The weekend is presented by Ocracoke Alive, and celebrates music, storytelling, and artisans from the NC coastal region and beyond. The Ocrafolk Festival was rated as one of the top fifteen island festivals in the world in Coastal Living Magazine.

The 2014 Ocrafolk Festival is also seeking individual and business sponsorships.  "Every year we try to bring back favorites from past seasons and add a spark of something new, " says director David Tweedie.  "In addition to our heartfelt thanks and press recognition, sponsors can receive tickets to the Friday Night Fish Fry and special seating at Saturday night Ocrachicks or Donald Davis performances, 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 here and can donate online or by mail. The press deadline for contributors for inclusion in the program is April 25.

New performers this year include Mipso, The Carolina Broadcasters, Finley Woolston and the Joyful Band of Singers, and a Pirate Invasion joining the ranks of returning favorites . . . festival hosts Molasses Creek, storyteller Donald Davis, Caravan of Thieves, Cassie & Maggie MacDonald, Shana Tucker, The Outliers, The Alberti Flea Circus, Paperhand Puppets, Beleza, Craicdown, L Shape Lot, Jacob Johnson, The Green Grass Cloggers, Martin Garrish, Bob Zentz, John Golden, Philip Howard, Capt. Rob Temple & Sundae Horn,  Chainsaw Artist Clyde Jones, Jef the Mime, Ocrachicks, the Ocracoke Jazz Society 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.

Recipients of the 2014 Hyde County Chamber of Commerce Tourism award, 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.