Ocracoke AlivePosts

Ocrafolk Opry 2024 teams up Ocracoke's Martin Garrish, Dallas Mason, Gary Mitchell Fiddler Dave of Molasses Creek, Jenny Hargrove & Russ Reynolds, as well as special guests. Each week they host a music show featuring a variety of folk, Americana, bluegrass and roots music. The show runs straight through 8-9:15 without an intermission through every Wednesday night through September 25th.

Attention all artists: The deadline is this coming Thursday, February 29th to get your Artisan Application in for the 2024 Ocrafolk Festival. This will have all of the instructions for submitting your application as well as profiles of some of our amazing artisans from 2023. (A few are featured in this post as well.). We look forward to reviewing your application and we know you are excited to support these artists at the upcoming 2024 Ocrafolk Festival!

2023 has been quite a year for Ocracoke Alive! We helped The Island Inn Commons by working on a Fig Tree Garden and sponsoring a mural project to bring public art to and raise funds for the restoration of the historic Island Inn. We hosted a Shakespeare troupe, visiting artist Vaughn Garland, a screening of the documentary A Binding Truth, and the weekly gathering of the Ocracoke Needle and Thread group. Our partnership with the 21st Century Community Learning Center allowed us to make this year’s Ocracoke School Arts Week a wonderful learning experience for the students of Ocracoke School. The Ocracoke Opry made a triumphant return to the stage this year, hosting weekly concerts in the summer and fall in the Deepwater Theater Space. Our annual Ocrafolk Festival and Latino Festival brought musicians, artists, and visitors from all over the world to share in these rich, cultural experiences.
We are so grateful to have shared these experiences with all of you, and we could not do it without your support. Please consider a year-end donation to help us sustain our mission to provide cultural arts programming to our island’s residents and visitors.