Posts Tagged: Outer Banks Entertainment News

New ‘Iron Man 3’ TV Spots, First Clip Feature Fresh Footage [NC Film]

Filmed in and around Wilmington, North Carolina, as well as on location in Florida, California, and China, a number of new TV spots for Disney and Marvel’s upcoming blockbuster Iron Man 3 have arrived online in the...

[BATB 3] Killer Celebrity Lineup Announced For 3rd VA Beach Horror Convention

Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, Pinhead, and The Crypt Keeper are all coming to Virginia Beach for Mother’s Day weekend next month, along with The Walking Dead, a family reunion of The Devil’s Rejects, and much more...

Family Fun Day Celebrates Wilbur’s 146th Birthday At Wright National Memorial

Wilbur Wright’s 146th  birthday celebration will be a “fee free” Family Fun Day at Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills on Tuesday, April 16, from 10am to 4pm. Wilbur Wright was born near Millville, Indiana...

Currituck Plans To Open Film Office To Attract New Movie Productions!

Currituck County wants in on North Carolina’s hugely successful film business, as county officials hope to bring new jobs and opportunities to the area, much like in Charlotte and Wilmington, often referred to as...

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...

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...

Bruce Campbell is Ash in 'Evil Dead II', filmed in Wadesboro, North Carolina

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...

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...

Outer Banks Bike Week 2012 (photo by Artz Music & Photography)

Outer Banks Bike Week 2013 Dates Announced

Outer Banks Bike Week roars back to Currituck and Dare for its 11th annual year this April. Outer Banks Harley-Davidson recently confirmed that the dates of Bike Week 2013 will run from Saturday, April...

Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival 2013 Lineup Revealed [Concert Preview]

The 2nd Annual Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival returns to Manteo this fall with three more days of the world’s top bluegrass musicians live in concert. Last year’s headliner, bluegrass queen Rhonda Vincent is coming back to Festival Park...

Dig Into Outer Banks Cuisine at Taste of the Beach 2013

The Outer Banks Restaurant Association’s 2013 Taste of the Beach will serve up four days of food, drink, and wine in March. The annual Taste of the Beach Food and Wine Festival kicks off...

First Images of 'Saw' Creator's NC-Filmed 'Conjuring' Appear

Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, the first few images from the upcoming thriller The Conjuring, from director James Wan (Saw, Insidious) have been revealed online, teasing one of the most buzzed about horror films in recent years....

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2013 Kelly's St. Patrick's Day Parade Now Taking Entries

Kelly’s is currently accepting applications to participate in the 2013 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Nags Head this March. The annual parade, recognized as the largest St. Patrick’s Day celebration in  North Carolina, will...

'The Lost Colony' Names New Director for 2013 Season

The Lost Colony has announced that its new director for the upcoming 76th season of America’s longest running outdoor drama is Rocky Mount native Ira David Wood III, a North Carolina theater icon who portrayed...