High Country Benefit Concert: Watkins Glen Summer Jam at Appalachian Mountain Brewery in Boone, NC 7/26
2025-07-26 18:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | AMB-Boone, 163 Boone Creek Dr., Boone, NC, 28607
On Saturday, July 26, 2025, at 6 PM, Appalachian Mountain Brewery will host a WATKINS GLEN SUMMER JAM TRIBUTE CONCERT: The music of THE BAND, ALLMAN BROS, and GRATEFUL DEAD performed by members of The Dead of Winter, Soul Benefactor, dB’s Foscoe Four, and MORE… in celebration of the 50th birthday of our pal David Bryan and to benefit The Watauga Riverkeeper during their extensive and important post-Helene river clean up efforts! All ticket sales will go directly to The Watauga Riverkeeper. Swing by the MountainTrue tent and learn how you can support our work and help protect the places we share!
Happy Birthday David B. + Thank you Dave Brewer!
For more info or to buy tickets click here

Support the Watauga Riverkeeper at Beech Mountain Summer Concert Series 8/9/25
2025-08-09 16:30 - 22:00 | Beech Mountain Resort, 1007 Beech Mountain Parkway, Beech Mountain, NC, 28604, United States
Come enjoy the last Beech Mountain Summer Concert Series show with us on August 9th, featuring Charley Crockett and 49 Winchester. Remember to bring your (empty!) water bottle– and visit our table with a water bottle refill station at the concert. Swing by to chat about Clean Water with us and see what we have been up to at MountainTrue this year! New MountainTrue merch will also be available for purchase. Get your tickets and answer any questions here: https://summerconcert.beechmountainresort.com/
Doors & Schedule
4:30 p.m. – VIP Doors Open & Food Truck Village
5:30 p.m. – General Admission Doors Open & Food Truck Village
7:00 p.m. – Show Start (Set times are subject to artist discretion)
Purchase tickets at: https://summerconcert.beechmountainresort.com/

Pint night at Appalachian Mountain Brewery in Boone, NC Benefiting MountainTrue 8/14
2025-08-14 17:00 - 20:00 | AMB-Boone, 163 Boone Creek Dr., Boone, NC, 28607
Stop by Appalachian Mountain Brewery (AMB) in Boone to chat with MountainTrue staff and grab a cold beverage! $1 of all beer pours on August 14th will benefit MountainTrue.
Can’t make it on August 14th? You have all of August to support AMB and MountainTrue! MountainTrue is proud to be AMB’s featured nonprofit for the month of August. $1 of all Hop Rain Drop pours during August will go to benefit MountainTrue.
Come on out to say hi and help us support our supporters!

MountainTrue Trash Trout Cleanout in Boone, NC 8/22--CANCELED!
2025-08-22 10:00 - 12:30 | Boone Fire Station #2, 1075 State Farm Rd, Boone, NC, 28607
We regret that this event is canceled. The Trash Trout was dislodged during a recent storm and will not be in operation in time. Keep an eye out for upcoming events! Want to get in the river AND contribute to its health? Assist MountainTrue with cleanout and inventory of trash types and brands found within the Trash Trout. This trash trout cleanout will be at Winkler’s Creek. Made from recycled materials, this passive litter collection device will be sure to get you asking questions and feeling good about what we can do to mitigate the trash found in the river.
Kids are welcome at this event, however, anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for the entire duration of the event.
Please Bring:

Water
Snacks
Clothes you don’t mind getting dirty
You are welcome to bring your own boots and waders if you have them

Anyone borrowing boots/waders from MountainTrue must provide sizing on the sign-up form.

Meet the 'Keep' at New River Brewery Taproom in West Jefferson, NC 9/11
2025-09-11 18:00 - 20:00 | New River Brewing Taproom, 833 US-221, West Jefferson, NC, 28694
You are invited to join MountainTrue in welcoming the Upper New Riverkeeper to their role at New River Brewing Taproom! This is an opportunity to meet Hannah Woodburn, ask questions, share water quality concerns, or swap river stories about the New River. Guests who sign up in advance or walk in to visit the MountainTrue table will be entered in a prize raffle.
We look forward to celebrating the Upper New Riverkeeper together!

BANFF Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour screenings benefiting MountainTrue in Asheville, NC Sept 12 & 13th
2025-09-12 19:00 - 21:30, 2025-09-13 19:00 - 21:30 | Wortham Center for Performing Arts, 18 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NC, 28801
MountainTrue is BEYOND thrilled to bring the BANFF Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour to Asheville, NC on September 12th & 13th — and you’re invited for not one, but TWO unforgettable nights of high-altitude excitement! 🏔️🎬
Join us for a celebration of jaw-dropping adventure, heart-pounding sports, wild places, and inspiring stories from around the globe. 🌍 Whether you’re a climber, paddler, trail fanatic, or armchair adventurer — there’s something here to spark your spirit.
✨ Can’t get enough? We’ve got you covered: each night features a completely different lineup of films, so go ahead — double-dip the adventure!
Current MountainTrue Members will receive a PRESALE code on July 1st. (Not a member but don’t want to miss the first shot at tickets? Join here). The presale runs from July 1st at 10 am through 11:59 pm on July 11th. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on July 12th at 10 am.
This event is going to be hotter than a campfire on a chilly night! Don’t get left at basecamp — snag your tickets now and secure your spot for the adventure! 🥾🔥
Full event info
Want your own adventure? Check out our BANFF Premier Winner’s Choice Raffle!
This night would not be possible without our LOCAL Sponsors. Please join us in thanking and supporting:
Headwaters Sponsor:

Hellbender Sponsors:

Tangerine Darter Sponsors:

BANFF Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour screenings benefiting MountainTrue in Asheville, NC Sept 12 & 13th
2025-09-12 19:00 - 2025-09-13 21:30 | Wortham Center for Performing Arts, 18 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NC, 28801
MountainTrue is BEYOND thrilled to bring the BANFF Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour to Asheville, NC on September 12th & 13th — and you’re invited for not one, but TWO unforgettable nights of high-altitude excitement! 🏔️🎬
Join us for a celebration of jaw-dropping adventure, heart-pounding sports, wild places, and inspiring stories from around the globe. 🌍 Whether you’re a climber, paddler, trail fanatic, or armchair adventurer — there’s something here to spark your spirit.
✨ Can’t get enough? We’ve got you covered: each night features a completely different lineup of films, so go ahead — double-dip the adventure!
Current MountainTrue Members will receive a PRESALE code on July 1st. (Not a member but don’t want to miss the first shot at tickets? Join here). The presale runs from July 1st at 10 am through 11:59 pm on July 11th. Tickets will go on sale to the general public on July 12th at 10 am.
This event is going to be hotter than a campfire on a chilly night! Don’t get left at basecamp — snag your tickets now and secure your spot for the adventure! 🥾🔥

Full event info

MountainTrue Trash Trout Cleanout with 828 Real Estate in Boone, NC 9/23
2025-09-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Boone Fire Station #2, 1075 State Farm Rd, Boone, NC, 28607
Want to get in the river AND contribute to its health? Assist MountainTrue and our friends at 828 Real Estate with cleanout and inventory of trash types and brands found within the Trash Trout. This trash trout cleanout will be at Winkler’s Creek. Made from recycled materials, this passive litter collection device will be sure to get you asking questions and feeling good about what we can do to mitigate the trash found in the river.
Kids are welcome at this event, however, anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for the entire duration of the event.
Please Bring:

Water
Snacks
Clothes you don’t mind getting dirty
You are welcome to bring your own boots and waders if you have them

Anyone borrowing boots/waders from MountainTrue must provide sizing on the sign-up form.

Sign up

Stronger than the Storm: A MountainTrue Gathering honoring the challenge, the recovery & the people making it happen in Asheville, NC 10/2
2025-10-02 17:30 - 20:00 | Asheville Yards, 75 Coxe Ave., Asheville, NC, 28801
It’s been nearly a year since Helene, and we’re still here and stronger than ever. To mark the one-year anniversary, we decided to focus on what matters most: coming together to honor people like you who are helping our mountain communities recover. This event will be our Annual Member Gathering, Volunteer Appreciation, and community celebration rolled into one special event! We hope you will join us as we recognize this milestone with an inspiring celebration of the people, the progress, and the power of community.

📅 Thursday, October 2, 2025
📍 Asheville Yards — 75 Coxe Ave, Asheville, NC 28801
🕠 Doors open at 5:30 PM
What’s in store?
🎵 Live music by Unihorn (featuring members of Empire Strikes Brass!)
🌭 Delicious local food
🎨🖌️ Face painting & fairy hair
🎁 Door prizes
📰 Community resources
…and a whole lot more!
This is the commemorative event that you don’t want to miss, so mark your calendars. In the spirit of community, we hope you will invite your friends and neighbors. There is something for everyone, so don’t forget to bring the kiddos and the young at heart.
Entry will be FREE for MountainTrue supporters. One drink ticket is included with your MountainTrue supporter ticket.
MountainTrue Members & volunteers: please check your email on Aug. 25th for the rsvp code for free entry
$10 entry fee for the general public. (Kids 12 and under are free). Cash bar and Blue Collar Diner food truck on-site for delicious, local dinner!
**We don’t want the entry fee to this community celebration to be a financial burden for anyone. If you would like to attend but cannot afford the entry fee, please contact amy@mountaintrue.org.

RSVP Now!

Please join us in thanking our event sponsor: Earth Equity Advisors!

Meet the 'Keep' at The Speckled Trout Outfitters + Tap Room in Boone, NC 10/16
2025-10-16 18:00 - 20:00 | The Speckled Trout Outfitters + Tap Room (Boone), 140 Depot St #1, Boone, NC, 28607
You are invited to join MountainTrue in welcoming the Upper New Riverkeeper to their role at The Speckled Trout Outfitters + Tap Room in Downtown Boone! This is an opportunity to meet Hannah Woodburn, ask questions, share water quality concerns, or swap river stories about the New River. Guests who sign up in advance or walk in to visit the MountainTrue table will be entered in a prize raffle.
We look forward to celebrating the Upper New Riverkeeper together!
Limited parking is available in front of the Speckled Trout Outfitters. For more parking options, meter parking is free after 5pm, and more public lots are available here: https://www.townofboone.net/337/Parking

MountainTrue Winkler's Creek Clean-up in Boone, NC 11/4
2025-11-04 10:00 - 12:30 | Boone Fire Station #2, 1075 State Farm Rd, Boone, NC, 28607
Want to get in the river AND contribute to its health? Assist your High Country MountainTrue crew with a river cleanup! We’ll work along the banks and in the water of Winkler’s Creek along the Boone Greenway. Thank you to our friends at the Town of Boone for keeping our Trash Trout safe as we repair and relocate it! With no Trash Trout in the water, there is sure to be plenty of trash and debris along the banks to keep us busy.
Kids are welcome at this event, however, anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for the entire duration of the event.
Please wear closed-toe shoes, long pants, and long sleeves (and waders if you have them), and bring drinking water, snacks, and perhaps a change of clothes for afterward in case you get wet or dirty.

MountainTrue Non-Native Plant Workday with Blue Ridge Conservancy and Appalachian State University in Fleetwood, NC 12/12
2025-12-12 10:00 - 12:30 | App State Farm/Blackburn Vannoy Estate, 608 Watertank Rd, Fleetwood, NC, 28626
Feeling some seasonal depression? We’ve got just the cure. Get outside with us and eradicate some bad plants! We are joining forces to eradicate Oriental Bittersweet at the beautiful App State Farm and Blackburn Vannoy Estate with our friends at Blue Ridge Conservancy (BRC) and Appalachian State. Volunteers will cut vines and then chemically treat cut stumps with herbicide. We will teach you everything you need to know.
Please bring snacks and water. It is recommended to wear long pants and sturdy boots for all invasive plant workdays. Some hand tools will be provided, but if you have your own gardening gloves, loppers, or shears, please bring them!
PARKING: please carpool if you can.
Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian for the duration of the workday.

Live staking and Tree Planting Workday with NCWF's High Country Wild Chapter near Banner Elk, NC 1/8
2026-01-08 12:00 - 15:00 | NC
Join your High Country crew, in partnership with High Country Wild, a local chapter of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation (NCWF) for another live staking workday to kick off the New Year. We will be planting thousands of trees at the park that day, thanks to National Wildlife Federation’s Trees Trees for Wildlife Program. We were not able to host any workdays at the park last year, so this year we are twice as excited! VCCP has a very special place in our hearts, so we are really looking forward to being able to plant along the Watauga and Dutch Creek in that section

Please bring: Plenty of water, lunch/snacks, warm layers & gloves (we’ll be in and around the creek, so dress for the weather and make sure you bring items you don’t mind getting dirty), rubber boots and/or waders and an extra set of dry clothes.
**We will have some waders and boots, but bring your own if you have them! We will also have gloves and loppers available.
Meet-up location: Valle Crucis Community Park (2892 Broadstone Rd, Banner Elk, NC 28604)
All youth under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian for the duration of the workday.
We are looking forward to planting with you soon! https://mountaintrue.org/mountaintrue-faq-live-staking/
All volunteers are eligible for a one year, complimentary annual membership to MountainTrue. To activate your membership, please email members@mountaintrue.org
* Rain date: January 15

Live staking and Tree Planting Workday with NCWF's High Country Wild Chapter in Valle Crucis, NC 1/19
2026-01-19 12:00 - 15:00 | NC
Live staking season is officially here! Join your High Country crew, in partnership with High Country Wild, a local chapter of the North Carolina Wildlife Federation (NCWF) for another live staking workday to kick off the New Year. We will be planting thousands of trees at the park that day, thanks to National Wildlife Federation’s Trees for Wildlife Program.
Back in August, we held a Community River Exploration Day at this site. We’re excited to show this access some love back!
This opportunity would not be possible without support from Watauga County, Blue Ridge Conservancy, Interface Environmental Engineering and Blue Ridge Resource Conservation & Development Council.

Please bring: Plenty of water, lunch/snacks, warm layers & gloves (we’ll be in and around the creek, so dress for the weather and make sure you bring items you don’t mind getting dirty), rubber boots and/or waders and an extra set of dry clothes.
**We will have some waders and boots, but bring your own if you have them! We will also have gloves and loppers available.
All youth under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian for the duration of the workday.
Meet-up location: Watauga River Paddle Trail Water Access, (66C6+69, Valle Crucis, NC 28679)
We are looking forward to planting with you soon! https://mountaintrue.org/mountaintrue-faq-live-staking/
All MountainTrue volunteers are eligible for a one-year, complimentary annual membership. To activate yours, please email members@mountaintrue.org
*Rain date: January 31
