Outer Banks Calendar of Events

7th Annual Outer Banks SPCA Awareness Photo Contest
Thursday, April 02, 2009 - Thursday, April 01, 2010
Throughout the Outer Banks: This Annual photo contest is open to ALL Pampered Pets with a photo taken on The Outer Banks. Our annual publication runs from May - May so the deadline each year is April 1st. If you miss the deadline your entry will go into the next years contest.

Jewelry Exposition
Monday, November 02, 2009 - Friday, November 27, 2009 (10am - 4pm)
Art Gallery at Roanoke Island Festival Park: Featuring demonstrations, educational displays and a chance to talk with artists as well as purchase handcrafted jewelry in time for the holidays.

3rd Annual Pet Photos with Santa
Saturday, November 21, 2009 - Saturday, November 21, 2009 (1pm - 4pm)
This is a fund raiser for the Outer Banks SPCA. For $5 donation per pet, he or she gets a photo session in Santa's lap. You receive one 4X6 print, and can have the photo emailed to you. 100% of the requested donation goes to the SPCA. Appointments suggested.

Dig Up Shakespeare
Sunday, November 22, 2009 (4pm)
Art Gallery at Roanoke Island Festival Park: World-class storyteller, Jon Spellman and multi-instrumentalist, Tina Chancey, create a rich vein of Shakespearean wisdom and whimsy in this duo program of sonnets, stories and songs spotlighting the best of the Bard.

14th Annual Advice 5K Turkey Trot
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Scarborough Lane: A great warm up for your Thanksgiving Feast! Starting on Scarborough Lane in Duck with a finish line full of post race festivities. Runners and walkers of all abilities and ages are welcome.

Hangin' with Santa & Kites with Lights
Friday, November 27, 2009 - Saturday, November 28, 2009
Kitty Hawk Kites store (Milepost 12.5): Children can have their free photo taken with Santa in a demonstration Hang Glider on Friday and Saturday, set up at Kitty Hawk Kites in Nags Head. This event is free, so bring your cameras! On November 28th, watch the night sky magically transform as skilled flyers maneuver their lit stunt kites to the sounds of your favorite holiday songs atop Jockey's Ridge State Park. Join us for hot apple cider and cookies beginning at sunset, across the street at the Kitty Hawk Kites store.

Black Friday Porch Sale
Friday, November 27, 2009 - Friday, November 27, 2009 (9am - 5pm)
Whalehead Club (1100 Club Road/NC Highway 12): Do you have a holiday gift list of family and friends who are hard to buy for as they have everything? The Black Friday Porch Sale is the one day you can achieve it all! Select unique gifts for everyone with the message of preserving the heritage of the Outer Banks on sale for up to 50% off. The Whalehead Club's Copper Collection is discounted only once a year - and this is it! Enjoy music, apple cider and home-baked treats while you shop. Plus you can be the first to see this holiday season's decorations in the Whalehead Club inspired by Mr. Knight's etchings from the 1920's. Come away feeling festive not frazzled this Black Friday!

Hatteras Island Arts and Craft Guild Holiday Show
Friday, November 27, 2009 - Saturday, November 28, 2009 (10am - 4pm)
Cape Hatteras Secondary School: Free admission, food, and scholarship raffle. Local artists.

3rd Annual Pet Photos with Santa
Saturday, November 28, 2009 - Saturday, November 28, 2009 (1pm - 4pm)
This is a fund raiser for the Outer Banks SPCA. For $5 donation per pet, he or she gets a photo session in Santa's lap. You receive one 4X6 print, and can have the photo emailed to you. 100% of the requested donation goes to the SPCA. Appointments suggested.

3rd Annual Tree Lighting Celebration
Saturday, December 12, 2009 - Saturday, December 12, 2009 (5pm - 6pm)
The Lawn at Currituck Heritage Park (1100 Club Road/NC Highway 12): See the giant cedar tree in Currituck Heritage Park and the Currituck Beach Lighthouse simultaneously illuminated. Gather on the north lawn to enjoy free hot chocolate and sing carols. Following the lighting ceremony, the Whalehead Club will offer complimentary docent-led holiday tours to show off the decorations inspired by the 1920's etchings of Edward Collings Knight, Jr.

Holiday Piano Concert at The Whalehead Club
Saturday, December 12, 2009 - Saturday, December 12, 2009 (7pm - 9pm)
Library of The Whalehead Club (1100 Club Road/NC Highway 12): Festivities continue in the Library of the Whalehead Club with a Holiday Piano Concert. Listen to Mrs. Knight's custom-made Steinway Grand Piano positively come alive as it did over a century ago!

Tickets for the concert are $35 per person and include a dessert reception during the intermission.

• The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce
• The Carteret County Chamber of Commerce
• The Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
• The Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce
• The Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce
• The Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce