Topics Related to Festivals and Celebrations
April 19, 2025, 10am - 12pm
Come join us for a free egg hunt here at Duke Homestead!
March 8, 2025, 10am - 5pm
Join us at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site on Saturday, March 8th for the North Carolina Rice Festival!
December 13, 2024, 5:30pm - 9pm
You're invited to join us at Christmas by Candlelight - Experience an 1870s North Carolina Christmas with Duke Homestead!
December 6, 2024, 5:30pm - 9pm
You're invited to join us at Christmas by Candlelight - Experience an 1870s North Carolina Christmas with Duke Homestead!
December 7, 2024, 4:30pm - 6pm
Drum and dance performance honoring West African cultural heritage at Horton Grove
October 25, 2024, 6:30pm - October 26, 2024, 9:30pm
Phantasmagoria, noun: a bizarre or fantastic combination, collection or assemblage; a dreamlike state where real and imagined elements blur together; a magical event at Duke Homestead on October 25th.
October 26, 2024, 11am - 4pm
Living history program with hands-on demonstrations of the many ways in which women participated in North Carolina's protest against the hated British tax on tea. Costumed interpreters will fill the Iredell House yard giving visitors a glance at life in the 18th century.
October 25, 2024, 1pm - 4pm
Living history program at the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse demonstrating how North Carolinians protested British taxation efforts prior to the American Revolution. Talk about the Edenton Tea Party, the ladies that signed the petition, and get a chance to sign a copy of it for yourself! Featuring costumed interpreters from North Carolina State Historic Sites.
December 7, 2024, 9am - 5pm
Join us at Alamance Battleground to learn about the traditions, foodways, and culture of North Carolina's German communities as we celebrate the Christmas holiday with our special event, "German Christmas in Colonial Carolina." By the 1770s, the backcountry of North Carolina boasted several communities of Germans who had settled here after migrating from their original settlements in Pennsylvania. They brought with them their traditions and culture that still shape our region today. $5 Adults - $2 Children
December 14, 2024, 5pm - 8pm
Join the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum and Town of Sedalia for our annual tree lighting event! With vendors, live music, and Santa.