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Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Monday, Dec. 22, 2025
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Friday, Dec. 19, 2025
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Monday, Dec. 15, 2025
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Cramerton Holiday Bazaar
Durham Holiday Parade
Holiday Markets at Dowdy Park
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Laser Light Show/Plymouth
Winterfest/Southport
Friday, Dec. 12, 2025
A Classic Christmas in Mooresville
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Laser Light Show/Plymouth
Winterfest/Southport
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025
COMMUNITY HOLIDAY LIGHT SHOW/Danville
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Laser Light Show/Plymouth
Winterfest/Southport
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Laser Light Show/Plymouth
Winterfest/Southport
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Winterfest/Southport
Monday, Dec. 8, 2025
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Winterfest/Southport
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025
CHRISTMASVILLE/Rock Hill,SC
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Winterfest/Southport
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025
Christmas in the City/Lancaster, SC
Christmas on the Hill/Pink Hill
CHRISTMASVILLE/Rock Hill,SC
Equity Films Annual End of Year "Masterclass"
Holiday Market @ The Penn House
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Leland in Lights
Lowell Christmas Parade & Artisan Market
Pilot Mountain Christmas Parade & Tree Lighting
SALISBURY HOLIDAY NIGHT OUT/SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
Winterfest/Southport
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025
CHRISTMASVILLE/Rock Hill,SC
Hometown Holiday Festivities
SALISBURY HOLIDAY NIGHT OUT/SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY
Santa Paws/Durham
Winterfest/Southport
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025
CHRISTMASVILLE/Rock Hill,SC
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Jingle on Main/Roxboro
Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Roseboro Christmas Parade
Selma Christmas Celebration
Monday, Dec. 1, 2025
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025
Downtown Smithfield Christmas
Holiday Markets at Dowdy Park
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Friday, Nov. 28, 2025
Christmas Flotilla Swansboro
Downtown Smithfield Christmas
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025
Hometown Holiday Festivities
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025
NOVANT HEALTH THANKSGIVING EVE PARADE
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025
Christmas Open House/Lexington
Holiday Pop Up Market/Clemmons
Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025
Newland Christmas Tree Festival
Surf City Annual Tree Lighting
Friday, Nov. 21, 2025
Newland Christmas Tree Festival
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025
Dickens Christmas Show & Festivals
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025
Dickens Christmas Show & Festivals
Friday, Nov. 14, 2025
Dickens Christmas Show & Festivals
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025
Dickens Christmas Show & Festivals
Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025
Mistletoe Magic Holiday Gift Show
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025
Holiday Markets at Dowdy Park
Mistletoe Magic Holiday Gift Show
Pickles, Pigs & Swigs
Rock Barn/Holiday Art Show & Charity Benefit
Surf City Live
Veterans Salute, Brew & Que
Friday, Nov. 7, 2025
Edenton Sounds of Summer Concert Series
Freeboot Friday/Greenville
Pickles, Pigs & Swigs
Surf City Live
Veterans Salute, Brew & Que
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025
Guy C. Lee Charity Golf
Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025
NC Spot Festival
NC Whirligig Festival
Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025
Currituck Bulls & BBQ
NC Cotton Festival
NC Pecan Music Festival
NC Spot Festival
NC Whirligig Festival
Statesville PumpkinFest
Friday, Oct. 31, 2025
Boo Bash/Lexington
Sanford Boo & Brew Ghost Tour
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025
Sanford Boo & Brew Ghost Tour
Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025
Clayton Harvest Festival
NC State Fair
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025
Barbecue Festival
Barktober Festival/Durham
Belmont Boo Fest
Chicken Mull Festival/Bear Grass
Clayton Harvest Festival
Festival D'Avion
NC State Fair
NC YAM FESTIVAL
Sanford Boo & Brew Ghost Tour
Friday, Oct. 24, 2025
Clayton Harvest Festival
NC State Fair
Sanford Boo & Brew Ghost Tour
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025
Clayton Harvest Festival
NC State Fair
Sampson/Alive After 5
Sanford Boo & Brew Ghost Tour
Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025
NC State Fair
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025
NC State Fair
Monday, Oct. 20, 2025
NC State Fair
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025
Autumn with Topsail
Monster Dash & Goblin Hop/Clemmons
NC Oyster Festival
NC State Fair
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025
Autumn Fest/Burgaw
Autumn with Topsail
Cramerton Fall Festival
Halloween Spooky/High Point
Lincoln County Apple Festival
NASCAR Day Festival
NC Fall Festival
NC Oyster Festival
NC State Fair
Pineville Fall Fest
Reidsville FAB Festival/Food, Art & Brew
Taylorsville Apple Festival
Yadkin Valley Grape Festival
8:30 AM
NC Liver Mush Festival
Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
Autumn with Topsail
NC State Fair
Pineville Fall Fest
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025
LaLaCaboosa Downtown Music Series
NC State Fair
Pineville Fall Fest
Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025
50th Annual OctoberTour/Salisbury
Autumn Leaves Festival
DUCK JAZZ FESTIVAL
MUMFEST
Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025
50th Annual OctoberTour/Salisbury
Autumn Leaves Festival
Autumn Treasures/Waxhaw
Catawba Fest & Music in the Park/Tega Cay
DUCK JAZZ FESTIVAL
Jammin' By The Tracks/Waxhaw
John Blue Cotton Festival
Mountain Glory Festival
Mountaineer Days Heritage Festival
MUMFEST
Rockin' The Burg Concert Series
Sanford StreetFest
Street Fair-Downtown Clinton
Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
Autumn Leaves Festival
Mount Holly Nights Concert Series
Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025
Artstock Studio Tour
NC Seafood Festival
Selma Railroad Days
Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025
Artstock Studio Tour
Bell Tower BREWFEST/Salisbury
Celebrate Fuquay-Varina
Lowell Fall Festival
NC Seafood Festival
Pilot Mtn Hot Nights, Hot Cars Cruise In
Selma Railroad Days
Friday, Oct. 3, 2025
Artstock Studio Tour
Busker's Bash/Salisbury
NC Seafood Festival
Selma Railroad Days
Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025
Artstock Studio Tour
Selma Railroad Days
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025
Selma Railroad Days
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025
Selma Railroad Days
Monday, Sept. 29, 2025
Selma Railroad Days
Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025
Benson Mule Days
Dance of the Harvest Moon Powwow
Mayberry Days
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025
Benson Mule Days
Bright Leaf Hoedown
Carolina Stampede Music Fest/Williamston
Dance of the Harvest Moon Powwow
Everybody's Day
Mayberry Days
Friday, Sept. 26, 2025
Benson Mule Days
Carolina Stampede Music Fest/Williamston
Dance of the Harvest Moon Powwow
Everybody's Night
Jammin' By The Tracks/Waxhaw
Mayberry Days
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025
Benson Mule Days
Mayberry Days
Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025
Mayberry Days
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025
Mayberry Days
Monday, Sept. 22, 2025
Mayberry Days
Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025
Chatham County Fair
Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025
BunFest/Fairytale Farm Rescue & Sanctuary
Chatham County Fair
CREEDMOOR MUSIC FESTIVAL
EDEN RIVERFEST
Hubb's Farm Fall Festival, Maze & Pumpkins
International Festival/Morrisville
Yadkin Valley Harvest Festival
Friday, Sept. 19, 2025
Chatham County Fair
EDEN RIVERFEST
Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025
Chatham County Fair
Trucks in the Park/Lowell
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025
Pecan Pickling Film Festival/Powellsville
10:00 AM
NCAF&E Fall Seminar
Monday, Sept. 15, 2025
Pecan Pickling Film Festival/Powellsville
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025
Pecan Pickling Film Festival/Powellsville
Stallings Fest
Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025
Cohaire POW WOW Festival
Faith Fest/Wilkesboro
NC Hot Sauce Contest & Festival
Rockin' The Burg Concert Series
Stallings Fest
Friday, Sept. 12, 2025
Cohaire POW WOW Festival
Faith Fest/Wilkesboro
LaLaCaboosa Downtown Music Series
Mount Holly Nights Concert Series
NC Hot Sauce Contest & Festival
Stallings Fest
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025
Danville Rhythms at the River
Kannapolis-Thursdays on Main
Sampson/Alive After 5
Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025
ASHEBORO SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025
AYDEN COLLARD FESTIVAL
Caldwell Arts Annual Sculpture Celebration
Dazzling Dahlia Festival
Historic Morganton Festival
Pilot Mtn Hot Nights, Hot Cars Cruise In
Sunset on Summer Music Festival
Friday, Sept. 5, 2025
AYDEN COLLARD FESTIVAL
Dazzling Dahlia Festival
Historic Morganton Festival
Rock the Park Summer Concert Series
Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025
Dazzling Dahlia Festival
Monday, Sept. 1, 2025
Canton Labor Day Festival
MATTHEWS ALIVE FESTIVAL
NC APPLE FESTIVAL
Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025
Canton Labor Day Festival
John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival
MATTHEWS ALIVE FESTIVAL
NC APPLE FESTIVAL
Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025
John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival
MATTHEWS ALIVE FESTIVAL
NC APPLE FESTIVAL
Friday, Aug. 29, 2025
MATTHEWS ALIVE FESTIVAL
NC APPLE FESTIVAL
Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025
Winterville Watermelon Festival
Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025
NC Beach Blast/Kings Mountain
Winterville Watermelon Festival
Friday, Aug. 22, 2025
Duplin Events Center/Scotty McCreery
Jammin' By The Tracks/Waxhaw
Winterville Watermelon Festival
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025
LaLaCaboosa Downtown Music Series
Winterville Watermelon Festival
Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025
Hot Nights Cool Rides Car Show/Forest City
Friday, Aug. 15, 2025
Casino Night/Crystal Coast Habitat
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025
Danville Rhythms at the River
Kannapolis-Thursdays on Main
Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025
ASHEBORO SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
Black Mountain Sourwood Festival
Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025
Black Mountain Sourwood Festival
Concert on the Corner
Edenton Sounds of Summer Concert Series
Historic Valdese Waldensian Festival
Rockin' The Burg Concert Series
Friday, Aug. 8, 2025
Historic Valdese Waldensian Festival
Jammin' By The Tracks/Waxhaw
Mount Holly Nights Concert Series
Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025
Kannapolis-Village Park Concerts
Pilot Mtn Hot Nights, Hot Cars Cruise In
Rock the Park Summer Concert Series
Saturday, Jul. 26, 2025
Kannapolis-Village Park Concerts
Friday, Jul. 25, 2025
Jammin' By The Tracks/Waxhaw
Oak Island Summer Concert Series
TGIF Summer Concert Series/Morganton
Sunday, Jul. 20, 2025
ASHEBORO SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
Saturday, Jul. 19, 2025
Orangeburg Mud Bog Mega Truck Madness
Friday, Jul. 18, 2025
Orangeburg Mud Bog Mega Truck Madness
TGIF Summer Concert Series/Morganton
Thursday, Jul. 17, 2025
LaLaCaboosa Downtown Music Series
Saturday, Jul. 12, 2025
Kannapolis-Village Park Concerts
Friday, Jul. 11, 2025
Rock the Park Summer Concert Series
TGIF Summer Concert Series/Morganton
Thursday, Jul. 10, 2025
Danville Rhythms at the River
Kannapolis-Thursdays on Main
Saturday, Jul. 5, 2025
Pilot Mtn Hot Nights, Hot Cars Cruise In
Friday, Jul. 4, 2025
4th of July Celebration/New Bern
4th of July Independence Day/Mebane
Freedom Fest/Sanford
Tuesday, Jul. 1, 2025
Independence Day Celebration Fuquay-Varina
Monday, Jun. 30, 2025
All-American Festival/Selma
Saturday, Jun. 28, 2025
TROYFEST
Friday, Jun. 27, 2025
TGIF Summer Concert Series/Morganton
Thursday, Jun. 26, 2025
Mount Holly Nights Concert Series
Sunday, Jun. 22, 2025
Juneteenth Festival/Snow Hill
Saturday, Jun. 21, 2025
Juneteenth Festival/Snow Hill
Pleasant Garden Independence Day Celebration
Friday, Jun. 20, 2025
Juneteenth Festival/Snow Hill
TGIF Summer Concert Series/Morganton
Thursday, Jun. 19, 2025
Danville Rhythms at the River
LaLaCaboosa Downtown Music Series
Tarboro-Edgecombe Juneteenth Festival
Saturday, Jun. 14, 2025
Danville Children's Festival
Juneteenth/Lancaster, SC
NC Ground Steak Festival
Rockin' The Burg Concert Series
Friday, Jun. 13, 2025
Juneteenth/Lancaster, SC
TGIF Summer Concert Series/Morganton
Sunday, Jun. 8, 2025
ASHEBORO SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
Saturday, Jun. 7, 2025
Cherry Bounce Festival
Liver Mush Festival/Marion
National Black Bear Festival
Pilot Mtn Hot Nights, Hot Cars Cruise In
Wingate Summer Fun Festival
Friday, Jun. 6, 2025
Cherry Bounce Festival
Mount Holly Nights Concert Series
National Black Bear Festival
Rock the Park Summer Concert Series
TGIF Summer Concert Series/Morganton
Friday, May 30, 2025
TGIF Summer Concert Series/Morganton
Sunday, May 25, 2025
NC Fossil Festival
Sustain: Woodfire Conference
Saturday, May 24, 2025
NC Fossil Festival
Reelin' Randleman
Sustain: Woodfire Conference
Friday, May 23, 2025
Caswell Chamber Golf Tournament
Sustain: Woodfire Conference
TGIF Summer Concert Series/Morganton
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Sustain: Woodfire Conference
Sunday, May 18, 2025
ASHEBORO SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
GOT TO BE NC FESTIVAL
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Bimbe Cultural Arts Festival
Cheerwine Festival
GOT TO BE NC FESTIVAL
Mayberry Farm Fest
Red Rose Festival
SpringFest/Morrisville
Uptown Wine Down/Lexington
Friday, May 16, 2025
GOT TO BE NC FESTIVAL
Mayberry Farm Fest
Red Rose Festival
TGIF Summer Concert Series/Morganton
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Follow Me 2 Fuquay-Varina Concert Series
Saturday, May 10, 2025
Kaleidoscope Fest/Waxhaw
Matthews SUMMERFEST
NASHVILLE BLOOMING FESTIVAL
NC Muslim Festival
Race City Festival
Rockin' The Burg Concert Series
Strawberry Jammin' /Sanford
Three Eagles Beer & Wine Festival
Friday, May 9, 2025
Matthews SUMMERFEST
Mount Holly Nights Concert Series
NASHVILLE BLOOMING FESTIVAL
TGIF Summer Concert Series/Morganton
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Danville Rhythms at the River
Sunday, May 4, 2025
KERNERSVILLE SPRING FOLLY
Ocean Fest
Wings Over Wayne Airshow
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Carolina Strawberry Festival
Goat Island Games
Jacksonville Jamboree
KERNERSVILLE SPRING FOLLY
Music In The Garden/Pleasant Garden
NC Butterfly Festival
Ocean Fest
Pilot Mtn Hot Nights, Hot Cars Cruise In
SC Strawberry Festival/Fort Mill
Spring Chicken Festival/Siler City
SpringFest/Mount Holly
Taylorsville Apple Blossom Festival
Wings Over Wayne Airshow
Friday, May 2, 2025
Carolina Strawberry Festival
KERNERSVILLE SPRING FOLLY
Ocean Fest
SC Strawberry Festival/Fort Mill
TGIF Summer Concert Series/Morganton
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Follow Me 2 Fuquay-Varina Concert Series
Sunday, Apr. 27, 2025
Earth Day Festival/Durham
FARMVILLE DOGWOOD FESTIVAL
Uptown Roxboro Food Truck Rodeo
Saturday, Apr. 26, 2025
FARMVILLE DOGWOOD FESTIVAL
Forest Fest
Mebane Dogwood Festival
The Spring Spectacle/Stallings
Friday, Apr. 25, 2025
FARMVILLE DOGWOOD FESTIVAL
Mebane Dogwood Festival
Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025
FARMVILLE DOGWOOD FESTIVAL
Follow Me 2 Fuquay-Varina Concert Series
Sunday, Apr. 20, 2025
Easter on the Farm/Hubb's Farm
Saturday, Apr. 19, 2025
Broadway Our Way/Sanford
Easter on the Farm/Hubb's Farm
Sunday, Apr. 13, 2025
Eastern NC Renaissance Faire
GRIFTON SHAD FESTIVAL
Saturday, Apr. 12, 2025
Easter Eggstravaganza/High Point Athletic Complex
Eastern NC Renaissance Faire
GRIFTON SHAD FESTIVAL
Pink Hill EggStravaganza
VW Drag & Social/SC
Friday, Apr. 11, 2025
GRIFTON SHAD FESTIVAL
Thursday, Apr. 10, 2025
Follow Me 2 Fuquay-Varina Concert Series
GRIFTON SHAD FESTIVAL
Saturday, Apr. 5, 2025
Bites & Blues/Morehead City
Firefest/Star
Spring Fling Yard Sale & Truck Rodeo
Yadkin Bluegrass & Old Time Convention
Friday, Apr. 4, 2025
Firefest/Star
Saturday, Mar. 22, 2025
Mooresville Day Festival
Sunday, Mar. 2, 2025
Coastal Home & Garden Show
The Yadkin Winter Reds
Saturday, Mar. 1, 2025
Coastal Home & Garden Show
The Yadkin Winter Reds
Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025
The Yadkin Winter Reds
Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025
Mardi Gras by the Sea Parade & Festival
The Yadkin Winter Reds
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025
A Taste of History/Windsor
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025
11:00 AM
ShowFest 2025-Event Innovators Conference
Monday, Jan. 27, 2025
11:00 AM
ShowFest 2025-Event Innovators Conference
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