
Rise ‘n Shine Festival
Labor Day Weekend
Shakori Hills Arts Center - Pittsboro NC
Is it a music festival? A running festival? A food & drink festival? Yes!
Shakori Rise ‘n Shine Festival Schedule of Events
Friday
Check-In starting at 4:30 pm
Live Bluegrass Music 5-10 pm
VIP only: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner* & 6-9 pm beer included for VIP
Sunday
Saturday
Coffee & pastries available*
Coffee & pastries available*
Morning 20K Race - solo @ 9 am; relay @ 9:30 am
Lunch available* (food truck)
Afternoon 5K Race (4 pm)
Live bluegrass music 2-4 pm; 5-10 pm
BBQ Dinner* (included for VIP or ala carte)
Guest distillers (drink tickets available)
Camping
Friday & Saturday nights; tent & RV options
Bathrooms & Showers on-site
CLICK HERE for details and requirements
Food & Drink notes:
VIP Packages include: Friday Winner Winner Chicken Dinner & beer and Saturday BBQ dinner.
*Day pass holders may purchase Saturday BBQ dinner.
Coffee/pastries available for purchase Saturday & Sunday AM. Lunch available for purchase Saturday.
Drink tickets available for purchase.
Meal and drink tickets may be purchased online in advance or at the event.
Shakori Race Course
The course used for both the 5K and 20K races at the Rise ‘n Shine Festival is an off-road track through fields and woods.
CLICK HERE for Pricing & Tickets
Bands & Distillers
Friday Bands (preliminary)
Duces Dead
Into the Fog
Saturday Bands
Dave Devlin
Stray Local
Turquoise Trader
Maxwell and Co
Alan Barnosky
Into the Fog Jam
Heather Sarona
Distillers:
Shakori Hills Community Arts Center
1439 Henderson Tanyard Road
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Less than an hour from: Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Asheboro
90 min from: Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Benson, Winston-Salem, Danville, Wilson
2 Hrs from: Charlotte, Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, Statesville
From Chapel Hill NC and points northeast:
Take US 15-501 South from Chapel Hill, past Cole Park Plaza, Fearrington Village, and Northwood High School
Shortly past Northwood High School, turn right onto the entrance ramp for Route 64 West
Take exit 381 for NC 87 North
Follow NC 87 North, and turn left onto Silk Hope Gum Springs Road. (There’s a yellow Y road sign right before the turn.)
Just after you pass Emmaus Baptist Church on your right, turn right on Emerson Cook Road
Follow Emerson Cook until you reach a stop sign
Turn left at the stop sign onto Henderson-Tanyard Road. Shakori Hills is less than a mile on your left
From Raleigh NC and points east:
Take US 64 West toward Pittsboro
Take exit 381 for NC 87 North
Follow NC 87 North, and turn left onto Silk Hope Gum Springs Road. (There’s a yellow Y road sign right before the turn.)
Just after you pass Emmaus Baptist Church on your right, turn right on Emerson Cook Road
Follow Emerson Cook until you reach a stop sign
Turn left at the stop sign onto Henderson-Tanyard Road. Shakori Hills is less than a mile on your left
From Greensboro NC and points west (I-40):
From I-40 / I-85, take US 421 South via Exit 126A toward Sanford to US 64
Take US 64 East, go over the Cape Fear River Basin, just past Wal-Mart, and take the next left on Silk Hope Rd.
Go straight on Silk Hope Rd for about 5 miles, go through the blinking yellow light in Silk Hope and take the next right on Epps Clark Rd.
At the Stop Sign go straight and you’re now on Henderson Tanyard Rd. Shakori Hills is less than a mile on your right.
From Charlotte NC (I-85)
Take I-85 North towards Greensboro
Take US 421 South via Exit 126A toward Sanford to US 64
Take US 64 East, go over the Cape Fear River Basin, just past Wal-Mart, and take the next left on Silk Hope Rd.
Go straight on Silk Hope Rd for about 5 miles, go through the blinking yellow light in Silk Hope and take the next right on Epps Clark Rd.
At the Stop Sign go straight and you’re now on Henderson Tanyard Rd. Shakori Hills is less than a mile on your right.