Author: Matt Artz

Ferris Wheel Returns To Nags Head At New Amusement Park This Summer

For many generations of visitors and locals of the Outer Banks, the annual appearance of the Ferris wheel at the old Dowdy’s Amusement Park just prior to the start of tourist season was a beloved sign that...

Music Icon Ralph Stanley To Play Waterside Theatre [Concert Preview]

Two American legends will come together on Roanoke Island this summer as country music icon Ralph Stanley, the man behind the music of the 2000 film Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, brings his Clinch Mountain Boys band to the historic Waterside...

Studio 12 Hosts Jewelry Artist Laura Howard In Avon

Studio 12 Art Gallery in Avon is celebrating its 10th anniversary with numerous special events planned throughout the year, including two dates with jewelry artist Laura Howard this month. Howard will present a demonstration on hand hammered...

UNC Greensboro Brings Best Of Broadway To Roanoke Island Festival Park

Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo will host UNC Greensboro Opera Theatre Young Artist Program’s new production Broadway Goes to the Beach this summer. The program is sure to delight theatergoers who love the all-time stage favorites, including My...

‘The Conjuring’ Reveals New Spooky Trailer [NC Film]

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema has released a second, even spookier trailer for The Conjuring, from director James Wan (Saw, Insidious). The thriller recently received an R rating from...

Remembering When ‘Evil Dead II’ Possessed North Carolina [NC Film]

Remembering When ‘Evil Dead II’ Possessed North Carolina [NC Film]

Evil is alive in theaters this weekend, with the reimagined ultra-gory Evil Dead currently the number one movie at the box office, and to mark the occasion we’re looking back at the second of...

CNBC’s ‘Treasure Detectives’ Investigate Elizabethan Gardens

The Elizabethan Gardens on Roanoke Island will be featured in a new episode of the series Treasure Detectives, premiering this week on CNBC. In the episode, which will air this Tuesday, April 9, at...

Lucky 12 Announces Outer Banks Bike Week 2013 Entertainment Lineup

Outer Banks Bike Week roars back to Currituck and Dare for its 11th annual year this month and the full schedule of events is now online, along with the official announcement confirming the daily lineup...

Keep It Clean At Earth Fair OBX In Nags Head

The second annual Earth Fair OBX is happening at Jennette’s Pier this month, celebrating the environment friendly traditions of Earth Day while helping to keep Outer Banks beaches clean and green. Sponsored by the Outer Banks Community Foundation, the...

Collie Buddz To Light It Up In Nags Head [Concert Preview]

International reggae star Collie Buddz will bring his 2013 Light it Up Tour to Kelly’s in Nags Head this summer. Best known for his 2010 hit single “Come Around”, Buddz (Colin Harper) was born...

ECU Presents Kids Jazz Workshop At Roanoke Island Festival Park

East Carolina University presents a special Jazz Excursion and Workshop just for kids at Roanoke Island Festival Park this month. The ECU Jazz Ensemble will be in town for a concert as part of...

[Local Buzz] OBXentertainment.com Welcomes Sun Realty!

We would like to officially welcome Sun Realty to the OBXentertainment.com Family! For more than three decades, Sun Realty has been the leader in real estate sales and vacation rentals on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Sun...

Theatre Of Dare Presents Evening Of One Act Comedies

Theatre of Dare will wrap up their 22nd production season by presenting for the first time a night of One Act Plays, with four performances coming up this month.  Life After Elvis written by Jason...

Donavon Frankenreiter Returns To Nags Head [Concert Preview]

 Hawaii-based surfer/singer/songwriter Donavon Frankenreiter returns to the Outer Banks this summer live in concert at Kelly’s in Nags Head. Frankenreiter co-produced his most recent album, last year’s Start Livin’, and he says the intimate new release is “basiclly a...