Cultural festival calendar
Cultural festivals in North Carolina
33 festivals in North Carolina, soonest first. Dates are from each organizer where they have posted them, and marked when they only appear in local listings. Where next year's dates are not out yet, we show the month it usually happens.
- Oct3
HOLA Charlotte Festival
CharlotteLatino
October 3, 2026
- Oct25
Day of the Dead Festival (Raleigh)
RaleighLatinoDía de los Muertos
October 25, 2026
- Oct25
Día de Muertos Festival (Revista Latina NC)
RaleighLatinoDía de los Muertos
October 25, 2026
- Oct31
Day of the Dead 5K and Street Festival
RaleighLatinoDía de los Muertos
October 31, 2026Not Yet Confirmed by Organizer
- Nov1
Festival Dia de Muertos (Charlotte)
CharlotteLatinoDía de los Muertos
November 1, 2026
- Nov21
American Indian Heritage Celebration
RaleighNative
November 21, 2026Not Yet Confirmed by Organizer
- Jan1
AADE Kwanzaa Fest
DurhamBlack
January 1, 2027
- JanTBA
Chinese Lunar New Year Cultural Fair
CharlotteAAPILunar New Year
January 2027, dates not announced
- Feb4-25
Triad Jewish Film Festival
GreensboroJewishFilm festival
February 4-25, 2027
- Feb25-28
Hayti Heritage Film Festival
DurhamBlackFilm festival
February 25-28, 2027
- FebTBA
Afro Legacy Fest
CharlotteBlack
February 2027, dates not announced
- Mar20
Nuv Yug India Fest
RaleighAAPI
March 20, 2027
- Apr4
Temple Emanuel's Greensboro Jewish Festival
GreensboroJewish
April 4, 2027
- AprTBA
Charlotte Latino Film Festival
CharlotteLatinoFilm festival
April 2027, dates not announced
- May15
Bimbé Cultural Arts Festival
DurhamBlack
May 15, 2027
- May15
Charlotte Asian Festival and Dragon Boat Festival
CorneliusAAPI
May 15, 2027
- May22
Dix Park Inter-Tribal Pow Wow
RaleighNativePowwow
May 22, 2027
- May28+
Charlotte Black Film Festival
CharlotteBlackFilm festival
May 28 to June 7, 2027
- JunTBA
Black Heritage Day: Community in Full Color
GibsonvilleBlack
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
Capital City Juneteenth Celebration
RaleighBlackJuneteenth
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
Eyes Wide Open Juneteenth Festival
PittsboroBlackJuneteenth
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
North Carolina Juneteenth Celebration
DurhamBlackJuneteenth
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
Queen City Caribbean Carnival
CharlotteBlackCarnival
June 2027, dates not announced
- JunTBA
Triad Cultural Arts Juneteenth Festival
Winston-SalemBlackJuneteenth
June 2027, dates not announced
- JulTBA
International Black Theatre Festival
Winston-SalemBlack
July 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
Fiestas en la Calle Carrboro
CarrboroLatino
August 2027, dates not announced
- AugTBA
OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival
DurhamLGBTQ+Film festival
August 2027, dates not announced
- SepTBA
¡Fiesta! Festival
Winston-SalemLatino
September 2027, dates not announced
- SepTBA
African American Cultural Festival of Raleigh and Wake County
RaleighBlack
September 2027, dates not announced
- SepTBA
Festival of India
CharlotteAAPI
September 2027, dates not announced
- SepTBA
GNAA Annual Pow Wow
GreensboroNativePowwow
September 2027, dates not announced
- SepTBA
La Fiesta del Pueblo
RaleighLatino
September 2027, dates not announced
- TBATBA
Charlotte Jewish Film Festival
CharlotteJewishFilm festival
No upcoming dates