The first weekend of October brings more than 120,000 people to the Morehead City waterfront for this two-day major outdoor annual festival. The second-largest festival in North Carolina, its highlights are an endless variety of seafood prepared in a multitude of ways, street dances and concerts both days. Crafts, educational exhibits and programs, games and contests are also part of the many festivities that spread between the North Carolina State Port and Ninth Street.
Admission is free.
This is an educational program of the Beaufort Historical Association for fourth-grade students of North Carolina history. It occurs during three weeks of October. School groups and visitors are treated to interesting demonstrations that make history seem real. All Carteret County schools participate as well as schools from all over the state. This is the area's oldest festival, started a little less than 50 years ago to celebrate the completion of the new bridge over the White Oak River in Swansboro and the crew that built it.