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2025 NC POTATO FESTIVAL
FRIDAY • MAY 16
SATURDAY • MAY 17
SUNDAY • MAY 18
May 16 - 18, 2025
2025 NC Potato Festival located in downtown Elizabeth City!
Friday - 5 pm to 11 pm • Saturday - 10 am to 11 pm • Sunday - 10 am to 6 pm
🎉 Bring the whole family!
There's something for EVERYONE!
Come and stay all
THREE DAYS!
Northeast North Carolina's
largest festival will return
on Friday, May 16, 2025. 🎉
The North Carolina Potato Festival is a fun-filled, family festival that celebrates one of Northeast North Carolina's largest crops, the Potato.
The festival is FREE to the public of all ages.
Enjoy a midway with spudtacular rides and games,
a street fair with a variety of vendors and delicious food, live music on the main stage,
potato-oriented activities, a farm and tractor show,
a cornhole tournament, an auto and bike show, a Jeep invasion, free french fries (while they last),
and bushels of FUN for the whole family!
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Friday • May 16, 2025
Join us for the NC Potato Festival Opening Ceremony
on Friday evening at 5:30 pm in Mariners' Wharf Park.
Enjoy live music on the Main Stage, grab something to eat,
do a little shopping with our vendors, and take a spin on a ride in the Midway!
The Beer & Wine Garden will be open from 5 pm - 11 pm. (Bring ID)
Saturday • May 17, 2025 & Sunday • May 18, 2025
Return on Saturday and Sunday to enjoy the Street Fair lining our downtown streets,
along with many other activities and events!
See our 2025 Schedule of Events Page!
*event times subject to change*
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​​​For the safety of your pet NO ANIMALS are allowed within the festival area
with the exception of service animals as identified by the ADA.
NO DRONES allowed over Festival area.