Easterns Surf Association Amateur surf competition at Jennette's Pier, September 20-26.
We’re in the last week of summer 2015 and it’s been a marvelous summer-great weather, lots of family coming to the Outer Banks to enjoy a week or two of vacation. But the end of the summer is not the end of reasons to come to visit the Outer Banks.
Here at Joe Lamb Jr., & Associates we’ve seen the fall become a new tradition, a time of special events and wonderful new reasons to spend a week or a long weekend.
There’s some great competitions coming up in September with the ESA Eastern Surfing Competition at Jennette’s Pier and Hatteras Wave Jam (Wind Surfing) in Hatteras Village the week of September 20th.
If there is one thing that seems to define the Outer Banks entertainment scene in the Fall, it’s great and amazing music festivals, starting with he 4th Annual Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival at Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo the last weekend in September. Rhonda Vincent and the Rage will be back for the fourth year, joining headliners Sam Bush and Pam Tillis.
Columbus Day Weekend has become a tradition for music lovers with the, 5th Annual Mustang Music Festival followed by the 8th annual Duck Jazz Festival. The Mustang Music Festival runs Friday and Saturday, leaving Sunday open for the Duck Jazz Festival.
The setting for Mustang Music is the Whalehead Club and it is a perfect venue for an outdoor concert. Back this year, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band with their funky New Orleans sound.
The Duck Town Green,is a beautiful setting that loans itself perfectly to the intimacy of jazz. The Duck Jazz Festival has become one of the highlights of the fall music scene and with Maceo Parker headlining this year, it just keeps getting better and better.
An important part of the local fishing heritage, commercial fishermen have always been a part of the community and the Outer Banks Seafood Festival (October 17) at celebrates that heritage. Lots of music, cooking demonstrations and some really well-prepared offerings made from fresh (very fresh) seafood.
The Outer Banks Marathon has become a family tradition. A fun event with lots to do all weekend, the races includes a family fun run, 5K and 10K courses as well as a half marathon. The marathon is a qualifying race for the Boston Marathon.
Second Season Schedule of Events
September
30th Annual Outer Banks Stunt Kite Competition
Sept. 12-13
Nags Head
www.kittyhawk.com/event/outer-banks-stunt-kite-competition
Outer Banks Triathlon
Sept. 12-13
Manteo
OBX Pride Fest 2015
Sept. 18-20
Day at the Docks
Sept. 17-19
Hatteras Village
ESA Easterns Surfing Championship
Sept. 20-26
Jennette’s Pier, Nags Head
Hatteras Wave Jam
Sept. 21-26
Hatteras Village
Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival
Sept. 23-26
Manteo
DCAC Artrageous
Sept. 26
Rec Park, Kill Devil Hills
OCTOBER
First Friday
Oct. 2
Downtown Manteo
Manteo Rotary Inshore Slam
Oct. 2, 3
Roanoke Island Festival Park, Manteo
Island Farm’s Pumpkin Patch
October October 3-31 (Saturdays only)
Island Farm, Manteo
Psychopath: Haunted Trails
Oct. 2-31st (Fridays and Saturdays only)
Waterside Theatre, Manteo
5th Annual Red Drum Tournament
Oct. 3
Jennette’s Pier
www.ncaquariums.com/jennettes-pier
23rd Annual Parade of Homes
October 8-11
Mustang Music Festival
October 9 – 10
Whalehead Club, Corolla
8th Annual Duck Jazz Festival
October 11
Duck Town Park, Duck
Manx on the Banx
Oct 12-17
Jennette’s Pier
2nd Annual Century OBX Ride 4 Life
October 17
Meet at Tri Outer Banks Sports in Sea Gate North Shopping Center
outerbankstrisports.com/events/2nd-annual-century-ride-4-life/
Outer Banks Seafood Festival
October 17
Nags Head
Mipso-Outer Banks Forum for the Lively Arts
October 17
First Flight High School Auditorium, Kill Devil Hills
Wings over Water Wildlife Festival
Oct. 20-25
Various locations
40th Anniversary Dare County Arts Council Ruby Renaissance Gala
Oct. 24
Pirate's Cove Pavilion, Manteo
Harvest Hayday 2014
October 24
Elizabethan Gardens, Manteo
NOVEMBER
March for Babies
November 1
Festival Park, Manteo
Cape Hatteras Anglers Club Invitational Surf Fishing Tournament
Nov. 4-7
Buxton
www.capehatterasanglersclub.org
Draped in Black
Nov. 6
Island Farm, Manteo
Outer Banks Marathon and Half Marathon
Nov. 6-8
Low and Lower-Outer Banks Forum for the Lively Arts
November 7
First Flight High School Auditorium
outerbanksforum.org/announcing-2014-2015-concert-series
21st Running of the Advice 5K Turkey Trot
November 25
Town of Duck
3rd Annual Redfish Saturday Tournament
November 30th
Jennette’s Pier, Nags Head
www.ncaquariums.com/jennettes-pier
DECEMBER
Grand Illuminations
Dec. 2
Elizabethan Gardens, Manteo
