Annual Ocrafolk Festival
The Ocrafolk Music & Storytelling Festival provides an opportunity for musicians, storytellers, artisans and characters of Ocracoke Island and further to come together for a weekend of performances and a good time set in an extraordinary setting. With plenty of locations of events to enjoy at multiple places around town, you have the opportunity to choose between games, performances, interactive shows and more!
Ocrafolk Festival features musicians, storytellers, artisans, and characters of Ocracoke Island, Eastern Carolina and beyond. This magical celebration reflects the unique nature of this remote "Pearl of the Outer Banks,"(Ocracoke Island is only accesible by ferry, and features a close-knit year-round community of 1000, and the most beautiful undeveloped 13 miles of beach that you will find anywhere on the US east coast).
Featuring 3 days chocked full of performances and events, kids activities, a squaredance, workshops, food, and artisans, the Ocrafolk Festival will make you feel right at home. Best of all, your ticket fee supports kids and community programming on the island. Your only question upon departure . . . "How soon can I return?"
This year's performers include Kaira Ba, Clements Brothers, Cold Chocolate, Lipbone Redding, Rev. Robert Jones, Cassie & Maggie MacDonald, Jacob Johnson, Biscuit Eaters, Donald Davis, Molasses Creek, Saltaire Sounds, Blue Cactus, Beleza, Berto & Vincent, Martin Garrish and the Ocracoke Rockers, Jay Turner & the Swinging Doors, Aaron Caswell Trio, Paperhand Puppets, mahaloJazz, Brooke & Nick, Bob & Jeanne Zentz, Jef the Mime, Ana Luisa Chavez, Philip Howard, Louis Allen, Ballet Folklorico de Ocracoke, artisans, family activities and more.
Your Ocrafolk Festival Ticket = Student Programming in Our Ocracoke Community
Your ticket to the festival doesn't just purchase your admission. It supports arts programming for Ocracoke children. It funds our theatres and visiting/local musicians. And it supports cultural diversity in our community. Ocracoke Alive's mission is to enrich Ocracoke Island by encouraging and sponsoring cultural activities. We appreciate you, our festival family, for the love and excitement you have brought to our festival over the last 21 years.
