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Welcome to NC Tripping’s Events Calendar, featuring the best events in NC! The calendar features a wonderful mix of popular annual events, quarterly or bi-monthly experiences, and special one-time events.

Many of these events have been featured on our social media pages while we personally attended them. Others are submitted by our statewide partners as hosted event listings.

Note: If you’d like to submit an event, please visit this page.

Whether you’re searching for large festivals, one-time experiences, or local community events, we hope this helps you find something awesome in North Carolina.

The NC Tripping Events Calendar is viewable in three different formats. Each link will take you to:

Featured Event Listings

This section is for event organizers that have partnered with NC Tripping to promote their local events on our website and/or our social media pages.

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November 2026
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For more info about how to make your local event appear in this section, please contact us.

Today’s North Carolina Events

Here you’ll find events happening in North Carolina today. Dates with no events taking place will appear blank. When you click on/select the “View Detail” button, a new window will open and take you to the event’s official page.

2026 October

Monthly NC Events Calendar

This section features upcoming NC events by calendar view. Days with events will have a blue circle/dot and days without events will not have a blue circle/dot.

You can expand each day to look at a list of events by selecting/clicking on a specific day. Selecting/clicking on an event’s name will open a new window and take you to the official event page.

Here’s a look at upcoming local events in North Carolina throughout this month and beyond!

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Downtown New Bern
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List View of Upcoming Events in NC

This section shares upcoming events in North Carolina by list view. Sorted in ascending order and starting with the closest events to today’s state, the list displays a maximum of 10 events.

You can find more events by selecting/clicking on “Next.” Selecting or clicking the event name will open a new window and take you to the official event page.

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Total Events: 356

Submit an NC Event

You can submit a North Carolina event by visiting this page. Please read about the types of events that we post, submission guidelines, and pricing.

In the meantime, we hope to keep you updated with as many events in North Carolina as possible!

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