June
> Elizabeth City
Arts of the Albemarle Exhibits & Gallery
Visit the Gallery where you will find exhibitions, original artwork, unique handcrafted items and photography.
The resident Encore Theatre Company produces three shows per year with about
twenty performance nights.
Arts of the Albemarle
June > Camden County
Hiking, biking, birding, boating, fishing the Great Dismal Swamp
The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is located in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. Trails are open everyday from sunrise to sunset. The refuge headquarters is located at 3100 Desert Road in Suffolk, Virginia. The headquarters is closed on federal holidays; the hiking and biking trails remain open. Fishing and boating are permitted year-round on Lake Drummond. A Virginia fishing license is required. Access is via the Feeder Ditch, which connects Lake Drummond with the Dismal Swamp Canal. A public boat ramp is located north of the Feeder Ditch on the Dismal Swamp Canal. Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
June > Hyde County
Mattamuskeet Lake open to fishing and boating.
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge
June > Edenton
Edenton National Fish Hatchery Open House
Edenton NFH has an active public use program. The hatchery has a public aquarium and a raised boardwalk through a wetland area. All facilities are open to the public for self-guided tours. Large groups, as well as small, are given tours by station personnel if arrangements are made in advance. Edenton National Fish Hatchery
June > Gates County
Merchants Millpond State Park
Rangers hold regularly scheduled educational and interpretive programs about Merchants Millpond State Park, one of North Carolina's rarest ecological communities. Massive cypress & gum trees covered with Spanish moss form a canopy for the dark waters of the 750-acre cypress millpond ~ a wilderness sanctuary for wetland wildlife. Contact the park office or check online: Merchants Millpond
June > Plymouth
Pettigrew State Park
Rangers hold regularly scheduled educational and interpretive programs about Pettigrew State Park. Contact the park office or check online: http://207.4.179.50/dprcoe/coe_pub.html Pettigrew State Park
June 05 > Creswell, near Plymouth
Heritage Day
Sounds and smells from long ago fill the air as visitors gather for Davenport Heritage Day. There are on-site demonstrations on how early settlers killed and processed hogs, how they churned butter, how they ginned cotton. Other demonstrations include making wreaths and other items from corn shucks. Washington County Tourism
June 05 > Edenton
Edenton Annual Open Bass Tournament
Edenton Tourism
June 17-18 > Edenton
Music and Water Festival
East Coast Flatwater Canoe and Kayak Races will start the day off and will be continued with a celebration of our waterways with free paddling demonstrations, leisure paddles along the creeks, games while topping the day off with Local and regional musically talented people entertain on the shore edentonmusicandwaterfestival.com Edenton Tourism
June 25 - Aug 02> Edenton
Annual People's Choice Exhibit
The top three voted upon artists at the Members Exhibit will have a joint show. www.chowanarts.org
Early May thru Late October > Elizabeth City
Downtown Waterfront Market
A weekly celebration of local foods, crafts and activities!! Cooking and arts-and-crafts demonstrations! Music and live performances!! On the green at Mariner's Wharf Park, Saturdays morning to mid-afternoon. Hope to see you there!! For more information downtownwaterfrontmarket.com
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