Author: Matt Artz

Mike Kelly leads the annual Kelly's St. Patrick's Day Parade. (photo by OBX Entertainment)

2012 Kelly’s St. Patrick’s Parade [Photo Gallery]

It was a one of the most beautiful Outer Banks days in recent memory for The 23rd Annual Kelly’s St. Patrick’s Parade on Sunday, March 18, 2012 on the beach road in Nags Head. Event...

Outer Banks Weekend Movie Update – March 16, 2012

It’s a double dose of Channing Tatum, as the 31-year-old heartthrob stars in one for the girls and one for the boys at local theaters this week. Here’s your Outer Banks movie update for the weekend of March...

Joshua Jackson, Katie Holmes, James VanDerBeek, and Michelle Williams on the North Carolina set of 'Dawson's Creek'.

Kevin Williamson – Bringing Hollywood to North Carolina

Ever since New Bern native Kevin Williamson brought his hit series Dawson’s Creek to North Carolina to film for six seasons, Hollywood has been following his lead to the Tarheel State. The show premiered on...

Lukas Nelson – Son of Country Icon Returns to Kelly's [Concert Preview]

Lukas Nelson, the son of music icon Willie Nelson, brings his own strain of country-rock back to Kelly’s in Nags Head on Friday, May 11th! It’s been said by those that have heard him live that “music is in...

[UPDATED] Scarletta Brings Country-Rock to Kelly's

Nashville’s Scarletta will hit the stage at Kelly’s this Tuesday, March 13th, where the band will be filming their new music video! [ UPDATE: Due to the weather, the video shoot has been postponed....

Shamrock Car Show & Poker Run 2012

The 5th Annual Shamrock Car Show and Poker Run cruises into town on St. Patrick’s Day this weekend, with proceeds from this year’s event to benefit the Wright Flight program at First Flight Middle School!  The...

[Concert Preview] The Pit Welcomes Back Rehab

Rehab rolls back into Kill Devil Hills to take over The Pit on Saturday, August 4th! The band is best known for their 2007 radio hit ‘Bartender (Sittin’ at a Bar)’. The video for the tongue-in-cheek country-flavored...

UNC Brings Opera to Festival Park [Concert Preview]

The 2012 concert season at Roanoke Island Festival Park continues this weekend with the music of Jacques Offenbach presented by UNC Chapel Hill this Saturday, March 17th. Read on for the official press release. ROANOKE ISLAND-...

'Mysterious Island' – North Carolina's New Hollywood Hit

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, the action-packed Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, has already made more than $270 million world-wide since its initial release in February, while Hollywood has been buzzing in recent weeks...

Weekend Movie Update – March 9, 2012

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, the action-packed Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, has already made more than $270 million world-wide since its initial release in February, and now the hit film is coming to...

Jennifer Lawrence on the North Carolina set of 'The Hunger Games'

'Hunger Games' – North Carolina's Next Hollywood Blockbuster

Hollywood insiders have placed their bets. All eyes are on North Carolina. Let the Games begin… Based on the best-selling novel, the much anticipated screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games (rated PG13) opens...

[Preview] 'Endless Summer' Weekend 2012 Honors Classic Film

REAL Watersports in Rodanthe will host its 3rd Annual Endless Summer Weekend May 25-28, 2012, with special guest Robert August, star of the 1966 quintessential surf film, Endless Summer. In the film, director Bruce Brown...

[OBXE Feature] Kill Devil Hills in Pop Culture

On March 6, 2012, the town of Kill Devil Hills will celebrate its 59th anniversary since the former village named for a famous local sand hill was incorporated in 1953.  There are numerous legends...

Outer Banks Weekend Movie Update – March 2, 2012

It’s Dr. Seuss against the ultimate house party and a heartwarming whale of a tale in local theaters this week. Here’s your Outer Banks movie update for the weekend of March 2, 2012! Opening...

David Allan Coe Live at Kelly’s [Concert Report]

The original American outlaw David Allan Coe took the stage to rousing applause from a packed house at Kelly’s in Nags Head on Friday, Feb. 24th, and proceded to tear through more than 90...

84th Academy Award 'Oscar' Winners

Check out the full list of winners at the 84th Academy Awards below, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly: The first silent film to be nominated since 1928, ‘The Artist’ won Best Picture of the Year....

Tim Reynolds and TR3 Return to Port O' Call [Concert Preview]

[UPDATED] – Click here for our exclusive photo gallery from the night when Tim Reynolds met Stanley Jordan live on stage in Nags Head in 2005! _____________________ Guitar virtuoso and Dave Matthews’ favorite jam...

[Preview] 'The Odd Couple' Comes to Theatre of Dare

Opening for six days starting on March 2nd, Theatre of Dare presents “The Odd Couple” , directed by Janelle Parrish.   Neil Simon’s classic comedy features two friends – recently separated clean freak “Felix...

[UPDATE: CANCELED] Rusted Root to Play Nags Head [Concert Preview]

[UPDATE] Unfortunately, this concert has been canceled due to a studio conflict with the band. Kelly’s owner Mike Kelly told OBX Entertainment that he is hoping to reschedule for later this summer. Their music been featured in...

Outer Banks Weekend Movie Update – Feb. 24, 2012

 Real life Navy SEALS go up against a nudist colony, while one of literature’s most popular modern heroines makes her big screen debut this week. Here’s your Outer Banks movie update for the weekend...