Annual Events & Festivals

Greenville and Pitt County are home to thousands of events and festivals throughout the year! Enjoy our annual festivals, seasonal celebrations, craft beer festivals, indoor and outdoor farmers markets, and food truck rodeos, and much more! 

Are you an art lover? Our vibrant arts community hosts art festivals, rotating indoor and outdoor exhibitions, monthly art walks, arts organization fundraisers, theatrical performances, and more.  Dig live music? Kick back during our weekly outdoor summer concerts on the Tar River, attend our monthly African American Music Series, experience our Greenville Grooves Music Festival, or catch live shows featuring local and touring acts at intimate venues, the Greenville Toyota Amphitheater at the Town Common, the State Theatre, ECU’s Wright Auditorium or Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, and other great places!  

January

African American Music Series

Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk

February

African American Music Series

Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk

March

Dickinson Avenue After Dark

Spazz Fest

African American Music Series

Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk

April

PirateFest

Farmville Dogwood Festival

Grifton Shad Fest

Billy Taylor Jazz Festival

African American Music Series

Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk

May

Downtown Greenville Umbrella Market

African American Music Series

Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk

June

Greenville Grooves Music Festival

Sunday in the Park Summer Concert Series

Downtown Greenville Umbrella Market

Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk

July

Greenville Independence Day Celebration & Fireworks

Farmville Independence Day Celebration & Fireworks

Sunday in the Park Summer Concert Series

Downtown Greenville Umbrella Market

African American Music Series

Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk

August

Freeboot Friday

Winterville Watermelon Festival

Sunday in the Park Summer Concert Series

Downtown Greenville Umbrella Market

African American Music Series

Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk

September

Ayden Collard Festival

Freeboot Friday

African American Music Series

Latino Festival

Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk

October

Dickinson Avenue After Dark

Freeboot Friday

African American Music Series

Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk

November

Down East Holiday Show

John Lawson Legacy Days

African American Music Series

Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk

December

Greenville Gives

Greenville Christmas Parade

Greenville Festival of Trees

Christmastown in Ayden & Ayden Christmas Parade

Farmville Christmas Parade

Winterville Christmas Parade

Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk

 

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