The Jackson County Visual Arts Association will host the Sylva Art Stroll beginning at 5 p.m. June 8 in downtown Sylva. The reoccurring event will take place on the second Friday of each month.

Merchants will stay open later than 5 p.m. to welcome visitors, shoppers and diners before the Concerts on the Creek event that night. Rafe Hollister will take the stage at Concerts on the Creek at 7:30 p.m.

Itโ€™s By Nature, City Lights Cafe, Penumbra, Signature Brew, Survival Pride, and Gallery 1 will feature art exhibitions; and Gallery 1 will offer a free โ€œmake-and-take art project.โ€

Other merchants remaining open later include Peebles Department Store, Luluโ€™s on Main Restaurant, Dixieโ€™s Emporium & Bistro, Guadalupe Cafe, Hollifield Jewelers, B & B Gifts and Interiors, Jacksonโ€™s General Store, Blackrock Outdoor Co., Hooperโ€™s Restaurant, Motion Makers Bicycle, Hookerโ€™s Fly Shop and Guide Service, Livingstonโ€™s Photo, Main Street Bakery, Jones Country Store, In Your Ear Music Emporium, Friends of the Library Used Bookstore, The Encore Shoppe, Mill & Main Restaurant, Papouโ€™s Wine Shop, Finders Keepers Gifts and Antiques, Survival Pride Clothing Store and Art Gallery, The 2 Susanโ€™s Gift Shop, Heinzelmannchen Brewery, The Nichols House Antiques and Collectibles, and City Lights Bookstore.

828.337.3468.