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  • An Evening with Joseph Bathanti: NC’s 7th Poet Laureate

    The Pioneer Theater 113 Budleigh Street, Manteo, United States

    On Saturday, November 15, at 7 pm, experience a special evening of poetry with North Carolina’s 7th Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti.  Join Joseph Bathanti as he shares selections from his poetry, fiction, and personal essays that span his writing life of nearly five decades.  Q & A will follow. Tickets are on sale at the event website for $8 -$13.

    $8 – $13
  • Halloween International Film Festival

    Halloween International Film Festival

    The Pioneer Theater 113 Budleigh Street, Manteo, United States

    The Halloween International Film Festival is happening October 2-4, 2025 at The Pioneer Theater in Manteo, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. It will showcase shorts and feature works from around the world that celebrate the strange, the unusual, and the horror of the most hallowed of seasons, taking place on the historic and haunted Outer Banks, North Carolina, home of America’s first unsolved mystery, the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island, at a legendary theater that dates back over a century.

    The festival features three days of independent horror and Halloween-themed films from around the world, as well as networking opportunities and extensive media exposure, all taking place as the kickoff event for the town of Manteo’s Halloween Island festivities, during which area restaurants, bars, and businesses transform into Halloween pop-ups for October. See the event website for a full event schedule and to purchase tickets in advance.

    $20
  • Halloween International Film Festival

    Halloween International Film Festival

    The Pioneer Theater 113 Budleigh Street, Manteo, United States

    The Halloween International Film Festival is happening October 2-4, 2025 at The Pioneer Theater in Manteo, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. It will showcase shorts and feature works from around the world that celebrate the strange, the unusual, and the horror of the most hallowed of seasons, taking place on the historic and haunted Outer Banks, North Carolina, home of America’s first unsolved mystery, the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island, at a legendary theater that dates back over a century.

    The festival features three days of independent horror and Halloween-themed films from around the world, as well as networking opportunities and extensive media exposure, all taking place as the kickoff event for the town of Manteo’s Halloween Island festivities, during which area restaurants, bars, and businesses transform into Halloween pop-ups for October. See the event website for a full event schedule and to purchase tickets in advance.

    $20
  • Halloween International Film Festival

    Halloween International Film Festival

    The Pioneer Theater 113 Budleigh Street, Manteo, United States

    The Halloween International Film Festival is happening October 2-4, 2025 at The Pioneer Theater in Manteo, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. It will showcase shorts and feature works from around the world that celebrate the strange, the unusual, and the horror of the most hallowed of seasons, taking place on the historic and haunted Outer Banks, North Carolina, home of America’s first unsolved mystery, the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island, at a legendary theater that dates back over a century.

    The festival features three days of independent horror and Halloween-themed films from around the world, as well as networking opportunities and extensive media exposure, all taking place as the kickoff event for the town of Manteo’s Halloween Island festivities, during which area restaurants, bars, and businesses transform into Halloween pop-ups for October. See the event website for a full event schedule and to purchase tickets in advance.

    $20