Event Planners’ Guide to North Carolina

With stunning coastal beaches, rolling Piedmont landscape, and the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina is a place of beauty. The Tar Heel State is a hotbed of early American history, starting with the Indigenous people who first lived here, with names like Chowanoc, Pamlico, Cherokee, and Tuscarora. It set the stage for early colonial times of America, beginning with the lost Roanoke Colony. American industry and innovation have developed here, starting with tobacco and cotton and, later, test flights by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk and the brain power of the Research Triangle. The excitement of NASCAR, the strum of a guitar, the taste of barbecue, and sweet tea are all the essence of this state.