2022 NORTH CAROLINA - September 2022
Food Festivals, and Other Food, Wine & Beer Events
(see also: 2021 - 2018 - 2016 - 2015)
September 11, 2022
Triangle VegFest
Durham, North Carolina
September 30-Oct 2, 2022
Annual Taste of Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Enjoy delicious food while you stroll along Tryon Street visiting local & national sponsors. The festival offers entertainment that is enjoyable for all ages.
2021 NORTH CAROLINA - September 2021
Food Festivals, and Other Food, Wine & Beer Events
events waiting for new dates
September 3-6, 2021 - North Carolina Apple Festival
Hendersonville, North Carolina
The North Carolina mountains are known for their apple orchards. In celebration of King Apple, music, a parade, and arts and crafts fill city streets. Many of the growers also feature items such as fried apple pies, apple cakes, apple butter and apple cider.
September 10-11, 2021 Ayden Collard Festival - Ayden, North Carolina
The Official Collard Festival of the State of North Carolina. Family festival with music, parade, golf, horseshoe & tennis tournaments, art show, collard cooking and eating contests.
September 10-19, 2021 North Carolina Mountain State Fair
Fletcher, North Carolina
The NC Mountain State Fair celebrates the people, agriculture, art and tradition that make our region great. Attended by over 180,000 people annually, the fair features agricultural exhibits, fair food, midway rides, and competitions. Attendance: 180,000.
September 11, 2021 15th Annual North Carolina Hot Sauce Contest
Oxford, North Carolina
North Carolina’s finest hot sauces and barbeque sauces, along with breweries and wineries spice up the blends and texture of downtown’s historical streets. Enter the NC Pepper Eating Contest sponsored by Bailey Farms. Capture all the history of Oxford by visiting the Granville County Museum and their September Sensations Bazaar as well as at the Harris Exhibit Hall, famous for showcasing local artisans. Visit the Granville Gardeners Plant Sale. We have activities for children, lovely local shops waiting to greet you and great restaurants, all at your fingertips. NC Hot Sauces and Barbecue Sauces, all will be competing for the title of North Carolina's Best!!!!!!! Attendance: 18,000.
September 11-18, 2021 74th Surry County Agricultural Fair
Mt. Airy, North Carolina
Veterans Memorial Park, in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, in conjunction with American Legion Post 123, is proud to offer the Surry County Agricultural Fair, as a collaborative venture of the Ladies Auxiliary Unit and the North Carolina Association of Agricultural Fairs. There's a midway, cotton candy, high flying acrobats, blue ribbons and more!
September 13-19, 2021 BugFest - Raleigh, North Carolina
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Learn about arthropods, which make up three-quarters of all animals on Earth, during fascinating presentations. Taste delectable dishes featuring creepy crawlers as a major ingredient at Café Insecta. Attendance: 35,000.
September 16, 2021 Taste of Cleveland County - Shelby, North Carolina
EVENT RESCHEDULED TO JUNE 16, 2022.
September 18, 2021 29th Annual Dublin Peanut Festival
Dublin, North Carolina
Dublin is known as the Peanut Capital of the South. It is the home of Houston’s Peanuts, that is known and whose peanuts are shipped worldwide. We will have the Classic Cruisers Car Show, Some of North Carolina’s best Food Vendors, Craft Vendors, Bar-B-Que Lunch & Plate sale, Kiddie and Women’s Tractor Pull, All Day Live Entertainment, Peanut Recipe Cook-Off, Mechanical Rides, Games, Our Secret Recipe Hot Dogs & Sausage Dogs. We have also added Steak and Chicken Fajitas to our own food lineup. Back by popular demand we will be selling hot boiled peanuts on site this year along with our cold boiled, salted in the shell, roasted and green peanuts.
September 19, 2021 14th Annual Pepperfest
Abundance, North Carolina
Abundance North Carolina presents The Annual Amazing Pepper Festival! PepperFest is a celebration of sustainable agriculture, farmers, and the creativity of the Piedmont’s chefs, brewers and artisans. It’s an outdoor event held at the best time of year in North Carolina, in the middle of a large green park in Chapel Hill’s Briar Chapel neighborhood. Around 1300+ folks come out to enjoy the music and revelry and fill up on delicious pepper-themed dishes. Walk along and eat samples of all sorts of gourmet, local food into which the 24 of the best chefs of the central Piedmont have incorporated all types of locally grown peppers…some sweet, some hot, some smoky. (Also: http://abundancenc.org/ )
September 21-26, 2021 Annual Mayberry Days - Mt. Airy, North Carolina
Surry Arts Council Mayberry Days is a festival for the whole family with activities and events for the fans of the Andy Griffith Show. Includes: Aunt Bee's Bake Sale, Pickleland, Mr. Tucker's Apple Peeling Contest, Pork Chop Eating Contest, Pie Eating Contest, and much more! Enjoy a bottle of pop while playing checkers, relax to music from many local bands playing the same songs that Andy grew up with and performed on The Andy Griffith Show.
September 25, 2021 Annual NC Muscadine Festival
Kenansville, North Carolina
Features over 250 wines and great music, wine making & cooking contests, farm implement exhibits, educational seminars, food and craft vendors.
September 25, 2021 Annual Yadkin Valley Pumpkin Festival
Elkin, North Carolina
Includes Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off with pumpkins from growers located all over the East Coast. Some will weigh-in at an excess of 1,000 lbs with hopes of placing in the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth top ten. Main Street will be lined with vendors, plus a variety of live entertainment and the ever-popular pie-eating contest. Attendance: 15,000.
September 25, 2021 Black Walnut Festival - Bethania, North Carolina
The festival features Arts, Crafts, Food and Music in the historic Town of Bethania. Presented by the Town of Bethania this year’s celebration should be an event that one does not want to miss. We are excited about the festival and look forward to seeing you there! The festival features crafters & artisans who show and sell their creations in one of the state’s most picturesque settings. Historic and beautiful Bethania, North Carolina sets the stage for this glorious event. Food vendors, non-profit displays, and music will be present to round out this day of fun.
September 25, 2021 Lost Colony Wine & Culinary Festival - Grand Tasting - Manteo, North Carolina
Wines! Food! Old world and new world wines from around the globe will be poured accompanied by local fare served with warm island hospitality. Enjoy breathtaking coastal views, and the engaging rhythms from our stage set against the backdrop of the Roanoke Sound. General Admission Tickets 1pm-5pm – $60. Designated Driver – $30. The Lost Colony Wine & Culinary Festival is recommended for adults 21 and older. VIP Tickets 12pm-5pm – $85. Includes: • One Hour Early Entry • Admittance to VIP Tasting Lounge, hosted by Trio • VIP Parking.
September 25, 2021 Apple Fest - Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Historic Bethabara Park. One of our biggest and most-loved events! Join us as we celebrate the arrival of fall in all of its apple-filled goodness. Meet local artisans selling their wares while listening to music and enjoying a meal from one of our many food trucks. Don't forget to buy a bag of apples from a local orchard on your way out! The perfect souvenir for this family-fun event.
2018 NORTH CAROLINA - September 2018
Food Festivals, and Other Food, Wine & Beer Events
events waiting for new dates
September 29, 2018 Annual Charlotte Oktoberfest
Charlotte, North Carolina
At Bojangles Coliseum.
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