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The 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. The festival ran from 1940 through 1970 before it was revived in 2001. It takes place annually in mid-May in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. [1] [2]
Elizabeth City hosts the North Carolina Potato Festival, an annual celebration of the potato, one of the region's most important crops. The festival has steadily become one of the most popular draws in northeastern North Carolina, and is usually held in mid-May in downtown Elizabeth City.
The 49th Mantua Potato Festival at Buchert Memorial Park on Saturday, September 10. 2022, Lincoln Beal, 9, and Cameron Muzic, 10, in mashed potato wrestling. Lisa Scalfaro
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The East Texas Yamboree, a four-day event held annually during the third weekend of October in Gilmer, Texas, celebrates the sweet potato (called a "yam" in the United States) as a former cash crop, drawing thousands of tourists to the city for the occasion each year. The event has been held in Gilmer since 1935.
The festival ran annually until it was retired in 1953. Now, 70 years later, the Chamber of St. Matthews is reviving the spud-tacular celebration. This spud-tacular festival is returning to St ...
The Rockford Sweet Potato Festival has been held annually in September since 1996. The festival is a brainchild of the late Annie Barnette, the owner of the Rockford General Store from 1972 until her death in 2004. The festival includes music, crafts and sweet potato sonker. [6]