Spend a long weekend celebrating southeastern North Carolina’s Gullah Geechee culture at the North Carolina Rice Festival in Brunswick County. Festival attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the language, explore the history of rice as a significant crop in the region, listen to traditional storytelling, attend an Ancestry Reveal event, and enjoy Gullah-inspired live music, arts and crafts, and food. Events will be held at various locations and times each day — check the website for more details.