Pittsboro-Siler City Convention & Visitors Bureau

Pittsboro on the Patio
2025-05-07 08:30 - 10:00, 2025-05-14 08:30 - 10:00, 2025-05-21 08:30 - 10:00, 2025-05-28 08:30 - 10:00 (America/New_York) | West End Kitchen and Catering, Pittsboro, North Carolina, 27312, United States
Join West End for Pittsboro on the Patio hosted every Wednesday, 8:30am-10am. During this community mixer event, enjoy complimentary fresh coffee from Pittsboro’s own Aromatic Roasters on the West End patio while meeting and creating great conversations with community members and leaders.
See more events at West End Kitchen and Catering.

IBN Evening Social at Thirsty Skull PBO
2025-05-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Thirsty Skull Brewing – Pittsboro, 684 West Street, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
After a long work day, unwind with friends and build your business referral network during monthly IBN Evening Socials at Thirsty Skull PBO. This event is hosted at Thirsty Skull Brewing – Pittsboro on the first Wednesday of every month, 6pm-7:30pm. Make sure to bring your business cards!
This meeting is free to attend. Food and drink are available for purchase (optional, not required, but you are encouraged to support the host establishment). Please bring a friend and a door prize (totally optional but fun). See more events at Thirsty Skull Brewing – Pittsboro. Part of the Chatham County Craft Beverages and Country Inns Trail.

La Conversación
2025-05-08 18:00 - 19:00 | The Plant, 220 Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
Join The Plant, Fair Game Beverage Company, and bmc brewing for La Conversación every 2nd and 4th Thursday, 6pm-7pm. They are launching this free outreach initiative to bridge the language barrier and build communication between Spanish and non-Spanish-speaking people in the community. It’s a casual way to learn and practice speaking Spanish so that you can extend your language chops, be more confident in multicultural business settings, improve your ability to help patients as a healthcare worker, or even just expand your worldview.
La Conversación will be held from 6pm-7pm just after the Pittsboro Farmers’ Market. All the businesses, restaurants, and beverage spots are open until 8pm, so make an evening of it! Meeting locations alter every other month, starting at Fair Game in February, then bmc brewing in March, then back to Fair Game in April, and so on.
This F R E E event takes place indoors. The Plant is accessible to guests and will do its best to accommodate any additional requests—contact music@theplantnc.com with any accommodation requests or accessibility concerns. There is free parking. Leashed pets are allowed but discouraged. See all events at The Plant.

Artful Life Camp at Clapping Hands Farm
2025-05-12 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-13 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-14 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-15 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-05-16 09:00 - 17:00 | Clapping Hands Farm, Alston Chapel Road, Pittsboro, North Carolina, 27312, United States
The Artful Life Camp at Clapping Hands Farm hosted Mon, May 12-Fri, May 16, 9am-5pm brings together Clapping Hands Farm alums and brand new people who share the experience of being young adults who value living intentionally and creatively in a community. You do not have to identify as an artist to come to this camp, but you will explore the artistic process both for the joy of creating and seeing what these creative endeavors can show and teach you about how to live. Activities will include:

Getting messy with visual arts.
Moving and grooving with music and dance.
Diving deep into your journals, stories, and conversations.
Getting silly with random activities.
Protecting space for some “serious” relaxation.
Playing hard with some big all-camp games.

The day will include a variety of workshops in the morning and afternoon:

Drumming, songwriting, and music jams.
Book and printmaking.
Finger painting and body art.
Foraging and nature mandalas.
Archery and ultimate frisbee.
Nap time with Kora music.

The camp day will also include morning and closing circles, a check-in with a small group, and an invitation to begin the day with meditation, movement, or art. Guest artists will share about their Artful Life, with a chance to reflect on your own journey after hearing their story. On Friday, the camp day is extended for a Burrito Bash potluck.
Louise Omoto Kessel will be your guide for this week, along with an excellent selection of guest artists. Louise is a storyteller and a printmaker, and she loves to felt, collage, and make all manner of things. She is also the founder and director of Clapping Hands Farm and the mother of two young adults.
The cost is $325 per person. Ages 19-30 are welcome. Scholarships are available, and no one is turned away. Chatham County residents receive a $50 discount. There is a $25 early bird discount if you register and pay (or submit a payment plan) before January 30, 2025. Register here.

Coffee Klatch at Bynum Front Porch
2025-05-14 07:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-21 07:00 - 10:00, 2025-05-28 07:00 - 10:00 | Bynum General Store, 950 Bynum Rd, Bynum, NC, 27228, United States
Start your day with good coffee or tea and great conversation at Weekly Coffee Klatch with Bynum Front Porch Music, hosted every Wednesday, 7am-10am. Drop in for a warm cup, friendly faces, and casual community chats – everyone is welcome! Directions.
Year-round events, including a Christmas tree sale and a holiday bazaar. See a feature about geocaching in Bynum, produced by UNC-TV for NC Weekend and sponsored in part by the NC Division of Tourism, Film, and Sports Development.

Wine Class – 6 Ways of Rosé
2025-05-15 18:00 - 19:00 | McIntyre’s Books, 220 Market Street, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
Join Fearrington Village for a Wine Class – 6 Ways of Rosé on Thu, May 15, 6pm-7pm. We all have an idea of a classic Rosé wine, bright, fresh, crisp, light strawberry notes, perfect for summer sipping, probably from Provence? Well… that is just one style amongst many options! Rosé actually has a vast range of possibilities showcasing different techniques, philosophies, and most importantly, flavors.
You’re invited to join Fearrington Wine Director Troy Revell as he leads you through a kaleidoscope of possibilities, exploring varied selections from around the world, including French selections of Tavel and Tibouren, Spain, Lebanon, and probably something sparkling… all perfect to get everyone in the mood for summer. A few small bites from Chef Gagne are included, and wines tasted will be available for purchase at the end of the event. The class will take place on the Terrace behind The Fearrington House Restaurant.
This $75 all-inclusive wine class is non-refundable. If your plans have changed, please feel free to send a lucky friend in your place! Just send Fearrington an email with their name or have them bring your confirmation email.
Fearrington Village is part of the Chatham County Craft Beverages & Country Inns Trail. See more events at Fearrington Village.

Spring Our State Book Club
2025-05-15 18:30 - 19:45 | McIntyre’s Books, 220 Market Street, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
Join McIntyre’s Books for this Spring Our State Book Club on Thu, May 15, 6:30pm-7:45pm. You asked and they responded! Everyone had so much fun at last fall’s Book Club night that there was clamoring for holding this evening more often. During this fun evening, McIntyre’s staff will present book recommendations for intrepid readers. You don’t have to be in a book club to join them. There is a special 20% discount on staff-selected titles this evening only. Books, wine, swag, and great conversations – what more could you want? Tickets are $10 per person.
Fearrington Village is part of the Chatham County Craft Beverages & Country Inns Trail. See more events at Fearrington Village.

Jim Lampley with Art Chansky, It Happened!
2025-05-17 11:00 - 12:00 | McIntyre’s Books, 220 Market Street, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
Join McIntyre’s Books for Jim Lampley with Art Chansky, “It Happened!: A Uniquely Lucky Life in Sports on Sat, May 17, 11am-12pm.

From Jim Lampley, HBO’s ringside face and voice of boxing, comes a first-person, blow-by-blow account of the evolution of sports television, chock-full of famous names, history-making events, and never-before-told stories from the world of sports. Jim Lampley’s story is a 50-year travelogue of an unlikely career that catalogs the evolution of sports television—from his emergence as the first sideline reporter, through hosting and covering 14 Olympics, to working with all major sports networks.
Learn how Jim’s brilliance as an announcer and his revolutionary nature led to innovations in sportscasting, three sports Emmys, and induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Personal anecdotes and hard-earned lessons combine as Jim digs deep and shares celebrity stories from the upper echelons of superstar athletes and Hollywood hotshots, but also offers an introspective look at his personal life and trials. It Happened! tells it all.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jim Lampley is a Hall of Fame sportscaster with 50 years of on-site experience at numerous live sports events that include college and NFL football and ABC’s Wide World of Sports, inside NBA and MLB locker rooms, Wimbledon, Ryder Cup, PGA Golf, and 14 Olympics. For 30 years, he was the face and voice of HBO World Championship boxing, including anecdotes and interactions with the most famous fighters of his era (Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Ray Leonard and George Foreman) and the biggest boxing matches up to and including the “Billion Dollar Bout” between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, which had the largest gross income in the history of pay-per-view sports.
Art Chansky is the author of ten sports books, including best-sellers The Dean’s List, Blue Blood, and Game Changers. Chansky was the ghost writer for The Kid Who Couldn’t Dunk, the inspirational children’s book by former All-American point guard Phil Ford. He has written hundreds of columns and feature stories for newspapers and websites in Atlanta, Chapel Hill, and Durham, North Carolina.
Fearrington Village is part of the Chatham County Craft Beverages & Country Inns Trail. See more events at Fearrington Village.

Brendan Slocumb, The Dark Maestro
2025-05-17 14:00 - 15:00 | McIntyre’s Books, 220 Market Street, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
Join McIntyre’s Books for Brendan Slocumb, The Dark Maestro on Sat, May 17, 2pm-3pm. From the author of The Violin Conspiracy and Symphony of Secrets comes a mesmerizing page-turner about a musical virtuoso who’s forced into hiding when his family runs afoul of a ruthless criminal organization—and how he uses music to bring his enemies to justice. A propulsive and moving story about sacrifice, loyalty, and the indomitable human spirit, The Dark Maestro is Slocumb at the height of his powers.
BOOK SUMMARY
Curtis Wilson is a cello prodigy, growing up in the Southeast D.C. projects with a drug dealer for a father. But through determination and talent, and the loving support of his father’s girlfriend, Larissa, Curtis claws his way out of his challenging circumstances and rises to unimagined heights in the classical music world—even soloing with the New York Philharmonic.
And then, suddenly, his life disintegrates. His father, Zippy, turns state’s evidence, implicating his old bosses to the FBI. Now the family—Curtis included—must enter the witness protection program if they want to survive. This means Curtis must give up what he loves most: sharing his extraordinary musical talents with the world. When Zippy’s bosses prove too elusive for law enforcement to convict them, Curtis, Zippy, and Larissa realize that their only chance of survival is to take on the cartel themselves. They must create new identities and draw on their unique talents, including Curtis’s musical ability, to go after those who want them dead. But will it be enough to keep Curtis and his family alive?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brendan Nicholaus Slocumb was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and holds a degree in music education (with concentrations in violin and viola) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For more than twenty years, he has been a public and private school music educator and has performed with orchestras throughout Northern Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Fearrington Village is part of the Chatham County Craft Beverages & Country Inns Trail. See more events at Fearrington Village.

Poetry Reading with Joan Barasovska and Maria Rouphail
2025-05-18 14:00 - 15:00 | McIntyre’s Books, 220 Market Street, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
Join McIntyre’s Books for Poetry Reading with Joan Barasovska, Unblessed, Unsung, and Maria Rouphail, this small house, this big sky on Sun, May 18, 2pm-3pm. After Maria Rouphail and Joan Barasovska read from their new books, they will discuss their beloved craft: their influences, their work, and poetry in today’s world.
BOOK SUMMARY
Unblessed, Unsung, a deeply researched history of the author’s mother’s family in Philadelphia, is an immigrant story, a World War II story, and a study in poetry of a complicated woman.
this small house, this big sky, her fourth poetry collection, explores themes of family trauma and reconciliation, as well as those forces affecting women and the environment.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joan Barasovska serves on the Board of the North Carolina Poetry Society and hosts a poetry series at McIntyre’s Books. Her poems have been nominated for Best of the Net and three times for a Pushcart Prize. Joan is the author of Birthing Age (Finishing Line Press, 2018), Carrying Clare (Main Street Rag, 2022), Orange Tulips (Redhawk Publications, 2022), and Unblessed, Unsung (Main Street Rag, 2025).
Maria Rouphail is a Senior Lecturer Emerita from North Carolina State University. Rouphail’s previous collections include Apertures and Second Skin. All the Way to China, her third collection, was a 2020 finalist in both the University of Wisconsin Brittingham Poetry and the Blue Light Press competitions. Poetry editor at The Main Street Rag, and currently serving as the Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet for Central North Carolina (2024-25), Rouphail lives in Raleigh.
Fearrington Village is part of the Chatham County Craft Beverages & Country Inns Trail. See more events at Fearrington Village.

IBN Evening Social in Siler City
2025-05-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Thirsty Skull Brewing, 915 N Second Ave, Siler City, NC, 27344, United States
Join Thirsty Skull Brewing every Third Tuesday, 6pm-7:30pm for an IBN (Incredible Business Networking) Evening Social led by Teresa Rodriguez of MPowerTrade and Britt Brandon of She Rises & Thrives.
After a long day at work, there’s nothing better than unwinding with friends and building your business referral network! Bring some business cards and meet up for a fun, FREE night of casual business networking. Food and drink are available for purchase (optional, not required). Please bring a friend and a door prize too (totally optional, but fun)! All are invited to attend and promote their business, products, and services as well as meet new referral contacts.
Thirsty Skull Brewing is Part of the Craft Beverages and Country Inns Trail. See more events at Thirsty Skull Brewing – Siler City.

Wake Up Wednesday at Carolina Brewery
2025-05-21 08:00 - 09:30 | Carolina Brewery & Grill, 120 Lowes Dr, Ste 100, Pittsboro, NC 27312, NC, 27312, United States
Wake Up Wednesdays are hosted at Carolina Brewery & Grill every third Wednesday, 8am-9:30am. This networking includes breakfast, coffee, and new guest speakers each month. The fee to participate is $7 cash or $8 by card. If you do bring cash, do your best to bring exact change. If you pay by check, make it out to the Carolina Brewery. Please consider bringing a tip for your server.
See more events at Carolina Brewery & Grill.

La Conversación
2025-05-22 18:00 - 19:00 | The Plant, 220 Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
Join The Plant, Fair Game Beverage Company, and bmc brewing for La Conversación every 2nd and 4th Thursday, 6pm-7pm. They are launching this free outreach initiative to bridge the language barrier and build communication between Spanish and non-Spanish-speaking people in the community. It’s a casual way to learn and practice speaking Spanish so that you can extend your language chops, be more confident in multicultural business settings, improve your ability to help patients as a healthcare worker, or even just expand your worldview.
La Conversación will be held from 6pm-7pm just after the Pittsboro Farmers’ Market. All the businesses, restaurants, and beverage spots are open until 8pm, so make an evening of it! Meeting locations alter every other month, starting at Fair Game in February, then bmc brewing in March, then back to Fair Game in April, and so on.
This F R E E event takes place indoors. The Plant is accessible to guests and will do its best to accommodate any additional requests—contact music@theplantnc.com with any accommodation requests or accessibility concerns. There is free parking. Leashed pets are allowed but discouraged. This event is free, BUT there is a $10 suggested donation. See all events at The Plant.

Women's Week Camp at Clapping Hands Farm
2025-05-24 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-25 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-26 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-27 09:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-28 09:00 - 16:00 | Clapping Hands Farm, Alston Chapel Road, Pittsboro, North Carolina, 27312, United States
The Women’s Week Camp at Clapping Hands Farm hosted Sat, May 24-Wed, May 28, 9am-4pm is about creativity, relaxation, and sisterhood in equal measure. You’ll feel rested, nurtured, befriended, and inspired. Camp days will include movement, thanksgiving, play, a selection of different workshops, leisurely lunches, a check-in with a small group, and circles to begin and end the day. Along with lots of permission to do what you are called to do, including a lot of beautiful “nothing” if that is what you choose, Clapping Hands Farm invites you to bring home a new commitment to yourself and the things that make you happy. On Friday, the camp day is extended for a Burrito Bash potluck.
Louise Omoto Kessel will be your guide for this week, along with an excellent selection of guest artists. Louise is a storyteller and a printmaker, and she loves to felt, collage, and make all manner of things. She is also the founder and director of Clapping Hands Farm and the mother of two young adults.
Trans, non-binary, gender fluid, and gender creative humans who want to participate in Women’s Week Camp are welcome! Ages 18+ are welcome. The cost is $325 per person. Scholarships are available, and no one is turned away. Chatham County residents receive a $50 discount. There is a $25 early bird discount if you register and pay (or submit a payment plan) before January 30, 2025. You may sign up by the day— It’s ideal for everyone to come on Saturday and to come for at least 2 days, but they will work with your schedule. The cost is $65 per day. Register here.

Annie Hartnett, The Road to Tender Hearts
2025-05-24 11:00 - 12:00 | McIntyre’s Books, 220 Market Street, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
Join McIntyre’s Books for Annie Hartnett, The Road to Tender Hearts on Sat, May 24, 11am-12pm.
BOOK SUMMARY

At sixty-three years old, million-dollar lottery winner PJ Halliday would be the luckiest man in Pondville, Massachusetts, if it weren’t for the tragedies of his life: the sudden death of his eldest daughter and the way his marriage fell apart after that. Since then, PJ spends both his money and his time at the bar, and he probably doesn’t have much time left—he’s had three heart attacks already.
But when PJ reads the obituary of his old romantic rival, he realizes his high school sweetheart, Michelle Cobb, is finally single again. Filled with a new enthusiasm for life, PJ drives across the country to the Tender Hearts Retirement Community in Arizona to win Michelle back.
Before PJ can hit the road, tragedy strikes Pondville, leaving PJ the sudden guardian of his estranged brother’s grandchildren. Anyone else would be deterred from the planned trip, but PJ figures the orphaned kids might benefit from getting out of town. PJ also thinks he can ask Sophie, his adult daughter who’s adrift in her twenties, to come along to babysit. And there’s one more surprise addition to the roster: Pancakes, a former nursing home therapy cat with a knack for predicting death, who recently turned up outside PJ’s home.
This could be the second chance PJ has long hoped for—a fresh shot at love and parenting—but does he have the strength to do both those things again? It’s very possible his heart can’t take it.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Annie Hartnett is the author of Unlikely Animals, which won the Julia Ward Howe Prize for fiction and was longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize. She is also the author of Rabbit Cake, a finalist for the New England Book Award and a Kirkus Reviews best book of the year. Hartnett has been awarded fellowships and residencies from the MacDowell Colony, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Associates of the Boston Public Library. Along with writer Tessa Fontaine, she co-runs the Accountability Workshops for writers, helping them commit to routines and embrace the long, slow, joyful, terrible process of doing the work. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, daughter, and dog.
Fearrington Village is part of the Chatham County Craft Beverages & Country Inns Trail. See more events at Fearrington Village.

LGBTQ+ Singles Night at The Plant
2025-05-30 19:00 - 21:00 | bmc brewing, 213 Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
Join The Plant and bmc brewing for another night of socializing with other singles at their LGBTQ+ Singles Night on Fri, May 30, 7pm-9pm. This will not be a typical speed dating event—the goal is to bring a group of singles together to socialize and meet other singles. They will have a variety of stations with activities and conversation cards. If you’d like to hang out, you’re welcome to do so as well! The food and beverage establishments at The Plant will be open for drinks and dinner. It’s going to be a great time! Participants must be at least 21 years of age.
The Plant is accessible to guests and will do its best to accommodate any additional requests. Please contact music@theplantnc.com with any accommodation requests or accessibility concerns. There is free parking. Only leashed pets are allowed. This event is free, but registration is encouraged. See all events at The Plant.

Craig Johnson, Return to Sender
2025-06-01 14:00 - 15:00 | McIntyre’s Books, 220 Market Street, Pittsboro, NC, 27312, United States
Join McIntyre’s Books for Craig Johnson, Return to Sender on Sun, Jun 1, 2pm-3pm. This is a ticketed event. Purchasing a copy of Return to Sender from McIntyre’s gains entry for two people. To purchase, click here.
BOOK SUMMARY

Walt Longmire returns after the escapades of First Frost and encounters one of his most baffling cases in Wyoming’s brutal and unforgiving Red Desert.
When Blair McGowan, the mail person with the longest postal route in the country, over three hundred miles a day, goes missing, the question becomes—where do you look for her? The Postal Inspector for the State of Wyoming elicits Sheriff Longmire to mount an investigation into her disappearance, and Walt does everything but mail it in; posing as a letter-carrier himself, the good sheriff follows her trail and finds himself enveloped in the intrigue of an otherworldly cult.
Packed to the brim with twists and turns, the 21st novel in the New York Times bestselling Longmire series pushes Walt to his absolute limits, forcing him to wrestle with the impossible question: What good are your morals, if you’re marked for the dead letter office?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Craig Johnson is the New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire mysteries, the basis for the hit Netflix original series Longmire. He is the recipient of the Western Writers of America Spur Award for fiction, the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award for fiction, the Nouvel Observateur Prix du Roman Noir, and the Prix SNCF du Polar. His novella Spirit of Steamboat was the first One Book Wyoming selection. He lives in Ucross, Wyoming, population 26.
Fearrington Village is part of the Chatham County Craft Beverages & Country Inns Trail. See more events at Fearrington Village.
