Ocracoke Fig Festival returns this weekend
The Ocracoke Fig Festival will return this weekend on August 4-5 at multiple locales throughout Ocracoke village.
The 10th annual Ocracoke Fig Festival will take place at the Berkley Barn, the Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum, and the Ocracoke Community Center. The festival, which is sponsored by the Ocracoke Preservation Society, features live music, storytelling, children’s activities and crafts, talks by local fig experts, and vendor booths offering fig preserves, fig cakes, fig trees, local cookbooks, and other fig-centric items.
The schedule of events for the two-day celebration is below. All events are free, except where noted. Parking is available at the NPS lot adjacent to the OPS Museum.
Friday, August 4th
At OPS Museum
1-3 p.m. Book Signing with Chef Bill Smith, author of “Seasoned in the South- Recipes from Crook’s Corner and from Home.” Bring your own well-loved copy or purchase one at the OPS Museum Gift Shop.
At Berkley Barn, 58 Water Plant Road
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Figtastic vendor booths
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Ocracoke Catering Company serving pork, chicken, seafood with fig BBQ sauces
1-7 p.m. Live music with local musicians
1-9-45 p.m. Cash bar with beer, wine, & soft drinks
3-5 p.m. Fig Preserves Contest – Drop off your entry at OPS Museum before 2pm. Anyone can enter Fig Preserves in two categories- Traditional or Innovative (includes combinations with other fruits). Tasting Tickets/Ballots are $3 each; voters choose the winners!
7-8 p.m. Traditional Ocracoke Square Dance (outside, weather permitting)
8-10 p.m. Live Music with Raygun Ruby
Saturday, August 5th
At Berkley Barn, 58 Water Plant Road
10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Bring Fig Cake Bake-Off entries to Berkley Barn
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Figtastic vendor booths
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Ocracoke Catering Company serving pork, chicken, seafood
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Silent Auction fundrasier for OPS
11 a.m. Ocracoke “Fig Cultivation & Culture” talk with Chester Lynn
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Figgy tie-dye and Fig Leaf Painting for kids
Noon – 6p.m. Cash bar with beer, wine, & soft drinks Noon- Q & A with Chef Bill Smith
1-3 p.m. Live music with local musicians 3p.m. Fig Cakes go on display in Barn
4 p.m. Fig Cake Judging, followed by Serving of Fig Cakes 5-6p.m. Live Music with Molasses Creek
At Ocracoke Community Center, 999 Irvin Garrish Hwy.
7 p.m. Ocracoke Kids Rock Band with Lou Castro
7 p.m. – 11-45 p.m. Cash bar with beer, wine, soft drinks
8 p.m. – Midnight- Dance with Ocracoke Rockers
