Author: Matt Artz

Banjo Boys Bring Young Bluegrass to OBX Festival [Concert Preview]

Three brothers from the western hills of New Jersey, The Sleepy Man Banjo Boys will make their local debut at the first ever Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival in Manteo next month as the youngest...

Weekend Movie Update – Sept. 14, 2012

An animated classic swims back into theaters this week with a new 3D makeover, while Jeremy Renner gets Bourne again at The Pioneer Theatre. Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update for the weekend of September 14, 2012!...

Mother's Day: Elisa and son Noah drove up from Hatteras Island to be the Blood at the Beach Zombie Walk, April 20, 2012 in VA Beach.

Horror Film Festival and Zombies to Invade Outer Banks [UPDATED]

[UPDATED 10/26/12:  Due to inclement weather the children’s fair and zombie beach walk scheduled for Saturday have been cancelled. All other events will go on as planned.] Halloween on the Outer Banks will never be the...

Oink N' Oyster Roast Coming to Longboard's

 The 11th Annual Oink N’ Oyster Roast is set for next month in Kitty Hawk, featuring live music, drinks, and of course plenty of oysters and barbeque for the whole family. This year’s annual fundraiser for the...

Jennette's Pier to Host 45th Annual Easterns Sept. 16-22

Known historically as “The Easterns”, the 45th Annual Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) Eastern Championships will drop in at Jennette’s Pier next week. The 45th Anniversary celebration of the Easterns Championships will kick off this Sunday, Sept. 16 and...

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2012 OBX Entertainment Awards Voting Ends Sept. 30th!

Voting for the first ever OBX Entertainment Awards will end at midnight on Sunday, September 30, 2012! 2012 VOTING ENDS AT MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY, SEPT. 30th, so vote as often as you like and...

Bubba Sparxxx to Heat Up Port O' Call [Concert Preview]

National recording artist Bubba Sparxxx is bringing southern hip-hop to the Outer Banks live in concert this month at Port O’ Call in Kill Devil Hills on Friday, September 21. Sparxxx scored is first...

Wave Jam Brings American Windsurfing Tour to Hatteras

 One of the most recognized national extreme-sport events of the year, the 2012 American Windsurfing Tour is bringing the best windurfers in the world to Hatteras Island this month for Hatteras Wave Jam! This innaugural event...

Watch 'The Wizard of Oz' Outside on the Sound Friday Night!

It is perhaps the most quoted, covered, remade, rebooted, and re-imagined movie of all time, and this weekend is your chance to see it outside on the big screen and under the stars. The...

Weekend Movie Update – Sept. 7, 2012

The Words get Bradley Cooper in trouble in theaters this week, while the latest Rush speeds into The Pioneer Theatre. Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update for the weekend of September 7, 2012! The...

Rhonda Vincent Headlines Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival [Concert Preview]

Hailed by The Wallstreet Journal as the “New Queen of Bluegrass”, Rhonda Vincent will headline the first ever Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival, coming next month to Roanoke Island Festival Park, featuring three days of events and two...

NC-Filmed 'Piranha 3DD' Surfaces on DVD

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina in 2011, Dimension Fims’ bloody sequel Piranha 3DD arrives on Blu-ray and DVD this week, via Anchor Bay Entertainment. You can check out an official trailer for the horror...

Guttermouth to Stir Up The Pit with New Threat [Concert Preview]

Summer may be windng down, but the Outer Banks music scene is heating up, with national surf-punk hellraisers Guttermouth set to invade Kill Devil Hills this month. Formed in 1988 in Huntington Beach, CA, the band is infamous for...

Pro Surfers Gabe Kling and Leah Dawson Win OBX Labor Day Cup

The Bud Light Lime Surf Series hit the east coast for the first time with its final contest of the 2012 tour, the innaugural OBX Labor Day Cup this past weekend at Jennette’s Pier in...

Legendary actor Michael Biehn was all smiles meeting hundreds of fans at the first ever "Blood at the Beach" Horror Convention in VA Beach in April 2012. (photo: Artz Music & Photography)

Iconic Actor Michael Biehn Directs 'The Victim' [OBXE Interview]

He’s played both hero and villain in some of the most memorable films of all time, but never a victim. When he wasn’t facing down the biggest badasses in movies in The Terminator (1984)...

Bluegrass Festival Brings Top Pickers to Outer Banks [Event Preview]

OBX Entertainment is excited and proud to announce our official sponsorship of the first ever Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival, coming to Manteo this fall with three days of live music and events, bringing some...

Labor Day Cup Brings Pro Surfers to Nags Head [Photo Gallery]

The Bud Light Lime Surf Series hit the east coast for the first time with its final contest of the 2012 tour, the innaugural OBX Labor Day Cup happening this weekend at Jennette’s Pier in...

[Now Filming] Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis Reunite in Wilmington

Warner Bros. Pictures released a statement this week officially announcing that filming of the new action comedy We’re the Millers is currently underway in Wilmington, North Carolina and revealing new plot details about the anticipated release...

Seven Ten Oil Make Their OBX Debut [Concert Preview]

Virginia Beach, VA headbangers Seven Ten Oil will make their Outer Banks debut this weekend at Longboard’s in Kitty Hawk. The hard rock four-piece opened for the legendary KISS at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater in...

Dash Rip Rock Returns to Kill Devil Hills [Concert Preview]

New Orleans legends Dash Rip Rock return to the Outer Banks Brewing Station in Kill Devil Hills to turn up the volume and paint the town red live in concert tonight (August 31)! SPIN Magazine...