List of festivals in North Carolina

This is an incomplete list of festivals that take place in the state of North Carolina, and have an article on Wikipedia.

Food

• Lexington Barbecue Festival
• North Carolina Potato Festival
• North Carolina Watermelon Festival
• Roanoke-Chowan Pork-Fest

Beverage

• North Carolina Wine Festival
• Yadkin Valley Wine Festival

Music

• Brevard Music Center
• The End of Summer Weenie Roast
• MerleFest
• Moogfest (music, art and technology, see Moog synthesizer)
• Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention
• Predmestky Festival
• Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival (music and dance)
• Sparkcon
• Hopscotch Music Festival

Film

• 100 Words Film Festival
• ActionFest
• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
• North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
• National Black Theatre Festival
• North Carolina Black Film Festival
• North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Performance Festival (drama, music, dance and, film as well)
• Real to Reel International Film Festival
• RiverRun International Film Festival

Dance

• American Dance Festival
• Wake Forest Dance Festival

Art

• Artsplosure
• Bele Chere (defunct, music and street arts)
• Brushy Mountain Apple Festival (arts and crafts)
• Transformus (regional "Burning Man" art festival)

Other

• Animazement (anime)
• Aniwave (anime)
• Apple Chill
• Carolina Renaissance Festival
• Fayetteville Dogwood Festival (musics, arts and crafts, art, educational)
• Halloween on Franklin Street
• John Canoe (influenced by the Fancy Dress Festival)
• Lake Eden Arts Festival (instructive, performing arts)
• North Carolina Azalea Festival
• North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival
• North Carolina Science Festival
• Wild Goose Festival (focuses on justice, spirituality, music and the arts)
• Woolly Worm Festival (celebrating the supposed weather-predicting abilities of the woolly worm)

See also

• List of festivals in the United States
• Barbecue in North Carolina

References