Kick off the summer season on Hatteras Island at the 11th Annual Rock The Cape, which will take place June 1-2 at Kitty Hawk Kites’ Waves Village Watersports Center at Milepost 40 in Rodanthe from 2 to 7 p.m.
There will be over 25 local artisans selling their creative goods plus live music by alternative rock band Stereo In Words, cosmic rock band The Carolina Sweaters, psychedelic jam band Loose Wheel, and Hatteras musicians Rory Live, Brian Surratt, and Izzy Pop all afternoon.
“I am so excited to be back for my fourth Rock The Cape,” said Rodanthe musician Izzy Pop. “Playing music and singing makes me feel so alive and I am so lucky that I get to share this feeling with everyone at this event. It is really something special.”
On Friday, June 2 Rock The Cape will host Friday Arts on the Island, which is a First Friday tour of the galleries on Hatteras Island.
The galleries participating in Friday Arts on the Island will have demonstrations, classes, sales, raffles, music, food and drink, and more happening at their locations.
“There is such a vibrant art gallery community on Hatteras Island,” said Swell Art Gallery owner and Friday Arts on the Island coordinator April Trueblood.
Everyone has awesome activities planned and we are looking forward to seeing familiar and new faces on Friday, June 2,” Trueblood said.
Rock The Cape was started in 2012 as an initiative to celebrate the galleries, artists, and artistic community on Hatteras Island.
This project is sponsored by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau and Vacasa. Thank you to Kitty Hawk Kites for co-hosting Rock The Cape. For more information about Rock The Cape, visit DareArts.org/rockthecape or call 252-473-5558.
Dare Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organization dedicated to encouraging the arts in Dare County through advocacy, enrichment and opportunity.