Saturdays at Saxapahaw features live music under the trees, vendors of crafts and locally-grown meats and produce, fantastic foods, and fun for kids like bubble making and a giant slip and slide. Any other day you can visit the General Store for an amazing dinner and dessert, tour the refurbished textile mill that's upscale condos and apartment, hike or paddle the Haw River trail.
There's also the Haw River Ballroom, an amazing venue for shows. Photos of that at the bottom.