May.
02
In its inaugural year, this free street performing festival spreads across downtown Asheville, celebrating the city's long-celebrated busking culture. Jugglers, magicians, musicians, and street artists will fill the streets with both scheduled performances and spontaneous pop-up sets, creating a walkable, all-ages experience that reflects the creative community spirit Asheville is known for.
May.
16
Salisbury is the hometown of Cheerwine, the cherry-flavored soft drink that has been a North Carolina tradition since 1917. Each spring the downtown comes alive with local arts and craft vendors, Cheerwine-inspired foods, live music, and family-friendly activities built around the regional beverage. It’s local celebration that reflects the community pride in one of the South's most distinctive and enduring homegrown brands.
Jun.
12
Along the Pamlico River in this small historic port city eastern North Carolina, known locally as "Little Washington" to distinguish it from the nation's capital, this community festival has live entertainment, local food vendors, arts and crafts, and waterfront activities that celebrate the town's deep maritime heritage and close-knit community spirit.
Jun.
19
Held in the Mitchell County community of Bakersville in the Black Mountains of western North Carolina, this festival celebrates the rhododendron blooms that blanket the surrounding Roan Mountain highlands each summer. Local artisan vendors, live music, food, and guided wildflower walks show off one of the state's most scenic mountain settings.
Jun.
19
Stretching more than 100 miles along US Highway 301 through Johnston, Wilson, Nash, Halifax, and Harnett counties in eastern North Carolina, this annual event transforms an entire highway corridor into one enormous community yard sale. Residents, shopkeepers, nonprofits, and merchants set up hundreds of individual sales featuring everything from antiques and collectibles to vintage records and handmade crafts. A treasure hunter's dream and a uniquely North Carolina tradition.
Jun.
20
The perfect soil and amount of rainfall makes the coastal plains of the southeastern part of the state ideal for growing blueberries. This summer celebration of one of the most productive blueberry growing regions in the nation includes live music, a car show, 5k run, bike race, recipe contest, farm tour and exhibitors.