Schedule Of Events:

9:30 am-Noon: 43rd Annual Sand Sculpture Contest at the NPS Lifeguard Beach. Sign-up starts at 9 am.
10 am to 12:30 pm and 1:30 to 4 pm: Ocracoke Lighthouse open
4 pm: Independence Day Parade
No theme this year.
All are welcome to enter the parade to vie for Best Walk & Roll, Best Wheels, Best Float, Best Theme and Best in Show. Sign-up starts at 3 pm at Old Beach Road & Irvin Garrish Hwy. Line-up starts at 3:30 pm. Parade starts at Old Beach Road and ends at NPS docks. No throwing water, no political themes.
5:30 pm: Awards presentation
for Parade & Sculpture Contest winners; Books to Be Red yard. BYO seating.
6 pm: Fundraising cookout at the United Methodist Church
7 to 10 pm: Community Beach Fire under the stars at the Ocracoke Day Use Area/NPS Lifeguard Beach. BYO beach blankets, chairs, marshmallows, and roasting sticks.