America turns 250 this Saturday, and the OBX is not playing around. The 4th falls on a weekend this year, which means a full week of parades, fish fries, fireworks up and down the barrier islands, live music, and one very memorable golf cart parade in Hatteras on Thursday. This is the one. Still Gets Me Every TimeI've been thinking about what the Fourth actually means to me. It always comes back to parades. Not the big televised ones. The small-town ones where someone's on a long horned bull carrying a flag at his side side and the whole block comes out to cheer. This happened last week for us and it was wild! There's just something about that moment where everyone shows up. For an hour, people set everything else down and clap for the same kid throwing candy off a flatbed. It's corny and I love it. 250 years is a long time but there's something about this particular Fourth that feels like a good one to be here for. The OBX does the parade thing right. Duck has a proper parade on Friday morning, and Hatteras does a golf cart parade Thursday that you won't want to miss. Go watch one if you're around. The Report| Conditions |
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Contribute to the OBXFrom OBX is 100% free, independently owned, and it's just me running it. If you've gotten value from it, your support helps me keep it going. Thanks! -Ryan, From OBX Local Spotlight Miss Oregon Inlet II — 4th of July Sunset & Fireworks CruiseHave you ever been on a boat that is doing fireworks? This year we went on a Disney Cruise and my children loved watching the fireworks right from the deck! Thankfully on the OBX, you don't have to go far from home to get the same experience.
So instead of standing in a parking lot to watch the fireworks this year, watch them from the water. The Miss Oregon Inlet II is running a 4th of July Sunset & Fireworks Cruise out of Nags Head on Saturday evening. You board, head out on the sound, and let the fireworks do their thing while someone else drives the boat. Way better than fighting the traffic home and your kids, and yourself, will love it! Get on the boat |
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OBX EventsTuesday 30thTown of Kill Devil Hills - First Flight Farmers Market Shop Local Avon Farmer's Market - Avon Fresh Finds Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum (Hatteras) - Salty Dawg Speaker Series Learn Something Village Craftsmen (Ocracoke) - Ghost & History Tour Haunt the Island The Lost Colony - Show Night See the Show Fish Heads Bar & Grill (Nags Head) - Julia the Band Night Out Wednesday 1stCorolla Wild Horse Fund - Mustang Mornings at the Farm Wild Horses Camp Hatteras Resort (Rodanthe) - Tri Villages Patriotic Market Red White & Browse Outer Banks Brewing Station (KDH) - Brewery Tour & Tasting Cheers Dowdy Park (Nags Head) - Dare250 Summer Concert Free Show Ocracoke Alive - Summer Concert Series Island Music Thursday 2ndJennette's Pier (Nags Head) - Free Beach Yoga Namaste Elizabethan Gardens - Butterfly House Release Too Beautiful Duck Town Park - Concert on the Green Lawn Chairs Out Hatteras Village - July 4th Golf Cart Parade Only in Hatteras Friday 3rdOuter Banks Running Company (KDH) - Freedom 5K Run for It Duck Town Park - Town of Duck 4th of July Parade Front Row Visit Ocracoke - Independence Day Celebration (3pm–8:30pm) Island Fourth Town of Manteo - Manteo First Friday Stroll Around Dare County Arts Council (Manteo) - Exhibition Opening: Southern... Go See It Saturday 4th 🎆Island Farm (Manteo) - Independence Day Semiquincentennial (9am–3pm) 250 Years Visit Ocracoke - Independence Day Celebration (all day) Island Fourth OBX Events - Hatteras Community Fish Fry (5pm) Come Hungry Miss Oregon Inlet II (Nags Head) - 4th of July Sunset & Fireworks Cruise (6pm) Watch From the Water Town of Manteo - Fourth of July Celebration (6pm) Manteo Celebrates Town of Nags Head - Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular (9pm) Boom Town of Kill Devil Hills - Independence Day Fireworks Show (9:15pm) Boom (KDH Edition) OBX Events - Fourth of July Fireworks Show, Avon (9:15pm) Boom (South Side) Sunday 5thCafe Pamlico (Buxton) - Sunday Brunch With Live Music (8am–1pm) Good Morning Kitty Hawk Kites (Nags Head) - Surfrider Foundation Beach Cleanup (5pm) Give Back OBX Swinging Mullets Baseball - Home Game (6pm) Play Ball Monday 6thWhalehead (Corolla) - Morning Ghost Tours (9am) Who's There? Outer Banks Brewing Station (KDH) - Brew & Arts (5pm–8:30pm) Pint & Paintbrush Village Beach Club (Nags Head) - Live Music: Brad Privott (5pm–8pm) Happy Hour | 
