Visit Hillsborough, NC

Highlanders Rugby Summer Camp
2024-08-14 08:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-13 08:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-12 08:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Mcdougal Middle School, 900 Old Fayettville Rd, Chapel Hill, United States
Highlanders Rugby is proud to offer the Triangle area youth, middle school and high school rugby programs for boys and girls, ages 6-18. Rugby unites people of all backgrounds, nationalities, cultures, and beliefs and its values of Fun, Teamwork, Respect, Discipline and Sportsmanship are what makes the game special.
At Highlanders Rugby we focus on a culture of unifying players through sport, embracing both the similarities that bond us and the differences which make each individual unique. Our inclusive, philosophical approach creates a sense of team that connects Highlanders Rugby players and the global rugby family.
GIVE RUGBY A TRY!!! Join us for our day camp this Summer! Girls & Boys Ages 6-18 August 12th – 16th, 9am-12pm $100 per player

Drop-in Life Studio
2024-08-13 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-07-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Eno Arts Mill, 437 Dimmocks Mill Road, Suite 17, Hillsborough, NC, 27278, United States
Join us for Life Drawing sessions facilitated by Tom Stevens. Each session offers multiple rounds of gesture and pose drawings with a live nude model. Artists provide their own materials. We must have 5 pre-registrations to run the studio, so please pre-register if possible. Absolutely no photography or video allowed in the sessions. Register here: https://events.humanitix.com/drop-in-life-drawing-with-tom-stevens

Movies With Goats
2024-08-10 20:00 - 23:00, 2024-07-27 20:00 - 23:00 | Spring Haven Farm, 5306 Homer Ruffin Road, Chapel HIll, NC, 27516, United States
Goat Snuggles + Outdoor Movies Under the Stars = The Perfect Summer Night. Plenty of memories to be made with goats adding to the fun and antics – roaming around looking for goodies, snuggles, and head scratches throughout the entire movie. Details: Please note that in order to comply with licensing requirements, we are unable to announce what movie will be playing., BYOC – We suggest you bring folding chairs over blankets to sit on. This is a goat pasture, goats poop: enough said. We ask that you not bring outside food for the animals; however, for humans it is just fine. We have treats for the animals available at the concession stand.

Ayr Mount Tours
2024-08-10 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-08-09 14:30 - 16:00, 2024-08-08 13:00 - 14:30, 2024-08-03 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-08-02 14:30 - 16:00, 2024-08-01 13:00 - 14:30, 2024-07-27 11:00 - 12:30 | Ayr Mount Historic Site, 376 St. Mary's Rd, Hillsborough, NC, 27278, United States
Located in Hillsborough, North Carolina, Ayr Mount strikes a startling figure in the historical town. The 1815 federal, masonry edifice was the first of its kind in this once bustling trade town, and thanks to the preservation efforts of our founder Richard Jenrette, remains well preserved with several original family objects on display.
CAHPT invites you to explore the site to learn about the design, construction, and maintenance of the estate as well as the lives of those, enslaved and free, who crafted and occupied the extravagant home and landscape from 1820 to 2018.
Visitors are welcome to explore the site select Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays April through November. Guided tours will be offered Thursday & Friday at 1:00pm and 2:30pm. Tour times for Saturday take place at 11:00am, 1:00pm, and 2:30pm. All guests must purchase tickets in advance.
Tickets can be purchased here: https://secure.classicalamericanhomes.org/nx/portal/neonevents/events#/events/
This is a potentially strenuous tour which includes climbing stairs, traversing uneven terrain, and enduring uncomfortable weather conditions and the presence of bugs or other wildlife. We regret that we cannot be responsible for those needing assistance and encourage all guests to dress accordingly. No food or beverages are allowed in the houses with the exception of a closed bottle of water.

Historic Hillsborough Guided Walking Tours 2024
2024-08-10 10:30 - 12:30 | Hillsborough Visitors Center, 150 E King Street, Hillsborough, NC, 27278, United States
Experience American history through the unique perspective of one of North Carolina’s oldest and most historically significant towns, with a guided walking tour of downtown Hillsborough. Established in 1754 as the seat of government for Orange County, Hillsborough’s colonial legacy and signs of its importance in North Carolina and American history can be seen everywhere.
The tour begins at the Hillsborough Visitors Center, located in the eighteenth century Alexander Dickson Farm House, and guides visitors to a variety of historic places from the site of a 1790s African American-owned distillery to the 1840s Orange County Courthouse and the grave of one of North Carolina’s signers of the Declaration of Independence.
This is an in-person walking tour that sometimes crosses uneven terrain. Please plan to be walking or standing for the duration of the event, wear comfortable walking shoes, and bring a water bottle (plus your curiosity)!
For groups that are concerned about the length, duration, or terrain of the tour. Please, contact The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough for other options, including bus tours.

Tickets are $10. Kids age 10 and under are free. Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/historic-hillsborough-guided-walking-tour-tickets-314636485197

Eno River Farmers Market
2024-08-10 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-08-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-07-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Eno River Farmers Market Pavillion, 144 E. Margaret Ln, Hillsborough, NC, United States
Eno River Farmers Market in downtown Hillsborough offers farm fresh vegetables and fruit, cheese, pasture raised meat and eggs, wood fire baked goods, prepared foods and crafts from local growers and producers. Our vendors are selected with great care based on the quality and diversity of their offerings; vendors must be local (within 60 miles of Hillsborough for traditional foods; within NC for specialty items such as peaches and apples) and the original producers of their products. We have live music, master gardeners, arts and crafts activities, chef demonstrations, and more!
The market is open on Saturdays year round! April-November: 8am-12pm, December-March: 10am-12pm
For More information visit our website: https://www.enoriverfarmersmarket.com/?fbclid=IwAR3Mfp4vM2d3wnvffaELfzGfLbEtFPLwJBEmDU5BDVmsUa-71Opb2qvpITw#home

Walk Fairview day 2024
2024-08-10 09:00 - 17:00 | Dorothy N Johnson Community Center, 501 Rainey Avenue, Hillsborough, NC, 27278, United States
Hello Fairview friend! (mensaje en español abajo)

We are reaching out to invite you to Walk Fairview Day 2024 a guided neighborhood walk and celebration for active living, hosted by the Fairview Youth in Action program. More details below, really hope to see you there!

You’re Invited to Walk Fairview Day 2024!
Date: Saturday, August 10, 8:30 a.m. refreshments and registration. Program and walk start at 9 a.m.
Location: Dorothy Johnson Community Center (501 Rainey Ave. Hillsborough, NC 27278)
About: The Fairview Youth in Action interns invite you to Walk Fairview Day, a neighborhood walk aimed to increase awareness around ways to make Fairview a safer and more active place to live. Attendees will join a guided 1-mile walk around the neighborhood. Along the way, walkers will learn more about the benefits of active living as well as easy and inexpensive changes to the neighborhood that can lead to long-term improvements in Fairview! Free food, giveaways, and celebration to follow the walk!

RSVP online here!

About the Fairview Youth in Action program
The Fairview Youth in Action Program is a paid summer program for high-school aged youth living in or connected to the Fairview community in Hillsborough, NC. The program is sponsored by the Fairview Community Watch (FCW), the UNC Food, Fitness and Opportunity Research Collaborative (UNC FFORC), and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County (Habitat). For more information on the interns’ goals for Fairview, check out the recently published Activate: Fairview Active Living Plan 2022-2027 (“Activate”). This youth-driven, community-engaged plan outlines goals, objectives, and recommendations to improve Fairview for years to come.

En Español

¡Bienvenidos a la Cuarta Celebración Anual del Día de Walk Fairview! Habitat for Humanity, UNC FFORC y los pasantes de la Pasantía de los Jovenes en Acción de Fairview se han asociado para traerles este evento. El evento consistirá en promover la Viabilidad peatonal, los beneficios de una vida en movimiento al igual de los beneficios que traen cuando hacemos cambios económicos y fáciles en el vecindario para mejorar la vida en Fairview al largo plazo. Este evento es para todas las edades y tendremos comida gratis, recursos y juegos! ¡Esperamos verlos en el evento!

Thursday Jazz at Yonder
2024-08-08 20:00 - 22:00, 2024-08-01 20:00 - 22:00 | Yonder: Southern Cocktails & Brew, 114 W King St, Hillsborough, NC, 27278, United States
Each Thursday from 8-10 Yonder presents live jazz with some amazing local, and traveling jazz musicians.
Les Trois Chats
Katharine Whalen’s JazzSquad
Crystal Bright and Griffanzo
Taz Halloween with Griffanzo
New Morning Jazz

KÜF KNOTZ & CHRISTINE ELISE

Landscape Painting, Oil on Canvas - 2-Day Workshop for Beginning and Intermediate Students with Ari Ferro
2024-08-04 10:30 - 16:30, 2024-08-03 10:30 - 16:30 | Margaret Lane Gallery Annex/ F-Stop 2, 302 W Corbin, Hillsborough, NC, 27278, United States
Learn the basics of painting a landscape using oil paints on canvas in this two-day workshop with local artist Ari Ferro.
Working from a selection of favorite photos you supply, you will learn elements of composition, center of interest, how to lead the eye into the composition, and relative values in the photo.
You will progress through a charcoal sketch, and to a preliminary and then a final painting, learning about color theory, values and mixing; areal perspective; and modeling of depicted objects to create a 3-D quality.
Learn:

Basics of working with oil paints
Elements of composition
Color theory, values, and mixing
Use of charcoal sketches and preliminary (poster) paintings as a prelude to beginning the final painting
Areal perspective and modeling of objects

Create:

A landscape painting in oils

Saturday and Sunday, August 3 & 4; 10:30 am to 4:30 pm (includes lunch break)
$ 260. Supply purchase recommended*; alternatively a $45 supply fee can be paid the first day of the workshop.
Location: Margaret Lane Gallery Annex/F-Stop 2, 302 W Corbin Street, Hillsborough, NC.
Registration, and More Information Including Course Outline: www.margaretlanegallery.com/workshop-registration
*Supplies can be ordered in advance (by July 17) through Anne & Arthur Fine Arts Supply in Hillsborough. Supply orders with A&A over $250 will receive a 15% discount. Not all supplies guaranteed to be in stock—order in advance is recommended.

Saturday Slowdown at RambleRill Farm
2024-08-03 10:00 - 14:00 | Ramble Rill Farm, 913 Arthur Minnis Road, Hillsborough, NC, 27516, United States
At this month’s Saturday Slowdown at RambleRill Farm, enjoy a free concert on the lawn by Durham-based folk trio The Miss Adventures at this weekend’s Saturday Slowdown! Listen and linger over lunch, snacks, and drinks from Madison Ave. Caterers, Starfish Bakery, Wolfe Cravings Food Co., Botanist and Barrel, and C&C’s Lemonade Stand. Also shop local growers and makers, walk the woods and gardens, visit the goats, make your own flower arrangement, create arts and crafts with the kids. Saturday Slowdown runs 10am-2pm. Concert is 11am-1pm. 913 Arthur Minnis Road, Hillsborough

Pop-up Line Dancing at Bullseye Tavern
2024-07-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Bullseye Tavern, 3960 NC-54, Graham, 27253, United States
I want to invite you to a FREE EVENT:
POP-UP Line Dancing Session at Bullseye Tavern (Graham/Swepsonville) (Addy is Graham, GPS is Swepsonville)
MONDAY (29th JUL) starting at 7pm and rolling until about 8:15~ish or so.
Jams amplified by Dave’s Cave DJ Services Y’all know, we hit a variety of styles, and have hella fun the entire time!
Bullseye Tavern is located at 3906 HWY 54 – (easiest route from HB = take Orange Grove Road to HWY 54, hang a right travelling west on 54 and Bullseye is on your right in about five~ish miles.) Otherwise take the HWY 54 exit off the interstate and Bullseye will be on your left a little past where the 4-Lane goes down to 2-Lanes.
Bullseye has beer and wine permits and some delicious and unique mixology within those permits! They are a **CASH ONLY** establishment, so please bring lotsa moolah for beverages and to tip your bartender!!

Collage-In!/Mixed Media Meet Up, an Informal Drop in Art Session
2024-07-29 10:00 - 13:00 | Margaret Lane Gallery Annex/ F-Stop 2, 302 W Corbin, Hillsborough, NC, 27278, United States
You are welcome to join us!

Collage-In/Mixed Media Meet Up
Monday, July 29
10 am to 1 pm, drop in for some or all of the time
Maragaret Lane Gallery Annex/F-Stop 2, 302 W Corbin Street, Hillsborough, NC

Informal drop-in sessions – no instruction, but lots of supplies for you to use however you wish. You are also welcome to bring your own materials.

Pay as you please, $15 suggested (we recognize everyone’s usage is different, so please pay what you think is fair).
For adults and mature teens, all skill levels welcomed; grade school age youth are welcome if accompanied by a supervising adult. No registration required.

Last Sundays Open House
2024-07-28 08:00 - 17:00 | Moorefields Historic Site, 2201 Moorefields Rd., Hillsborough, NC, United States
You’re invited to Moorefields on the Last Sunday of each month beginning May 26 through August 28 from 1:00 to 4:00 to stroll the grounds and gardens and take a free tour of the historic house. Visit the Moore family cemetery, as well as the graves of the cats of former owner Edward Draper-Savage, and if you are so inclined, take a walk through the adjoining Seven Mile Creek Nature Preserve.
Friends of Moorefields Board Members will be on hand to talk about the history of Moorefields and update you on special projects.
This event is free, but donations are encouraged. Click here to make a donation. Thank you!

Original Historic Ghost Tour
2024-07-27 19:30 - 22:00 | Nash and Kollock St., Hillsborough, NC, Nash and Kollock St., Hillsborough, NC, United States
Join Enoch Pugh (b1735-d1771), a hanged Regulator, for an easy walk through downtown Hillsborough in our best, original mix of ghosts and (unliving) history! You’ll see three haunted houses, and learn about local legends and history while visiting two cemeteries, and the execution site. (2.5 hrs / 1.5 mi)

Plant Walk
2024-07-27 09:00 - 11:00 | Weaver Street Market, 228 South Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC, 27278, United States
Get set for an exhilarating botanical journey led by the renowned herbalist Melanie Yukov!
Venture along the picturesque river walk where Melanie will unveil:

The secrets of plant identification
Medicinal properties of wild plants
Safe foraging practices so you can survive the next apocalypse

Decompress with a delicious herbal tea or beverage.
Plus, you’ll walk away with detailed notes for continued exploration.
Don’t miss this thrilling 2-hour adventure into nature’s bounty!
We will walk at a slow pace since there is a lot to discuss. Suitable for most people.
Ages 12 and up welcome with exceptions made. (Email Us)
Dates and Times:
Last Saturday of every month (skipping August 31st)
June 29th, July 27th, September 28th, October 26th
9 AM to 11 AM
website: https://root2risewellness.org
email: info@root2risewellness.org
phone: 9199693321
event link: https://root2risewellness.org/plant-walk
cost: $25 to $30

Bad Art Club
2024-07-27 08:00 - 17:00 | Eno Arts Mill, 437 Dimmocks Mill Road, Suite 17, Hillsborough, NC, 27278, United States
$40
Drop-ins welcome if space allows
All Ages
Are you intimidated by art? Don’t consider yourself an artist? Never taken an art class? This is the class for you. We are not making good art, we are making BAD art. Art that is not about how it looks in the end, but rather about exploring the process of making art itself.
The goal is to make something and explore the process of making art, even if your only skill is a willingness to try. To register, click this link: https://events.humanitix.com/bad-art-club
