List of festivals in North Carolina facts for kids

This is an incomplete list of festivals that take place in the state of North Carolina, and have an article on Wikipedia.

Food

• Lexington Barbecue Festival
• North Carolina Potato Festival
• North Carolina Watermelon Festival
• Roanoke-Chowan Pork-Fest

Beverage

• North Carolina Wine Festival
• Yadkin Valley Wine Festival

Music

• Brevard Music Center
• The End of Summer Weenie Roast
• MerleFest
• Moogfest (music, art and technology, see Moog synthesizer)
• Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention
• Predmestky Festival
• Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival (music and dance)
• Sparkcon
• Hopscotch Music Festival

Film

• 100 Words Film Festival
• ActionFest
• Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
• North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
• National Black Theatre Festival
• North Carolina Black Film Festival
• North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Performance Festival (drama, music, dance and, film as well)
• Real to Reel International Film Festival
• RiverRun International Film Festival

Dance

• American Dance Festival
• Wake Forest Dance Festival

Art

• Artsplosure
• Bele Chere (defunct, music and street arts)
• Brushy Mountain Apple Festival (arts and crafts)
• Transformus (regional "Burning Man" art festival)

Other

• Animazement (anime)
• Aniwave (anime)
• Apple Chill
• Carolina Renaissance Festival
• Fayetteville Dogwood Festival (musics, arts and crafts, art, educational)
• Halloween on Franklin Street
• John Canoe (influenced by the Fancy Dress Festival)
• Lake Eden Arts Festival (instructive, performing arts)
• North Carolina Azalea Festival
• North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival
• North Carolina Science Festival
• Wild Goose Festival (focuses on justice, spirituality, music and the arts)
• Woolly Worm Festival (celebrating the supposed weather-predicting abilities of the woolly worm)

See also

• List of festivals in the United States
• Barbecue in North Carolina