The North Carolina Blackberry Festival is a celebration of blackberries, cobbler, and fun! Held in Lenoir, North Carolina, the festival offers tons of family-friendly events. There's free music, kid's activities, and a blackberry-eating contest. We have the Little Miss Blackberry Pageant and delicious blackberry cobbler for sale, while it lasts! You can find all sorts of tasty festival food and shop from hundreds of vendors. We even have a Blackberry Cobbler Parade! So, come get your fill of fun and blackberries during the North Carolina Black Berry Festival!

The 2-day festival brings in upwards of 25,000 people from all over the state and is one of North Carolinas premiere streets festivals.

Schedule:

Friday, July 14th, 2023

12:00pm Festival Starts

12:00pm - 6:00pm - Kids Zone Open

5:00pm - Mayor Joe Gibbons Welcome

5:00pm - 6:30pm - Dylan Cox

7:00pm - 9:00pm - Kids Party with Hype Nation

7:30pm – 9:30pm - Throwdown Jones

8:00pm - 10:00pm - "Let's Glow Crazy" 5K Glow Run & Fun Run

10:00pm - Festival Closes

Saturday, July 15th, 2023

9:00am - Festival Opens

9:00am - 6:00pm - Kids Zone Open

10:00am - 11:45am - Little Miss Blackberry Contest

12:00pm - Blackberry Eating Contest

12:30pm - National Anthem - Caldwell Crooners

1:00pm - Blackberry Cobbler Parade - Cobbler Sponsored by Food Lion

1:30pm - 3:30pm - Darren Bryant

4:00pm - 6:00pm - Al G and Friends

7:00pm - 9:00pm - Kings of Noise

9:00pm - Festival Closes

Date: July 14 - 15, 2023

Location: Lenoir City Main Street - 801 West Avenue NorthWest, Lenoir, NC 28645

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