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What can you do at the festival? Details are here
Register for classes, meals, and merchandise. Click here for details.
Enter the competition! Click here for details.
Reserve a place to stay in Raleigh. The North Carolina State Fairgrounds website has a list of accommodations including campsites: https://ncstatefair.org/accommodations.htm
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The 2024 festival theme is “Halloween”!
This theme is perfectly illustrated by Joey Moore’s gourd which won the 2022 New Artist Holiday Gourd category!
Photo by Jen