Author: Ashley Smith

NC Blackberry Festival 20th Anniversary

Join us for the 20th Anniversary of NC Blackberry Festival. 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

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Downtown Master Plan Community Workshop Round #2

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING DATES Thursday, May 11th, 2023, 6:00 to 8:00 pm at The Harper Room, 1016 Harper Ave The City of Lenoir and DLR Group are hosting round 2 of the Community Engagement meetings. This community workshop will be focused on reporting the findings from DLR’s data-gathering phase and

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Foothills Performing Arts Christmas play

The 2022 Annual Christmas at The Campus is this weekend and next at the Lenoir High School Auditorium in Downtown Lenoir, and tickets are FREE! Pick up free tickets at Car Guys, Teacher Treasures, or the Caldwell Chamber of Commerce. Thank you to Foothills Performing Arts for putting on another

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Elf on a Shelf in a Store in Lenoir

This season, holiday Elves can be found all around in Lenoir’s Downtown!  As you enjoy your holiday shopping, have fun though out the Downtown district locating the hidden Holiday Elves in participating businesses and locals. Play along by in finding the downtown Elves and support local this holiday season. Join

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Downtown Trick-or-Treating & the Mad Hatter’s Pumpkin Patch Parade

Walk around downtown Lenoir and visit businesses and merchants to collect treats! Create Halloween hats, enjoy face painters and balloon artists, and join in an actual parade! It’s spooky fun for the entire family! Friday, October 27th from 3:00-6:00 pm Participating businesses will have balloons outside their location. Children age

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Wood, Fire, Smoke Festival

The Wood, Fire, Smoke Festival, presented by: Smoking In The Foothills Inc. is a celebration of our heritage and commitment to art, design, and innovation. A collection of skilled craftsmen, artisans, and chefs will converge downtown, highlighting the ingenuity that put Lenoir on the map. Set in beautiful historic downtown

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Lenoir High School 100-year Celebration

Join us as we celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Lenoir High School (LHS). In celebration of this extraordinary milestone & honoring Lenoir High School’s strong music heritage, we will be hosting the North Carolina Brass Band on Friday, September 30, 2022 for a performance in the historic LHS Auditorium

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Summer Madness Series

This year’s Summer Music Madness Series will have the addition of 2 Family movies. The Downtown Stage will be alive with music and entertainment for a total of six Friday nights in a row. Starting June 10th and finishing with the Blackberry Festival’s Friday night concert on July 15th. Come

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Lenoir Bicycle Festival

The Lenoir Bicycle Festival is a family-friendly event focusing on bicycling and outdoor activity. Held in Downtown Lenoir, the Lenoir Bicycle Festival gives everyone a chance to ride around on downtown streets, conquer obstacle courses and bike challenges, take bike safety and maintenance classes, and visit all our great downtown

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