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Lazy Daze was first held on August 27, 1977 to bring artists into downtown Cary and encourage area residents to explore downtown.
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Cary's Art Daze Festivals, Spring Daze in April and Lazy Daze in August, bring together the highest quality art, food vendors and entertainment in a celebration of community, culture, and the arts! The Festival is a signature event for the Town of Cary, annually welcoming more than 50,000 people into the historic downtown to experience an amazing array of exceptional arts and crafts. It’s a fun two day experience for the entire family – arts and crafts, food, kids activities and multiple stages of entertainment all day. For more information about the Lazy Daze Arts and Crafts Festival, please visit carync.gov/lazydaze.

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The Spring Daze Festival was first held in 1993 and is filled with wonderful arts and crafts, your favorite festival foods, community based civic groups handing out information on things you can get involved with, and entertainment. Children will be delighted by activities just for them in the Children’s Village and will be invited to exercise their imagination as they play in the always popular Lazy Daze Playground – the center of the village. In the Earth Day area of the festival, you can find out how to play a role in preserving our natural resources and protecting the environment. For more information about the Spring Daze Arts and Crafts Festival, please visit carync.gov/springdaze.

10/23/2026

Young musicians across the Triangle are growing their skills and finding community through Triangle Youth Music, which serves more than 400 students across its ensemble programs. 🎻

We’re proud to support Triangle Youth Music with a grant for its String Orchestra & String Sinfonia project, helping nurture the next generation of musicians while strengthening Cary’s arts community.

The 2027 Cary Art Daze grant applications is open at the link in comments below!

10/21/2026

FESTIVAL AND EVENT VENDORS: Have you signed up for our new Vendor Opportunities emails?

Whether you're a food vendor, artist, entertainer, or another type of event vendor, our new form lets you choose the opportunities you want to hear about.

***If you were subscribed to our previous Vendor Opportunities email list, you must sign up again by October 31 to continue receiving updates. Your previous subscription will not transfer automatically.

Sign up today at explore.carync.gov/event-interest.

10/20/2026

Graceful Expressions Dance Company brings ballet to life through performances designed to welcome audiences of all ages and experience levels. 🩰

We’re proud to support them with a Cary Art Daze grant for Rapunzel, a production that combined ballet, narration, and live music to create an engaging performing arts experience.

The production also gave young audience members a chance to meet the dancers and musicians, helping inspire the next generation of artists and arts supporters.

Planning something that could make an impact through arts and culture? The 2027 Cary Art Daze grant application is open. Apply at the link below! 🔗

10/19/2026

Interested in playing a bigger role in bringing Cary Art Daze festivals to life?

We’re looking for new voices to join the Cary Art Daze Work Group to help shape the future of Spring Daze and Lazy Daze. From curating festival food to leading the action on festival weekend, your ideas will directly impact thousands of festival-goers.

The work group meets monthly at Cary Town Hall every 3rd Tuesday at 8:30 a.m.

Applications are open now and interviews will follow for selected applicants!

✍️ Head to the link in the comments to throw your hat in the ring by October 31.

10/16/2026

For nearly two decades, Triangle Wind Ensemble has brought its American Celebration concert to Koka Booth Amphitheatre, giving musicians a chance to share their talents while bringing live music to the Cary community.🎶

We’re proud to support TWE with a Cary Art Daze grant, helping make high-quality live music more accessible while supporting Triangle Wind Ensemble’s commitment to lifelong music education.

Could a Cary Art Daze grant help grow your next project? Apply now at the link below!

10/15/2026

Your next festival could be Spring Daze! 🌸🎨

NC artists, there's still time to submit those applications. Bring your creativity to beautiful Bond Park and showcase your work alongside talented artists from across North Carolina at this juried festival.

Know an artist who should be part of the fun? Send them this post or tag them below! 👀👇

Spring Daze Arts + Crafts Festival
📅 April 24, 2027
📍 Bond Park, Cary, NC

Apply today at the link in the comments below!

10/13/2026

Attention Cary festival and event vendors:

We’ve launched a new Vendor Opportunities form that makes it easier to choose the opportunities you want to hear about — whether you’re a food vendor, artist, entertainer, or another type of event vendor.

If you previously signed up to receive Vendor Opportunity emails from Cary, you’ll need to sign up again using the new form by October 31. Your current subscription will not carry over.

Beginning November 1, vendor opportunity emails will only be sent to those who have signed up through the new form.

Sign up and select the opportunities that pertain to you: https://bit.ly/47Uuzzn

10/12/2026

The Fine Arts League of Cary has been creating more ways for Cary residents and neighboring art lovers to experience, learn from, and connect through art. 🎨

We’re proud to support FALC’s Downtown Gallery Community Arts Programs with a Cary Art Daze grant, helping bring to life workshops, artist exhibitions, and community events that expand access to the arts, support local artists, and strengthen downtown Cary’s creative community.

Their next program is Art Swarm, happening October 14–18, when downtown Cary transforms into a creative hub for plein air painting, studio sessions, workshops, exhibitions, and special events.

Could a Cary Art Daze grant support your next project? 2027 applications open October 14!

10/09/2026

Creativity is part of the summer experience at Camp Excel, the Northwest Cary YMCA and Taylor Family YMCA's summer day camp serving Cary youth at no cost to their families. 🎨

We’re proud to support Camp Excel’s arts programming with a Cary Art Daze grant. They provide campers with hands-on opportunities to explore line and shape, color and texture, abstract and figurative art, music, and more. Projects include face beads, bracelets, painting, friendship bracelets, stained glass, abstract pinwheel art, watercolor paper tie-dye, and make-your-own slime.

Could a Cary Art Daze grant support your next project? 2027 applications open October 14!

10/06/2026

Over the past 10 months, Esteamed Coffee has been bringing together artists with disabilities and adults with special needs through "Teachability Art Nights." 🎨

To date, Esteamed has partnered with more than two dozen artists and art collaboratives that support individuals with disabilities.

We're proud to help cover the costs so these artists can lead creative art classes and create opportunities for people to connect and share!

Do you have an art-focused idea that could make an impact in our community? 2027 grant applications open next week on October 14!

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Cary, NC
27513

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+19194694061

Website

http://carync.gov/recreation-enjoyment/events/festivals

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