We just went to the last FNOW and it was a beautiful night and a fun upbeat band called Liquid…read morePleasure! We brought our portable chairs which was ideal. I enjoyed all the vendors that offer all kinds of street food and drinks from donuts, adult beverages, pulled pork, ice cream, popcorn, pizza, nachos etc. The weather was absolutely perfect too. People of all ages enjoyed the event.

Friday Night On White really highlights the historic downtown Wake Forest area, inviting the whole…read moreneighborhood to come hang out. This is a small town event with a big turn out! I appreciate that music, some great food, beverages and friends are all this night out needs. Not a ton of vendors, that's not what this is. You will however have a good selection of food trucks to choose from. I opted for crispy pork sticky buns from Baozi, which is served up with a side of rice and garnished pretty to complete the "I'm eating something special" feel. Absolutely bring fold up chairs! My group now knows every brick planter and back staircase in the area to sit down on. Chalked it up to a memorable evening in a lovely town.

The Wake Forest Renaissance Centre is located in Renaissance Place in Downtown Wake Forest. It is…read morelocated in the same shopping center as Strike & Barrel, Over the Falls, and Dollar General. The shopping center has a large parking lot, but finding a spot has become more challenging. So thankfully, there is street parking and the town parking lot across the street. In the last few years, the Renaissance Centre hasn't had as much variety in performances. The same acts seem to come back year to year rather than getting different performers. They have murder mysteries, comedy acts, storytelling, magic acts, concerts, a film festival, and children's acts. The seating is in office chairs, usually at floor level, which worked better with staggered seats with the sides on angles, as the view was better. Now all the rows are straight, and the chairs are directly behind the others. Some events use round tables, while others use risers to create stadium seating, so they are trying to create a better experience. I hope the upcoming season has some new shows.

I find this venue to be the perfect size for a town of Wake Forest's size. I have attended…read moreconcerts there twice in 2024, and was pleased with the experiences both times. The staff, both the paid employees and the volunteer staff, made me feel welcome and appreciated for being there. Sight lines for the stage are good from all angles, and audio was at the right levels. I also appreciated that there's an actual parking lot, instead on only curbside parking or paid parking lots. Having said that, it is part of a shopping center and arriving when the doors open is a good way to get the better parking spots.

My daughter and I made it to ArtWalk for the first time. Not knowing what to expect, we arrived…read moreabout 15 minutes before the official start time and scored prime parking. We were there to buy Christmas gifts from a specific artisan, and just walked around the corner from where we parked to buy the pottery I had been coveting on Etsy. The local artists set up shop on the front lawns and porches of homeowners; and the houses are so cute! Everyone was friendly and the art work and crafts were amazing. There are so many talented local artists. ArtWalk is a great venue to showcase and support them.

Its a two day renaissance festival that is 15$ a day. You can get 1-day or 2-day tickets. It's rain…read moreor shine. Will go again next year!

Came in from VA for this event. Ample parking, many food options, staff and vendors very friendly…read more Kids and families welcome. Mix of plane clothes and awesome costumes. I got to hold a raven, sing sea shanty, dance, laugh, and and hear some really cool music. Knights battle, bag pipes, Ariel dancers, goblins with trinkets, fairy with bubbles for kids, all the vendors are super friendly and not pushy, plenty of bathrooms with hand wash stations. Getting bigger every year from what im told and we will be back. ​

Thank goodness the rain held off just long enough for the kickoff event on Friday! Weather on its…read moreside, Raleigh turned it out with a nice line-up: scheduled performances and public skating on our brand spanking new outdoor rink; musical guests; free carriage rides; and events for the kids like sledding ramps. The fun only extended a block, which made it feel a little cramped. And I'm hoping the fest will grow in the coming years. I'd like to see more events involved--choir performances, maybe a handbell group, an indoor crafts-market would be nice--scattered throughout downtown. Still, a great turn-out for a well-organized and free family-friendly evening. I didn't get a chance to skate under the stars because the rink was completely mobbed, and the line for tickets huge. Boo. But I did scarf down some delicious honey-coated pecans from "Bob's Nuts" (tee-hee)!

The Henderson County Heritage Museum is located inside the Historic Henderson County Courthouse in…read moredowntown Hendersonville, NC. The building was constructed in 1904 and is a classic revival style. Admission to the museum is free, but they do collect donations. I only explored the first level of the building, but there may be more exhibits on the upper floors. More signage would be helpful. The museum covers local history and military history. They have artifacts and uniforms of all the wars. One room is dedicated to the area's railroad history. The model trains were not working when I was there, though. There is a memorial to "Big Jim", the world's largest pig. Back in 1941, the pig weighed 2415 pounds and was four feet 8 inches tall and ten feet 8 inches long. If you are in Downtown Hendersonville, this museum is worth a visit. There is a small gift shop as well.

Cute museum that was very clean and had a inviting staff plus nice restrooms! The information they…read morehad displayed was great and my whole family enjoyed it. It's free and a nice change from the shopping on main st.

This past weekend I took part in the curbside beer pick up. Great concept, particularly since the…read moreactual festival was cancelled. It was great opportunity to support our local NC breweries.You can pick up an assortment of beers. I ordered a 5 pack of sours for $18. The only issue were the lines were quite long. I was in line, probably 2 hours in my car to pick up the drinks. In the future, it would help to have multiple pick up spots. This was a fun alternative in the setting of social distancing.

There are things I love about Brewgaloo and things I hate, but overall, from a participants…read moreperspective, it's good enough to have brought me back three years in a row, so I guess that deserves a four star rating. Anyone you talk to that's been to Brewgaloo will agree that the event is utterly disorganized. They encourage patrons to buy tickets ahead of time BUT DON'T! The will call line is always 3-4 times longer then the usually nonexistent 'day of' line. Honestly, the confusion is ultimately in the purchasing and ID checking of the event. I'm not sure if the staff doesn't know what they're supposed to be doing or don't communicate, but it's just a cluster f. Don't purchase full pours. This is honestly in your best interest since the 3oz pours are never under, rather they're almost always over. Sometimes the beer tents even give you a full pint for funzies. Not sure how people are making money with this event; I've heard it's by how ever many empty kegs you have at the end, while others have told me it's through token collect. Either way, the breweries themselves don't seem to be regulating the process very well. In addition, I have run into more then one tent where they're giving away free samples! One of the reason's I love Brewgaloo is that I'm paying for the exact amount I want to drink. I'm not paying $50+ a ticket like most of the local beer fests. Rather, I'll buying however many $1 3oz pours or $5 pints I can drink. It's much more financially friendly for those of us that don't go crazy at festivals like this. Last year, like many of the reviews stated, vendors were running out of beer and it was getting messy the later it got. This year, it was drizzling rain during the whole event. And while I thought that would keep a lot of people at home, it kept about 1/4 of the regular crowd home. If you're going to this event and it's a nice day out, expect LONG lines for beer and food. It's just that kind of festival. Finally, if you don't like drunk people, this would be an event to avoid. Other then that, come on down to Fayetteville and enjoy music (some so loud you won't be able to hear anything else), beer from what must be every single brewery in North Carolina and even some liquor! The variety of food trucks but most of all, the gathering of groups of friends, looking to have a good time. See you next year!

I believe this is the first Korean festival in Raleigh. According to my research this festival was…read morefounded in 2018 by the Raleigh Korean association. I have seen Chinese festivals and various European festivals in Raleigh so I was very excited to see a Korean festival especially since I am half Korean. Festivals are very hard to put together an even harder to make money in. I'm not sure how much support they got from their sponsors but for a first festival I thought they did a pretty good job. Most of the food vendors are from area Korean churches and I liked that there was very little repetition. Each vendor had something slightly different to offer and the prices were affordable. I had the spicy rice cake dish and it was very good albeit too spicy for me. I like a more sweet and spicy sauce in my ddokk bukki. I was very happy to see boiled egg and fish cake included however. I also had the kim bap. This one was from a restaurant called aroma. I have eaten at aroma before and was not impressed but I will say the Kim bap they brought to the festival was fantastic and reminded me of my grandmother's. We bought the rice punch from a little snack shop that was set up at the food court. It was chilled and a perfect accompaniment to our meal. While I did not mind buying the food from different vendors it would have been nice if the food vendors also offered drinks at least bottled water so we did not have to get in line for every little thing.For dessert we had Korean shaved ice - pang bin su. Connect church did a phenomenal job in the tiny space they had. There was plenty of finely shaved ice and plenty of yummy toppings. The exhibitions were plenty but really hard to get to as people were not sure how to get in line and I thought they could use some volunteers to help with crowd control. The same could be said for vendors who were selling wares. I felt bad for them because when the music would start people would just turn around and stand in front of their store to watch the show instead of getting out of the way for buyers. Once again this is something volunteers can help with and next year hopefully they will have better organization.We caught the very end of some traditional Korean singing, and a fashion show. The traditional drumming was OK but they were hard to see on the stage and I was glad they had Projection TVs set up. The person I wanted to see the most was Luna Lee. She was terrific however the sound people seemed very inexperienced and it was very distorted. There were many many many teenagers there for the K-pop. I was sad to see that they were saving seats the entire time making it difficult for other people to sit and enjoy the shows. My biggest criticism would be that they need a volunteer coordinator as I saw most of their young volunteers enjoying themselves at the festival rather than actually helping. I suspect they were there for the T-shirt and a free entry LOL I also felt that the music was way too loud for the venue. I know K-pop is all the rage but I felt it over shadowed all the other beautiful things Korea has to offer. I almost wish they would do the K-pop separately. I will return next year and this time I will bring my children and husband. I would recommend this festival to everyone. If you are sensitive to noise I would suggest earplugs for sure. At times it was painful.