North Carolina Potato Festival

North Carolina Potato Festival, originally known as the Albemarle Potato Festival is an annual tradition in Northeastern North Carolina that celebrates one of the region's most important crops.[1] The festival ran from 1940 through 1970 before it was revived in 2001.[2] It takes place annually in mid-May in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.[3]

In 2009, it was made the official state Irish Potato Festival of North Carolina.[4]

The festival was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but will return in 2022.[5]

References
  1. "Visit Elizabeth City-Dig into the North Carolina Potato Festival". Visit Elizabeth City. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  2. "Irish Potato Festival, NC Potato Festival | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  3. WRAL (2021-03-08). "A local look at the best things to do and see in Elizabeth City :". Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  4. "SESSION LAW 2009-24 HOUSE BILL 588" (PDF). General Assembly of North Carolina. 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Nielsen, Paul (2022-02-17). "ECDI: Potato Festival, TarWheel both a go this spring". dailyadvance.com. Retrieved 2022-03-01.

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