Music Festivals
A list of music festivals throughout the state of North Carolina.
In an attempt to keep the information in this list accurate and up to date, this data table will periodically be updated.
| Genre | Location | Name of Festival | Time of Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Celebration | Raleigh, NC | American Indian Heritage Celebration | November |
| Multi-genre | Boone, NC | An Appalachian Summer Festival | July-August |
| Roots / Americana | Boone, NC | Antlers & Acorns | September |
| Roots / Americana | Boone, NC | Appalachian State Old-Time Fiddlers Convention | February |
| Multi-genre | Raleigh, NC | Artsplosure | May |
| Beach Music | Atlantic Beach, NC | Atlantic Beach Music Festival | May |
| Roots / Americana | Jefferson, NC | Ashe County Bluegrass + Old Time Fiddlers | July |
| Classical | Asheville, NC | Asheville Symphony Amadeus Festival | May |
| Multi-genre | Asheville, NC | Asheville Busker Fest | May |
| Multi-genre | Wilmington, NC | Bad Day Music + Arts Festival | July |
| Roots / Americana | Lake Junaluska, NC | Balsam Range Art of Music Festival | December |
| Multi-genre | Spring Creek, NC | Bandaloop Tiny Music + Story Festival | October |
| Roots / Americana | Mars Hill, NC | Bascam Lamar Lunsford Festival | October |
| Beach Music | Selma, NC | Beach Fest | April |
| Pop / Rock | Highlands, NC | Bear Shadow | May |
| Hip-Hop | Durham, NC | Beats N Bars Festival | May + October |
| Multi-genre | Beaufort, NC | Beaufort Music Festival | May |
| Roots / Americana | Oakboro, NC | Big Lick Bluegrass Festival | April |
| Roots / Americana | Durham, NC | Biscuits and Banjos | April |
| Blues | Black Mountain, NC | Black Mountain Blues | September |
| Roots / Americana | Todd, NC | Blue Bear Music Fest | September |
| Roots / Americana | Mount Airy, NC | Bluegrass & Old-Time Fiddlers Convention | June |
| Roots / Americana | Asheville, NC | Bluegrass First Class | February |
| Roots / Americana | Manteo, NC | Bluegrass Island Music Festival | October |
| Roots / Americana | Hot Springs, NC | Bluff Mountain Festival | June |
| Multi-genre | Charlotte, NC | Boom Charlotte Festival | April |
| Multi-genre | Asheville, NC | Boomtown Arts + Heritage FestAVL | August |
| Multi-genre | Boone, NC | Boonerang Music and Arts Festival | June |
| Electronic / Dance | Concord, NC | Breakaway Music Festival | September |
| Roots / Americana | Elon, NC | Camp Springs Labor Day Music Festival | September |
| Blues | Wilmington, NC | Cape Fear Blues Festival | June |
| Roots / Americana | Flat Rock, NC | Carl Sandburg Music Festival | October |
| Beach Music | Carolina Beach, NC | Carolina Beach Music Festival | June |
| Blues | Greensboro, NC | Carolina Blues Festival | May |
| World | Lake Lure, NC | Carolina Celtic Music Festival | September |
| Roots / Americana | Wilkesboro, NC | Carolina in the Fall Music & Food Festival | September |
| Pop / Rock | Sanford, NC | Carolina Indie Fest | September |
| Jazz | Chapel Hill, NC | Carolina Jazz Festival | February |
| Roots / Americana | Carrboro, NC | Carrboro Bluegrass Festival | May |
| Jazz | Carrboro, NC | Carrboro Django Reinhart Festival | March |
| Multi-genre | Carrboro, NC | Carrboro Music Festival | September |
| Arts | Cary, NC | Cary Lazy Daze | August |
| Arts | Cary, NC | Cary Spring Daze | April |
| Multi-genre | Raleigh, NC | Casual Campout | May |
| Arts | Durham, NC | CenterFest | September |
| Roots / Americana | Wentworth, NC | Charlie Poole Music Festival | June |
| Soul/R&B | Charlotte, NC | Charlotte Soul Fest | September |
| Pop / Rock | Asheville, NC | Christmas Jam | December |
| Classical | New Bern, NC | Coastal Carolina Chamber Music Festival | September & February |
| Roots / Americana | Canton, NC | Cold Mountain Music Festival | May |
| Multi-genre | Charlotte, NC | Confluence | October |
| Multi-genre | Asheville, NC | Connect Beyond Festival | April |
| Roots / Americana | Raleigh, NC | Cuegrass | April |
| Multi-genre | Creedmoor, NC | Creedmoor Music Festival | September |
| Roots / Americana | Carrboro and Chapel Hill, NC | Dex Fest | June |
| Electronic / Dance | Charlotte, NC | Digital Gardens | June |
| Heritage Celebration | Raleigh, NC | Dix Park Pow Wow | October |
| Roots / Americana | Sugar Grove, NC | Doc and Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest | July |
| Roots / Americana | Spring Creek, NC | Doggett Gap Tiny Music + Heritage Festival" | May |
| Pop / Rock | Rocky Mount, NC | DownEast Music Festival | July |
| Hip-Hop | Raleigh, NC | Dreamville Festival | April |
| Jazz | Duck, NC | Duck Jazz Festival | October |
| Roots / Americana | Mill Spring, NC | Earl Scruggs Music Festival | August |
| Multi-genre | Salisbury, NC | Earth Day Jam | April |
| Multi-genre | Raleigh, NC | Oak City Music Festival End of Summer | August |
| Jazz | Elizabeth City, NC | Elizabeth City State University Jazz Festival | April |
| Pop / Rock | Charlotte, NC | FabFest | October |
| Multi-genre | Durham, NC | Festival for the Eno | July |
| Multi-genre | Hillsborough, NC | FlushFest | October |
| Roots / Americana | Lansing, NC | Fly Around Fest | August |
| World / Folk | Waynesville, NC | Folkmoot Summerfest | July |
| Arts | Raleigh, NC | First Night Raleigh | December |
| Pop / Rock | Winston-Salem, nC | Gears and Guitars | May |
| Pop / Rock | Greensboro, NC | Groove Jam | September |
| Heritage Celebration | Greensboro, NC | GNAA's Pow Wow | September |
| Roots / Americana | Lenoir, NC | Happy Valley Fiddlers Jamboree | September |
| Multi-genre | Raleigh, NC | Harvest Jam Music + Arts Festival | October |
| Jazz | Blowing Rock and Boone, NC | High Country Jazz Festival | June |
| Classical | Highlands, NC | Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival | July-Aug |
| Food & Drink | Highlands, NC | Highlands Food + Wine Festival | November |
| Roots / Americana | Maggie Valley, NC | Hillbilly Jam | July |
| Multi-genre | Raleigh, NC | Homegrown Music Fest | October |
| Roots / Americana | Mebane, NC | Hook + Line | October |
| Roots / Americana | Pittsboro, NC | Hoppin' John Fiddlers' Convention | September |
| Multi-genre | Raleigh, NC | Hopscotch Music Festival | September |
| Heritage Celebration | Cary, NC | Hum Sub Diwali Festival | October |
| Multi-genre | Zebulon, NC | Idlewild Music Festival | September |
| Roots / Americana | Brasstown, NC | John C. Campbell Folk School Fall Festival | October |
| Jazz/Blues | High Point, NC | John Coltrane Jazz and Blues Festival | September |
| World | Black Mountain, NC | LEAF Festival | October |
| Pop / Rock | Charlotte, NC | Lovin' Life Music Fest | May |
| Multi-genre | Dunn, NC | Lucknow Music Festival | April |
| Heritage Celebration | Maxton, NC | Lumbee Tribe of NC Harvest Moon Pow Wow | September |
| Roots / Americana | Denton, NC | Malpass Brothers Bluegrass and Country Festival | May |
| Electronic / Dance | Prospect Hill, NC | Mantrabash Music + Arts Festival | November |
| Heritage Celebration | Ahoskie, NC | Meherinn Pow Wow | October |
| Roots / Americana | Wilkesboro, NC | MerleFest | April |
| Heritage Celebration | Charlotte, NC | Metrolina Rising: Our Culture, Our Comeback Powwow | January |
| Pop / Rock | Elkin, NC | Milltown Get Down | October |
| Multi-genre | Southern Pines, NC | Mira Music Fest | September |
| Jazz | Durham, NC | Missy Lane's Block Party | October |
| Roots / Americana | Asheville, NC | Mountain Dance and Folk Festival | August |
| Roots / Americana | Brevard, NC | Mountain Song Festival | September |
| Roots / Americana | Burnsville, NC | Music in the Mountains | September |
| Multi-genre | Durham, NC | Mystic Music Festival | September |
| Roots / Americana | Marion, NC | NC State Bluegrass Festival | August |
| Blues | Grassy Creek, NC | New River Blues Festival | August |
| Multi-genre | Oxford, NC | Next Door Music Festival | August |
| Pop / Rock | Mill Spring, NC | Night In The Country Carolinas Music Festival | August |
| Beach Music | Kings Mountain, NC | NC Beach Blast | September |
| Pop / Rock | Elizabeth City, NC | NC Rock Autism Music Festival | October |
| Roots / Americana | Greensboro, NC | North Carolina Folk Festival | September |
| Classical | Durham, NC | North Carolina HIP Music Festival | Feb-March |
| Jazz | Wilmington, NC | North Carolina Jazz Festival | February |
| Roots / Americana | Fayetteville, NC | North Carolina Songwriters Festival | May |
| Roots / Americana | Benson, NC | North Carolina State Annual Singing Convention | June |
| Roots / Americana | Cherokee, NC | North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival | August |
| World | Raleigh, NC | Oak City Music Collective Hispanic Latinx Caribbean Festival | October |
| Heritage Celebration | Mebane, NC | Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation Pow Wow | October |
| Jazz / Blues | North Topsail Beach, NC | Ocean City Jazz Festival | July |
| Multi-genre | Surf City | Ocean Fest | May |
| Roots / Americana | Ocracoke, NC | Ocrafolk Festival's Website | June |
| Roots / Americana | Oriental, NC | Ol' Front Porch Music Festival | October |
| Roots / Americana | Lansing, NC | Ola Belle Reed Festival | October |
| Pop / Rock | Beech Mountain, NC | Party on the Mountain | June-August |
| Pop / Rock | Winston-Salem, nC | Phuzz Phest | April |
| Pop / Rock | Chapel Hill, NC | ProgDay | August |
| Roots / Americana | Raleigh, NC | Raleigh Wide Open | September |
| Multi-genre | Raleigh, NC | Raleighwood Festival | September |
| Roots / Americana | Elkin, NC | Reevestock Music Festival | October |
| Roots / Americana | Chapel Hill, NC | Salt & Smoke & Sound Festival | October |
| Roots / Americana | Pittsboro, NC | Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance | September, May |
| Roots / Americana | Statesville, NC | Singers and Songbirds Songwriting Festival | April |
| Roots / Americana | Linville, NC | Singing on Grandfather | June |
| Multi-genre | Saxapahaw, NC | Sleepy Fest | October |
| Electronic / Dance | Durham, NC | Slingshot Festival | October |
| Multi-genre | Burnsville/Spruce Pine, NC | Soulshine Farm Music Festival | August |
| Pop / Rock | Kannapolis, NC | SouthernScape Music Festival | October |
| Multi-genre | Greensboro, NC | Strange Fruit Festival | April |
| Roots / Americana | Elon, NC | Tony Rice Memorial Day Music Fest | May |
| Multi-genre | Pittsboro, NC | The Big What? | August |
| Jazz / Blues | Charlotte, NC | The Black Notes Project | January |
| Pop / Rock | Charlotte, NC | Tuck Fest | April |
| Multi-genre | Albemarle, NC | Uwharrie Music Fest | September |
| Heritage Celebration | Bolton, NC | Waccamaw Siouan Powwow | October |
| Multi-genre | Brevard, NC | White Squirrel Weekend | May |
| Roots / Americana | Roxboro, NC | Willow Oak Park Bluegrass Festival | June |
| Jazz | Wilson, NC | Wilson Jazz Fest | September |
| Classical | Southern Pines, NC | Young Musicians Festival | March |
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