Southern Oyster Wine & Beer Festival
February 1, 2025
beerandoyster.com
(800) 830-3976
Ballantyne's Backyard - Charlotte, NC
Join Us For This Second Annual Affair! It's a Shuckin' Good Time! We had such a great time last year – that we are back to do it again!!! Enjoy some of the world's best SHUCKERS – shucking just for you, smell the FIRE under the grilled oysters, taste the BRINY flavor of the steamed seafood, watch the action while the symphony of tastes plays on right before your eyes. In order to better manage people's needs – we've separated the show into DIFFERENT OPTIONS. So whatever your appetite, whatever your budget – it should make for a fun event. NO lines, NO headaches…just lots of deliciousness.
Beer, Bourbon and BBQ - Wilmington NC
March 15, 2025
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival
(800) 830-3976
Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park - Wilmington, NC
Get ready to enjoy all those pleasures that true Southerners live by - Beer, Bourbon, Barbeque, Bacon, Biscuits and Bluegrass! It's a great day of beer sippin', bourbon tastin', music listenin', cigar smokin', and barbeque eatin'. Your admission buys you a sampling glass so you can enjoy an ALL–YOU–CARE–TO–TASTE sampling of beer and bourbon.
Wine & Food Festival Charlotte
April 5, 2025
ballantyne.uncorkthefun.com
(800) 830-3976
Ballantyne's Backyard - Charlotte, NC
Welcome to the revolution! We've re-planted the vineyard and gone International! This year we are going to offer not only NC wineries but other local, National and International wines along with beer and spirits for you to taste. This Celebration is Charlotte's premier wine tasting with hundreds of wines available for tasting. Fill your souvenir-tasting glass with the rich heritage of North Carolina vines and more. As you sip and savor the afternoon, relax in the beautiful setting of Symphony Park. Great food to taste and to buy from some of Charlotte's hottest restaurants and food trucks. Great live music and vendors to shop from.
Tacos 'N Taps - Cary
April 12, 2025
Tacos 'N Taps
(800) 830-3976
Koka Booth Amphitheatre - Cary, NC
Put on your party sombrero! This festival will take you South of the Border for some foodie fun. This ALL-YOU-CARE-TO-TASTE Beer & Tequila Festival offers up some of the area's best Tacos and Mexican Food, along with great live music, margaritas, pinata punching, contests and many other surprises. This is NACHO average taco festival.
Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival Charlotte, NC
May 17, 2025
beerandbourbon.com
(800) 830-3976
Ballantyne's Backyard - Charlotte, NC
Same great location!! Join us for a great day of beer guzzling, bourbon tasting, music listening, cigar smoking, and barbeque eating. 40+ Brews, 20 Bourbons and numerous BBQ tastes are available for sampling. Everything is on-site for you.
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival - Cary, NC
August 1 - 2, 2025
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival
(800) 830-3976
Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park - Cary, NC
Get ready to enjoy all those pleasures that true Southerners live by - Beer, Bourbon and Lots of BBQ. Join us for a great day of of beer sippin', bourbon tastin', music listenin', cigar smokin', and barbeque eatin'. Your admission buys you a sampling glass so you can enjoy an ALL-YOU-CARE-TO-TASTE sampling of beer and bourbon. It's a Southern Fried Good Time!
Charlotte Taco 'N Taps
August 23, 2025
tacosntaps.com
(800) 830-3976
Ballantyne's Backyard - Charlotte, NC
Put on your party sombrero! This festival will take you South of the Border for some foodie fun. This ALL-YOU-CARE-TO-TASTE beer & tequila festival offers up some of the area's best Tacos and Mexican Food...along with great live music, margaritas, pinata punching, contests and many other surprises. This NACHO average taco festival. Dueling Margarita Bars. The festival will feature over 15 Taco Trucks, Taquerias and Mexican Restaurants with over 30 different types of tacos. Mariachi Bands and Live Music will make your day Super Spicy! Shop many exhibits.
Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival Winston-Salem
September 6, 2025
winstonsalem.beerandbourbon.com
(800) 830-3976
Winston-Salem Fairgrounds - Winston-Salem, NC
Winston-Salem is the Spot for…GRILLS GONE WILD! Get ready Winston-Salem! We are bringing the East Coast's Favorite BBQ festival to the Twin City for the First Time Ever, and we are going WILD!!! THE BIGGEST, BADDEST, BONE-IN, BBQ Fest is Coming At You!!! This flavorful affair offers up all those pleasures that true Southerners live by – Beer, Bourbon, Barbecue, Boots, Bacon, Biscuits, Bluegrass, and Smoked Beasts! It's a great day of beer sippin', bourbon tastin', music listenin', cigar smokin', and barbecue eatin'. Your admission buys you a sampling glass so you can enjoy an ALL-YOU-CARE-TO-TASTE sampling of beer and bourbon.
Cary Whiskey Wine & Fire
September 13, 2025
whiskeywinefire.com
(800) 830-3976
Koka Booth Amphitheatre - Cary, NC
An elegant evening in the Pines - this exclusive foodie celebration will feature: Whiskey Bars, Elegant Wines & Cocktails, great music, tented Food Stations, Food Trucks & Restaurants and Bonfires throughout. Relax around the fire gardens and enjoy an inspired take on fire-kissed bbq, specialty grilling and drink pairings. Enjoy the firebreathers and artists set the night ablaze. Please dress appropriately, the event is outdoors. Souvenir glass to taste Whiskeys & Wines and Food Galore! Enjoy great bbq, grilled meat selections and other goodies...Food Trucks, plus a S'mores station! Enjoy seminars. Listen to live music and shop!
Wine & Food Festival - Charlotte
September 27, 2025
charlotte.uncorkthefun.com
(800) 830-3976
Symphony Park @ South Park Mall - Charlotte, NC
Welcome to the revolution! This year we are going to offer not only NC wineries, but other local, National and International wines along with beer and spirits for you to taste. This 18th Annual Celebration is Charlotte's premier casual wine tasting with HUNDREDS of wines available for tasting. Take your souvenir tasting glass as you enter the festival and stroll from tent to tent and table to table tasting and sampling the rich heritage of North Carolina vines. As you sip and savor the afternoon, relax in the beautiful setting of the Symphony Park at South Park Mall. Round out the day with shopping, live music and great food!
Christmas Made in the South / Charlotte
October 24 - 26, 2025
MadeInTheSouthShows.com
(704) 847-9480
Cabarras Arena & Events Center - Concord, NC
Christmas Made in the South is focused on keeping the world of fine artisans and craftspeople vibrant. Exhibitors will be there all three days demonstrating and selling their handcrafted works, Santa's elves hard at work.
Charlotte Whiskey Wine & Fire
October 25, 2025
Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival
(800) 830-3976
Ballantyne's Backyard - Charlotte, NC
An elegant evening in the field - this exclusive foodie celebration will feature: Whiskey Bars, Elegant Wines & Cocktails, great music, tented Food Stations, Food Trucks & Restaurants and Bonfires throughout. Relax around the fire gardens and enjoy an inspired take on fire-kissed bbq, specialty grilling and drink pairings. Enjoy the firebreathers and artists set the night ablaze. Please dress appropriately, the event is outdoors. Souvenir glass to taste Whiskeys & Wines and Food Galore! Enjoy great bbq, grilled meat selections and other goodies...Food Trucks, plus a S'mores station! Enjoy seminars. Listen to live music and shop.
January 2026 (dates not updated)
AADE Kwanzaafest
Durham Armory, Durham, NC
Status: Updated 10/17/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 20
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
January 2026 (dates not updated)
Indoor Flea Market - January
Smoky Mountain Event Center, Waynesville, NC
Status: Updated 12/16/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 118
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
January 4 - 26, 2025
The Raleigh Market - January
Historic NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
Status: Updated 12/17/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 400
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
January 4 - September 28, 2025
The Raleigh Market
NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
Status: Updated 11/12/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 400
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
January 2026 (dates not updated)
Downtown Raleigh Home Show
Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC
Status: Updated 12/23/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 320
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
January 2026 (dates not updated)
Three Kings Parade - Dia de Los Reyes Parade
Downtown, Cary, NC
Status: Updated 12/16/2024
- # of Exhibitors: na
- Juried: no
- Prize Money:
January 2026 (dates not updated)
Durham Geek and Grub Market (Anime Edition)
Durham Armory, Durham, NC
Status: Updated 11/20/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 40
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
January 17 - 19, 2025
Great Atlantic RV Show
TAC RV, Moyock, NC
Status: Updated 1/14/2025
- # of Exhibitors: 10
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
January 18 - March 1, 2025
Ethnic Visions Show
Carolina Artist Gallery, Morehead City, NC
Status: Updated 12/20/2024
- # of Exhibitors: na
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: $Tba
January 23 - 26, 2025
Blowing Rock Winterfest
Various Sites, Blowing Rock, NC
Status: Updated 12/19/2024
- # of Exhibitors: na
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
January 24 - 26, 2025
Greater Charlotte Home & Landscape Show
Cabarrus Arena & Events Center, Concord, NC
Status: Updated 12/19/2024
- # of Exhibitors: tba
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
January 25, 2025
African American Cultural Celebration
North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, NC
Status: Updated 12/19/2024
- # of Exhibitors: tba
- Juried: no
- Prize Money:
January 25 - 26, 2025
Reptiday Asheville Reptile & Exotic Animal Expo
Western North Carolina Agriculture Center - Boone Building, Fletcher, NC
Status: Updated 10/31/2024
- # of Exhibitors: tba
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 1, 2025
NC MLK Black History Month Parade
Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC
Status: Updated 12/21/2024
- # of Exhibitors: na
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 1, 2025
Indoor Flea Market - February
Smoky Mountain Event Center, Waynesville, NC
Status: Updated 12/20/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 118
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 1, 2025
Southern Oyster Wine & Beer Festival
Ballantyne's Backyard, Charlotte, NC
Web: beerandoyster.com
Status: Updated 1/29/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 25
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 1 - 2, 2025
Carolina Chocolate Festival
Crystal Coast Civic Center, Morehead City, NC
Status: Updated 12/19/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 30
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 1 - 23, 2025
The Raleigh Market - February
Historic NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
Status: Updated 12/21/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 400
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 5 - 7, 2025
Southern Farm Show
North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
Status: Updated 9/3/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 300+
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 6 - 8, 2025
Forty-Fifth North Carolina Jazz Festival
Hotel Ballast, Wilmington, NC
Status: Updated 12/16/2024
- # of Exhibitors: na
- Juried: no
- Prize Money:
February 7 - March 1, 2025
Frank Stick Memorial Art Show
Dare County Arts Gallery, Manteo, NC
Status: Updated 12/23/2024
- # of Exhibitors: na
- Juried: yes
- Prize Money: $2,500 Total
February 9, 2025
Durham Geek and Grub Market (Game Edition)
Durham Armory, Durham, NC
Status: Updated 11/20/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 40
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 14 - 15, 2025
Intergalactic Bead Shows-Charlotte, NC
Oasis Shriner's, Charlotte, NC
Status: Updated 1/15/2025
- # of Exhibitors: 40
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 14 - 16, 2025
Bluegrass First Class
Crown Plaza Resort, Asheville, NC
Status: Updated 11/12/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 20
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
