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Ocracoke: Fig Festival
What: Celebrate Ocracoke’s local fig history and culture with all kinds of fig-infused fun. A marketplace will offer dozens of preserves and treats, and visitors can compete in a fig cake bake-off, among other activities.
When: August 16-17
Where: 49 Water Plant Road, Ocracoke, NC 27960
For more information, visit ocracokeislandrealty.com/events/festivals/2019-ocracoke-fig-festival.
Durham: Hops and Blues Festival
What: Grab a lawn chair for a hoppin’ evening in The Glass Jug Beer Lab’s beer garden. A handful of hop-forward breweries will serve samples while blues musicians perform.
When: August 17
Where: 5410 NC-55 Suite V, Durham, NC 27713
For more information, visit facebook.com/events/hopsbluesfestival.
Nags Head: OBX Pirate Festival
What: Ahoy, landlubbers: Learn about the history of pirates on the Outer Banks when Blackbeard’s crew invades Jockey’s Ridge Crossing in Nags Head or a realistic 18th-century living-history encampment.
When: August 14-15
Where: 300 West Carolista Dr, Nags Head, NC 27959
For more information, visit outerbanks.org/event/obx-pirate-festival.
Franklin: Folk Festival
What: Get folksy on this day filled with live demonstrations of woodcarving, blacksmithing, weaving, and other heritage skills.
When: August 17
Where: 51 Cowee School Drive, Franklin, NC 28734
For more information, visit franklinfolkfestival.com.
Hudson: Festival of the Arts
What: Celebrate the fine arts with food, wine, live music, and dancing at the HUB Station Art and Business Center.
When: August 17
Where: 145 Cedar Valley Road, Hudson, NC, 28638
For more information, visit facebook.com/thehubstation.
For our full list of August events, check out our Carolina Calendar.
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The spectacular views in North Carolina’s High Country aren’t just inspiration for writers, painters, and sculptors. Those landscapes — the rugged gray face of Grandfather Mountain, the vibrant fall leaves, the deep green meadows — are brushstrokes on Earth’s own canvas.
The sprawling vineyards and wide-open skies that stretch for miles across seven North Carolina counties offer relaxing getaways — not to mention some of the state’s finest wines — for Sunday drivers aching to escape the rush of city life.
Nothing lasts forever — and that’s what makes many of our cherished moments so special.
