Visit North Carolina - March 20, 2025

Blooms to barbecue: spring events you’ll love

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TRAVEL INSIDER EVENTS • For Real, Visit NC

Spring 2025

SPRING STARTS HERE - Little girl happily skipping from out of a brick tunnel on the grounds of Biltmore Estate, with beautiful spring flowers around her

Fill your warmer days and getaways with these featured events

Spring in North Carolina isn’t just a season – it’s an invitation. An invitation to celebrate NC’s state flower, welcome spring’s arrival to the mountains or party like a pirate on the coast. Yo-ho-ho, it’s festival season!

See all our featured events

Feast Wilmington

Wilmington • March 29-30

Piratefest

Greenville • April 5

Grifton Shad Festival

Grifton • April 10-13

Farmville Dogwood Festival

Farmville • April 24-27

Ocean Fest 2025

Surf City • May 2-4

Bike the Banks

Emerald Isle • May 3

Downtown Derby Darty

Morehead City • May 3

Outer Banks Soft Shell Crab Week

Manteo • May 12-17

Greening Up the Mountains

Sylva • April 26

White Squirrel Weekend

Brevard • May 23-25

Cabarrus Burger Madness

Cabarrus • Now through March 31

The Viking Experience

Oxford • March 22-23 & 29-30

Dreamville

Raleigh • April 5-6

Suds & Swine

Laurinburg • April 11-12

Hickory Furniture Mart’s Spring Pre-Market Clearance Sale

Hickory • April 11-14

Easter Bunny Express

Spencer • April 12-19

Brewgaloo

Raleigh • April 25-26

Mebane Dogwood Festival

Mebane • April 25-26

Tractors & Trains

Spencer • April 25-26

Central Highland Games

Oxford • April 26

Burlington Carousel Festival

Burlington • May 3-4

CultureFest

Oxford • May 10

Spring NASCAR Weekend in Cabarrus County

Concord • May 23-25

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