The 2024 N.C. State Fair Home Chef Challenge is ON — and drawing big crowds and delicious foods from North Carolina’s most passionate home chefs to the State Fairgrounds. Each day of the 2024 N.C. State Fair features a different challenge, in which participants cook their entries at home and bring them to the fair … Read more
Fairgoers can stock up on their North Carolina sauces, seasonings and rubs from Bone Suckin’ Sauce at the N.C. State Fair while simultaneously helping our hurricane-impacted neighbors in the western part of the state. Raleigh-created Bone Suckin’ Sauce is one of many product vendors located in the Got to Be NC Pavilion in Dorton Arena … Read more
A good visit to the N.C. State Fair begins with a good game plan. Getting to the fairgrounds is the first step in the plan, and it may be one of the most important parts of your visit. A little strategy can help avoid surprises and cutdown on frustrations. So keep in mind that weekends … Read more
For 20 years, the youngest of fairgoers have trekked across the N.C. State Fairgrounds to a garden that is ripe for the picking. They grab their baskets and step into the boots of a farmer, harvesting tomatoes, corn, beans, onions and more. While Field of Dreams has seen some changes and additions through the years, … Read more
Since its inception in 2002, the State Fair Pottery Expo tent has brought the work of dozens of North Carolina potters to Raleigh for fairgoers to admire and purchase for their own collections. The exhibit has grown every year, according to Don Hudson, a Sanford potter who started the exhibit in 2002. In 2023, the … Read more