May 17-19, 2024

Friday -- 5 pm to 11 pm | Saturday -- 10 am to 11 pm
Sunday 10 am to 6 pm

The NC Potato Festival is a fun-filled, family festival that celebrates one of Northeast North Carolina's largest crops -- Potatoes.

 Bring the whole family and "Come and Stay All THREE DAYS!" Northeast North Carolina's
largest festival will return on Friday, May 17, 2024. 

Make a weekend of it, and join us for the Opening Ceremony on Friday evening at 5:30 pm. The Beer & Wine Garden will be open from 5 pm - 11 pm (Bring ID). Take a spin on a ride on our Midway, get something great to eat, and dance the night away at the 2024 North Carolina Potato Festival.

 2024    NC Potato Festival located in downtown Elizabeth City! 

. The festival is FREE to the public of all ages and has a midway with spudtacular rides and games, a street fair with artisans and food, live music, potato-oriented activities, an auto show, a farm show, free French fries, cornhole tournament and bushels of FUN for the whole family!

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Return on Saturday and Sunday to enjoy the Street Fair lining our downtown streets, the National Potato Peeling Contest, Free French Fries (while they last), Auto and Motorcycle Show, 5K Run/1M Walk, and other events planned for this year's festival. Don't leave too early or you might miss the USCG Search and Rescue

demonstration over the Pasquotank River Sunday afternoon.

For the safety of your pet NO ANIMALS are allowed within the Festival area. 

NO DRONES allowed over Festival area. 

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