Annual Ocracoke Events

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4th of July Celebration in Ocracoke

Island-wide
Ocracoke
(252) 928-6711
Ocracoke Annual Event

Ocracoke Village celebrates Independence Day with a family-oriented, fun-filled annual event offering many activities for all ages. July Fourth kicks off with a flag-raising ceremony at the school circle followed by the annual Sand Sculpture Contest. Other activities include lighthouse tours, a vintage car show, live music and the annual Classic Old-Time Parade in which visitors and locals build floats, decorate bikes and...read more

Ocracoke Village celebrates Independence Day with a family-oriented, fun-filled annual event offering...read more

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Ocracoke Fig Festival

Ocracoke Preservation Society and
Berkley Barn
Ocracoke
(252) 928-7375
Ocracoke Annual Event

Ocracoke celebrates its sweetest tradition in early August with the annual Ocracoke Fig Festival sponsored by Ocracoke Preservation Society. Local vendors provide fresh figs, fig preserves, local cookbooks and other fig-tastic items. Learn about Ocracoke’s fig history and culture and bring the kids for old-fashioned crafts and games. The showpiece of the Fig Festival is the Fig Cake Bake-Off on Saturday, but look for events all weekend...read more

Ocracoke celebrates its sweetest tradition in early August with the annual Ocracoke Fig Festival sponsored...read more

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Ocracoke Working Watermen's Association Oyster Roast

Ocracoke Fishhouse
416 Irvin Garrish Highway
Ocracoke
(252) 928-5601

If you’re on Ocracoke Island in late November or December, you won’t want to miss the Ocracoke Working Watermen’s Association Oyster Roasts at The Fishhouse. These community meals celebrate seafood and the people who make enjoying it possible. For the afternoon, the Community Square turns into a fish-fest where makeshift tables offer gathering grounds for shucking oysters and rubbing elbows with your neighbors. There is...read more

If you’re on Ocracoke Island in late November or December, you won’t want to miss...read more

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Ocrafolk Festival

Berkley Manor
58 Water Plant Road
Ocracoke
(252) 921-0260
Ocracoke Annual Event

The Ocrafolk Festival is one of the most beloved Outer Banks annual events and traditions. On the first weekend in June, storytellers, musicians and artists bring themselves and their trades to Ocracoke Island for a three-day festival. You can shop directly from artisans and crafters, watch art demonstrations, listen to established and up-and-coming musicians and be absorbed by thrilling tales about Ocracoke Island and North...read more

The Ocrafolk Festival is one of the most beloved Outer Banks annual events and traditions....read more