Fireworks displays are a nightly affair, and the State Fair Flyer, which transports visitors above the bustling Midway, offers the perfect vantage point to enjoy them. Since 1853, the North Carolina ...

Between Tuesday night's Chris Brown concert at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh and crowds flocking to the North Carolina State Fair, there is bound to be a lot of traffic this week in the area of ...

There are dozens of new foods and drinks available at the 2025 North Carolina State Fair. Trends among new fair foods include Dubai chocolate and pickles. The N.C. State Fair is Oct. 16-26. This year, ...

The winning pumpkin brought by Albert Rodebaugh of West Virginia, weighed 2,244.5 pounds. The heaviest watermelon, grown by Chris Kent in Tennessee, weighed 288.6 pounds. North Carolina State Fair ...

There is no bigger celebration of local North Carolinian community than the NC State Fair – the largest annual event in North Carolina! Every year in October, as the temperatures cool and the leaves ...

For North Carolina natives and longtime residents, it’s a well-known fact: the 2 weeks of the North Carolina State Fair typically have some of the best weather of the year. As a meteorologist and NC ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- As the annual North Carolina State Fair opens Thursday afternoon, the North Carolina Department of Transportation says that means a lot of traffic heading for west Raleigh over the ...

North Carolina's great showcase of hedonism has returned to the fairgrounds, and I've found love in its obscenity. The late October jamboree began this past weekend, bringing the fetishization of ...

The North Carolina State Fair is again bumping up against some major concerts at the nearby Lenovo Center this month. Why it matters: Hundreds of thousands of people attend the fair each year, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Almost a million people attended the North Carolina State Fair this year. However, that number is down compared to last year. Between October 16 and 26, a total of 946,811 ...

Every year, I fall in love with a different part of the North Carolina State Fair. Sometimes it’s the bunnies in the bunny barn. Sometimes, it’s the food vendor who made the craziest turkey leg ...

This year, North Carolina State Fair visitors will find among the new food offerings many options that pay tribute to the Tar Heel state. There will be barbecue, battered and fried, in different forms ...