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07/11/2025

✨ Get ready to glow this season! The NC Holiday Lights Spectacular is back — bigger, brighter, and more magical than ever! Wander through over a million twinkling lights, interactive displays, and festive fun for the whole family.🎄

🎟️ VIP Subscribers: Enjoy two FREE tickets to this unforgettable holiday experience — while supplies last! Sip hot cocoa, meet Santa, and make memories that sparkle. Contact us today to claim your tickets!

👉https://carolinatraveler.com/event/holiday-light-spectacular/

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07/11/2025

Step into holiday magic at Swansboro by Candlelight this weekend! Twinkling lights, whimsical displays, live music, and festive cheer await—don’t miss it!
Learn more:
https://carolinatraveler.com/event/swansboro-by-candlelight/

Visit Swansboro NC Onslow County Tourism

06/11/2025

They’ve arrived. 🌲
They’re watching. 👀
The Thomas Dambo Trolls await… ✨

Now hiding in Dix Park, Raleigh
and coming soon to the NC Arboretum, Asheville
Nov 15 – Feb 17 🪵

Learn more about the Dambo Trolls 👉https://carolinatraveler.com/go-troll-hunting-and-fall-for-adventure-across-the-carolinas/

For Dambo's Trolls lodging packages in Asheville👉 https://www.exploreasheville.com/plan-your-trip/packages-deals/dambos-trolls-lodging-packages

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05/11/2025

🎩✨ Good tidings and holiday cheer! The Dickens Christmas Show & Marketplace cometh to Myrtle Beach, Nov 13–16. 🎄
VIP subscribers, rejoice! Two free single-day passes await thee — contact us today to claim thy festive bounty! 🎁🎅

Learn more: 👉 https://carolinatraveler.com/event/dickens-christmas-show/

Dickens Christmas Show & Festivals
Visit Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach Convention Center

04/11/2025

Get ready to SPARK your curiosity! 🔥 Join us Nov 8, 1–3 PM at Catawba Science Center for a hands-on STEM Career Showcase featuring local STEM careers from the Carolina Foothills at the Catawba Science Center in Hickory!

Learn more: https://carolinatraveler.com/event/spark-a-stem-career-showcase

Catawba Science Center Visit Hickory NC

04/11/2025

❄️❄️Snow activites are just around the corner!❄️❄️

🏂In just 3 weeks you can have SNOW MUCH FUN!*



*Weather pending of course!

29/10/2025

Sky’s the limit! 🪁 Head to Kure Beach for the Cape Fear Kite Festival — where art, ocean breezes, and fun take flight!

https://carolinatraveler.com/event/cape-fear-kite-festival/

Visit Wilmington, NC and Beaches

29/10/2025

What's not to love about Pumpkin Chuckin'?!
Saturday Nov. 1 at The Schiele Museum

The Schiele Museum of Natural History Go Gaston NC

In honor of , here are five fun facts about fall's favorite fruit.

🎃Prehistoric mammals like mastodons ate pumpkins.
🎃European settlers in America added honey, spices, and milk to pumpkins for an early version of pumpkin pie.
🎃The largest pumpkins ever grown weighed over 2000 pounds!
🎃1 billion pounds of pumpkins are grown each year in the U.S.
🎃Pumpkins can FLY at The Schiele!

Don't miss this year's ' event on Saturday, 11/1, 10 AM - 2 PM. Decorate and launch your pumpkin - or one of ours while supplies last - using a giant medieval catapult (trebuchet). No registration necessary - Pumpkin Chunkin' is included with the purchase of museum admission.

Thank you to William Kelly III Dentistry for supporting this event.

28/10/2025

The clock is ticking… Halloween is on Friday and the spooky season is slipping away. 👻
This is your LAST WEEKEND to scream your way through Spooky Bottom Haunted Trail!
VIP subscribers: Contact us for your 2 FREE trail tickets!
Come get scared, laugh it off, then try the escape room or battle it out in blacklight jelly ball.
Don’t miss your final haunt of the season. 🎃🕯️

Spooky Bottom Haunted Trail Heart of North Carolina Visitors Bureau

27/10/2025

All aboard the bucket list express 🚂 Who’s ready to actually drive a real train?!

Tickets for our 2026 Operate-a-Loco sessions are now available!

Feel the power of a real diesel locomotive as you take the engineer’s seat and control the train yourself. Spots are limited, so act fast and make this once-in-a-lifetime dream come true!

More info at: triangletrain.com/operate-a-loco

27/10/2025

Sweet southern fun is woven into every moment at the NC Cotton Festival! 🌾🎉 Gather the family and head to Dunn Nov 1 for music, food & local charm!

Follow the link for more event info: https://carolinatraveler.com/event/nc-cotton-festival-2/

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22/10/2025

Life’s a whirl! 💫 Don’t miss the NC Whirligig Festival Nov 1–2 — where fun comes full circle!
Follow the link for all the event info: https://carolinatraveler.com/event/north-carolina-whirligig-festival/

Whirligig Festival City of Wilson, NC - Government Wilson County Tourism Development Authority