THIS Month's Events in New Bern NC 

...until Sept 1. "Workboats & Watermen In the Civil War" at Manteo, special exhibit

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MAY ....we introduce you to !FUN!

  Marines Show Their Stuff at Best Air Show EVER!

2  Evening with the Stars;  spectacular garden and art party;  at Mother Earth Brewery eats, entertainment

Kinston call 252.208.2437

3  31st Annual BBQ on the Neuse; Kinston  best eatin' Might Notes of Soul Firday night, classic cars Sat.

3 Smash Tour  magic show, NBHS 6;30pm

3,5,6  Craven Community Chorus Spring Concert  Orringer Auditorium;  7pm;  always a professional, delight!

4  28th Annual Ham & Yam Festival  Smithfield, just what it says, and foodies love this one.

4-5  Vanceboro Strawberry Festival   One of the tastiest festivals around

4-6  Cherry Point Air Show with the Blue Angles and lots more, celebrating 100 years of Marine Aviation and 70 year anniversary

of Cherry Point!! a REALLY BIG show this time!

4,5.6,11,12,13,18  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels  NB Civic Theater

5  35th Annual Wooden Boat Show   Beaufort; activities and fun at lovely Beaufort

5  Beaufort National Boatbuilding Challenge; for a $100 ticket, you get $350 worth of materials and 4 hrs, to build a

 "Carolina Bateau" Entries judged on looks and "floatability"; this is the real deal!

5  23rd Annual "River to the Sea" bike Ride  Wilmington; downtown to Wrightsville Beach 8am

6  "Celebrate the Heritage" Air Show at Cherry Point, Havelock, a HUGE show starring the world famous

"Blue Angels" kid zone, many air aerobic demos, this is the 100th anniversary of the Marine Aviation, and 70th of Cherry

Point, you'll come early and stay late!! 

10 "Sand in the Streets"  summer Kinston street dance downtown.

11  Beaufort Music Festival  lots of it, on many stages around town.  Get a dinner reservation at any of the great eateries,

and have a great time listening to live shows all over!

12  Antique Automobile Assoc. Really big show! Awards for all classes  Middle Street 9am to 4pm;

contact   Fred Wagner 252-637-4503

12  Civil War Veteran Recognition Day 2pm, starting at Attmore-Oliver house; unique ceremonies honoring Union,

Confederate, and US Colored Soldiers, wreaths laid in all cemeteries, refreshments at Attmore-Oliver

12 "The Curious Savage"  play    Smithfield  Front Street  call 919.834.1873

12 "Holy Ghost Tent Revival"  Broad St. Social Club; 5 piece band; totally riveting!  411 Broad St.

for info: www.Holyghosttentrivival.com 

12  Art on the Neuse  Oriental  festival, lots of good items, very professional

15  "Lunch & Learn" series; New Bern and the American Revolution"  Library Auditorium w/John Leys

18-20  Greek Festival (really)  Chapel Hill advertises;  3 days in Greece

18,19,25,26 "Blithe Spirit" Ghostly happenings at the Masonic Theater; Rivertowne Players; Advance

Tickets at Bank of Arts

18   Antique Auto Show  Morehead City, the best come to this one.

19 "Chair-ity" Auction & Artist Gallery  painted chairs from local artists, lunch-11:30am-2:30pm.

Auction 1-2pm; Habitat for Humanity REStore, Pollock St.

20  Craven Community Concert Band  Union Point bandstand, 6:30pm

25-27   Annual Aurora Fossil Festival;  the usual, with lots of FOOD! glassblowers,  and huge mounds of fossil laced

earth for the kids to prowl;  .almost guaranteed to make a find! .

30-1  Annual Bald Head Island Fishing Rodeo...wahoo, dolphin, tuna and billfish release for prizes

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NEXT Month's Events in New Bern, NC

June    is Blueberry month!!

  YUM! Blueberries "R Us

1  75th Anniversary of "Lost Colony" unmatched pageantry on Roanoke

Island; a NC treasure; starts 8:30; runs to Aug. 23

1 Edenton Music and Water Festival: Friday 6:30 sunset paddle, Sat: music all day

2 Neuse River Day & Dragon Boat Festival Union Point Park, want to take part? No

experince necessary; call 252.637.7972

2  Fairfield Harbor Community Day!  lots of fun.

2  Morehead City "Sounds of Summer" music, dance comedy; when sun goes down on the beach,

come on over and have some real fun!

8-16  Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament  Morehead City One of the biggest $ tournaments in the US!

over 200 anglers participate;  252-247-3575.

8-9  Washington Summer Festival  They have everything on a spectacular setting on the water

8-9  Big Rock Lady Angler Tournament  Morehead City Big Rock Landing. (252) 247-3575

9 27th Annual Beach Music Festival at  Carolina Beach-Where it all Started! hottest beach

music bands, shaggers from everywhere attend this totally fun happening!.

9  West Side Story in Durham: take a bus with us to see Broadway cast production; call 252.638.7351

9  30th Annual Rogallo Kite Festival  Jockey Ridge Nags Head;  bring your camera and take part

9  Civil War lectures at NC Maritime Museum; every Saturday at 3pm; all summer

14  "Sand in the Streets" Kinston's summer music series begins with Super Grit Cowboy Band:

bring your lawn chairs and enjoy hot music and cold beer

15  1st Annual Bern Beach Blast : dance to "Honey" (Raleigh's top beach band"  and the EMBERS!

  come to the "Point" with your blanket or chairs: dance or look at the stars: 5:30pm

16  Colorfest at Kafer Park

18  Joe Mabus in concert; folk artist extraordinaire at Trent River Coffee Co. (he's at Clawson's in

Beaufort on Saturday)

18  NC Blueberry Festival: great fun, it's in Burgaw, that's a trip--but worth it.

21 Jive After Five!  Emerald Isle's June "fun thing"

22  52nd Annual Beaufort Old Home and Garden Show;  10am til 5

23  Bridgeton Riverfest  details: www.cravennc300.org

24  Lunch & Learn Series: learn this true story of a Civil War romance 11:30am Chelsea

30  1964 Beatles Tribute Show  Grover C. Fields; Last year it sold out!   252-636-0845

30-July 8  Annual 4th of July Celebration  Bald Head Island

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Last Month's events...you missed some good stuff!

April

1  Emerald Isle Easter Egg Hunt  at the park beginning at noon

7 Raleigh's Easter Egg Hunt with over 40,000 eggs to find; Halifax Hall

7  Weekly Cedar Grove Cemetery tours begin;  Saturdays; tickets at the gates on tour days,

10  Natalie Cole in concert  ECU Greenville Wright Audit. 1.800.ECU.ARTS

12  Halifax Day  236th Anniversary of the adoption of the Halifax Resolves, tours, programs, reception

11-15  65th Annual Azalea Festival   Wilmington  www.info@ncazaleafestival.org 

13-14 Annual Antique Tractor Show and Sale   Benson NC displays of antique tractors and a tractor

parade, power show, and fun for family with rides and games

13 "Tumbledown House" concert Trent River Coffee Co. 8pm  Gritty saloon jazz

13-15   Cycle  NC  3-Day Spring Ride  Washington  9am Fir start, on beautiful roads

13-14,20 "Murder in 3D" Mystery dinner theater, Bridgepointe Hotel tickets at Bank of the Arts or 252.229.4977

13  Spring Historic Homes & Gardens Tour  New Bern  This year including

 historic Ghent District

14  Unity Ball  celebrating 300 years of shared history; silent auction, dance call 252.639.3592

14  Stars Shine in New Bern;  Milton Bullock and  Mary Tate at NB Civic Theater, (Brown Sugar,

Only You"- only 2 their  hits)  Get tickets NOW Call (252) 635-1684

14  Annual Selma Car Classic & Antique Sale   Selma; streets lined with gleaming memory makers, maybe

 even a Model T!

14  "Tumbledown House" concert  at Clawson's in Beaufort 8pm

14  34th Goldsboro Road Run  one of the oldest events of its kind in NC  www.RunTheEast.com

14  Annual Chowder Cook-Off  Carolina Beach; bring the kids to this sampling of NC and SC chefs' best chowders

 14  NC Seafood Festival FunFest   Crystal Coast Center Morehead; a lead-in to the big one in the fall, this is

a ticketed event, with food music and silent auction

14  Pig in the Park  Goldsboro at the "Old Waynesborough" historical village, sponsored by Sam's club; 25 teams

competing

14  Annual Chapel Hill Garden Tour; features 8 remarkable landscapes 919, 962.0522

14  Annual "Ports of Call"  unique city fest displaying variety of cultures, dances, music and exhibits of boots from

everywhere on the globe

14  Fort Barnwell Presentation & Tour; new idea for historians;  www.cravennc.300.org

14  Unity Ball: celebrating 300 years of shared History www.cravennc300.org

14  "Pirate Fest" celebrate everything ECU pirates! And Pirate pirates--swordfights, food, walking the plank...more

14 Annual "Brunswick Stew"  Shallotte, take part in contest to choose the best of this southern soup/stew; and

the usual street festival

15  Ensemble Vermillian presents Bach   Tryon Palace  www.tryonpalace.org

19-29  10th Annual Outer Banks Bike Week, with all the fun expected, a week of parties and meeting

like-minded folk

20  The Beach Boys    Raleigh Amphitheater    www.ticketmaster.com/event

21  Publick Day  in Beaufort

21 "Dayglow"!  world's largest paint party involves high-energy art, dance lights and paint in 1 mind-blowing experience;

this must be seen to be believed, Raleigh Amphitheater 6-11pm

 21 22  Nicholas Sparks Celebrity Family Weekend , This is a big BIG- HUGE event for New Bern, play golf

with major celebs at NB Country Club; all for charity, all major fun

22 Nicholas Sparks 5K & Fun Run   Click: http://www.sparksevent.org/index.html; Sparks will run, "not at

 my college form"  Resister early, hotels are filling up. See our hotel listings on this site.

27  Pickle Festival  Mt. Olive. one of our favorite town festivals at the pickle capital of the east coast. Kids

 love this  one

27  10th Annual Neuse River Clean-up  party after with prizes and fun www.neuseriver.org

27  Havelock Heritage Blues Festival w/Shelton Powe,Cool John Ferguson; dinner included! Havelock Event Center;

252.447.1101 for tickets

28  Presentation and Tours at historic Bellair mansion www.cravennc300.org

28  Southern Gentlemen Barbershop Chorus concert  w/guest artists "Humdingers" Grover C. Fields  7:30pm

28   Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival  Cullman Hall; NC History Cntr.; 8pm; sensational group!!

25-29  8th Annual Beaufort Wine & Food Festival  this is a must for gourmets and wine snobs;

here you'll find  the b-e-s-t

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