Accordion stars to appear in Maggie Valley

The second annual Smoky Mountain Accordion Festival will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Maggie Valley Club. The event will showcase regional accordionists from Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina, with an evening concert featuring Tony Lovello and Walter Kasprzyk. 

Tickets for the event are $20. 828.734.2975.

Community Band to play free show in Maggie

Haywood Community Band will present its fourth installment of the Maggie Valley Concert Series at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16. The band will play “Sounds from the Silver Screen,” which includes themes from “Mission Impossible,” “Schindler’s List,” “A Tribute to Mancini,” and other themes from popular movies of the past. 

Sponsored by the Maggie Valley Civic Association, the free performance will be at the pavilion adjacent to the Maggie Valley Town Hall on Soco Road. Bring a picnic dinner. The next scheduled concert thereafter is Sunday, Oct. 21. 

828.456.4880 or www.HaywoodCommunityBand.org.