Smoky Mountain Yoga & Wellness Festival
June 21, 2025
smokymountainyogafest.com
(727) 871-1693
Folkmoot USA Campus - Waynesville, NC
Starting at 10am, June 21st, we will host fitness classes, workshops, wisdom and wellness talks, live music and entertainment, Vendor Village with dozens of local artists, artisans and wellness related products, as well as a variety of delicious food and beverage options, a children's activity area, all culminating with a dynamic Closing Ceremony at 8pm. This will be an indoor and outdoor event with classes and entertainment on The Green, Vendor Village, Food Truck Park and Imagination Station outdoors with educational workshops, demonstrations, artists galleries, a mocktail bar and restrooms inside the Folkmoot Friendship Center.
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!
Greensboro Pride Festival
September 20, 2025
greensboropride.org
(336) 355-7016
LeBauer Park, Downtown - Greensboro, NC
Join us for the 2025 Greensboro Pride Festival on September 20, 2025, as we take over beautiful downtown Greensboro, NC, with our biggest event yet! With an annual attendance of 60,000+, we've doubled our footprint to welcome over 400 vendors and even more festival-goers for a day filled with live entertainment, incredible shopping, delicious food, children's activities, and vibrant community connections. Whether you're an attendee looking for an unforgettable experience or a vendor eager to showcase your business to a diverse and engaged audience, this is the place to be! Don't miss your chance to celebrate love, inclusivity, and pride.
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!
Fall LEAF Festival
October 16 - 19, 2025
theleaf.org
(828) 686-8742
Camp Rockmont / Lake Eden Events - Black Mountain, NC
Join us at LEAF Global Arts Festival to connect to the world and each other through cultural exploration, live music, dance, performance arts, healing arts, workshops, nature, and more. Our year-long theme, World Changers, is a call to art and activism that can be seen, felt, and heard . The intergenerational, family-friendly gathering transforms lives, strengthens community, and fosters unity through the wonder of creativity, inclusivity, and shared joy.
Lincoln County Apple Festival
October 18, 2025
lincolncountyapplefestival.com
(704) 530-4636
Downtown - Lincolnton, NC
9 blocks of Main Street is arts and crafts, fair food, music, kids area, farmer's market, local businesses, and non-profits.
Nascar Day Festival
October 18, 2025
randlemanchamber.com
(336) 495-1100
Downtown - Randleman, NC
NASCAR Day Festival/Racin to Randleman Car Show covers approx 1-mile area of Main Street and Commerce Square Park in the hometown of the "King" of NASCAR Richard Petty and the Petty Family. Randleman is home to 4 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductees. Petty Fan Club meets at the Petty Museum and the Victory Junction Camp built by the Petty family for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses is also located in Randleman. Food, fun, arts, crafts, music, car show, and more all in Randleman, NC. Three stages of bands. The dinosaur expo will return again this year. Most of the proceeds from the car show go to support 3 area nonprofit projects
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.
The Seagrove Pottery Festival
November 22 - 23, 2025
seagrovepotteryfestival.com
(919) 418-7555
Seagrove Elementary Schoool - Seagrove, NC
The annual Seagrove Pottery Festival has been named a top 20 event in the Southeast. This is the time of the year that most of the Seagrove area potters and Potters from the mountains to the coast come together in one location to sell their wares. The festival emphasizes handmade pottery and traditional crafts. Demonstrations both days. Held annually on the weekend before Thanksgiving.
January 1, 2026
AADE Kwanzaafest
Durham Armory, Durham, NC
Status: Updated 4/23/2025
- # 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 2026 (dates not updated)
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 2026 (dates not updated)
Great Atlantic RV Show
TAC RV, Moyock, NC
Status: Updated 1/14/2025
- # of Exhibitors: 10
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
January - March 2026 (dates not updated)
Ethnic Visions Show
Carolina Artist Gallery, Morehead City, NC
Status: Updated 12/20/2024
- # of Exhibitors: na
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: $Tba
January 2026 (dates not updated)
Blowing Rock Winterfest
Various Sites, Blowing Rock, NC
Status: Updated 12/19/2024
- # of Exhibitors: na
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
January 2026 (dates not updated)
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 2026 (dates not updated)
African American Cultural Celebration
North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh, NC
Status: Updated 12/19/2024
- # of Exhibitors: tba
- Juried: no
- Prize Money:
January 2026 (dates not updated)
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 2026 (dates not updated)
NC MLK Black History Month Parade
Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC
Status: Updated 12/21/2024
- # of Exhibitors: na
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 2026 (dates not updated)
Indoor Flea Market - February
Smoky Mountain Event Center, Waynesville, NC
Status: Updated 12/20/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 118
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 2026 (dates not updated)
Southern Oyster Wine & Beer Festival
Ballantyne's Backyard, Charlotte, NC
Status: Updated 1/29/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 25
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 2026 (dates not updated)
Carolina Chocolate Festival
Crystal Coast Civic Center, Morehead City, NC
Status: Updated 12/19/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 30
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 2026 (dates not updated)
The Raleigh Market - February
Historic NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
Status: Updated 12/21/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 400
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 2026 (dates not updated)
Southern Farm Show
North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
Status: Updated 9/3/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 300+
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 2026 (dates not updated)
Forty-Fifth North Carolina Jazz Festival
Hotel Ballast, Wilmington, NC
Status: Updated 12/16/2024
- # of Exhibitors: na
- Juried: no
- Prize Money:
February - March 2026 (dates not updated)
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 2026 (dates not updated)
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 2026 (dates not updated)
Intergalactic Bead Shows-Charlotte, NC
Oasis Shriner's, Charlotte, NC
Status: Updated 1/15/2025
- # of Exhibitors: 40
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
February 2026 (dates not updated)
Bluegrass First Class
Crown Plaza Resort, Asheville, NC
Status: Updated 11/12/2024
- # of Exhibitors: 20
- Juried: no
- Prize Money: na
