New Bern Calendar of Events 2023

Waterfront in Downtown New Bern, NC
Waterfront in Downtown New Bern. Photo by Wendy Card.

March

15: New Bern Historical Society: Lunch & Learn program The Dreamers – The Doers! Five Women Who Moved a Neighborhood & Rebuilt a Palace at 11:30 am at the Carolina Colours Pavilion, 3300 Waterscape Way. Prepaid reservations are required. Call 252-638-8558.

16: African American lecture series: Hush, Hush, Somebody’s Calling My Name, 7 p.m. at the Cullman Performance Hall, NC History Center. Call 252-639-3692.

18: Artisans Affair, 11 a.m. – 4p.m, Havelock Tourist and Event Center

18: Winterfeast on Tryon Palace’s South Lawn.

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21 – 31: Honk! JR, New Bern Civic Theatre, 412 Pollock St.

23 – 25: Hallowed Ground Lantern Tour, 6 – 9 p.m. New Bern Battlefield Park

25: Annunciation Catholic School’s Angels & Saints Boots & Bowties Gala Fundraiser. 6:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.  Click here for more information.

April

1 – 2: Honk! JR, New Bern Civic Theatre, 412 Pollock St.

7: LLC International Film: Indian Horse, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Orringer Auditorium, 800 College Court.

15: Navy League Golf Tournament, 9 a.m. at the Harbour Pointe Golf Club. Call 252-631-1570.

22: New Bern Historical Society’s 100th Anniversary Exhibit Opens at The Duffy Gallery located in the North Carolina History Center at 529 South Front Street.

28-29: 2023 Neuse River Bridge Run at Union Point Park. Tickets and information available here.

29: Tryon Civitan Club Charity Golf Tournament, 1 p.m. at The Emerald Golf Club. Call 252-672-5482.

May

6: A Ride to Remember, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Homeplace of New Bern.

6: Vanceboro Strawberry Festival, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

12 – 31: The Rocky Horror Show, New Bern Civic Theatre, 412 Pollock St.

18: North Carolina Symphony – Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet, 7:30 p.m., Riverfront Convention Center. Get tickets here.

June

1 – 3: The Rocky Horror Show, New Bern Civic Theatre, 412 Pollock St.

16 – 17: Sankofa ’23, New Bern Civic Theatre, 412 Pollock St.

July

14 – 23: Rehearsals presented by Saax Bradbury Players teen theatre group, New Bern Civic Theatre, 412 Pollock St.

September

1 – 10: Maytag Virgin, New Bern Civic Theatre, 412 Pollock St.

9: Footloose on the Neuse, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., Union Point Park.

22 – 30: The Revolutionists, New Bern Civic Theatre, 412 Pollock St.

October

1: The Revolutionists, New Bern Civic Theatre, 412 Pollock St.