Find News from VisitNC and Destinations

RALEIGH, N.C. — This fall, the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) hosts the first solo museum exhibition of the visual art of Scott Avett, founding member of the Grammy-nominated Avett Brothers...

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — With the Doc Watson family in attendance, the names of the 2019 North Carolina Music Hall of Fame inductees were announced by Susi Hamilton, state secretary of Natural and...

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s annual summer arts attraction, An Appalachian Summer Festival, will celebrate its 35th anniversary season from June 29 - Aug. 3, 2019. This...

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — The season for outdoor entertainment is upon us, and May 17 marks the return of the popular Mill Music Ses ions presented by Braswell Family Farms with Get Funky and The...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed 2019 The Year of Music to recognize North Carolina’s influence on America’s most important musical genres and to celebrate, support and...

SELMA, N.C. — Located along the I-95 Corridor at exit 97 in Selma, the long-running American Music Jubilee has been a Johnston County tradition for many years. Recently rebranded as Live @ The...

BELMONT, N.C. — Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden’s annual Holidays at the Garden, opening to the public on Nov. 23, is going to be bigger and better than ever before. Visitors will experience an...

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The 24th annual Cucalorus Festival announces its mashup of film, performance and technology for November 7-11 in downtown Wilmington. Susan Ellis (Director of Social...

BATH, N.C. — In conjunction with the Town of Bath’s Tricentennial Celebration of Blackbeard, the Greater Bath Foundation announces “Blackbeard’s Trial — A Mock Hearing to Reconsider the...

EDENTON, N.C. — On Jan. 11, 2013, architectural historian Michael Worthington announced to an enthused audience, “The felling date for the timbers used in this building was in the winter of...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Chef Vivian Howard, the homegrown celebrity from Deep Run, N.C., closes out "A Chef’s" Life after five seasons with a heaping Harvest Special, premiering Monday,...

GREENVILLE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers have signed on as a sponsor of the Avett Brothers’ Concert to Benefit Hurricane Florence Relief Efforts on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at Minges Coliseum on the...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carowinds will mark a turning point in its evolution as a destination amusement park when it introduces Copperhead Strike, the Carolinas’ first double launch coaster, for the...

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — Two trailblazers in the Craft Beer industry, are investing in Eastern North Carolina. Briana Brake, Brewer and Founder of Spaceway Brewery, and Celeste Beatty, Brewer and...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Record visitor spending in 2017 was reflected with visitor spending increases in all 100 counties, N.C. Secretary of Commerce Anthony M. Copeland announced today. Visitor spending...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — This fall the Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro premieres Dread & Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World, an exhibition that brings...

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s Welcome Centers, the state’s friendly and helpful gateways for travelers and a key economic engine for the tourism industry, celebrate their 50th anniversary...

BEAUFORT, N.C. — Moonrakers Restaurant — a cutting-edge, coastal cuisine restaurant featuring rooftop dining on the waterfront in historic downtown Beaufort, N.C. — is set to open following...

DILLSBORO, N.C. — On Saturday, August 18, 2018, Dillsboro will celebrate the Appalachian Women's Museum with Art in Monteith Park, a daylong arts and crafts festival. Among the more than 40...

LINVILLE, N.C. — Amateur and professional photographers can now register for the Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic, a two-day seminar that offers presentations from outstanding photojournalists...

BENSON, N.C. — The small town of Benson has a population of around 3,500 but will swell to approximately 30,000 this September 20-23, 2018 for the 69th Annual Benson Mule Days Celebration. A...

RALEIGH, N.C. — On Friday, July 27, the North Carolina Museum of History will unveil its newest exhibit, A Thousand Words: Photographs by Vietnam Veterans. This collection of intriguing images,...

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Comic and pop-culture lovers will flock to Greenville for the 2nd Annual Greenville North Carolina Comic Con Saturday, August 4 from 10am-5pm at the Greenville Convention...

BANNER ELK, N.C. — Entering its fifth decade as one of the Southeast’s quirkiest gatherings, Banner Elk’s Woolly Worm Festival has added a new distinction: Official State Woolly Worm...

HILDEBRAN, N.C. — A change in ownership has brought the dawn of a new era for the Henry River Mill Village, an early-1900s village in eastern Burke County best known as the filming site for...