For 23 years, Doc & Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest has been held in Sugar Grove, NC each July at the Historic Cove Creek School and nearby park. In September 2024, the festival grounds were destroyed during Hurricane Helene. While the rebuilding efforts are ongoing, MusicFest is proud to partner with the Appalachian Theatre in downtown Boone, NC to bring the legacy of Doc & Rosa Lee Watson back to the High Country once again.
The Town of Boone is a North Carolina Main Street community, designated by the N.C. Department of Commerce Main Street & Rural Planning Center.
The Downtown Boone Development Association is charged with administering the program at the local level and building public-private partnership to spur economic development that achieves measurable results such as investment, business growth, and job creation.
Nationally recognized. Locally powered.
Main Street America™ has been helping revitalize older and historic commercial districts for more than 35 years. Today it is a network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, who share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.