College Towns

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Top Events

Halloween at UNCs Franklin Street
October 31, 2012 3:09 pm
Chapel HIll, NC

Halloween is enormous in Chapel Hill. The city shuts down the main drag, Franklin Street, and people from all the surrounding towns and colleges descend upon Chapel Hill for a night of debauchery. It is a really fun time as there are often upwards of 80,000 in the streets enjoying themselves.

Iron Bowl - Auburn vs. Alabama
November 28, 2012 1:30 pm

The king of all Grudge Matches - Tickets Here

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Halloween on Franklin Street
October 31, 2013 10:39 pm

While Lady Gaga may have recently popularized the idea of dressing up as someone (or thing) else, Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina is legendary for accommodating college students’ alter-egos every Halloween.

Annual Woolly Worm Festival in Banner Elk
October 20, 2012 9:00 am


A festival about woolly worms in a little mountain city? What does that have to do with anything?
Kalf Fry at Lone Star Amphitheater
October 5, 2012 8:00 pm
What do you get when you mix sports, food, alcohol and music?

The Kalf Fry of course!

Nothing gets better than country music, calf fries, alcoholic beverages and a fundraiser for the West Texas region of the Muscular Dystrophy Association all rolled into one. What does this create? The annual Kalf Fry!

Annual MusicFest 'N Sugar Grove Music Festival
July 6, 2012 11:00 am
Sugar Grove, NC
Annual Music Festival - Moogfest, Asheville, N.C.
October 27, 2012 12:00 pm

Music? Art? Engaging with other music and art enthusiasts?
Moogfest is for you.

Ball State University Annual Homecoming Bed Race
October 5, 2012 11:30 am

What do you get when you put four people pushing a bed with wheels down the street, one person riding it all while riding on a 100-yard course competing with the clock and against one another? The Bell State University Annual Bed Race, which has been dubbed the zaniest tradition started in the 1980's and continues to the be the longest running Homecoming event.

Traditional Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Cake Race at Auburn University
October 10, 2012 11:00 am
Annual Music On The Mountaintop in Boone, North Carolina
August 10, 2012 11:00 am
New River Gorge - Bridge Day Festival
October 16, 2012 10:00 am

Check out Bridge Day!