Calendar of Events

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Nov 5
Mountains

Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra

CoMMA Performing Arts Center

Nov 6
Coast

Rock the Dock – The Michael Stephenson Jazz Trio

John G. Newton Memorial Park

Nov 6
Coast

Veteran and Senior Information Fair 10am-3pm

BEMC Meeting Room

Nov 7
Piedmont

Triangle Weaving Guild Annual Fiber Arts Show & Sale

Triangle Fiber Arts Center

Nov 5 – Nov 7
Coast

Beaufort Wine & Food Shuckapalooza 2026

Beaufort Hotel

Nov 7
Coast

106th Oldest Veterans Day Celebration in America

Warsaw Veterans Memorial Park

Nov 7
Coast

106th Oldest Veterans Day Tours

Duplin Veterans Museum

Nov 6 – Nov 7
Piedmont

Cozy Cottage Craft Show

Kernersville Community House

Nov 7
Mountains

WNC Pottery Festival

Sylva Bridge Park

Nov 7
Mountains

Tryon Beer Fest

Depot Garden Park

Nov 7
Piedmont

Pumpkin Prowl Fall Festival

Animal Park at the Conservators Center

Nov 5 – Nov 8
Piedmont

59th Annual Holly Day Fair

Crown Expo Center

Nov 10
Mountains

Task Force Pineapple Productions presents 11 Days: The Story of Operation Pineapple Express

CoMMA Performing Arts Center

Nov 12
Mountains

MOMIX: Botanica

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Sep 11 – Nov 13
Piedmont

18th Annual Field of Honor

U.S. Army Airborne Special Operations Museum

Nov 14
Coast

American Music Festival Concert Series – Erinys String Quartet

First Presbyterian Church

Nov 14
Coast

Breakfast with Santa

American Legion Fairgrounds

Nov 14
Coast

Dan Finch Potter’s Market

Downtown Spring Hope

Nov 12 – Nov 14
Coast

Crystal Coast Wine Expo

Carteret Community College

Nov 14
Piedmont

Caswell County Farm Tour

Various locations in Caswell county countryside

Nov 14
Piedmont

Adam Pascal: Broadway Unplugged

Wake Forest Renaissance Centre

Nov 14
Coast

American Music Festival: ERINYS QUARTET & OSKAR ESPINA RUIZ Concert

FIrst Presbyterian Church

Nov 14
Mountains

Living History Museum Day

Hickory Ridge Museum

Nov 14
Mountains

Upstream Rebellion

Feed and Seed Church

Nov 14
Piedmont

Tuff Truck at The Farm at Uwharrie

The Farm at Uwharrie

Nov 14 – Nov 15
Coast

2026 Beaufort Pirate Invasion

NC Maritime Museum Gallants Channel Annex

Oct 27 – Nov 15
Piedmont

Orange County Artists Guild Open Studio Tour Preview Show

Hillsborough Gallery of Arts

Nov 15
Coast

Pamlico Musical Society Presents Lauren Jelencovich

Old Theater

Nov 21
Piedmont

Handmade for the Holidays

James W. Warren Citizens Center

Nov 21
Piedmont

79th Annual Burlington Christmas Parade

Downtown Burlington

Nov 21
Piedmont

New Hope Craft Show

New Hope Community Church

Nov 21
Coast

Bath Christian Church Bazaar & Yard Sale

Bath Christian Church

Nov 20 – Nov 21
Piedmont

American Indian Heritage Celebration

North Carolina Museum of Art

Nov 21
Coast

Craft Bazaar

First Free Will Baptist Church

Nov 21 – Nov 22
Piedmont

44th Annual Seagrove Pottery Festival

Seagrove Elementary School

Nov 21 – Nov 22
Coast

35th Annual Scroogefest – Craft & Vendor Fair

Annunciation Catholic School

Nov 27
Coast

A Dickens Holiday Downtown Fayetteville

Downtown Fayetteville, NC

Nov 27 – Nov 28
Mountains

Christmas in the Park & Parade

Downtown Blowing Rock

Nov 28
Coast

Winter Wonderland at Hertford Supply

Hertford Supply

Nov 28
Coast

Emerald Isle Christmas Parade

Downtown Emerald Isle

Nov 27 – Nov 28
Mountains

Carriage Rides at Chetola Resort

Chetola Resort

Nov 27 – Nov 28
Mountains

Storytime with Santa at Haven

Haven Restaurant

Dec 1
Coast

Roseboro’s Annual Christmas Tree Lighting

Roseboro Common Stage

Dec 2
Coast

Sing We Now of Christmas

Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College

Dec 3
Piedmont

Christmas By Candlelight

Textile Heritage Museum

Dec 3
Piedmont

Christmas with Sandi Patty

James W. Warren Citizens Center

Dec 4
Coast

Core Sound Chow Down

Core Sound Waterfowl Museum

Dec 4
Coast

Light up the night Christmas Parade

Atlantic Beach Circle

Dec 4
Piedmont

The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Sentimental for the Season

Cummings High School Auditorium

Dec 4
Piedmont

The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Sentimental for the Season

Cummings High School Auditorium

Dec 4
Piedmont

Christmas in Climax

Climax Plaza

Dec 4
Coast

Carolina Beach Christmas Parade 2026

Lake Park Blvd

Dec 5
Coast

Friends of the Maritime Holiday Flotilla

Friends of the Maritime Museum

Dec 5
Piedmont

Terri Clark Christmas

James W. Warren Citizens Center

Dec 5
Coast

Christmas Open House

Cypress Bend Vineyards

Dec 4 – Dec 5
Mountains

Holiday Sip & Shop

Grovewood Gallery

Dec 4 – Dec 5
Piedmont

Festival of Lights

Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre

Dec 5
Piedmont

65th Annual Graham Christmas Parade

Downtown Graham

Dec 5
Mountains

Visit with Santa at Haven

Haven Restaurant

Dec 5
Coast

Chowder & Cheer

Downtown Morehead City

Dec 5
Mountains

Light Up the Night & Christmas Parade

Downtown Brevard

Dec 4 – Dec 6
Coast

Annual Core Sound Waterfowl Weekend

Core Sound Waterfowl Museum

Dec 5 – Dec 6
Coast

38th Annual Core Sound Decoy Festival

Harkers Island Elementary School

Nov 27 – Dec 6
Coast

Christmas Holiday Laser Show

Carteret Speedway

Dec 6
Coast

51st Annual Newport Christmas Parade

Downtown Newport

Nov 28 – Dec 6
Piedmont

Poinsettia display

Mitchell’s Nursery & Greenhouse

Dec 6
Coast

Christmas Open House

Historic Hope Plantation

Dec 6

Hanukkah Festival

Jewish for Good

Dec 4 – Dec 6
Mountains

A Small Town Christmas

Downtown Banner Elk

Dec 8
Coast

A Taste of France on the Crystal Coast

Carteret Community College Hospitality & Culinary Arts Center

Dec 11
Mountains

Holiday Stroll

Downtown Blowing Rock

Dec 5 – Dec 11
Coast Piedmont

Highland Holidays: A Scottish Christmas Music & Dance Show

Various locations

Dec 11
Coast

Roseboro’s Annual Christmas Parade

Downtown Roseboro

Dec 12
Mountains

A Smoky Mountain Christmas Celebration

Downtown Waynesville

Dec 12
Piedmont

Holiday Open House at Sunshine Lavender Farm

Sunshine Lavender Farm

Dec 12
Coast

Morehead City Christmas Parade

Downtown Morehead City

Dec 12
Coast

Historic Beaufort Christmas Candleight Homes Tour

Downtown Beaufort

Dec 12
Piedmont

Deck the Halls Vendor Fair

Garner Magnet High School

Dec 12 – Dec 13
Coast

14th Annual Gingerbread Festival Magic of Christmas

Crystal Coast Civic Center

Dec 11 – Dec 13
Piedmont

Little Women by Firebox Theatre Co.

Wake Forest Renaissance Centre

Dec 11 – Dec 13
Coast

32nd Annual John Costlow Christmas Train Show

Eure Building, Ann Street Methodist Church

Dec 12 – Dec 14
Mountains

Christmas at Lake Junaluska

Various locations

Dec 17
Coast

Colonial Christmas at 1730 Newbold-White House

Newbold-White House

Dec 17 – Dec 19
Piedmont

Shaun Johnson & the Big Band Experience

Wake Forest Renaissance Centre

Dec 19
Mountains

The Barter Players – Frosty: A Musical Adventure

CoMMA Performing Arts Center

Nov 27 – Dec 23
Piedmont

Country Christmas Train

Denton FarmPark

Dec 1 – Dec 23
Piedmont

Christmas at the Library

Billy Graham Library

Nov 27 – Dec 27
Piedmont

Highlanders Farm Christmas Drive Thru

Highlanders Farm

Dec 28
Piedmont

UJIMA-A Kwanzaa Celebration

AJ Fletcher Opera Theater

Nov 27 – Dec 30
Mountains

Tweetsie Christmas

Tweetsie Railroad

Nov 27 – Dec 30
Mountains

Tweetsie Christmas Opens

Tweetsie Railroad

Nov 27 – Dec 30
Mountains

Tweetsie Christmas

Tweetsie Railroad

Dec 30
Coast

Annual Smoke on the Water Bonfire

Atlantic Beach Circle

Oct 10 – Dec 31
Mountains

No Rain, No Flowers: The Art of Taylor Robenalt

Grovewood Gallery

Nov 14 – Dec 31
Mountains

Top of Their Game: Handcrafted Games by Master Makers

Grovewood Gallery

Nov 18 – Dec 31
Piedmont

The Art of Giving

Hillsborough Gallery of Arts

Dec 31 – Jan 1
Mountains

New Year’s Eve Extravaganza at App Ski Mountain

Appalachian Ski Mountain

Jan 1
Coast

23rd Annual Penguin Plunge

Atlantic Beach Circle

Nov 28 – Jan 3
Coast

Winter Wonderland & Ice Skate Rink

Newport Community Park

Jan 9
Piedmont

Stars of the Forest Talent Showcase

Wake Forest Renaissance Centre

Jan 26
Coast

Escoffier Dinner Series Night 3!

Hospitality & Culinary Arts Center, Carteret Community College

Jan 30
Piedmont

Gardens Begin with a Dream

Union County Agricultural and Events Center

Nov 27 – Jan 31
Mountains

Festival of Lights at Chetola Resort

Chetola Resort

Feb 6 – Feb 7
Coast

24th Annual Carolina Chocolate Festival

Crystal Coast Civic Center

Feb 27
Mountains

Chris Botti

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Mar 19
Mountains

Cirque Mechanics: TILT!

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Apr 8
Mountains

ST. Paul & The Broken Bones

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Apr 15
Mountains

North Carolina Symphony: “Classical Favorites”

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Sep 12 – Sep 13
Mountains

Biannual Grovewood Village Studio Tour

Grovewood Village