The annual Ocracoke Island event will be June 7-9, 2013. The festival is presented by Ocracoke Alive, and celebrates music, storytelling, and artisans from the NC coastal region and beyond. In the 2012 Coastal Living Magazine, the Ocrafolk Festival was rated as one of the top fifteen island festivals in the world.

The 2013 Ocrafolk Festival is also seeking individual and business sponsorships.  "We are excited about the new perks we are offering for supporting the Ocrafolk Festival this year, " says director David Tweedie.  "In addition to our heartfelt thanks and press recognition, sponsors can receive tickets to the Friday night feed and the special Saturday night Ocrachicks concert, sailing trips on the Skipjack Wilma Lee, and supporter buttons and T-shirts.  Best of all, donors help ensure that this great event can happen for another year."  The festival is financed with donations, grants, admission buttons, merchandise sales and fundraisers.

Interested contributors can find out more information on donation levels at http://www.ocracokealive.org/ocrafolkfestivalsponsors.cfm, and can donate online or by mail.  To view a pdf of 2013 Sponsorship Opportunitites click here. The press deadline for contributors for inclusion in the program is April 20.

New performers in 2013 include Caravan of Thieves, Cassie & Maggie MacDonald, Jeanne Jolly, The Outliers, The Alberti Flea Circus, and Paperhand Puppets. The festival will also feature returning favorites Storyteller Donald Davis, Molasses Creek, Beleza, L Shape Lot, Jacob Johnson, Bernie Petteway, The Green Grass Cloggers, Martin Garrish, Phil Kelly, Bob Zentz, Philip Howard, Capt. Rob Temple & Sundae Horn, The Ocrafolk Opry, Chainsaw Artist Clyde Jones, Jef the Mime, Lou Castro and the Jazzcasters, Rodney Kemp, Craicdown, John Golden, The Ocrachicks, and more.

Artisans in and around the festival grounds will showcase fine arts and crafts in painting, sculpture, wood carving, jewelry, textiles and more, and food will be available by some of Ocracoke's finest eateries.

For more details visit the festival website at www.ocracokealive.org.

For those of you who missed the Ocracoke Current's April 1st article on the 2013 festival lineup, be sure to check it out at http://www.ocracokecurrent.com/59008.  Keep in mind that it was published on April Fool's Day!

  Ocracoke Alive, Inc., is a private non-profit committed to enriching the Ocracoke Island community through the encouraging and sponsoring cultural, artistic, educational, and environmental activities including the production of plays, musicals, musical events, exhibits, schools, workshops, and festivals.

Contact:
David Tweedie, Ocrafolk Festival 2013 Chairperson 252-921-0260 info@ocracokealive.org