INDY's 2025 Festival & Event Guide Around the Triangle, the muddy slush piles have thawed and daffodils are starting to poke up, which means that spring is almost here—and with it, festival season and numerous opportunities to have your memories multiplied by the community around you. Find food, beer, and wine events; art exhibitions; Pride happenings; and much more. Lock into the Triangle’s music scene with free summer concerts and festivals like Pittsboro’s sprawling Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival or go see some movies—Durham hosts the prestigious Full Frame Documentary Festival every year and there are plenty of smaller indie events like BEYOND: The Cary Film Festival and Chapel Hill’s Cosmic Rays Film Festival in Chapel Hill. Whatever your interest, you’re sure to find a unique local way to explore it this year—and we’ve compiled it all in our annual festival and event directory. Don’t forget to keep our special pull-out section on hand as a reference guide for the rest of the year—and see you out there!
MARCH MARCH 7 OCAG Spring Show Reception Higgins & Myers Custom Framing and Fine Art Gallery, Chapel Hill https://higginsandmyers.com/home-main/fine-artgallery-2-2/
MARCH 9 Jewish Food Festival Jewish for Good at the Levin JCC, Durham https://www.jewish-food-festival.com
MARCH 15, APRIL 19, MAY 17, JUNE 21, JULY 19, AUGUST 16, SEPTEMBER 20, OCTOBER 18, NOVEMBER 15, DECEMBER 20
MARCH 15-16
MARCH 21
St. Patrick's Day Weekend at Pluck Farm
Anne Heartt Gregory: 5 Points Gallery Featured Artist
PLUCK FARM - Steel String Brewery - Mebane
5 Points Gallery, Durham
https://steelstringbrewery.com/events/st-patrickscelebration-weekend/
https://5pointsgallery.com
MARCH 16 Welcome Tattoo 6 year Anniversary Party Welcome Tattoo, Durham
Old Library Site, Cary https://onetriberhythms.com/
GameMakers Showcase
MARCH 30
Apex Town Campus - Senior Center https://www.eventeny.com/events/ gamemakershowcase-17621/
Spring Patchwork Market The Durham Armory https://thepatchworkmarket.com
MARCH 23 The Block Party at Artpost
Carrboro Django Reinhardt Festival
Artpost, Durham
Cat's Cradle Back Room, Carrboro
https://www.instagram.com/artpostdurham/
https://onyxclubboys.com/carrboro-django-reinhardtfestival
One Tribe Final Friday Drum Circle & Fire Show
MARCH 22
https://www.instagram.com/welcometattoonc/
MARCH 21-23
MARCH 28, APRIL 25, MAY 30, JUNE 27, JULY 25, AUGSUT 25, SEPTEMBER 26, OCTOBER 31
APRIL APRIL 3-6 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Pop-Up Raleigh
Downtown Durham
Trophy Brewery, Raleigh
https://www.fullframefest.org/
Popupraleigh.com and @PopUpRaleigh on socials
INDYweek.com March 5, 2025
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