Gas-Up

10/11/2026

Back at it tomorrow at noon & hoping to see everyone come out and support all the great businesses!

10/10/2026

We should be good to go around 11 am! Come see us! 🌧️

🍻🎉 HICKORY’S OKTOBERFEST IS ON! 🇩🇪🥨

We open at 10:00 AM this morning! 🎶🍺

🌧️ Rain or shine, the celebration goes on! We’re ready to welcome you for a day of fun, food, drinks, and Oktoberfest festivities.

⚠️ Should weather conditions become unsafe to continue, we will provide an update immediately.

Grab your friends, bring your festive spirit, and come celebrate with us! Prost! 🍻🇩🇪

LIVE MUSIC • KIDSFEST • B**R • FOOD & CRAFT VENDORS

𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘
COMMSCOPE STAGE
11:15AM – 1:30PM • The Steubenville Tootlers
1:45PM – 3:15PM • Karla Causey
3:30PM – 5:00PM • Cold Sweat
5:15PM – 6:45PM • The Munroze
MAIN STAGE
5:15PM – 6:45PM • Dani Kerr
7:15PM – 8:45PM • Cordovas
9:15PM – 10:45PM • The Deluge
12:30PM – 2:00PM • North State Grass

𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘
COMMSCOPE STAGE
2:30PM – 5:00PM • The Steubenville Tootlers

➡️For more information, please visit our website at https://downtownhickory.com/oktoberfest/

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10/07/2026

Come see us this weekend, located near the Elks Lodge.

🌭🍕🥟 COME HUNGRY TO HICKORY’S OKTOBERFEST! 🍖🍩🍦
One of the best parts of Hickory’s Oktoberfest? THE FOOD! 😋

This year, 35 food and beverage vendors are bringing an incredible variety of festival favorites to Downtown Hickory—BBQ, egg rolls, dumplings, Mediterranean cuisine, pizza, hot dogs, sweet treats, frozen favorites, specialty drinks and, YES… German food too! 🇩🇪🥨

A little tip: A vendor’s name doesn’t always tell you everything you’ll find on their Oktoberfest menu! Several of our participating vendors will be serving German-inspired and traditional festival favorites, so be sure to explore the festival and check out those menus before deciding what to eat. ❤️

2026 Food & Beverage Vendors
Bear's Smokehouse BBQ • Big Footries • Blue Ridge Kettle Korn • Carolina Kettle Com • CJ's Pit Smoked Ribs • Crunchy Delights • Dirty Bird Sodas – Plant Based Boss • Donut I Love U • Dumpling Girls • Exodus Dawgs da Cause • GasUp • Golden Eggroll, LLC • Greek and Mediterranean Cuisine • Hickory Fizz • Hillbilly Soda • Hot Shot Hot Dogs • House of Eggroll & Pho • JM CHANG • Kona Ice of Hickory • Lakeside Drinks – The Mad Lemon • LKN Cheesecakery • Macbrand Foods • O'Shields Concessions • Paris Festival • Pelicans Snoballs of Hickory • Riverbend Creamery • Sandwich Express LLC • Steak Boys • Thai Town • The Flavor Lab • Totally Nutz – Let's Get Nutz • Udderly Delicious • Urban Flavors • Village Bakery • Village Inn Pizza Mobile, Inc.

📅 October 9–11, 2026
📍 Downtown Hickory

Come hungry. Bring your appetite. And maybe plan on making more than one lap around the festival. 😂

10/02/2026

Come see us tonight & tomorrow!!

Claremont Daze is less than one week away! 🎉

Mark your calendars for October 2–3 and get ready for a weekend packed with live music, local vendors, handmade crafts, art, jewelry, food, sweets, drinks, and more! There’s something for everyone to enjoy.

📅 Friday, October 2 | 6:00–10:00 PM
📅 Saturday, October 3 | 10:00 AM–4:00 PM

Come out, support local, and enjoy one of Claremont’s biggest events of the year. We’ll see you at Claremont Daze! 🎶🛍️🍴

10/01/2026

This WEEKEND!

Claremont Daze Vendor Spotlight! 🍴

Get ready to enjoy plenty of great food, drinks, and sweet treats during Claremont Daze! We’re excited to welcome a variety of food vendors serving everything from pizza and BBQ to stuffed waffles, shaved ice, lemonade, Asian favorites, and more.

📅 October 2–3, 2026
📍 Claremont, NC

Come hungry, support our vendors, and enjoy everything Claremont Daze has to offer!

09/28/2026

Friday & Saturday!

Claremont Daze is less than one week away! 🎉

Mark your calendars for October 2–3 and get ready for a weekend packed with live music, local vendors, handmade crafts, art, jewelry, food, sweets, drinks, and more! There’s something for everyone to enjoy.

📅 Friday, October 2 | 6:00–10:00 PM
📅 Saturday, October 3 | 10:00 AM–4:00 PM

Come out, support local, and enjoy one of Claremont’s biggest events of the year. We’ll see you at Claremont Daze! 🎶🛍️🍴

09/28/2026

W E E K L Y • S C H E D U L E ⛽️

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09/21/2026

W E E K L Y • S C H E D U L E ⛽️

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09/15/2026

Hickory Fire Department
Hickory Police Department - Official
Catawba County EMS

Come see us, Wholey Cow & Sweet Tooth Lincolnton - tomorrow for free lunch & dessert!

09/12/2026

Come see us in downtown Newton until 4 pm today!

Our annual Carolina Crafted Market is tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.!

Shop local makers and vendors, enjoy live music, food, and drinks, and check out our Downtown businesses.

Music at the Frank & Sue Jones Amphitheatre:
• 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | The Sigmon Stringers
• 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. | Blue Cactus

Local Band Stage at North College Avenue & East 3rd Street:
• 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Mak Marie
• 1 – 3:30 p.m. | TEAL TOMORROW

Food, Drinks, & Snacks
• Brookrise Brewing
• Gas-Up
• Kona Ice
• Hotshots Hotdogs
• Pooter Pop Kettle Corn
• Papa's Main Squeeze and Sweet Treats
• RiQras de Empanadasrus
• Saucy Buffalo
• Travelin' Tom's Coffee of Newton
• Warehouse Distillery

Catawba County Library To Go will also be on hand!

The market is rain or shine, and our wonderful Downtown businesses will be open, so be sure to shop both outside and inside.

We’ll see you tomorrow in Downtown Newton!

For more information and a list of all of our vendors, you can visit downtownnewton.org/carolinacrafted