Celebrate the Fourth of July

Whether you’re planning a party or looking for local events, we have everything you need to make your Independence Day celebration great!

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Star Spangled Recipes

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America’s Birthday Cake

Carolina Country style

Let Freedom Ring Deviled Egg Dip

Barbecue Burger

Red, White & Blue Watermelon Parfait

Barbecued Hot Wings

Honey Baked Bean

Red, White & Blueberry Pie

Buffalo Chicken Burger Salad

Red, White and Blue Watermelon Cake

Grilled Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Wings

Ribeye Steak Kebabs

Taco-Flavored Chicken Wings

Cool Summer Minty Rainbow Wraps

Grilled Korean Ribeye Steak Sandwiches

Celebrations Around the State

Sep 4 – Sep 6
Piedmont

Uwharrie Bigfoot Festival

Boy Scouts of America Camp John J Barnhardt

May 15 – Sep 7
Piedmont

Titanic: The Exhibition Charlotte

The Park Expo & Conference Center

Sep 4 – Sep 7
Mountains

North Carolina Apple Festival

Main Street, Hendersonville

Sep 8
Piedmont

Old North State History Series: On the Homefront During World War II

Textile Heritage Museum

Sep 11
Mountains

Grandfather by Night: Naturalist Program

Grandfather Mountain

Sep 11
Piedmont

Lions, Tigers & Beer

Animal Park at the Conservators Center

Sep 11
Piedmont

Lions, Tigers & Beer

Animal Park at the Conservators Center

Sep 11 – Sep 12
Coast

Ayden Collard Festival

Downtown Ayden

Sep 12
Piedmont

Homeschool and Family Day

Alamance Battleground State Historic Site

Sep 12
Piedmont

Unionville Heritage Festival

Unionville Elementary School

Sep 12
Mountains

55th-Annual Girl Scout Day

Grandfather Mountain

Sep 12
Mountains

Art in the Park

Downtown Blowing Rock

Sep 12
Piedmont

Artist Talk for PATTERN RECOGNITION

Hillsborough Gallery of Arts

Sep 12
Piedmont

9/11 Commemorative 5K Event

Downtown Graham

Sep 12
Piedmont

Carolina Bible Camp Bluegrass Festival 2026

Carolina Bible Camp & Retreat Center

Sep 12
Coast

Brunswick Quilters Guild Craft Fair

Shallotte Presbyterian Church

Sep 12
Coast

NC Freedom Fest

Downtown Goldsboro

Sep 12 – Sep 13
Piedmont

Fayetteville Greek Festival

Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church

Sep 13
Mountains

Concert in the Park

Memorial Park Gazebo

Sep 4 – Sep 13
Piedmont

Cumberland County Fair

Crown Expo Center

Sep 18
Mountains

Grandfather by Night: Naturalist Program

Grandfather Mountain

Sep 19
Piedmont

Randy Travis Music Festival

Downtown Marshville

Sep 19
Mountains

Cockman Family Gospel Bluegrass Concert

Old Rock School

Sep 19
Mountains

Adult Field Course: The Wonders of Migration

Grandfather Mountain

Sep 18 – Sep 19
Piedmont

Southern Randolph Country Days

Downtown Seagrove

Sep 19
Piedmont

Randy Travis Music Festival

Downtown Marshville

Sep 19
Piedmont

Grahamtoberfest

Forgotten Road Ales

Sep 19
Piedmont

Old Pottery Identification at Jugtown

Jugtown Pottery

Aug 25 – Sep 20
Piedmont

PATTERN RECOGNITION

Hillsborough Gallery of Arts

Sep 20
Piedmont

Texas Guitar Quartet

North Carolina Museum of Art

Sep 20
Mountains

Plant Swap & Potluck

Daniel Boone Native Gardens

Sep 25
Piedmont

TimberJam

Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre

Sep 26
Piedmont

Esperanza Festival

Downtown Graham

Sep 26
Coast

American Music Festival Concert Series – Kenari Saxophone Quartet

First Presbyterian Church

Sep 25 – Sep 26
Mountains

Tweetsie Ghost Train Begins

Tweetsie Railroad

Sep 26
Piedmont

Potters’ Pumpkin Patch Trail

Various Seagrove Potteries

Sep 26
Coast

JOLLIFICATION!

Various locations in Hertford and Perquimans counties

Sep 26
Piedmont

Cleveland County-Lincoln County Rose Society Rose Show

Cleveland County Extension Office

Sep 25 – Sep 26
Piedmont

48th Annual International Folk Festival

Festival Park

Sep 26
Mountains

Lansing Day

The Town of Lansing

Sep 26

Walk for Alopecia

Lake Rim Park

Sep 26
Piedmont

The Outlander Exhibit at An Evening at the Hogg House

Saltire Gallerie

Sep 21 – Sep 27
Piedmont

Mayberry Days Festival

Surry Arts Council

Aug 13 – Sep 27
Mountains

Connecting to Place II: Blue Ridge Craft Trails Invitational

Mars Landing Arts Center

Sep 25 – Sep 27
Piedmont

North Carolina Home Expo

Crown Complex

Sep 29
Coast

Escoffier Dinner Series Night 1!

Carteret Community College

Sep 1 – Sep 30
Mountains

Hawk Watch

Grandfather Mountain

Oct 2
Piedmont

Wine Gala @ The Governor’s Mansion

North Carolina Executive Mansion

Oct 3
Mountains

Spirit of New Orleans : A Soulful Celebration with The Fabulous Equinox Orchestra

CoMMA Performing Arts Center

Oct 3
Piedmont

Autumn Fest

Downtown Mebane

Sep 29 – Oct 3
Coast

Chowan County Regional Fair

American Legion Fairgrounds

Oct 2 – Oct 3
Coast

Ol’ Front Porch Music Festival

Lou Mac Park

Oct 3
Mountains

Art in the Park

Park Avenue, Blowing Rock, NC

Oct 3
Coast

Celebrate the Intracoastal Waterway Anniversary!

Belhaven Harbor Park

Oct 3
Coast

Arts on the Perquimans

Perquimans County Recreation Center

Oct 3
Piedmont

Heritage & Harvest Bourbon Showcase 2026

Cape Fear Botanical Garden

Oct 2 – Oct 3
Piedmont

Fall Antique Fair

Historic Downtown Cameron

Oct 2 – Oct 4
Coast

40th Annual North Carolina Seafood Festival

Morehead City Waterfront

Oct 2 – Oct 4
Piedmont

Misery by Firebox Theatre

Wake Forest Renaissance Centre

Oct 3 – Oct 4
Piedmont

R.D. Mahan Kiln Opening & Turkey Roast

From The Ground Up Pottery

Oct 7
Piedmont

Comedy for a Cause

Crafty Beer, Wine and Spirits

Oct 10
Mountains

43rd Annual Mountain Glory Festival

Historic Downtown Marion

Oct 10
Piedmont

Gibsonville Fall Festival

Downtown Gibsonville

Oct 8 – Oct 10
Piedmont

Take My Death Away

Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre

Oct 10
Piedmont

NC BBQ Hall of Fame Court Square Cook Off

Downtown Graham

Oct 10
Piedmont

Diggery’s Dino Adventure

Wake Forest Renaissance Centre

Oct 9 – Oct 10
Piedmont

Jag Theatrics presents: She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen

Paul A. Johnston Auditorium | Johnston Community College

Oct 10
Piedmont

Founder’s Day Jams

Juneberry Ridge

Oct 9 – Oct 10
Piedmont

NC BBQ Hall of Fame Court Square Cook Off!

Colonial Hardware

Oct 10
Piedmont

Sprouting Acres Farm Autumn at the Acres

Sprouting Acres Farm Store

Oct 10
Piedmont

Pilot Mountain Tractor Ride & Parade

Eldora Ruritian Club

Oct 10
Piedmont

Gibsonville Fall Festival

Downtown Gibsonville

Oct 9 – Oct 11
Piedmont

EJ Snyder’s Uwharrie Bigfoot Survival and Outdoor Expo and Overlander Show

Camp Barnhardt

Oct 1 – Oct 11
Piedmont

Cleveland County Agricultural Fair

Cleveland County Fairgrounds

Oct 9 – Oct 11
Piedmont

Autumn Leaves Festival

Downtown Mount Airy

Oct 10 – Oct 11
Piedmont

OBSN 41st Annual Powwow

Tribal Grounds

Jul 15 – Oct 15
Coast

Alive at 5 Concert Series

Jaycee Park

Oct 16
Piedmont

Downtown Monster Mash

Downtown Burlington

Oct 16
Piedmont

Tommy Mesa (cello) & Olga Kern (piano)

North Carolina Museum of Art

Oct 17
Piedmont

36th Annual Taylorsville Apple Festival

The streets of Taylorsville

Oct 17
Piedmont

Autumn Art & Plant Festival – Presented by The Wake Forest Garden Club

The Gardens of The Wake Forest Historical Museum

Oct 17
Coast

6th Annual Crystal Coast Highland Games

Newport Flea Mall Inc.

Oct 17
Piedmont

NC Liver Mush Festival

Uptown Shelby

Oct 17
Mountains

36th Annual Taylorsville Apple Festival

Streets of Taylorsville

Oct 17
Piedmont

Fayetteville Marksmen Hockey: Opening Night!

Crown Complex

Oct 17 – Oct 18
Mountains

Woolly Worm Festival

Lawn of Historic Banner Elk School

Oct 18 – Oct 19
Mountains

Lake Lure Art’s and Crafts Festival

The Arcade Commerce Building

Oct 22
Piedmont

Bingo Night

Maywood Hall & Garden

Oct 24
Piedmont

The Barbecue Festival

Main Street, Lexington

Oct 24
Piedmont

Dark in the Ballpark

Burlington Athletic Stadium

Oct 24
Coast

12th Annual Emerald Isle Marathon Half Marathon & 5K

Emerald Isle

Oct 24
Piedmont

Lexington Barbecue Festival

Uptown Lexington

Oct 24
Piedmont

Fall Heritage Festival

Hart Square Village

Oct 25
Coast

Early Bird Christmas Bazaar

VFW Post 9960 Cedar Point

Oct 16 – Oct 25
Coast

Brunswick County Parade of Homes

Various locations county wide

Oct 24 – Oct 25
Coast

39th Annual Carolina Kite Festival

Fort Macon State Park

Sep 22 – Oct 25
Piedmont

There and Back

Hillsborough Gallery of Arts

Oct 29
Mountains

CoMMA presents Kevin Nealon

CoMMA Performing Arts Center

Oct 30
Piedmont

Of Blood & Bone by Donna Washington

Wake Forest Renaissance Centre

Oct 10 – Oct 31
Coast

Atlantic Beach King Mackerel Tournament

Chasin Tails Outdoors Bait & Tackle

Oct 30 – Oct 31
Coast

Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree

Berkley Manor grounds, Ocracoke

Oct 31
Coast

Annual Fall Fest

Cape Carteret Town Hall

Sep 25 – Oct 31
Mountains

Ghost Train®

Tweetsie Railroad

Oct 2 – Oct 31
Mountains

Tweetsie Ghost Train

Tweetsie Railroad

Oct 31
Mountains

Blowing Rock Halloween Festival

Memorial Park Gazebo

Sep 26 – Oct 31
Coast

12th Annual Garner’s Fall Festival

Garner’s Farm

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 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

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 – Nov 15
Coast

2026 Beaufort Pirate Invasion

NC Maritime Museum Gallants Channel Annex

Nov 22 – Nov 21
Piedmont

Handmade for the Holidays

James W. Warren Citizens Center

Nov 21 – Nov 22
Piedmont

44th Annual Seagrove Pottery Festival

Seagrove Elementary School

Nov 27 – Nov 28
Mountains

Christmas in the Park & Parade

Downtown Blowing Rock

Nov 28
Coast

Winter Wonderland at Hertford Supply

Hertford Supply

Dec 3
Piedmont

Christmas By Candlelight

Textile Heritage Museum

Nov 27 – Dec 30
Mountains

Tweetsie Christmas

Tweetsie Railroad

Nov 27 – Dec 30
Mountains

Tweetsie Christmas Opens

Tweetsie Railroad

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

Sep 12 – Sep 13
Mountains

Biannual Grovewood Village Studio Tour

Grovewood Village

Tips for making your celebration memorable, delicious and safe

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Be an Energy Efficient Grill Master

Take the cooking (and the heat) outside

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10 Steps to Hostin’ a Pig Pick’n

Organizing a Carolina tradition doesn’t have to be complicated

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Baked beans for flavor fireworks!

Carolina Gardens

Bug Off with Mosquito-Repelling Plants

Plus Garden To-Do’s for May

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How to Deep Clean Your Grill

Boost that grill flavor with regular maintenance

Carolina Living

How to grill meats, fruits and vegetables

Grilling offers a convenient and heart-healthy way to prepare food, if done right.

Carolina Living

Celebrate with a Bang, Not a Burn

Enjoy fireworks safely this holiday season

Carolina Living

Be the Grill Hero

Master your next cookout with these ribs and kabobs

Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday

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Carolina Living

Breaking Barriers, Building Legacies

Hispanic American achievements continue to shape the nation

Carolina Adventures

Honoring 250 Years of Independence

Celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with history, heritage and fun

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Where the Bison Once Roamed

An American icon’s return to NC

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North Carolina and the Founding of Our Nation

Test your know-how with NC Revolutionary War trivia