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 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! Hosted by the Downtown Lenoir Development Alliance in partnership with Downtown Lenoir, the festival is in its twentieth year.
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.
Friday, July 14th 2023 – The Festivities Begin at 12:00 noon
This is the BIG DAY of the festival!
- 12:00pm – Vendors/Festival opens
- 5:00pm – Bricen Callaway
- 7:00pm – 9:00pm Kid Party (Provided by Hype Nation Events)
- 7:00pm – Throwdown Jones
- 8:00pm – 5K Glow Run
- 10:00pm – Festival Closes
Saturday, July 15th 2023– FUN, FUN FUN
This is the BIG DAY of the festival!
- 9:00am – Vendors/Festival opens
- 10:00am – Little Miss Blackberry Pageant
- 12:00pm – Blackberry Pie Eating contest
- 12:30pm – National Anthem – Caldwell Crooners
- 1:00pm – Blackberry Cobbler Parade
- 1:30pm – Darren Bryant
- 4:00pm – AI G & Friends
- 7:00pm – Kings of Noise
- 9:00pm – Festival Closes
Check the schedule of events for the entire list of activities set to help make your summer great!
