RALEIGH -- A four-day festival celebrating North Carolina's agricultural heritage and locally produced foods is June 5-8 at the State Fairgrounds.
The Got to Be NC Festival will feature a food trade show, antique tractors, draft horse and antique tractor pulls, the official state barbecue cooking championship sponsored by the N.C. Pork Council Friday and Saturday, carnival rides, games, a petting zoo, pig races, a bluegrass band competition and country, blugrass and beach music performances.
Festival hours are 3 p.m. to midnight Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free. Tickets to grandstand events are $5.
Each night, the Sam Rand Grandstand will host entertainment. Greenville's Super Grit Cowboy Band kicks off the series Thursday. The Coastline Band of Charlotte brings beach music on Saturday, an Steep Canyon Rangers from Asheville play bluegrass Sunday. Concerts start at 8 p.m.
Visit www.ncagfest.com.