Events Calendar

Looking for an artful way to spend an afternoon or evening with family, friends or as a treat for yourself? Our events calendar highlights some of the best upcoming gallery openings, museum exhibitions, stage plays, dance performances, craft fairs, music festivals and other events happening across our state.

Our events calendar is only a sampling of arts and cultural happenings in North Carolina. Regional, thematic and county calendars abound. Start with our directory of local arts councils to discover arts happenings in your community. Other calendars include:

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    • Displaying Events for February 06, 2012 — March 06, 2012

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    02/10/2012
    PineCone-Piedmont Council of Traditional Music presents
    The Duhks
    Raleigh
    8:00pm
    $20 - $27
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/10/2012
    Diana Wortham Theatre presents
    Solas
    Asheville
    8:00pm
    $10 - $30
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/11/2012
    The Arts Council of Winston-Salem / Forsyth County presents
    The Met: Live in HD - Götterdämmerung
    Winston-Salem
    12:00pm
    $15 Student - $22 Individual
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/11/2012
    Gaston County Public Library presents
    Frederick Douglass
    Gastonia
    2:00 p.m.
    free
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/11/2012
    Ashe County Arts Council presents
    Appalachian Philharmonia
    West Jefferson
    7:30 p.m.
    $5 students - $12 adults
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/12/2012
    PineCone-Piedmont Council of Traditional Music presents
    Boo Hanks
    Raleigh
    3-4pm
    Free
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/13/2012
    The Arts Council of Winston-Salem / Forsyth County presents
    The National Theatre [of London] - Live in HD - Travelling Light
    Winston-Salem
    7:30pm
    $18.50 student - $21.50
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/14/2012
    Greensboro Symphony Orchestra presents
    Let’s Fall in Love! - POPS concert
    Greensboro
    8pm
    $22.00 - $38.00
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/15/2012 - 02/16/2012
    North Carolina Black Repertory Theatre presents
    By A Black Hand
    Winston-Salem
    10AM
    $8.00
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/15/2012
    University of North Carolina-Asheville Cultural and Special Events presents
    PROJECT Trio
    Asheville
    8:00 PM
    $7 Student - $20 General
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/15/2012
    BOOKMARKS presents
    BOOKMARKS PRESENTS ELEANOR BROWN W/REYNOLDA LIBRARY SUPPORT
    Winston-Salem
    7:00 PM
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/15/2012
    Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art presents
    Artist Talk with Heather Gordon
    Greensboro
    5:30 - 6:30pm
    Free
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/16/2012 - 03/30/2012
    Rockingham County Arts Council presents
    I <3 Art
    Wentworth
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/17/2012
    Valerie Nieman presents
    Reading at City Lights Books
    Sylva
    7 p.m.
    free
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/17/2012
    The Civic & Cultural Arts Center of Pineville presents
    Paint Til You Drop
    Charlotte
    7pm
    $50 - $75
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/17/2012 - 02/19/2012
    North Carolina Black Repertory Theatre presents
    Dr. May Edward Chinn & Big Mama Speaks
    Winston-Salem
    8pm (Fri & Sat) 3pm (Sat & Sun
    $15.00 - $22.00
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/18/2012
    The Writers' Workshop presents
    Writing Your Life with Richard Krawiec
    Charlotte
    12-5pm
    $70 - $75
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/18/2012
    Valerie Nieman presents
    Reading at Posanas
    Asheville
    7:30 p.m.
    free
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/18/2012
    PineCone-Piedmont Council of Traditional Music presents
    Taj Mahal Trio
    Raleigh
    8:00pm
    $20 - $35
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/18/2012
    The Clayton Center presents
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    Clayton
    8:00pm
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/20/2012
    The Arts Council of Winston-Salem / Forsyth County presents
    The National Theatre [of London] - Live in HD - Travelling Light
    Winston-Salem
    7:30pm
    $18.50 student - $21.50
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/20/2012
    University of North Carolina- Wilmington Office of Cultural Arts presents
    Jazz at Lincoln Center Band Director Workshop
    Wilmington
    9 am - noon
    Free
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/21/2012
    The Arts Council of Winston-Salem / Forsyth County presents
    Leonardo Live (film of exhibition opening in London)
    Winston-Salem
    7:30pm
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/23/2012 - 02/24/2012
    Diana Wortham Theatre presents
    Rennie Harris Puremovement
    Asheville
    8:00pm
    $10 - $40
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/23/2012
    Greensboro Symphony Orchestra presents
    Greensboro Symphony Masterworks
    Greensboro
    7:30pm
    $22 - $38
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/24/2012
    Greensboro Symphony Orchestra presents
    Rice Toyota Sitkovetsky & Friends Chamber Series
    Greensboro
    8pm
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/24/2012 - 02/26/2012
    North Carolina Dance Festival presents
    NC Dance Festival - Wilmington
    Greensboro
    Fri/Sat 8 p.m. Sun 3 p.m.
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/24/2012
    Ashe County Arts Council presents
    Bill Harley
    West Jefferson
    7:30 p.m.
    $5 students - $12 adults
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/24/2012
    The Arts Council of Winston-Salem / Forsyth County presents
    Leonardo Live (film of exhibition opening in London)
    Winston-Salem
    7:30pm
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/25/2012
    University of North Carolina- Wilmington Office of Cultural Arts presents
    Jazz at Lincoln Center Family Concert
    Wilmington
    7 pm
    Free - $8
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/25/2012
    Valerie Nieman presents
    Bookem North Carolina
    Lumberton
    all day
    free
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/25/2012
    The Arts Council of Winston-Salem / Forsyth County presents
    The Met: Live in HD - Verdis Ernani
    Winston-Salem
    1:00pm
    $15 Student - $22 Individual
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/25/2012
    Caldwell Arts Council presents
    Middle School Recitation Competition
    Lenoir
    9am-12noon
    free
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/25/2012
    Gaston County Public Library presents
    The Rhythm of the Drum
    Gastonia
    2:00 p.m.
    free
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/25/2012
    Greensboro Symphony Orchestra presents
    Greensboro Symphony Masterworks
    Greensboro
    8pm
    $22 - $38
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/25/2012
    Caldwell Arts Council presents
    Middle School Poetry Recitation Competition
    Lenoir
    9am-12noon
    free
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/26/2012
    City of Morganton Municipal Auditorium presents
    BoomTown - Cirque Mechanics
    Morganton
    3:00PM
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/28/2012
    University of North Carolina- Wilmington Office of Cultural Arts presents
    Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
    Wilmington
    8pm
    $55 - $75
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    03/01/2012 - 03/02/2012
    Children's Theatre of Charlotte presents
    Childrens Theatre of Charlotte Presents Step Afrika!
    Charlotte
    various
    $12 - $14
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    03/02/2012 - 03/30/2012
    Caldwell Arts Council presents
    Rural Reflections
    Lenoir
    Tu-Fr 9am-5pm
    free
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    03/02/2012
    PineCone-Piedmont Council of Traditional Music presents
    Square Dance Featuring Southern String Band
    Raleigh
    7-10pm
    $8 - $10
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    03/02/2012
    PineCone-Piedmont Council of Traditional Music presents
    Square Dance Featuring Southern String Band
    Raleigh
    7-10pm
    $8 - $10
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    03/03/2012
    The Writers' Workshop presents
    Writing and Producing the Screenplay with Nathan Ross Freeman
    Charlotte
    12-5pm
    $70 - $75
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    03/03/2012
    Diana Wortham Theatre presents
    Christopher ORiley
    Asheville
    8:00pm
    $10 - $30
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site

     

    Ongoing Events
    11/11/2011 - 02/12/2012
    Hickory Museum of Art presents
    North Carolina Landscapes by Chrys Riviere-Blalock
    Hickory
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    11/26/2011 - 02/11/2012
    Waterworks Visual Arts Center presents
    Winter Exhibition: Art of Faiths, Religions of the World
    Salisbury
    10am - 5 pm
    free
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    01/10/2012 - 03/06/2012
    WHO Knows Art presents
    Business Teleseminar Series
    Asheville
    7:00 p.m.
    $20/topic - $35/topic
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    01/11/2012 - 12/29/2012
    Susan Schmidt presents
    Creative Writing Workshop
    Beaufort
    4-6 PM
    $80 repeat - $100 1st time
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    01/21/2012 - 03/03/2012
    Artspace presents
    What Land Will Take: Jarod Charzewski
    Raleigh
    10am-6pm
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site
    02/03/2012 - 02/25/2012
    Artspace presents
    Awakened From The Deep: Tanya Casteel
    Raleigh
    10am-6pm
    Event Details  |   Visit Organization Web site