50 Years of Cultivating Creativity - Exhibit @ Stanly County History Center
2024-03-27 08:00 - 2024-08-31 17:00 (America/New_York) | Stanly County History Center, 157 N. 1st St., Albemarle, 28001
In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Stanly County Arts Council, come explore the new, free exhibit at the Stanly County History Center, showcasing the best of the arts in Stanly County.

Learn the history of the Stanly County Arts Council, including its special programming and grant opportunities for organizations and individuals, the Cultural Education Program, and more.
Captivating exhibits from each arts organization that receives funding and promotion from the Stanly County Arts Council and ensures that the citizens have many arts opportunities to enjoy, including: The Stanly Arts Guild, The Stanly County Chorale, The Stanly County Concert Association, The Stanly County Concert Band, The Talent Company, The Uwharrie Players, and Uwharrie Youth Arts/City Youth Ballet.
Check out the Success Stories that highlight artists from Stanly County that have pursued their passion successfully!
Special exhibit on loan from the NC Music Hall of Fame with Stanly County’s very own inductees Lou Donaldson and Kellie Pickler.
Banners showing the winning artwork for the 50th anniversary Bookmark Contest, Kindergarten – High School.

Do you have a group interested in a personal tour? Contact Megan Sullivan, Museum Director to schedule. Phone: 704-986-3777 or click here to email Megan.

The Uwharrie Players presents "Southern Fried Nuptials"
2024-04-12 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-04-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-04-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Albemarle Neighborhood Theatre, 219 E. North Street, Albemarle, NC, 28001
Harlene Frye is going to marry her childhood sweetheart this weekend . . . assuming the typical Frye family hijinks don’t derail the wedding! Harlene and Attie’s future together is threatened when the bride-to-be’s awful ex-flame shows up with information she doesn’t want her fiancé finding out. And Harlene’s not the only Frye keeping secrets: Sammy Jo refuses to tell her family she’s moving even though all her bags are already packed. As if that isn’t enough, Dewey can’t figure out why people keep on asking him to give his sister away and busybody Ozella Meeks has somehow ended up as the wedding coordinator. Will the Fryes be able to get Harlene down the aisle in one piece? A bighearted comedy about family—Southern-style.​

Stanly Arts Guild 2024 Spring Craft Show
2024-04-17 - 2024-06-08 | Stanly Arts Guild & Gallery, 152 West Main St., Albemarle, NC, 28001
About this show: This show is open to all vendors/crafters that make & sell items for use in inside & outside garden areas, porches, decks, etc., for decoration and/or functional use. All items must be handcrafted or handmade. No kit or resale items will be allowed.
Location and Hours: The show will be staged in the sales area of the Stanly Arts Guild store, located at 330-C N Second Street, Albemarle, NC. Current normal store hours apply: Wednesday, 12-4, Thursday 11-6, Friday 11-6, & Saturday 10-2.
The show/sale will be in place for a total of 8 weeks. The volunteers of the Stanly Arts Guild that work in the store each day will handle sales for all vendors during the show. The Stanly Arts Guild will also collect & remit state & county taxes for all sales.
Booth Sizes & Fees: Booth sizes will be 4’x2’. Vendors may request multiple booths and must designate if they need them together or prefer for them to be separate. Booth fees are listed below:
• Stanly Arts Guild members = $40 for a 4’x2’ booth ($5 per week)
• Non-members = $60 for a 4’x2’ booth ($7.50 per week) (Become a Guild member for $20 for the rest of our 22-23 fiscal year, thru June 30th, & only pay $40 booth rental = $60 Total. Also, commissions on all sales will be 15% vs. 30% for non-members.)
Vendors will be responsible for providing their own tables/booth furniture. Space is limited so vendors need to make sure their booth is no larger than the 4’x2’ previously specified. Use of risers and elevation changes is encouraged to enhance the appearance of your display. If lighting is desired or required vendors will need to contact the store director, Wendy Hillhouse, to discuss. Any approved lighting will need to be plugged into a surge protector & may need to be secured to the floor to prevent trip hazards. Access to receptacles is limited & will be provided on a first come, first served basis, so contact the store director as soon as possible to arrange lighting. (Store Director – Wendy Hillhouse – mobile # – call or text – 704-985-0855.)
Artist’s payment: The Guild will remit payment of all sales to the artist, less 15% commission for Guild members or 30% commission for non-members, by May 15th, 2024, for April sales, by June 15th, 2024, for May sales and by July 15th, 2024, for June sales.
Inventory: The Guild will provide each vendor with inventory sheets and an artist number, (unless the vendor already has an artist number). The artist number, the item number and price must be on all items on a removable tag. All items must be listed on inventory sheet(s). The Guild store volunteers will handle all sales and will update your inventory list. Guild members will be at the Guild store on set up days to assist each vendor with this process.
Items and Jury Instructions: Due to the potentially high volume of participants, this will be a juried show. When you bring your vendor application to the Guild, please bring at least 2-3 pictures of the items you will be selling, to be approved or send them via email to stanlyartsguild19@gmail.com. If you plan to sell multiple types of items, (for example birdhouses, bird baths, butterfly houses, etc.), be sure to provide examples of the different items in your pictures. Items brought in for sale will still be subject to review as pictures do not always depict the true nature of the product. If any product is deemed inappropriate or not meeting the criteria for participation, the vendor will be asked to remove the item(s) and not include them in their sales booth for the duration of the sale.
Set up Date and Time: Set up dates/times must be scheduled with the Store Director, Wendy Hillhouse, prior to the day of setup. Vendors may contact Wendy via text or call – 704-985-0855. Set up will be on the following dates/times:
• Saturday, April 13th – 1pm-4pm
• Monday, April15th – 1pm–4pm
• Tuesday, April 16th – 3pm-6pm
• All booths must be set up by 12pm on Wednesday, April 17th, unless other arrangements have been made.
Break Down and Removal: Breakdown will be on Saturday, June 8th, from 2pm-4pm, Monday, June 10th, from 1pm-4pm or Tuesday, June 11th, from 3pm-6pm. Any items remaining in the Guild store after 6pm on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, will be considered property of the Stanly Arts Guild.
Guild Responsibilities:
• The Guild will provide space for your display in the most attractive manner possible while maintaining good visibility of your work for security reasons.
• The Guild will handle all marketing for the show, including ads on Facebook, the Guild website & printed materials. The Guild will provide marketing materials to participating artists upon request.
• The Guild will process all sales and will update your inventory records as sales occur.
• The Guild will collect and remit all state and local sales tax on all sales.
Vendor/Participant Responsibilities:
• Vendors must complete & return an application, pictures of proposed sales items & booth rental fee no later than 6 pm, Wednesday, April 10th, 2024.
• Vendors must supply gift boxes and/or bags for jewelry items.
• Vendors must provide their own tables and/or booth furniture. Table and/or furniture sizes need to conform to the specified booth size – 4’x2’.
• Vendors must have their booth set up by 12pm, Wednesday, April 17th, unless other arrangements have been made.
• Vendors need to make sure all items for sale have removable tags which clearly denote their artist number, item number and price.
• Vendors must make sure that all items on display are accurately listed on their inventory sheets & that the inventory sheets are in the inventory book at the front desk.
• Vendors are responsible for keeping their booth neat & organized, as well as stocked with inventory for sales.

City of Locust Multicultural Family Movie Night
2024-04-20 18:00 - 22:00 | Locust City Hall, 186 Ray Kennedy Drive, Locust, 28097, United States
Join us behind Locust City Hall for a Family Movie Night featuring Disney’s Moana. Our movie nights are free and open to the public, thanks to our local community sponsors. This movie night is sponsored by Locust Pediatric Dentistry.
The South Sea Dancers will be joining us for a pre-show performance featuring hula and fire dancers. This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, and the Stanly County Arts Council.
Bring a blanket or lawn chair and find a spot in the lawn and enjoy a movie under the stars! There is also limited parking in our “drive-in” section at the back of the yard. For drive-in seating, please enter the yard from Kerri Dawn Lane, behind the library.
The backyard will open at 6:00 PM with the movie starting at sunset, around 8:00 PM. Parking is available in the Town Center public parking spaces.
There will be food vendors available, so come hungry and help support local businesses!
For more information, email events@locustnc.com.

Stanly County Concert Band presents Sounds of Stage and Screen
2024-04-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Stanly County Agri-Civic Center, 26032 Newt Rd # B, Albemarle, NC
If you love classic music themes from movies, ballet, opera and musicals make plans now to attend the spring concert of the Stanly County Concert Band featuring the Stanly County Chorale on Thursday, April 25th.
You’ll hear music from legendary composers Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin and Aaron Copland; movie themes from Guardians of the Galaxy, How to Train your Dragon, and Prince of Egypt; and Broadway musical medleys from Les Miserables, Grease and The Music Man. You’re going to love it! See you there!

Stanly County Chorale presents 55th Anniversary: A Musical Memoir
2024-04-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Pfeiffer University – Henry Pfeiffer Chapel, Misenheimer, NC, 28109
Celebrate the Chorale’s 55th Anniversary with a musical trip down memory lane!

Stanly County Chorale presents 55th Anniversary: A Musical Memoir
2024-04-28 15:00 - 16:30 | First Baptist Church, 202 N. 2nd Street, Albemarle, NC, 28001

Stanly County Concert Band - Albemarle Parks & Rec's Thursdays at the Station
2024-05-02 19:30 - 20:30 | Market Station, 501 W. Main St, Albemarle, N, 28001, United States
Albemarle Parks and Recreation’s Thursdays at the Station concert series will run May and June at Market Station in downtown Albemarle.
Concert Series includes:

May 2 – Stanly County Concert Band
May 9 – Radio Flyer
May 16 – Salisbury Swing Band
May 23 – Dive Bar Divas
May 30 – Reckless Betty Unplugged
June 6 – Fairfield Bluegrass
June 13 – The Mod 60s
June 20- The Gamblers Band
June 27 – Cabarrus Station

Concerts are free at 7:30 p.m. at 501 W. Main St., Albemarle.

City of Albemarle's Food Truck Fridays
2024-05-03 17:30 - 21:00 | City Lake Park, 815 Concord Rd, Albemarle, NC, 28001, United States
Enjoy live music and lots of food trucks at City Lake Park. Bring your lawn chair, dancing shoes, and appetite for a fun time on Friday nights.

West Stanly Players presents "The Play That Goes Wrong"
2024-05-03 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-05-04 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-05-05 14:30 - 16:30, 2024-05-10 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-05-11 19:30 - 21:30 | West Stanly High School, 306 E. Red Cross Rd, Oakboro, NC, 28129
The West Stanly Players will present the hilarious farce, The Play That Goes Wrong on May 3, 4, 10 & 11 at 7:30 pm and May 5 at 2:30 pm.
The Broadway & West End comedy is one of the most popular shows in the US and in England. It will have the audience rolling the aisles with laughter.
Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door and $15 for reserved seating. Tickets can be purchased by calling April Tucker at 704-791-3200 or via email wes.tucker@stanlycountyschools.org. All shows will be performed in the WSP theatre at West Stanly High School.

Radio Flyer - Thursdays at the Station concert series
2024-05-09 19:30 - 21:00 | Market Station, 501 W. Main St, Albemarle, N, 28001, United States
Enjoy live music at Market Station in downtown Albemarle every Thursday starting at 7:30 pm. Bring a lawn chair and your dancing shoes and enjoy an evening of music, dancing, and fun. Albemarle Parks and Recreation’s Thursdays at the Station concert series will run May and June.
Concert Series includes:

May 2 – Stanly County Concert Band
May 9 – Radio Flyer
May 16 – Salisbury Swing Band
May 23 – Dive Bar Divas
May 30 – Reckless Betty Unplugged
June 6 – Fairfield Bluegrass
June 13 – The Mod 60s
June 20- The Gamblers Band
June 27 – Cabarrus Station

Concerts are free at 7:30 p.m. at 501 W. Main St., Albemarle.

Salisbury Swing Band @ Thursdays at the Station concert series
2024-05-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Market Station, 501 W. Main St, Albemarle, N, 28001, United States

Dive Bar Divas - Thursdays at the Station concert series
2024-05-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Market Station, 501 W. Main St, Albemarle, N, 28001, United States

Reckless Betty Unplugged - Thursdays at the Station concert series
2024-05-30 19:30 - 21:30 | Market Station, 501 W. Main St, Albemarle, N, 28001, United States

Fairfield Bluegrass - Thursdays at the Station concert series
2024-06-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Market Station, 501 W. Main St, Albemarle, N, 28001, United States

The Mod 60s - Thursdays at the Station concert series
2024-06-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Market Station, 501 W. Main St, Albemarle, N, 28001, United States

Stanly Arts Guild Senior Art Show
2024-06-19 - 2024-07-06 | Stanly Arts Guild & Gallery, 152 West Main St., Albemarle, NC, 28001
This event highlights the artistic talents of seniors in the senior care centers in the county. Several of these artists were once members of the Stanly Arts Guild and entered shows and/or sold their work in the SAG store. It’s wonderful to see the art these seniors create. Make plans to come by and check out the show.

The Gamblers Band - Thursdays at the Station concert series
2024-06-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Market Station, 501 W. Main St, Albemarle, N, 28001, United States

Make Music Day Stanly County
2024-06-21 | NC
A worldwide celebration of music! Make Music Day is a one-day event where free, live musical performances, opportunities to make music and other musical events take place around the world on the longest day of the year! And in 2024…. it will happen in Stanly County.
Stay tuned for more details…. free workshops (vocal, drumming, ukulele, harmonica, and more!) plus performances throughout downtown Albemarle, Locust and more.
Go to the website (link below) to sign up to be a performer ….. or an event venue and host musicians…. and to learn more details on the workshops.
Click here to go directly to makemusicday.org/stanlycounty/ website!!

Sponsored by: NC Arts Foundation, Stanly County Arts Council, Albemarle Downtown Development Corporation, Albemarle Parks & Rec, Uwharrie Bank, Music on Main, rBc Music Store.

LET FREEDOM RING – Singing Americans of Stanly County
2024-06-23 16:00 - 17:00 | Grace Baptist Church, 644 Edgemont Street, Albemarle, 28001
The Singing Americans of Stanly County have been performing Patriotic Concerts for 48 seasons. This year’s concert will feature patriotic favorites including “America, the Beautiful”; “My Country ’tis of Thee”; “I Love This Land” and “God Bless the USA”. We add a few gospels songs including “There Will Be Peace in the Valley”. All concerts are free.

Cabarrus Station - Thursdays at the Station concert series
2024-06-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Market Station, 501 W. Main St, Albemarle, N, 28001, United States

LET FREEDOM RING - Singing Americans of Stanly County
2024-07-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Badin Baptist Church – Better Badin, 28 Falls Road, Badin, 28009
The Singing Americans of Stanly County have been performing patriotic concerts since 1976. This year’s concerts feature patriotic favorites including “America, the Beautiful”, “My Country ’tis of Thee”, “I Love This Land” and “God Bless the USA”. We’ll add several gospel songs including “There Will be Peace in the Valley”. Concerts are free!

LET FREEDOM RING - Singing Americans of Stanly County
2024-07-21 16:00 - 17:00 | White Crest Baptist Church, 1051 River Road, Mt. Gilead, 27305

The Uwharrie Players presents "The Addams Family"
2024-07-26 19:30 - 21:30 | Stanly County Agri-Civic Center, 26032 Newt Rd # B, Albemarle, NC
The Addams Family: A New Musical
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Orchestrations by Larry Hochman
​Based on Characters Created by Charles Addams

Director – Heather Wilson-Bowlby
Music Director – Angela Moore
Choreographer – Donna K. Owens

Stanly County Agri-Civic Center
July 26, 27 and August 2, 3, 2024 at 7:30pm
July 28 and August 4, 2024 at 3:00pm

THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family– a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before– keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.

Special Ticket Promotion:
Saturday, July 27 – Buy One Get One Night!
Offer available at the door and online using discount code ADDAMSBOGO at checkout.
​The free ticket will be the one of equal or lesser value among the tickets purchased together.
