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Children’s Entrepreneur Market at Downtown Hickory’s Fall Art Crawl!

Hey Parents! We are excited to announce that we are partnering up with the ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ for ๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†โœ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—น on September 18, from 5 - 8pm! Children sell products like handmade crafts, food, and games. A farmerโ€™s market run entirely...

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38th Annual Oktoberfest Vendor Applications Now Online

Hickoryโ€™s Oktoberfest 2025 is now accepting applications for Arts and Crafts, Commercial, Kids-Fest and Nonprofit vendors. Celebrating its 38th year, this annual festival will be held October 10, 11, and 12, 2025 in Downtown Hickory, NC. With estimated attendance of...

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Call for Artists Downtown Hickory Fall Art Crawl 2025

The Hickory Downtown Development Association is seeking artists interested in participating in the Fall Downtown Hickory Art Crawl. Art in most disciplines will be accepted, although art must be in good taste and able to be shown to persons of all ages. ย Artists will...

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2024 Castle of Cans School Winners

Overall Winner 2024 Hickory Day School Hickory Day School took top honors in the Hickory Oktoberfest Susan Coleman 2024 Castle of Cans campaign collecting 2165 pounds of food! 2024 High School Winner Saint Stephens High School St. Stephens High School took top high...

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26th Annual Susan Coleman Castle of Cans Food Drive

Hickory โ€“ Itโ€™s time again for our Annual Susan Coleman Castle of Cans Food Drive and Weโ€™re Celebrating 26 Years!ย ย This wonderful community campaign supports all of these agencies with one donation: The Corner Table in Newton, Eastern Catawba CCM, Exodus Homes, Greater...

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NC Main Street Logo

The City of Hickory is a North Carolina Main Street community, designated by the N.C. Department of Commerce Main Street & Rural Planning Center.ย  Hickory Downtown Development Association is charged with administering the program at the local level and building public-private partnerships to spur economic development that achieves measurable results such as investment, business growth, and job creation.ย 

Main Street America 2025

Main Street Americaโ„ข has been helping revitalize older and historic commercial districts for more than 35 years. Today it is a network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, who share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Hickory Downtown
Development Association
24 First Avenue NE
P.O. Box 9086
Hickory, NC 28603
828-322-1121
info@downtownhickory.com

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