Life at Marshes Light is filled with celebration and history. Enjoy festivals, cultural, musical, and sporting events, and special traditions year-round.
Outer Banks Things to Do
Keep up to date with things to do g at http://www.outerbanks.org/outerbanks-things-to-do/
Outer Banks Taste of the Beach
March 15-18, 2012.
Presented by the Dare County Restaurant Association, this grand food festival will feature wine tastings, cooking classes, special menu presentations, celebrity guest chef appearances, brewery tours, tapas crawls and many more events with an exciting array of creative combinations and culinary delights. For more information visit and to purchase tickets html.www.obxtasteofthebeach.com.
Kelly's 4th Annual Running of the Leprechauns 8K
Kelly's St. Patrick's Day Parade
Red Nose Wine Festival
Celebrate Christmas in July at Marshes Light, wine tastings, food, music, and more along the waterfront. Proceeds benefit the Outer Banks Relief Foundation, which provides relief to local families in need. July 12, 2012, from 3 until 8 p.m. www.rednosewinefestival.com.
Manteo First Fridays
First Friday is a fun-filled, family-oriented street festival held the first Friday of each month, April through December from 4 to 8 p.m. on the Downtown Manteo Waterfront. The sidewalks pulse with live music, magic, artisans, period-dressed actors, a rockclimbing wall and much more. Tantalizing aromas waft from the kitchens of the Waterfront’s diverse eateries. Many shops and restaurants do individual celebrations inside their establishments, offering their own live music, unique merchandise, special sales and light refreshments.
Manteo Farmer's Market
The Manteo Farmer's Market provides fresh fruits, vegetables, handcrafts, and more, every Saturday morning June through August, in Washington Creef Park, adjacent to the maritime museum. Click here for more information.
The Lost Colony
The Lost Colony is the nation's premier and longest-running symphonic drama. This historic dramatic treasure plays nightly (except Sundays) from June through August each year at Manteo's Waterside Theatre. The Lost Colony honors the original lost colonists through drama, education, and literature. Click here for more information.
Dare Day
Dare Day is an annual celebration of the people and history of Dare County, held on the streets and waterfront area of downtown Manteo for over 30 years. Dare Day entertainment features live music for audiences of all ages, and ends with a street dance. Click here for more information.
Independence Day
Independence Day in Manteo is a full day of fun, with children's games and activities, contests, and a flea market. Nighttime activities include the North Carolina School of the Arts Pops Concert at Roanoke Island Festival Park, and culminate in fireworks over the Roanoke Sound.
The New World Festival of the Arts
The New World Festival of the Arts is a juried exhibition featuring 80 selected artists from Vermont to Florida exhibiting and selling their works on the Manteo Waterfront. This two-day outdoor art show has been held for over 25 years. Click here for more information.
2nd Annual Marshes Light Super Slam Fishing Tournament
Marshes Light Marina 2nd Annual Super Slam Fishing Tournament October 14-16th, 2011. $10,000 guaranteed first place prize. Register online at www.marsheslightmarina.com.
Christmas in Manteo
Christmas Season in downtown Manteo gets underway with two annual events: The Lighting of the Town Tree traditionally takes place the 1st Friday night in December on the Manteo Waterfront and The Annual Christmas Parade follows the next day, replete with marching bands and floats.
