Carrboro Festvals &
Events
Carrboro Day
Come on down & celebrate Carrboro Day the first Sunday in May
every year. Enjoy live music and lots of family festivities all day long!
Festivities in prior years have included live musical performances, story telling, Family Crafts, gymnatics and fun activities for the kids, Poetry Reading, Family Games, Family Folk Dancing,
Family Picnic Dinner (BYOP) , a Fire Truck Spray Display and lots more.
Carrboro Day typically includes numerous
outdoors/nature-based activities at Bolin Creek and Wilson Park (including
a Bird Walk, Geo-Hike, Wildflower Walk, Carrboro History & Culture
Walk, and more.)
Carrboro Music Festival
Last Sunday of September every year.
Check this video out! It's such
a great little film and truly captures the essence of the Carrboro
Music Festival
2005
Carrboro Music Festival Video by BeeryMedia. Come out down
to Carrboro - SO COOL! So looking forward to the festival as
we do every year!
Carrboro
Film
Festival
Carrboro NC 2nd Friday Artwalk
NC
Comedy Arts Festival
Carrboro 4th of July Parade &
Celebration
Piedmont Farm Tour
Another GREAT thing about Carrboro is
that you can find a wide selection of locally-grown fruits and
vegetables at the Weaver Street Market, and local produce often is
used in local restaurants. The Carrboro Farmer' Market
features an abundance of delicious, locally grown fruits and
vegetables fresh from the local farms. Every year local farms
in Carrboro/Chapel Hill/Orange County/Hillsborough and surrounding
areas participate in the annual Piedmont Farm Tour (the largest farm
tour in the nation!) Visit local farms, meet the farmers, and
sample the local fare at this wonderful annual event celebrating
local farms.
Orange County Artists Guild Annual Open Studio Tour
Every year the Orange County Artists
Guild Open Studio Tour offers the unique opportunity to visit local
artists in their studios (you can follow the map published by the
Orange County Artists Guild; signs are also posted pointing the way
all around town and Orange County directing the way to the artists'
studios). Marvel at their amazing work and meet your local
resident artists! (Carrboro has been referred to as "Paris of
the Piedmont" for good reason!)
On a related note: Are you
inspired to awaken the artist within yourself? The
Carrboro ArtCenter offers an amazing selection of art courses,
from painting to photography, sewing to jewelry making,
sculpting and pottery making, among many others (weekday and
weekend classes available; also classes available in day and
evening). We have met some of our favorite artists at
the Carrboro ArtCenter (and on the Open Studio Tour); we highly
recommend trying an art class there and taking some time for
yourself! The ArtCenter is a very COOL place to visit just
to visit. They usually have amazing local artwork featured
on the walls, and the ArtCenter features a beautiful theater
where musical luminaries visit and theatrical performances keep
the arts very much alive in Carrboro!
