POPULAR ANNUAL EVENTS

WHETHER YOU GRAVITATE TOWARDS EVENTS CENTERED AROUND FOOD, MUSIC, OR ATHLETICISM, THE OUTER BANKS OFFERS SOMETHING FOR ALL TASTES, ALL YEAR-ROUND. BELOW IS A RUNDOWN OF THE AREA’S MOST POPULAR ANNUAL TRADITIONs:

WINTER

-December through February-

• WinterLights at Elizabethan Gardens

• Anniversary of the First Flight Celebration

• Duck Yuletide Celebration

• Manteo Tree Lighting and Christmas Parade

• Midnight Magic in Manteo on New Year’s Eve

• Frank Stick Memorial Art Show

SPRING

-March through May-

• OBX Wedding Weekend & Expo

• Running of the Leprechauns Races

• OBX Jeep Invasion

• St. Patrick’s Day Parade

• Taste of the Beach

• Blackbeard’s Half Marathon

• Flying Pirate Half Marathon

• OBX Rod & Custom Festival

  SUMMER

-June through August-

• Town of Manteo Dare Days

• Ocrafolk Festival

• Soundside Fun Fair

• OBX VusicFest

• Under the Oaks Arts Festival

• 4th of July Festivities (events vary by town)

• Smokin’ Grass Bluegrass & BBQ Festival

• Wright Kite Festival

• Alice Kelly Memorial Fishing Tournament

• Pirates Cove Billfish Tournament

• New World Festival of the Arts

• Ocracoke Fig Festival

• Outer Banks Pirate Festival

• Outer Banks Watermelon Festival

• WRV Outer Banks Pro

AUTUMN

-September through November-

• Currituck Heritage Bulls & BBQ

• ESA Eastern Surf Championship

• International Windsurfing Tour

• OBX PrideFest

• OBX Triathlon

• Lost Colony Wine & Culinary Festival

• Parade of Homes

• Bluegrass Island Music Festival

• Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree

• OBX Brewtag

• Duck Jazz Festival

• Oink ‘n’ Oyster Roast

• Outer Banks Seafood Festival

• Ocracoke Latino Festival

• OBX Marathon

• Big CurriShuck

• OBX Shrimp Cookoff

• Kites with Lights & Hangin’ with Santa