9+ hour, 42+ min ago   (354+ words) Charlotte VegFest is set to bring thousands of people to the Queen City on October 10, when the annual celebration of plant-based living takes over Victoria Yards in Uptown Charlotte with more than 100 vendors. General admission is free, and organizers describe…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (234+ words) This year marks the 77th Salem Art Fair & Festival happening at Bush's Pasture Park. On Sept. 11 and Sept. 12, hours for the kids' court and artist booths are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and entertainment runs from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Sept. 13, the kids' court, booths and entertainment…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (198+ words) The 100th Greatest Homecoming on Earth thrown by North Carolina A&T looks to be a star-studded weekend in October. N.C. A&T revealed the lineup for GHOE on Wednesday afternoon at the Student Center, including rapper Gunna, R&B singer Ella…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (352+ words) The fairgrounds weren't without setbacks. On Christmas Eve in 1951, an arson fire destroyed the fair's two-story stone exhibit hall and grandstand, structures originally built by Works Progress Administration labor during the Great Depression. The blaze prompted an immediate local rebuilding…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (173+ words) According to The Charlotte Observer, Blumenthal Arts President and CEO Tom Gabbard said the festival had a finite timeline from the start, built as a four-year initiative rather than an ongoing annual event. Gabbard, who has led the organization for…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (304+ words) WILMINGTON — ACCESS of Wilmington will host its second annual Sounds of Freedom Benefit Gala Concert on Sept. 25. The event will be from 7 to 11 p.m. and will take place at the Brooklyn Arts Center… ACCESS of Wilmington to host gala, BELLES…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (173+ words) Tickets for the full sCarolina lineup are available at thecarolina.com, per The Charlotte Weekly's report. The theater enforces a strict bag policy prohibiting backpacks and bags larger than 12 by 12 by 6 inches, aside from small clutches or medical bags, and…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (253+ words) Thousands of people packed First Ward Park in Uptown Charlotte on Saturday for the free, all-day Charlotte Soul Fest, a celebration organizers built around live music, a food court and a family fun zone that ran from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The event…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (89+ words) By Margaret Seiler September 4, 2026 Image: Courtesy Margaret Seiler Image: Courtesy Oregon State Fair Between the two arts-and-crafts halls is smaller building packed with scarecrows (including one dressed to look like Weird Al Yankovic, who plays in the amphitheater on Labor…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (359+ words) Alicia Keys' Tony- and Grammy-winning musical Hell's Kitchen runs Sept. 8-13 at Charlotte's Belk Theater, with tickets starting at $47.02. A single mother raising a daughter alone in a cramped one-bedroom apartment in 1990s New York City A neighborhood full of artists who…...