Music Festivals

A list of music festivals throughout the state of North Carolina. 

In an attempt to keep the information in this list accurate and up to date, this data table will periodically be updated. 

Name of Festval Location Time of Year Website
3 Chambers Festival Wilmington, NC December 3 Chambers Festival
American Indian Heritage Celebration Raleigh, NC November American Indian Heritage Celebration
An Appalachian Summer Festival Boone, NC "Summer" An Appalachian Summer Festival
Antlers & Acorns, The Boone Songwriters Festival Boone, NC September Antlers & Acorns
Appalachian State Old-Time Fiddlers Convention Boone, NC February Appalachian State Old-Time Fiddlers Convention
Artsplosure Raleigh, NC May Artsplosure
Atlantic Beach Music Festival Atlantic Beach, NC May Atlantic Beach Music Festival
Ashe County Bluegrass + Old Time Fiddlers Jefferson, NC July Ashe County Bluegrass + Old Time Fiddlers
Asheville Symphony Amadeus Festival Asheville, NC May Asheville Symphony Amadeus Festival
Bad Day Music + Arts Festival Wilmington, NC July Bad Day Music + Arts Festival
Balsam Range Art of Music Festival Lake Junaluska, NC December Balsam Range Art of Music Festival
Bascam Lamar Lunsford Festival Mars Hill, NC October Bascam Lamar Lunsford Festival
Beach Fest Selma, NC April Beach Fest
Beats N Bars Festival Durham, NC May Beats N Bars Festival
Beaufort Music Festival Beaufort, NC May Beaufort Music Festival
Big Lick Bluegrass Festival Oakboro, NC April Big Lick Bluegrass Festival
Biscuits and Banjos Festival Durham, NC April Biscuits and Banjos
Black Mountain Blues Black Mountain, NC September Black Mountain Blues
Bluegrass & Old-Time Fiddlers Convention Mount Airy, NC June Bluegrass & Old-Time Fiddlers Convention
Bluegrass First Class Asheville, NC February Bluegrass First Class
Bluegrass Island Music Festival Manteo, NC October Bluegrass Island Music Festival
Bluff Mountain Festival Hot Springs, NC June Bluff Mountain Festival
Boom Charlotte Festival Charlotte, NC April Boom Charlotte Festival
Boonerang Music and Arts Festival Boone, NC June Boonerang Music and Arts Festival
Breakaway Music Festival Concord, NC September Breakaway Music Festival
Camp Springs Labor Day Music Festival Elon, NC September Camp Springs Labor Day Music Festival
Cape Fear Blues Festival Wilmington, NC June Cape Fear Blues Festival
Carl Sandburg Music Festival Flat Rock, NC October Carl Sandburg Music Festival
Carolina Beach Music Festival Carolina Beach, NC June Carolina Beach Music Festival
Carolina Blues Festival Greensboro, NC May Carolina Blues Festival
Carolina Celtic Music Festival Lake Lure, NC September Carolina Celtic Music Festival
Carolina in the Fall Music & Food Festival Wilkesboro, NC September Carolina in the Fall Music & Food Festival
Carolina Indie Fest Sanford, NC September Carolina Indie Fest
Carolina Jazz Festival Chapel Hill, NC February Carolina Jazz Festival
Carrboro Bluegrass Festival Carrboro, NC May Carrboro Bluegrass Festival
Carrboro Music Festival Carrboro, NC September Carrboro Music Festival
Cary Lazy Daze Cary, NC August Cary Lazy Daze
Cary Spring Daze Cary, NC April Cary Spring Daze
Casual Campout Raleigh, NC May Casual Campout
CenterFest Durham, NC September CenterFest
Charlie Poole Music Festival Wentworth, NC June Charlie Poole Music Festival
Charlotte Soul Fest Charlotte, NC September Charlotte Soul Fest
Christmas Jam Asheville, NC December Christmas Jam
Coastal Carolina Chamber Music Festival New Bern, NC September & February Coastal Carolina Chamber Music Festival
Cold Mountain Music Festival Canton, NC May Cold Mountain Music Festival
Confluence Charlotte, NC October Confluence
Connect Beyond Festival Asheville, NC April Connect Beyond Festival
Cuegrass Raleigh, NC April Cuegrass
Creedmoor Music Festival Creedmoor, NC September Creedmoor Music Festival
Dex Fest Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC June Dex Fest
Digital Gardens Charlotte, NC June Digital Gardens
Dix Park Pow Wow Raleigh, NC October Dix Park Pow Wow
Doc and Rosa Lee MusicFest Sugar Grove, NC July Doc and Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest
DownEast Music Festival Rocky Mount, NC July DownEast Music Festival
Dreamville Festival Raleigh, NC April Dreamville Festival
Duck Jazz Festival Duck, NC October Duck Jazz Festival
Earl Scruggs Music Festival Mill Spring, NC August Earl Scruggs Music Festival
Elizabeth City State University Jazz Festival Elizabeth City, NC April Elizabeth City State University Jazz Festival
FabFest Charlotte, NC October FabFest
Festival for the Eno Durham, NC July Festival for the Eno
FlushFest Hillsborough, NC October FlushFest
Fly Around Fest Lansing, NC August Fly Around Fest
Folkmoot Summerfest Waynesville, NC July Folkmoot Summerfest
First Night Raleigh Raleigh, NC December First Night Raleigh
Groove Jam Greensboro, NC September Groove Jam
Guilford Native American Association's Pow Wow Greensboro, NC September GNAA's Pow Wow
Happy Valley Fiddlers Jamboree Lenoir, NC September Happy Valley Fiddlers Jamboree
Harvest Jam Music + Arts Festival Raleigh, NC October Harvest Jam Music + Arts Festival
High Country Jazz Festival Blowing Rock and Boone, NC June High Country Jazz Festival
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival Highlands, NC July-Aug Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival
Highlands Food + Wine Festival Highlands, NC November Highlands Food + Wine Festival
Hillbilly Jam Maggie Valley, NC July Hillbilly Jam
Homegrown Music Fest Raleigh, NC October Homegrown Music Fest
Hook + Line: Thompson Music + Arts Heritage Festival Mebane, NC October Hook + Line
Hoppin John Fiddlers' Convention Pittsboro, NC September Hoppin John Fiddlers' Convention
Hopscotch Music Festival Raleigh, NC September Hopscotch Music Festival
Hum Sub Diwali Festival Cary, NC October Hum Sub Diwali Festival
Idlewild Music Festival Zebulon, NC September Idlewild Music Festival
John Coltrane Jazz and Blues Festival High Point, NC September John Coltrane Jazz and Blues Festival
LEAF Festival Black Mountain, NC October LEAF Festival
Lovin' Life Music Fest Charlotte, NC May Lovin' Life Music Fest
Lucknow Music Festival Dunn, NC April Lucknow Music Festival
Lumbee Tribe of NC Harvest Moon Pow Wow Maxton, NC September Lumbee Tribe of NC Harvest Moon Pow Wow
Malpass Brothers Bluegrass and Country Festival Denton, NC May Malpass Brothers Bluegrass and Country Festival
Mantrabash Music + Arts Festival Prospect Hill, NC November Mantrabash Music + Arts Festival
Meherrin Pow Wow Ahoskie, NC October Meherinn Pow Wow
MerleFest Wilkesboro, NC April MerleFest
Metrolina Rising: Our Culture, Our Comback Powwow Charlotte, NC January Metrolina Rising: Our Culture, Our Comeback Powwow
Milltown Get Down Elkin, NC October Milltown Get Down
Mira Music Fest Southern Pines, NC September Mira Music Fest
Missy Lane's Block Party (A Reimagining of the Art of Cool Jazz Festival) Durham, NC October Missy Lane's Block Party
Mountain Dance and Folk Festival Asheville, NC August Mountain Dance and Folk Festival
Mountain Song Festival Brevard, NC September Mountain Song Festival
Mystic Music Festival Durham, NC September Mystic Music Festival
NC State Bluegrass Festial Marion, NC August NC State Bluegrass Festival
New River Blues Festival Grassy Creek, NC August New River Blues Festival
Next Door Music Festival Oxford, NC August Next Door Music Festival
Night In The Country Carolinas Music Festival Mill Spring, NC August Night In The Country Carolinas Music Festival
NC Beach Blast Kings Mountain, NC September NC Beach Blast
NC Rock Autism Music Festival Elizabeth City, NC October NC Rock Autism Music Festival
North Carolina Folk Festival Greensboro, NC September North Carolina Folk Festival
North Carolina HIP Music Festival Durham, NC Feb-March North Carolina HIP Music Festival
North Carolina Jazz Festival Wilmington, NC February North Carolina Jazz Festival
North Carolina Songwriters Festival Fayetteville, NC May North Carolina Songwriters Festival
North Carolina State Annual Singing Convention Benson, NC June North Carolina State Annual Singing Convention
North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival Cherokee, NC August North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival
Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation Pow Wow Mebane, NC October Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation Pow Wow
Ocean City Jazz Festival North Topsail Beach, NC July Ocean City Jazz Festival
Ocrafolk Festival Ocracoke, NC June Ocrafolk Festival's Website
Ol' Front Porch Music Festival Oriental, NC October Ol' Front Porch Music Festival
Ola Belle Reed Festival Lansing, NC October Ola Belle Reed Festival
Party on the Mountain Beech Mountain, NC June-August Party on the Mountain
ProgDay Chapel Hill, NC August ProgDay
Raleigh Wide Open Raleigh, NC September Raleigh Wide Open
Raleighwood Festival Raleigh, NC September Raleighwood Festival
Reevestock Music Festival Elkin, NC October Reevestock Music Festival
Salt & Smoke & Sound Festival Chapel Hill, NC October Salt & Smoke & Sound Festival
Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance Pittsboro, NC September, May Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance
Singers and Songbirds Songwriting Festival Statesville, NC April Singers and Songbirds Songwriting Festival
Sleepy Fest Saxapahaw, NC October Sleepy Fest
Slingshot Festival Durham, NC October Slingshot Festival
Soulshine Farm Music Festival Burnsville/Spruce Pine, NC August Soulshine Farm Music Festival
SouthernScape Music Festival Kannapolis, NC October SouthernScape Music Festival
Strange Fruit Festival Greensboro, NC April Strange Fruit Festival
The Big What? Pittsboro, NC August The Big What?
The Black Notes Project Charlotte, NC January The Black Notes Project
Waccamaw Siouan Powwow Bolton, NC October Waccamaw Siouan Powwow
White Squirrel Weekend Brevard, NC May White Squirrel Weekend
Willow Oak Park Bluegrass Festival Roxboro, NC June Willow Oak Park Bluegrass Festival
Wilson Jazz Fest Wilson, NC September Wilson Jazz Fest
Young Musicians Festival Southern Pines, NC March Young Musicians Festival
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