07/06/2017 to 07/09/2017
Lenoir
The big berry street festival happens Saturday, with live music, eating games, the Colossal Cobbler Parade, and the Blackberry Princess Pageant finals. But things get underway on Thursday with an Evening of Everything Blackberry. Friday offers a Pre-Heat Party. Expect recipe contests, the Glow Run 5K, a pickin’ competition, pageant preliminaries, and a Black “Beer”y Beer Garden. A blackberry jazz brunch happens on Sunday. » Downtown; Thursday, 6-7 p.m., Friday, 6-10 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; free, $35 Thursday event; (828) 726-0323; www.ncblackberryfestival.com