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
African American Music Series
Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk
June
Juneteenth Celebrations
Sunday in the Park Summer Concert Series
Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk
July
Greenville Independence Day Celebration & Fireworks
Farmville Independence Day Celebration & Fireworks
Sunday in the Park Summer Concert Series
African American Music Series
Downtown Greenville First Friday Art Walk
August
Freeboot Friday
Winterville Watermelon Festival
September
Ayden Collard Festival
Freeboot Friday
African American Music Series
MOSAIC Multicultural Arts Festival
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
Youth Arts Festival
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
