Historic Edenton Peanut Festival 2026

About the event

Saturday, October 3, 2026! Nut Run: Join us for the second annual Nut Run! Choose from a 5K, 10K, or 15K course through beautiful Edenton as we kick off the peanut festivities in stride. Fun for the whole family—including a Kid’s Peanut Sack Race. Register Today! Peanut Parade: It’s time for a town favorite – our 51st annual Peanut Parade! Come out to see our parade featuring floats, tractors, cars, and even you! Peanuts on Porches: Enjoy live music throughout our beautiful town. There will be exciting bands and artists you won’t want to miss! Battle of the Bands: Get ready for an electrifying night of music and competition with some of the biggest and boldest marching bands in North Carolina and Southern Virginia. See you there!

Dates

Oct 03, 2026 · 7:00 AM - Oct 03, 2026 · 8:30 PM(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

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Location

North Carolina, United States

100 East King Street, Edenton, North Carolina 27932, United States

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Artists, vendors & exhibitors applications

Interested in applying:

2 active applications

Peanut Festival Food Trucks

Deadline: Oct 02, 2026

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Welcome to the Edenton Peanut Festival! Browse through our applications and let us know if you have any questions.This is an electronic agreement and by selecting the booths, you are validating and approving this agreement electronically.

Peanut Festival Educational Booths

Deadline: Oct 02, 2026

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Welcome to the Edenton Peanut Festival! Main Street Edenton will be hosting Educational Booths on East King Street in front of the Hotel Hinton. These booths should have free, engaging, and educational content related to peanut production and/or agriculture for children and families.

If you are a small business looking to set up a vendor booth, please contact Heidi and Elizabeth at the Cupola House. They will be hosting a Colonial Market from 8-4 during the Peanut Festival.

Heidi Shoup: heidishoup@yahoo.com

Elizabeth Corker: elizabeth.corker@yahoo.com

Volunteers

Interested in applying:

5 active applications

Nut Run Volunteers

Deadline: Oct 02, 2026

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Thank you for your interest in helping with the 5K/10K/15K portion of this event!

Peanut Parade Setup

Deadline: Oct 02, 2026

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Thank you for your interest in helping us coordinate parade participants! We'll need help corralling floats, trucks, bands, and walking groups into categories, so that we can send them off in the best possible order!