NC Potato Festival Contests & Events/Activities:
Coloring Contest
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Little Miss Tater Tot Contest
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National Potato Peeling Contest
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Cornhole Tournament
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Contest & Special Event Schedule:
Friday, May 17
5:30 pm -- Opening Ceremony
on Main Stage (Corner of Main & Water Streets)
with Emcee DJ Taz
Performance by Albemarle Youth Choir
USCG Posting of the Guard
Welcome by Mayor Bettie Parker and County Commissioner Lloyd Griffin
6:00 pm -- VIP Party
100 Block of North Water Street
*by invitation only
6:00 pm -- Beer Garden Opens
100 Block of North Water Street
6:00 pm -- Main Stage Performances Begin
Saturday, May 18
10:00 am - Festival Opens
10:00 am - Little Miss Tater Tot Contest
Mariners' Wharf Park
10:00 am - 4:00 pm Car and Motorcycle Show
in front of Pasquotank County Courthouse (206 E. Main St.)
10:00 am - 6:00 pm -- Mariners' Wharf Stage performances & events
12:00 n -- Scholarship Winner and Coloring Contest Announcement and Awards
Mariners' Wharf Park
10:00 am - National Potato Peeling Contest
Corner of Main & Poindexter Streets
10:00 am - 4:00 pm - Flying Fish Cutter Tours
Waterfront Park
10:00 am - 3:00 pm* -- Free French Fries
Intersection of Poindexter & Water Streets
*while they last
1:00 pm - Cornhole Tournament
Mariners' Wharf Park Parking Lot
All registered players report at 12:45
12:00 n - Cornhole Tournament Practice
Cornhole Tournament Beer Garden Opens at 12:00 pm; Closes at conclusion of tournament
6:30 pm - 11:00 pm -- Festival Street Dance
Sunday, May 19
10:00 am - Festival Opens
10:00 am - 6:00 pm -- Entertainment on Main Stage & Side Stage
Intersection of Main & Water Streets
10:00 am - 3:00 pm - Flying Fish Cutter Tours
Waterfront Park
10:00 am - 6:00 pm -- Mariners' Wharf Stage performances & events
Mariners' Wharf Park Parking Lot
All registered players report at 12:45
12:00 n - Cornhole Tournament Practice
Cornhole Tournament Beer Garden Opens at 12:00 n; Closes at conclusion of tournament
1:00 pm - Cornhole Tournament
100 block of North Water Street (in front of Flour Girls)
All registered players report at 12:45
12:00 pm - Cornhole Tournament Practice