Author: Matt Artz

Outer Banks Shallowbag Beach Music Festival Returns [Concert Preview]

The 2nd Annual Outer Banks Shallowbag Shag Beach Music Festival comes to Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo on Memorial Day Monday, May 25, featuring headliners The Band of Oz and Steamboat Funktion, joining...

Sue Artz with Roanoke Island Festival Park Executive Director Kim Sawyer at OBX Entertainment Studios on May 1, 2015 (photo by OBXentertainment.com)

‘OBXE TV’ Ep. 45 – Roanoke Island Festival Park Director Kim Sawyer [Video]

Season 2 of our original Outer Banks entertainment news series OBXE TV continues with Episode 45, featuring special guest Kim Sawyer, executive director of Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo.  Returning for her second appearance...

A.J. Tata Outer Banks Book Signing To Kick Off ‘Lost Colony’ Season

Author A.J. Tata will help kick off the The Lost Colony‘s 2015 season with a local signing of his new novel Foreign and Domestic, which is set on the Outer Banks! The Lost Colony...

Mustang Spring Jam 2015 Brings 7 Bands To Corolla [Concert Preview]

Mike Dianna’s Grill Room will once again host their annual Mustang Spring Jam concert fundraiser this month in Corolla, to help save the wild horses. The 4th Annual Mustang Spring Jam features a great...

Outer Banks Soundside Live Concert Comes To Beach [Video / Photo Gallery]

The Soundside Live concert, originally scheduled as a ticketed event presented by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau that was to take place at the as-yet-unfinished Outer Banks Event Site, was relocated to the south...

Outer Banks Weekend Movie Update – May 8, 2015: In ‘Hot Pursuit’

Reese Witherspoon is in Hot Pursuit of Sopfia Vergara in theaters this week, while the Age of Ultron continues at the historic Pioneer Theatre in Manteo. Here’s your Outer Banks Movie Update for the weekend of May...

Sue Artz with her sons, Jasper and Ozzie, on Mother's Day 2013 at the the Point Harbor Pick-Your-Own Strawberry Patch. (photo by OBXentertainment.com)

Celebrate Mother’s Day 2015 on the Outer Banks

This Sunday is all about Mom, and the first thing you can do to make it special is to treat her to an awesome dinner out at one of our favorite Outer Banks restaurants...

[Movie Review] ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Is Beyond Epic

The Avengers are back on the big screen for Disney’s latest all-star superhero adventure set in the ever growing Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), but more than the Age of Ultron, this sequel is the...

Historical McHorney’s Odditorium Unveiling In Currituck

Historic McHorney’s Odditorium and Cabinet of Curiosities will hold its unveiling celebration this weekend in Barco, Currituck. Live entertainment includes music by national recording artists Danka and local band Soul House Revival, plus performances...

Outer Banks Freedmen’s Colony 152nd Anniversary Commemorated

One hundred and fifty-two years ago, thousands of African-American slaves risked punishment, family separation, and even their lives to reach the freedom waiting for them on Roanoke Island.  The story of the Freedmen’s Colony...

Celebrate Migratory Bird Day At Alligator River Refuge

You are invited to the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day with an open air tram tour this Saturday, May 9, from 9am to 12pm.   You can hop on...

Outer Banks KidsFest Returns To Roanoke Island Festival Park

Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo will once again host the annual all age Outer Banks KidsFest event this Friday, presented by the Children and Youth Partnership for Dare County. This exciting, free event...

May The 4th Be With You: Star Wars Day Hits Outer Banks [Video / Photo Gallery]

May the Fourth be with you! For fans of the Star Wars movie franchise, the date of May 4 each year has been adopted as the official holiday celebrating all things that we love...

Sue Artz with Outer Banks Brewing Station owners Aubrey Davis and Eric Reece on the set of 'OBXE TV' on April 30, 2015 (photo by Matt Artz for OBXentertainment.com)

‘OBXE TV’ Ep. 44 – Outer Banks Brewing Station Owners [Video]

Season 2 of our original Outer Banks entertainment news series OBXE TV continues with Episode 44, featuring special guests Aubrey Davis and Eric Reece, owners of the Outer Banks Brewing Station in Kill Devil Hills. ...

Kill Devil Derby Brigade Roller Girls Win At Home [Video / Photo Gallery]

Roller derby night returned to the Outer Banks when the Kill Devil Derby Brigade‘s home team, Blackbeard’s Revenge, claimed a hard fought victory over the Riptide Wreckers at a recent event at home at...

Outer Banks Relay For Life 2015 Raises Over $10,000 [Photo Gallery]

The annual Outer Banks Relay For Life fundraiser returned to Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo on Saturday, May 2, with live entertainment and events happening throughout the day. The Relay For Life of...

Outer Banks Spring Restaurant Week 2015 Begins

Outer Banks Spring Restaurant Week 2015 begins today (May 1), with more than a dozen local favorites serving up special dishes at extra low prices for the next nine days. Anytime between Friday. May...

Spring Wildlife Art Expo Opening Reception Announced

The Opening Reception for the Spring Wildlife Art Expo is scheduled for Friday, May 8, 2015 from 5 – 8 PM at the National Wildlife Refuges Visitor Center on Roanoke Island.  The reception is...

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Tidewater Comicon Returns To Virginia Beach [Interview]

The region’s biggest event of its kind returns to Virginia Beach in May, when Tidewater Comicon takes over the Virginia Beach Convention Center with a ton of celebrity guests, top name comic book creators,...

Hugh Jackman Blackbeard Movie ‘Pan’ Retreats To October

Hugh Jackman (X-Men, The Wolverine) brings a new spin and an entirely new look to the Outer Banks’ most infamous pirate Blackbeard, who was killed off the coast of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, in...