Festival
NC Yam Festival
Tabor City, North Carolina
About
55th Annual Yam Festival celebrating the sweet potato. Yam Fest Saturday features Yam Row for sweet potato goods, parade (from 7th & Main), Sweet Potato Give Away, Sweet Potato Pie Eating Contest, FREE KidZone, live entertainment on 2 stages, Mascot Race, Stallion Classic marching band competition. Weeklong runup includes Scholarship Pageant, Sweet Potato Cook-Off, Paint A Yam Man Class, Art & Photography Show, Taste of Tabor. Tabor City Public Library serves as festival HQ.
Details
- Type
- Festival
- Season / Event Date(s)
- October 24, 2026, Sat (multi-week runup)
- Venue
- Downtown Tabor City / Tabor City Public Library, 101 East Fifth Street
Tags
- craft
- food
- annual
- outdoor
- live-music
- family-friendly
- parade
- pageant
- sweet-potato
- yam-row
- car-show
- agricultural
- historic