. Where is God when unbearable suffering endures? How can a shattered heart ever heal?
In Return to the Shack, William Paul Young invites readers on a profound journey into the depths of grief, the complexity of trauma, and the surprising humanity of those we most fear. With honesty and compassion, he explores the devastating impact of mental illness, abuse, and violence, the strain of loss on relationships, and the staggering cost—and unexpected freedom—of forgiveness.
This long-awaited sequel dares to ask the hardest questions: What does it mean to forgive the unforgivable? How do we live with God’s silence when our wounds cry out for answers? And can even the darkest prison and the most desolate wreckage of broken dreams become places where grace and redemption take root?
Both tender and unflinching, Return to the Shack is a story of pain, faith, and the relentless possibility of hope.
ABOUT WM. PAUL YOUNG
Paul Young was born in Canada and raised among a Stone Age tribe by his missionary parents in the highlands of former New Guinea. He suffered great loss as a child and young adult and now enjoys the “wastefulness of grace” with his family in the Pacific Northwest.
He is the author of Lies We Believe About God and the New York Times bestsellers The Shack, Cross Roads, and Eve.
Lyndon Harris Author Talk & Book Signing for “A Beautiful Year”
Join us for a very special author talk and book signing with Lyndon Harris, Charleston-based author of the new book Forgiveness at Ground Zero: A Journey of Service, Loss, and Redemption After 9/11.
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
ABOUT FORGIVENESS AT GROUND ZERO
On the morning after September 11, 2001, Rev. Lyndon Harris pushed through smoke and ash toward St. Paul’s Chapel, just blocks from the World Trade Center. He expected ruin. Instead, the historic chapel stood—scarred but intact—and soon became a sanctuary for exhausted, grieving recovery workers at Ground Zero.
For close to a year Harris led an extraordinary, volunteer-driven ministry that provided food, rest, prayer, and human connection to those laboring day and night on "the Pile." St. Paul's became known worldwide as "the little chapel that stood," a symbol of hope amid devastation.
But when the chapel closed in 2002, Harris’s own life unraveled. Years of conflict and resistance within his church left him overwhelmed by anger, resentment, and a desire for retribution. He ultimately lost his faith, left New York, and entered a long, private struggle with grief and disillusionment.
This book is not only a firsthand account of one of 9/11’s most enduring symbols, but a deeply personal story of what happens after the cameras leave. Harris traces his journey from idealistic small-town priest to Ground Zero leader, through spiritual collapse, and finally toward an unexpected healing grounded in forgiveness.
Drawing on pioneering research developed with Stanford psychologist Dr. Frederic Luskin, cofounder of the Forgiveness Project, Harris explores forgiveness not as “forgive and forget,” but as a rigorous, transformative practice essential for recovery after trauma. His story speaks to first responders, faith leaders, and anyone carrying unresolved pain—offering rare insight into the emotional cost of service, the limits of institutional faith, and the resilience required to truly move forward.
ABOUT LYNDON HARRIS
Lyndon Fitzgerald Harris, a former Episcopal priest, began his journey to forgiveness at the foot of the South Tower of the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. He is a forgiveness coach, workshop leader, global speaker, and community healer. His work after 9/11 has been covered widely in the media, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and is featured in the award-winning documentary, The Power of Forgiveness. Harris is the coauthor, with Frederic Luskin, of The Forgive for Good Recovery Workbook.
Author Talk and Book Signing with Justin Wiggins, Author of “Surprised by Agape: A Personal Journey”
Join us for a special author talk and book signing with local WNC writer Justin Wiggins, author of the book Surprised by Agape: A Personal Journey.
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
ABOUT SURPRISED BY AGAPE
“Surprised by Agape is the story of Justin Wiggins’ dark night of the soul. The book traces his journey from cultural Christianity through agnosticism to atheism and then to a redeeming faith in Christ. It is a loving testimony to roles that George MacDonald and C. S. Lewis played in Wiggins’ life, and especially the books that led him out of the darkness and into the light.”
—Don King, C. S. Lewis scholar and Professor of Literature at Montreat College in North Carolina
This second edition includes more essays and more insight from Justin into his personal journey.
ABOUT JUSTIN WIGGINS
Justin Wiggins is an author that works and lives in the primitive, majestic, beautiful mountains of North Carolina. He graduated with his Bachelor’s in English Literature from Montreat College with a focus on C. S. Lewis studies in May of 2018. His first book was Surprised by Agape, published by Grant Hudson of Clarendon House Publications, his second book, Surprised By Myth, he co-wrote with Grant Hudson, was published in Autumn of 2021.
His most recent books, Marty & Irene, Tír na nÓg, Celtic Twilight, Celtic Song, Ragnarok, Celtic Dawn, and Sacred Space, co-written with Matthew Huff, were all published by Steve Cawte of Impspired. He has also had poems, and other short pieces published by Clarendon House Publications, the C. S. Lewis Sehnsucht Journal, An Unexpected Journal, and Sweetycat Press.
Justin has a great zeal for life, work, community, writing, literature, art, pubs, bookstores, coffee shops, and England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Silent Book Club - Second Fridays
Bring a book with you (or grab one off of our shelves!), read quietly, then talk about it with other people if you choose to (or not)! Tell people about what you’re reading and hear about what other people are reading. (Or just keep reading quietly by yourself—it’s up to you!)
Hosted by poet and former bookstore owner Angela Leigh!
Mary Oliver Birthday Viewing Party: “Saved by the Beauty of the World”
Join us for a special screening of Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World on the occasion of what would be Mary Oliver’s 91st birthday!
Saved by the Beauty of the World explores the life, work, and creative process of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. It highlights her solitary childhood, her love for nature, and her long-term relationship with photographer Molly Malone Cook.
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
FREE BOOK for Kids “Max Builds a Pole Barn” with Tammy Potter from Best Buy Metals
Parents, bring your little ones for a special book event with Tammy Potter from Best Buy Metals and get a FREE COPY of the children’s book Max Builds a Pole Barn!
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
ABOUT MAX BUILDS A POLE BARN
Max Builds a Pole Barn is a FREE children’s book by Courtney Christine and published by Shield Wall Media. It is the second book in the Max Builds series, which features a Malamute dog named Max.
The book introduces kids to the construction trades by showing how a post-frame pole barn is built. Its goal is to spark interest in building careers for the next generation!
ABOUT TAMMY POTTER
Tammy Potter is the Business Development Manager at Best Buy Metals, a woman who knows that business can be a force for good. Her company gives back over $1M to the Asheville and western North Carolina community every year.
Diana Butler Bass Author Talk & Book Signing for “A Beautiful Year”
Join us for a very special author talk and book signing with Diana Butler Bass, best-selling author of the new book A Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance.
Hosted by St. John’s Episcopal Church in their Parish Hall building, 339 S. Main St., Marion, NC 28752.
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
ABOUT A BEAUTIFUL YEAR
One of America’s most trusted theologians offers spiritual inspiration for every week of the year.
A Beautiful Year: 52 Meditations on Faith, Wisdom, and Perseverance offers an essay for every week in the seasons of the Christian year: From Advent and Christmas to Lent and Easter through the entire calendar.
Other than its major holidays, many people are not familiar with the rhythms of the church year, an ancient spiritual cycle of time. Yet all religions have such calendars — and they shape our understanding of faith. In the West, we live in tension with the secular calendar (mostly an inheritance from the Roman Empire) and the Christian liturgical calendar, a cycle of sacred stories that compose a larger narrative of love, hospitality, mercy, justice, and gratitude.
Bass reclaims and presents fresh perspectives for every biblical text in the church year; from musing on A Wrinkle in Time in Advent, to remembering her father’s old-fashioned blue Christmas decorations, and offering a revolutionary reading of the Last Supper.
With fresh insights on familiar stories, these essays surprise and inspire, challenge and comfort, and will be savored year after year. Beautifully designed, the book is also a perfect gift.
ABOUT DIANA BUTLER BASS
Diana Butler Bass, Ph.D., is an award-winning author, popular speaker, inspiring preacher, and one of America’s most trusted commentators on religion and contemporary spirituality.
Diana’s passion is sharing great ideas to change lives and the world—a passion that ranges from informing the public about spiritual trends, challenging conventional narratives about religious practice, entering the fray of social media with spiritual wisdom, and writing books to help readers see themselves, their place in history, and God differently. She does this thoughtfully, with joy and a good dose of humor, leading John Fugelsang to dub her “iconic,” Anne Lamott to call her “a brilliant scholar and wonderful storyteller,” and Glennon Doyle to praise her “razor-sharp mind” and “mystical heart.”
She holds a doctorate in religious studies from Duke University and is the author of 12 books. Her bylines include The New York Times, the Washington Post, CNN.com, Atlantic.com, USA Today, Huffington Post, Spirituality and Health, Reader’s Digest, Christian Century, and Sojourners. She has commented on religion, politics, and culture in the media widely including on CBS, CNN, PBS, NPR, CBC, FOX, Sirius XM, TIME, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and in multiple global news outlets. From 1993-2003, she wrote a weekly column on religion and culture for the Santa Barbara News-Press, which was distributed nationally by the New York Times Syndicate.
Diana currently co-hosts the Convocation Unscripted, a podcast on religion and politics, and writes The Cottage, a top-five Substack newsletter in Faith & Spirituality.
Her work has received three Wilbur Awards for best nonfiction book of the year, prizes from Religion News Association for individual commentary and for Book of the Year, Nautilus Awards Silver and Gold medals, the Illumination Book Award Silver medal, Books for a Better Life Award, Book of the Year of the Academy of Parish Clergy, the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize for Church History, a Substack Fellowship for Independent Writers, and Publishers Weekly’s Best Religion Book of the Year.
Diana and her husband live in Alexandria, Virginia, with their dog, Paddy, and their sometimes-successful backyard garden.
The Battle of Blair Mountain Anniversary Teach-In
Join us for a screening of Matewan (1987) on the anniversary of The Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest labor uprising in U.S. history, where armed miners — Black, white, and immigrant — fought the bosses, the National Guard, and the President himself for wages, benefits, and the right to organize.
Matewan dramatizes the events of the Battle of Matewan, a coal miners’ strike in 1920 that later led to the Battle of Blair Mountain.
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
“Bigfoot Woods” Indie Film Screening followed by Q&A with Writers Bruce Pavalon and Abel Pavalon
McDowell Arts Council Association, McDowell SAGE, and Bigfoot Books & Brews present …
A very special screening of the new indie film Bigfoot Woods followed by an exclusive Q&A with co-writers Bruce Pavalon and Abel Pavalon!
Seating is limited so get your tickets early.
ABOUT BIGFOOT WOODS
When a 14-year-old struggling with their gender identity and their father accidentally capture video evidence of Bigfoot, they contend with being small-town heroes in a town that would rather believe in Bigfoot than accept someone they once knew as a girl as a boy.
Starring Rich Sommer (Mad Men) as Paul Benally and Ambrose Velasco Jenkins as Bridget/Jonah Benally.
ABOUT BRUCE PAVALON & ABEL PAVALON
Bruce Pavalon is a teacher and co-writer and executive producer of Bigfoot Woods. He is based in Los Angeles.
Abel Pavalon is Bruce’s son and co-writer of Bigfoot Woods. He is currently studying writing in college.
Special WNC Bigfoot Festival 2026 Events at Bigfoot Books & Brews
We have BIG THINGS planned for this year’s WNC Bigfoot Festival here in downtown Marion, NC! (see below)
FULL SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL EVENTS & OFFERINGS:
11am — LIVE MUSIC
BIGFOOT TROUBADOUR
Bigfoot Troubadour paid us a surprise visit last year, but this year we have him for a whole set of his unique Bigfoot takes on classic songs!
2pm — AUTHOR TALK
MAXIM LANGSTAFF
Grammy nominee and NC-based author off the new book Sasq’et will be talking about his novel and his extensive research into Bigfoot, including his views on the famous Patterson-Gimlin film!
3pm — AUTHOR TALK
“HIDDEN HISTORIAN” HEATHER LEAH
We are excited to have “Hidden Historian” Heather Leah returning to Marion to give a special presentation of her talk on North Carolina myths and legends, which includes Bigfoot and much more! DO NOT MISS THIS!!
4pm — AUTHOR TALK
ERIN McGUIRE-THOMPSON
Coming to Marion all the way from Kentucky, author Erin McGuire-Thompson will be talking about her brand-new book Cross Country Cryptids: A Road Trip Guide to American Monsters!
A travel book for the strange and strange at heart with shadows of whimsy and wellness, Cross Country Cryptids outlines a cryptid road trip quest of epic proportions to bring adventure and nature back into your daily life.
5PM — BIGFOOT WOODS EXCLUSIVE SCREENING
We are partnering with MACA and McDowell SAGE for an exclusive screening of the new indie movie Bigfoot Woods at the MACA Theater, followed by a LIVE IN PERSON Q&A with co-writers Bruce Pavalon and Abel Pavalon.
Learn more & get tickets now!
BIGFOOT BUCKETS!
Stop here first to pick up a REALLY BIG 32-ounce iced coffee bucket with your choice of dairy and/or flavor.
EXCLUSIVE BIGFOOT HATS!
We are your one-stop shop for all your Bristol Hat Company Bigfoot hat needs! And you NEED one of these hats. This is not a want situation. Stop by anytime all day and pick yours out. There will be all kinds of styles and colors to choose from!
BIGFOOT MUGS AVAILABLE!
Nick Larson Pottery, a previous vendor at the WNC Bigfoot Festival, will be selling Bigfoot mugs and steins exclusively through Bigfoot Books & Brews! Come get one here from us this year. These mugs are truly beautiful and classic.
For Bigfoot Lovers: Pre-WNC Bigfoot Festival 2026 - 18+ Only Event featuring Bigfoot/Cryptid Erotica Author N.S. Thorngrave
Join us for SOMETHING DARK & SEDUCTIVE … A pre-WNC Bigfoot Festival 2026, 18+ only author talk & book signing event featuring Bigfoot and cryptid erotica author N.S. Thorngrave (from Georgia)!
FREE DOOR PRIZE GIVEAWAY: Bigfoot’s Lover trucker hats, stickers, and temporary tattoos!!
Get an adult beverage beforehand from an establishment on Main Street and stroll on down to Bigfoot Books & Brews with it! Make it a boozy Bigfoot book event, if you wish 😅👍
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IN ADVANCE IS REQUESTED (see form below):
NOTE: YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER to attend:
ABOUT THE CASE OF BIGFOOT
When a series of chilling encounters points to a creature thought only to exist in folklore, Sherlock Holmes is drawn into his first cryptid investigation. But this is no ordinary case. In the heart of the Southern gothic landscape, secrets twist through the darkness, passions ignite, and danger lurks in the form of something primal—something powerful.
Blending the razor-sharp intellect of the world’s greatest detective with paranormal seduction and gothic horror, this Bigfoot erotica thriller will leave your pulse racing and your imagination haunted.
Mystery. Terror. Temptation.
Holmes has never faced a case like this … and neither have you.
ABOUT THE CASE OF MOTHMAN
A woman with irresistible power. A creature who kneels only for her. Point Pleasant quakes beneath the wings of Mothman, the red-eyed cryptid tied to a string of disappearances. When Sherlock Holmes arrives to investigate, the trail leads him to a full-figured, commanding woman, one whose dark allure has claimed the creature completely.
To her, Mothman isn’t a monster but a willing, devoted captive who lives for her touch and domination. Their bond is dangerous, intoxicating, and burning with supernatural heat.
As Holmes digs deeper, he uncovers a dangerous, consuming bond at the heart of the mystery—one that twists loyalties and pulls innocents into the dark. He soon realizes this case isn’t just about a cryptid terrorizing a town, but a love forged in shadows, dominance, and desire.
Sherlock Holmes: The Cryptid Files, The Case of Mothman delivers supernatural suspense, dark seduction, and a mystery where nothing is what it seems.
ABOUT N.S. THORNGRAVE
N.S. Thorngrave is a paranormal and monster erotica author whose work ignites the shadows where folklore, desire, and mystery collide. Best known for the Sherlock Holmes: The Cryptid Files series, Thorngrave reimagines the world’s most famous detective through a dark, seductive lens—blending classic mystery with cryptids, Southern Gothic atmosphere, and unapologetically erotic storytelling.
Living in the North Georgia mountains, Thorngrave draws inspiration from mist-covered forests, Appalachian legends, and a lifelong fascination with the paranormal and unexplained.
Holding a master’s degree in literacy, Thorngrave brings a deep understanding of language, narrative tension, and character psychology to every story—crafting tales that are as intellectually engaging as they are provocative.
When not writing, Thorngrave can be found researching obscure legends, haunting old bookshops, or plotting the next case in the shadows. Readers who crave mystery, monsters, and heat will feel right at home in Thorngrave’s darkly alluring worlds.
ABOUT BIGFOOT’S LOVER
A series of mystical camp, Bigfoot’s Lover follows the experiences of a biology teacher in a remote outpost who falls in love with the sexy beast. Blessed by nature and in the sensual arts, Bigfoot shags the teacher until she forgets who she is and where she came from, and ultimately teaches her a new way of seeing. Bigfoot proves to have equal knowledge of hunting, foraging, and the erotic arts, which he shares with the teacher to bring back to the human world.
But will anyone ever believe her? And if she tells, what will happen to Bigfoot?
Thrive WNC presents Emma Churchman, MDiv, on Resilient Leadership
Join us for a special Thrive WNC Women’s Networking Event featuring Emma Churchman, MDiv, author of the new book Navigating the Deep End: Resilient Leadership in a Volatile World.
COST IS $12 (includes soup sampler from The Parlor Car and a beverage from Bigfoot Books & Brews):
ABOUT NAVIGATING THE DEEP END
How do you lead resiliently when everything you thought you knew disappears in an instant?
In these pages, you’ll discover the stories of leaders who navigated their businesses through Hurricane Helene, COVID supply chain disruptions, California wildfires, personal health crises, and market collapses.
You’ll also journey with author Emma Churchman through her own story of loss, heartache, and the path back to purposeful leadership.
This isn’t just another business book filled with theories and frameworks—though you’ll find practical tools throughout. This is part leadership guide, part roadmap for staying human in the midst of chaos. It’s your invitation to consider what it truly means to lead from a place of vulnerability and authenticity, empowering yourself and everyone around you to show up fully, especially when the ground beneath you shifts.
Working with leaders in crisis has taught me the most resilient leaders aren’t the ones who never fall down, they’re the ones who know how to get back up, bring others with them, and find a way to honor both the weight of their responsibility and the fullness of their humanity.
This book will show you how.
ABOUT EMMA CHURCHMAN, MDIV
Emma Churchman is a sought-after international speaker and coach, teaching trauma recovery techniques that empower individuals and organizations alike. She also writes about trauma recovery and building resilient leadership for national and global publications. As a trauma recovery specialist and PhD candidate in Conscious Business Ethics, Emma bridges the gap between soulful leadership and practical strategies for navigating life’s storms.
Letting Grief Speak: A Live Conversation featuring Anna Caldwell and Diane Zinna
Join us for a very special in-person/virtual hybrid event featuring local writer Anna Caldwell (in-person) reading and discussing her contribution to the new book by Diane Zinna, Letting Grief Speak: Writing Portals for Life After Loss. Zinna plans to join us live virtually, so you can ask her questions about her work, as well!
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out form below):
ABOUT LETTING GRIEF SPEAK
Society doesn’t always make it easy to tell stories about loss. Grief can make us feel that we have crossed over to another side, where people can’t reach us and we can’t reach others. We’re encouraged to move quickly through the often-misunderstood “stages of grief”; we fear that we are burdening others with our pain. But pain can feel more manageable when we find ways to describe it—and writing about grief can help us connect with others who have felt pain of their own.
Letting Grief Speak is a creative writing craft book on the art of telling our hardest stories. Based on a class called Grief Writing Sundays that Diane Zinna has led for several years, it provides 90 writing prompts with accompanying craft techniques to help people find language for their grief.
By turns gentle, unexpected, rebellious, and wonderfully strange, these prompts open portals: entryways into spaces where difficult emotions can become meaningful narratives.
Warm, sensitive, and honest, Letting Grief Speak is a memoir of the craft, interwoven with stories from the author’s own life. It also includes pieces from acclaimed writers and more than 40 of her Grief Writing students, inviting readers to find their own ways to tell vulnerable stories. A tool for writers and a companion for grievers, this book meets writers of all levels where they are, no matter what kind of grief they hold.
ANNA CALDWELL
Anna Caldwell lives in the mountains of western North Carolina with her husband and an abundance of cats. She is inspired by the strength, complexity, and grace found in lives lived before and around her, the beauty of life’s imperfect offerings, and the brave and audacious writers she is privileged to know.
ABOUT DIANE ZINNA
Diane Zinna is the author of The All-Night Sun (2020), which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize.
Her work has appeared in Brevity, the Bellevue Literary Review, Split Lip, and CutBank.
A Pushcart Prize nominee, she has taught creative writing for more than 20 years.
Diane received her MFA from the University of Florida and was the longtime membership director for The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP). There, she created the Writer-to-Writer Mentorship Program, helping to match more than 600 writers over 12 seasons.
She is also the creator of Grief Writing Sundays, a popular writing class on telling difficult stories that has met since 2020.
In 2023, she served as the Darden Professor of Creative Writing in the MFA program at Old Dominion University, where the Diane Zinna Prize for Creative Nonfiction is now awarded annually. She lives in Fairfax, Virginia, with her husband and daughter.
Yonder Youth Collective presents … Theatre Kid Karaoke
Expect showtunes, pop music, or the genre your heart desires. Mics will be hot and bad art is encouraged. All are welcome. Art is for all.
Hosted by the Yonder Youth Collective!
Free-to-Play Dungeons & Dragons hosted by Timeless Adventurers
Timeless Adventurers hosts free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons at Bigfoot Books & Brews on Saturdays from 2-7pm!
2-4pm Character Building
4-7pm One-shots & beginner-intermediate campaigns
(Note: Subject to change based on other book/author events that may be happening.)
Vanessa Miller “The Ladies Hall” National Book Tour Event
Join us for this very special national book tour event with USA Today bestselling author Vanessa Miller to discuss her new historical fiction novel The Ladies Hall.
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out form below):
ABOUT THE LADIES HALL
The lives of real heroes prove this truth: equality is won when we rise together.
1880s, Ohio. When Mary and Anna enter the Bachelor of Arts program, also known as the “gentlemen’s course” of study, at Oberlin College, they have little in common other than the color of their skin and their passion for education.
While Mary was raised in luxury, attending presidential inaugurations with her wealthy father, Anna is a schoolteacher, likely the daughter of her enslaved mother’s former owner, and works a second job to pay for her room and board. But despite their differences, both women share strength, ambition, and a deep yearning for change. If they can bridge the gaps between them, they just might build a lasting legacy.
From its earliest days in the 1830s, Oberlin College admitted men and women, white and Black students. Though the doors are officially open, school policy cannot change the hearts of classmates who refuse to see a woman, and especially a Black woman, excel. Despite constantly being forced to prove themselves, the women triumphantly overcome every obstacle and push through their pain. And as the world evolves around them, Mary and Anna persevere to build a legacy of success and excellence.
Based on the real lives of Mary Church Terrell, Anna Julia Cooper, and Ida Gibbs Hunt, The Ladies Hall is a mirror into times of great change—where progress and new possibilities are met with violence and resistance … but hope always rises. And it rises still.
ABOUT VANESSA MILLER
“Miller captivates with a propulsive historical based on a true story.” —Publishers Weekly
Vanessa Miller is a USA Today bestselling author. Her writing has been centered on themes of redemption and books about strong Black women in pivotal moments of history. Vanessa is a best-selling author, playwright, and motivational speaker. She started writing as a child, spending countless hours either reading or writing poetry, short stories, stage plays and novels. Vanessa’s creative endeavors took on new meaning in 1994 when she became a Christian. Since then, her writing has been centered on themes of redemption, often focusing on characters facing multi-dimensional struggles.
Miller’s book, The American Queen won the prestigious Christy Award, the Audie Award, and was the 2024 American Fiction Award winner for Historical Fiction. The American Queen is a North Carolina Reads pick for 2025.
Her novel, The Filling Station, has received starred reviews from Library Journal and Booklist. It is a Positively Charlotte book club pick and a USA Today bestseller.
Vanessa’s novels have received rave reviews, with several appearing on Essence Magazine’s Bestseller’s List.
Miller graduated from Capital University with a degree in Organizational Communication. She and her family live in the Charlotte, NC, area.
Live Music with Freddy Bradburn and the Youth String Band
Join us for a night of LIVE MUSIC featuring Freddy Bradburn and the NEW Youth String Band!
Freddy Bradburn has taught communications, theater, and storytelling at McDowell Tech for more than 20 years. He is also an award-winning songwriter, mulit-instrumentalist, and member of the local trio The Happy Enchiladas. He has had two original musicals produced by the local theater. Presently, Freddy created and directs a youth string band that performs in the community. Come see them perform right here at Bigfoot Books & Brews!
Snail Mail Society
Join us for the Snail Mail Society, a casual letter writing group, hosted by Grace Kendall and Mike Belsole from The Tabletop Inn. They will bring some stationary, but feel free to bring your own.
Anybody can write letters to people they know or maybe there’s a letters-to-strangers project you’d like to participate in. Just bring your ideas, and let’s write together!
Nancy Werking Poling “Leander’s Lies” Book Event
Join us for this very special author talk and book signing with Nancy Werking Poling to discuss her new historical fiction novel Leander’s Lies.
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out form below):
ABOUT LEANDER’S LIES
Elias Leander Muller did not hunt with Teddy Roosevelt in the Dismal Swamp, as he claimed. He never represented North Carolina in the U.S. Congress. He never lived on a plantation.
Lies. All lies.
In the post-Civil War South, Elias grows up along the eastern edge of North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains. A gifted boy, he imagines himself becoming a prominent politician or eloquent preacher. But early marriage and fatherhood trap him in the life he’d hoped to avoid: that of a poor tenant farmer. When the Panic of 1893 sends a financial blow to the entire country, Elias, like many farmers, is heavily in debt. He abandons Emma and their sons. Going by the name of Leander, he reinvents himself.
The South has changed since he first mapped out his political ambitions. A Republican (as in the Party of Lincoln), he recognizes the futility of confronting the powerful Democratic Party. Where to go? What to do?
Leander is an anti-hero, a man whose deceptions escalate at grave cost to others.
Until escape becomes exile.
ABOUT NANCY WERKING POLING
Though born in Indiana, Nancy Werking Poling grew up in Orlando, Florida. For 20 years, she and her husband Jim lived in the Chicago area. In 2008, they returned to the South, to North Carolina, to be closer to their children and grandchildren.
The non-fiction essay “Leander’s Lies” (on which the book of the same title is based) won the 2018 Alex Albright Creative Nonfiction Prize, sponsored by the North Carolina Literary Review.
Silent Book Club - Second Fridays
Bring a book with you (or grab one off of our shelves!), read quietly, then talk about it with other people if you choose to (or not)! Tell people about what you’re reading and hear about what other people are reading. (Or just keep reading quietly by yourself—it’s up to you!)
Hosted by poet and former bookstore owner Angela Leigh!
LIVE MUSIC: Bard of the Apocalypse
Join us for a special evening of LIVE MUSIC with Bard of the Apocalypse!
Divorce, neurodivergence, international love, and great DVDs are all on the table. Come make history with him while you still can!
Bard of the Apocalypse is an alt-country artist out of Swannanoa, NC.
National Book Lovers Day
Come celebrate National Book Lovers Day with us and buy 2 books and get 1 FREE!*
(*Used books only. Of equal or lesser value. Offer available Sunday 8/9 only at Bigfoot Books & Brews in downtown Marion.)
PowerPoint Party: Media Reviews
We are hosting another PowerPoint Party! The theme for August is Media Review.
What’s your favorite piece of media (movie/book/tvshow/song/etc.)? Share a little about it, it's significance to you, and maybe some reasons why everyone should enjoy it too.
Fire up your slideshow for a 3- to 5-minute presentation to share. (Sign up now by filling out the form below!)
Free-to-Play Dungeons & Dragons hosted by Timeless Adventurers
Timeless Adventurers hosts free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons at Bigfoot Books & Brews on Saturdays from 2-7pm!
2-4pm Character Building
4-7pm One-shots & beginner-intermediate campaigns
(Note: Subject to change based on other book/author events that may be happening.)
Free-to-Play Dungeons & Dragons hosted by Timeless Adventurers
Timeless Adventurers hosts free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons at Bigfoot Books & Brews on Saturdays from 2-7pm!
2-4pm Character Building
4-7pm One-shots & beginner-intermediate campaigns
(Note: Subject to change based on other book/author events that may be happening.)
Sidewalk Yard Sale Day at Bigfoot Books & Brews!
Downtown Marion’s “Sidewalk Yard Sale” begins at 7am at Bigfoot Books & Brews with a coffee from us, AND we’ll have our stuff for sale out on the street that you’ll want to look at also!
The official sidewalk sale on Main Street begins at 7:30am, so come by the bookstore first to get caffeinated so you’re ready to search the sales for some great finds!
Our friend Runda is hosting a “field trip” for anyone who wants to explore downtown Marion with a group of cool people! Get all the details and sign up for FREE on her website now.
LIVE MUSIC: Sunday Afternoon Songs with Freddy Bradburn
Come out and enjoy a live Sunday afternoon musical performance by award-winning songwriter Freddy Bradburn!
Freddy Bradburn taught communications, theater, and storytelling at McDowell Tech for more than 20 years. He is also an award-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and member of the local trio The Happy Enchiladas. He has had two original musicals produced by the local theater. Presently, Freddy created and directs a youth string band that performs in the community.
Yonder Youth Collective presents … Theatre Kid Karaoke
Expect showtunes, pop music, or the genre your heart desires. Mics will be hot and bad art is encouraged. All are welcome. Art is for all.
Hosted by the Yonder Youth Collective!
“Wonder Together” Interactive Children’s Storytime with Author Carey Jackson-Adams
Gather your favorite little ones for a magical afternoon with the author of Wonder Together: Me & You, a sweet tribute to connection, curiosity, and the joy of exploring the world side-by-side.
We’ll cozy up for a special interactive storytime that will have both kiddos and grownups smiling. The author will be signing copies of Wonder Together: Me and You especially for you! We can’t wait to wonder with you!
Perfect for tiny tots and the grownups who love them.
FREE EVENT BUT RSVP IS REQUESTED (please fill out the form below):
ABOUT WONDER TOGETHER
Senses come alive and curiosities are ignited as you journey through the wonders of nature and rediscover the small joys of everyday moments. This sing-along book makes wondering about our world an adventure best shared with someone special.
Created by teachers with little listeners in mind — from read-alouds to sing-alongs! Sheet music included. Scan the code on the back cover to access an audio recording and more!
ABOUT CAREY JACKSON-ADAMS
Carey Jackson-Adams is an art teacher who firmly believes life is better with paint under your fingernails and a cat on your keyboard. When she’s not sharing the joy of making art with teenagers, she’s either traveling somewhere new for inspiration or hoarding art supplies—occasionally pausing to rescue her favorite paintbrush from beneath a snoring beagle.
Open Mic Poetry Night hosted by Greg Feightner
Join us for a night of open mic poetry — hosted by Dark City poet Greg Feightner! Get here early and sign up to read.
Greg Feightner is a big nerd whose right and left brains are constantly in conversation and occasionally disagree. He comes to us here in Marion from spending time recently in the Dark City Poetry Society in Black Mountain, NC, through open mics and monthly critique circles.
The puzzle pieces of his life as a former pastor, IT support manager, systems administrator, one-time festival organizer, men’s group facilitator and public storyteller/writer at first seem to impossible to fit together, but somehow, they do. The result is a wonderfully abstract tableau resembling a Picasso painting smeared into a JMW Turner-esque canvas. His proudest achievements are recipes, particularly figuring out how to perfectly cook thick cut bacon in the oven.
LIVE IN CONCERT: David Childers with Abe Partridge
Bigfoot Books & Brews is proud to present … To celebrate our bookstore expansion and adding vinyl records to our offerings …
David Childers with Abe Patridge LIVE IN CONCERT on Wednesday, July 22nd at 7pm at Moonflower (44 Depot St., Marion, NC 28752)!
Tickest are $15 and space is limited, so get your tickets early to secure your seats.
DAVID CHILDERS
Singer-songwriter David Childers is the proverbial study in contradictions. A resident of Mount Holly, North Carolina, he’s a former high-school football player with the aw-shucks demeanor of a good ol’ Southern boy. But he’s also a well-read poet and painter who cites Chaucer and Kerouac as influences, fell in love with folk as a teen, listens to jazz and opera, and fed his family by practicing law before turning in his license to concentrate on his creative passions.
Bob Crawford from The Avett Brothers has called Childers “a great friend, a great thinker, and a great man … a true North Carolina treasure.”
ABE PARTRIDGE
Abe Partridge is a heralded musician, singer/songwriter, visual artist, storyteller, and documentarian based in Mobile, Alabama.
Since the release of his debut album Cotton Fields and Blood for Days in 2018, Partridge has toured relentlessly, including several tours throughout Europe. He is a regular at several great music festivals, as well as listening rooms across the country including the legendary Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Eddies Attic in Atlanta, and Duke’s in Indianapolis.
SPECIAL THANKS TO
WNCW — our media sponsor!
Ribbon Cutting Celebration for Bigfoot Books & Brews Bookstore Expansion
Join us for the ribbon cutting ceremony for the official opening of our Bigfoot Books & Brews bookstore expansion!
