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Jul 11

First Presbyterian Church

American Music Festival Concert Series – Hot Jazz

Hot Jazz on the Crystal Coast
Jul 11

Greensboro History Museum

Flashback 70s: Battlegrounds to Bicentennial

Discover the 1770s AND the 1970s at this year’s Flashback family festival.
Jul 11

Greensboro History Museum

Flashback 70s: Music and a Movie

The Greensboro History Museum’s Flashback party moves to LeBauer Park for 70s sounds and a special feature film!
Jul 12

Rosen Concert Hall at Broyhill Music Center

WindSync

Over nearly two decades of performing, WindSync has proven itself “a major force in the American chamber music landscape” (Arts and Culture Texas), leaping from prizewinning Concert Artists Guild and Fischoff performances to the stages of Carnegie Hall, the Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art and more.
Jul 12

Rosen Concert Hall at Broyhill Music Center

WindSync: Peter and the Wolf

Complete with costumes and choreography, this engaging performance introduces the five wind instruments of the orchestra and concludes with an exciting retelling of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev.
Jul 14

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Catsman Foundation Global Film Series- Sentimental Value

Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film.
Jul 16

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Complexions Contemporary Ballet

Complexions Contemporary Ballet explodes onto the stage with boundary-breaking artistry under visionaries Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson.
Jul 16

Daniel Boone Native Gardens

Holler Choir at Roots in the Garden

Join us for our free, family-friendly Roots in the Garden concert series celebrating live music and community in the heart of Boone!
Jul 13 – Jul 17

Riverfront Convention Center

National Purple Heart Convention

The Purple Heart National Convention is coming to the New Bern, North Carolina, Riverfront Convention Center.
Jul 18

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Darren Criss

Since bursting onto the pop-culture landscape over a decade ago in Fox’s hit TV show Glee, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Darren Criss has embodied the kind of kaleidoscopic artistry that’s entirely uninhibited by form or genre.
Jul 15 – Jul 18

Big Rock Landing

38th NC Ducks Unlimited Band the Billfish Tournament

Get ready for an unforgettable weekend on the water at the Band the Billfish Tournament!
Jul 18 – Jul 19

Burning Coal Theatre Company

Pirates! A Boy At Sea

A swashbuckling adventure that explores the meaning of family, even when it’s redefined
Jul 21

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Catsman Foundation Global Film Series- Sirāt

Searching for his missing daughter, a father (Sergi López) and his son travel to a remote rave in Morocco’s mountains where she disappeared months earlier. As they descend into a world of endless music and burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits.
Jul 23

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

Rick Springfield

Over the past four decades, Rick Springfield has worn many hats as an entertainer and performer.
Jul 23

Grandfather Mountain

Grandfather Presents: The Grizzly Forager Family

The Grizzly Forager is an aspirational social media account with the primary aim of inspiring parents to get outside with their kids via the art of foraging.
Jul 24

St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church

Blowing Rock Tour of Homes

Tour four of Blowing Rock’s finest homes, Timeless Treasures, bake sale, Ben Long frescoes, available lunch at Blowing Rock Art and History Museum.
Jul 25

Town of Aurora all day event

Small Town, Big Celebration! Join Aurora, NC as we honor 250 years of American independence!

Please come out and help us celebrate the US 250 birthday event on July 25, 2026, in downtown Aurora, NC.
Jul 24 – Jul 25

The River Church

Pirates! A Boy At Sea

A swashbuckling adventure that explores the meaning of family, even when it’s redefined
Jul 25

Daniel Boone Native Gardens

Moth Mania

All ages are invited to join us for an exciting evening with the often overlooked and misunderstood moth!
Jul 25

Bath Historic Site, Bath, NC

Patriots at Sea: A Seaport Prepares for War

Learn about the lives of sailors who will become a part of our new nation’s defense and what a local seaport was like in 1775.
Jul 25

Grandfather Mountain

Family Field Course: Grizzly Family Foraging

Embark on a wild adventure with The Grizzly Forager on the mountain in search of mysterious treasure made by wasps, which explorers of old gathered and made into ink – the same ink that was used to sign the Declaration of Independence!
Jul 24 – Jul 25

Jim Graham Building at the NC State Fairgrounds

Carolina CryptidFest

Carolina CryptidFest debuts July 24–25, 2026, at the Jim Graham Building, NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC.
May 16 – Jul 25

The Bascom

Connecting to Place: Blue Ridge Craft Trails Invitational 2026

Blue Ridge Craft Trails Invitational 2026 is a juried group exhibition featuring 20 craft artists from across Western North Carolina, on view in the Thompson Gallery from May 16 through July 25, 2026.
Jul 24 – Jul 25

Bethel Middle School Gym

37th Annual Cruso Quilt Show

Quilt show, vendors, demonstrations