On this page you will find the annual local culture and history events on the Outer Banks.
Outer Banks Annual Events by Category or Month
Outer Banks Local Culture & History
6800 S. Croatan Highway, The Bypass, MP 15.5, Soundside Event Site, Nags Head
Do you ever wonder about the abundant amounts of seafood caught and consumed on the Outer Banks? Well, wonder no more. The Outer Banks Seafood Festival is an event that will educate, entertain and feed you. What more could you want? The local bounty of the sea and the tradition of fishing that puts it on our tables are celebrated at this festival in Nags Head. Learn about the fish that are indigenous as well as the importance between the seafood industry and the Outer Banks community. You’ll leave with a full belly and brain. This Outer Banks Event will be held on October 20 in 2018 and includes live music, beer and wine, kids' activities and more.
Do you ever wonder about the abundant amounts of seafood caught and consumed on the Outer Banks? Well, wonder no more. The Outer Banks Seafood Festival is an event that will educate, entertain and feed you. What more could you want? The local bounty of the sea and the tradition of fishing that puts it on our tables are celebrated at this festival...read more
Do you ever wonder about the abundant amounts of seafood caught and consumed...read more
Outer Banks Local Culture & History
238 Bayview Drive, Stumpy Point
Forget “the world is your oyster!” At the Stumpy Point Oyster Fest, the oyster is your world. For more than 30 years, this all-you-can-eat oyster festival has been a favorite of locals and visitors alike. Celebrate a chilly February day with friends, family, homemade desserts and your favorite bivalves. Whether you want your oysters steamed or fried is entirely up to you, and once you’ve had your fill of them – if that’s even possible – chow down on some fresh fish that’s fried up right in front of you. And you’ll be doing some good eating for a cause too; proceeds from the Oyster Feast benefit Stumpy Point families in need.
Forget “the world is your oyster!” At the Stumpy Point Oyster Fest, the oyster is your world. For more than 30 years, this all-you-can-eat oyster festival has been a favorite of locals and visitors alike. Celebrate a chilly February day with friends, family, homemade desserts and your favorite bivalves. Whether you want your oysters steamed or fried is entirely up to you, and...read more
Forget “the world is your oyster!” At the Stumpy Point Oyster Fest, the...read more
Outer Banks Local Culture & History
Ocracoke Island offers 16 miles of undeveloped beachfront, numerous preserved natural areas and a charming village with lodging, camping, restaurants, nightlife, shops and recreational activities, making it a very popular vacation spot. Add in the island's numerous annual events, from the Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival in April to the Ocracoke Working Watermen Association's Oyster Roast and Shrimp Boil in December, and it's easy to see why people return to this island again and again. Ocracoke Township Tourism Development Authority has the information you need for a complete vacation getaway, including detailed information on the island's annual events.
Ocracoke Island offers 16 miles of undeveloped beachfront, numerous preserved natural areas and a charming village with lodging, camping, restaurants, nightlife, shops and recreational activities, making it a very popular vacation spot. Add in the island's numerous annual events, from the Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival in April to the Ocracoke Working Watermen Association's Oyster Roast and Shrimp Boil in December, and it's easy to see why...read more
Ocracoke Island offers 16 miles of undeveloped beachfront, numerous preserved natural areas and a charming...read more
Outer Banks Local Culture & History
Berkley Barn, 58 Water Plant Road, Ocracoke
It’s zany, it’s tough as heck and it’s a whole lot of fun. Ocracoke Island’s Women’s Arm Wrestling Tournament showcases feats of strength and a show that only these islanders could pull off. The is Outer Banks annual event invites ladies to don their best wrestler attire and personas in the double-elimination arm wrestling tournament. WOVV, Ocracoke’s Community Radio, provides live coverage throughout the event, which is usually held during the second weekend in June.
It’s zany, it’s tough as heck and it’s a whole lot of fun. Ocracoke Island’s Women’s Arm Wrestling Tournament showcases feats of strength and a show that only these islanders could pull off. The is Outer Banks annual event invites ladies to don their best wrestler attire and personas in the double-elimination arm wrestling tournament. WOVV, Ocracoke’s Community Radio, provides live coverage throughout the event,...read more
It’s zany, it’s tough as heck and it’s a whole lot of fun. Ocracoke Island’s...read more
Outer Banks Local Culture & History
After the Thanksgiving meal’s been finished and the table is clear, Island Farm maintains the spirit of harvest and fall food traditions. Garden to Hearth is an annual event that explores the traditions that surrounded heritage cooking and food preservation during the 1800s. Learn how early settlers in the Outer Banks preserved their food and readied themselves for winter with the help of costumed interpreters...read more
Outer Banks Local Culture & History
This walking tour around the grounds of Waterside Theatre and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is a ghostly stroll through Elizabethan history, early colonial exploration and Native American history. Guide Trevor Janzen, founder of Astral Plane Investigations, offers an interactive adventure of paranormal activity hotspots. This is an annual event, held for two weeks around Easter. Tours are held after dark, when the woods are...read more
Outer Banks Local Culture & History
Celebrate waterfowl's intrinsic role within the local culture and time-honored traditions on Hatteras Island and beyond. This winter event draws birders, artisans, ornithologists and anyone with a general interest in the area’s feathered figures to Hatteras Village for a weekend of birding demos, nature tours, arts-and-crafts displays and vendors, good food and drink and even better company. The Fin, Feather and Bourbon social kicks off...read more
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