Visit Stanly County

06/13/2024

Contest time!!! We have 6 tickets to the Juneberry Ridge, Juneberry Jams event on June 22nd. Gates open at 4:15 PM. We'll award 2 tickets to three different winners. To be eligible to win you must LIKE, SHARE, and TAG three of your friends on either Facebook or Instagram by 12:00 noon on Monday, June 17! Good luck!!!

The concert includes Daniel Griffith, Jake Haldenyang and the Red Not Chili Peppers. Even if you don't win... be sure to come enjoy the concert!!!

06/13/2024

OK... Throwback Thursday... Here's a video of Lake Tillery from 6 years ago... the water is just as fine this weekend!!! Come enjoy Stanly County! *eDeeRiver

06/13/2024

Stanly County and the surrounding area has several great antique shops. Be like this group from Raleigh who visited The Marketplace in Albemarle on NC73... come to Stanly County, stay awhile and enjoy some great antique shops and flea markets and thrift stores. You may find something you just cannot live without!!!

We had a fun friend group from Raleigh today. Come in and do a little shopping. We appreciate you ladies choosing the Marketplace to spend your afternoon. Enjoy your time in Albemarle. 

06/13/2024

Always fun stuff to do in Stanly County. Tonight is Thirsty Thursday night at the Uwharrie Wampus Cats vs. Carolina Ducks game at Don Montgomery Park on US 52 near downtown Albemarle. Game time is 7:00 PM. Come enjoy our wood bat collegiate team as they aim to win 4 in a row!!! .

Get your tickets here:

06/13/2024

Do you like big trucks? What about your kids? If so, we've got the event for you!!! Come VisitStanly and enjoy some big trucks and equipment downtown in Albemarle on Saturday, June 29th from 10 until 1 on Second Street. Come enjoy!!!

06/12/2024

Stanly County is a great place to visit for the 4th of July. The big event is the Oakboro July 4th Celebration... but if you want to start your day on the healthy side, why not join the Watermelon Run at Morrow Mountain State Park sponsored through Uwharrie Dash! Check it out and join the fun!!! It's FREE.

06/10/2024

Coming up this Saturday night in Locust on the City Hall Green - Zac Kellum in Concert! Come enjoy some great country music. Bring your chairs and enjoy this free event! Food and drink vendors, plus bounce house and rock climbing. Come VisitStanly and enjoy all we have to offer!!!

See you there!!!

06/10/2024

Busy week for the Uwharrie Wampus Cats!!! All home games this week!!! Come Visit Stanly and enjoy a Wampus Cats game - the weather forecast is great and the baseball should be fantastic!!! Come enjoy Stanly County hospitality - stay in our hotels, visit Morrow Mountain State Park, stay at Norwood Campground, shop for antiques, and enjoy some wonderful food at our restaurants and try out our breweries, distilleries and wineries!

Big week at home for the Wampus Cats!

6/10 - Corndogs 🌽🌭
6/12 - Spinners 🧶
6/13 - Ducks🦆(thirsty Thursday)
6/14 - Regulators🥷🏼
6/15 - Athletics 🅰️
6/16 - Disco Turkeys 🪩🦃 (Fathers Day/ 6 PM first pitch)

06/08/2024

A flashback to the Beatles with 🎵 🎧 🎶 Only for their June Jams!! One more weekend to grab your tickets at: www.juneberry.com/jams

Tickets can also be purchased upon arrival at the gate. Don’t miss the Red NOT Chili Peppers 🌶️ Saturday, June 22nd! Can’t wait to jam out with you all then!

06/07/2024

Saturday night and you've got a place to go... Juneberry Ridge is hosting night #2 of their Juneberry Jams. Get your tickets and enjoy the beautiful view, great music and food!

Get your tickets here:
www.juneberry.com/jams

06/07/2024

How high can you go??? Carolina Treetop Challenge has a special discount this weekend. Reserve your spot online and then head to Rock Creek Park in Albemarle for a fun adventure in the trees. There are 4 levels of difficulty and great fun is guaranteed!

Check it out: https://www.carolinatreetopchallenge.com

06/07/2024

Happening tonight at City Lake Park!!! Don't miss Food Truck Friday!!!

And... why not spend the night at our hotels and enjoy Morrow Mountain State Park and our wineries on Saturday!!!

06/07/2024

Calling all and Come out to support this Special Olympics event tomorrow. $30 for entry includes your T-Shirt. See you at 11am!!!

06/06/2024

Come Visit Stanly on June 15-16 and take in the festivities at the 5th Annual Juneteenth celebration held at West Badin Park. This will be a lot of fun with music, games, and vendors. Come enjoy from 4:00 - 8:00 PM each evening!!!

06/06/2024

Coming up this Saturday morning - the Race to Remember. Sign-up today. Join the fight against Alzheimer's Disease by helping the Albemarle Rotary Club with this event. Over 100 runners and walkers have already registered - we're sure they'd like to have you join in!!! Visit Stanly would really like to see some folks come from all over the region to this race and then stick around for lunch at any of our wonderful restaurants, visit Morrow Mountain State Park or even stay the night in one of our great hotels or B&Bs.

Alzheimer's Charity Race to Remember 5k and 1 Mile Walk presented by Albemarle Rotary Club is on Saturday June 8, 2024. It includes the following events: Race to Remember 5k Run/Walk, Race to Remember 1 Mile Walk, and Virtual Race to Remember 5K or 1mile Walk (Includes Shirt and Mailing).

06/05/2024

Looks like a "big time" coming up at Uwharrie Vineyards & Winery on June 15. Come VisitStanly and enjoy some great hospitality! A low country boil, delicious wine, and bluegrass with The Carolina Cutups! Don't miss it!!!

06/05/2024

Here is a summer activity for youth... check out the Youth In Agriculture program at Juneberry Ridge.

Do you know a student interested in agriculture? Register for our next program - the Youth in Agriculture Seminar happening Saturday, June 22nd.

06/04/2024

Please do not submit any information online in reference to the Wampus Cats winner selection. We have been hacked and do apologize! The correct winner will be selected tomorrow and will be contacted personally. Do NOT enter any personal information online.

06/03/2024

Calling all bluegrass lovers!!! Come VisitStanly and enjoy Fairfield Bluegrass at Thursdays at Market Station - June 6 at 7:30 PM in beautiful downtown Albemarle!!! This is a talented group of young folks who will be bringing their own picking style to Stanly County for us to enjoy! The concert is free - just bring some change for popcorn and drinks and drag your yard chair along. Parking is around the station or across W. Main Street. Hope to see you there!!! Don't miss it!

Check them out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU7W0axqFkc

06/03/2024

Coming up this Friday at City Lake Park - off NC 73 - it's Food Truck Friday! Come enjoy the music, fun and, of course, the food trucks!!! Bring your lawn chairs. We encourage folks from surrounding counties to come enjoy the beauty of Stanly County including wonderful City Lake Park!!!

06/03/2024

Let's salute Stanly County farmers and lots of folks with backyard coops - It's NATIONAL EGG DAY!!! Scrambled eggs, over-easy, sunny-side up, egg salad, eggs benedict, deviled eggs... you name it, eggs are a great food item! You can't beat 'em (unless you need to make scrambled eggs or a cake!!!). .

06/02/2024

What a beautiful night and wonderful crowd at tonight for their annual June Jams kick off. Have you purchased your tickets yet? Don’t miss out on June 8 & June 22, to come out and support this local event!

Tickets can still be purchased at the gate or purchased online at:

https://juneberry.com/events

So many vendors, food, music, fun and more!! Don’t miss out, grab yours today.

05/31/2024

What a response this promotion, Sip Through the Uwharries, has been thus far!! We greatly appreciate the support and your willingness to participate. Due to a limited amount of passports put into circulation at all participating locations, should you be at a location that is currently out of passports, please feel free to contact the other listed locations to check their passport availability. The end date to have all stickers obtained on your passport is June 21st. Feel free to swing by Stanly CVB, 1000 North First Street Unit 11 Albemarle, NC 28001 (Monday - Friday, 9-5), to obtain your FREE t-shirt upon passport completion. (Please have all shirt requests mailed in/ picked up by July 2nd.)

05/30/2024

It's Uwharrie Wampus Cats time in Stanly County!!! Our local wood-bat collegiate league team is off to a great start and we have two season tickets to give away!!!

To enter the contest... just LIKE, SHARE and then TAG three of your friends with this post by Tuesday, June 4 at 5:00 PM. We'll randomly select the winner from all who qualify and notify them on Wednesday. The winner can pick up their tickets in time for the June 6 game against the Ducks. Remember you have to LIKE, SHARE and TAG THREE in order to be eligible for the contest! Games are at Don Montgomery Park on US 52 near beautiful downtown Albemarle. GOOD LUCK!!!

05/30/2024

Juneberry Ridge hosts Juneberry Jams starting this Saturday! Great lineup of entertainment. Don't miss it!!

05/30/2024

Should be fun this Saturday! Come to the E.E. Waddell Center to see the Grill Master Showdown!

🗓️ Mark your calendar! The annual Grill Master Showdown returns to the EE Waddell Center on Saturday, June 1.

For $15 you can sample all the Ribs, Chicken, Boston Butt, and Griller's choice you want. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and the fun lasts until 3p.m.

Along with great food enjoy music from DJ Lyfe, a karaoke contest, hot chip contest, split the pot raffle, and co****le.

Proceeds benefit projects at the EE Waddell Center.

Business Sponsors:
Stokes Construction
Uwharrie Bank
Crook Motor Company
A L Lowder, Inc

05/28/2024

Challenge time!!! We have 4 great wineries, 1 distillery and 3 breweries in Stanly County. Come do our Sipping Through the Uwharries passport challenge!

Nestled in the heart of North Carolina, the Uwharrie Mountains rise as a hidden gem of natural beauty and outdoor adventure. These ancient, rolling hills provide a breathtaking backdrop to Stanly County, a place where nature and history converge.

Embark on a journey this summer like no other during our “Sip Through the Uwharries” passport event! Get ready for a memorable journey full of fun at our local vineyards, breweries, and distillery. This immersive experience is your ticket to adventure for both locals and tourists alike!

Here’s how it works: grab your passport at one of the fine establishments listed below, travel to each establishment, and collect a sticker from each one! Sip your way through our wines, whiskeys, and beers and immerse yourself into the local culture. After collecting all the stickers, mail your passport back to us (see address on back of the passport), with all of the collected stickers, and we will send you a special “Sip Through the Uwharries” t-shirt! The shirt has our special "Sip Through the Uwharries" Bigfoot logo!! Please share this post with your friends!!! Come Visit Stanly!!!

Wine
Dennis Vineyards
Stony Mountain Vineyards
Rocky River Vineyards
Uwharrie Vineyards & Winery

Beer
Uwharrie Brewing
Badin Brews
Buzzed Viking Brewing Locust
The Brew Room Locust

Spirits
Loping Crow Distillery

Note: One t-shirt per passport entry. It is not required to purchase alcohol to get a sticker from a location, just show this passport to be given a sticker.

12/18/2023

~History Monday~

In the Western side of Stanly County exists the epitome of small-town charm, the Town of Oakboro. With a population of about 2,200, Oakboro can be found just four miles off of Highway 24/27 and about forty-five minutes East of Charlotte. The town has its beginnings with the arrival of the railroad in 1913, with the first passenger train stopping at the new Furr City depot which was named after the previously existing C.C. Furr’s store. Before the railroad, the store and Ellis Thomas’ blacksmith shop were the only proof of a soon-to-be thriving town.

For a time, the community was called “Five Roads,” as it was located at the meeting of five roads. However, in 1915, the town was officially incorporated and named the Town of Oakboro. Early maps showed Oakboro to be a 320-acre plot of land with Main Street running down the middle as a center for the surrounding rural life. Travelers and local farmers alike traveled along the five roads and Main Street to transport produce, cotton, lumber, and many others to either sell or trade. Although, with the addition of the railroad, these goods travelled even faster throughout Stanly County and, often, further out to Charlotte and Raleigh.

The Town of Oakboro remained the same until the 1990’s when the population started to rise from 600 to over 1,000. Not only did the population grow, the town annexations grew the town to over 683 acres and it has continued to expand.

Today, along Main Street, you can find the revitalized buildings of the 1920’s and 30’s in the downtown area with great restaurants, unique museums, an old-time hardware store, even a rebuilt railroad depot and all of the small-town charm you can handle. The Oakboro Cruise-In has helped popularize the area as one of the largest cruise-ins in North Carolina bringing hundreds of people and cars to the area each month. Enjoy a day trip to this amazing little town and take a stroll down Main street, talk with the locals in the shops and immerse yourself in small town charm!

Town of Oakboro

12/13/2023

We checked out Delights Ramen and was not disappointed! Definitely worth a try!

12/11/2023

~History Monday~

Located at 343 North Second Street in Downtown Albemarle sits the Julius Clegg Hall House and Grounds, the iconic Colonial Revival-style brick house known for its historic charm. The home was designed in late 1911 by Louis Humbert Asbury, a Charlotte architect, and was constructed in 1912-1913 by Locke Anderson Moody, a prominent Albemarle builder. Also involved in the construction and design of the home was Daniel Jasper Hatley, the head of Albemarle’s Hatley Concrete Works. The home was especially known for its impressive gardens and grounds, which included still-remaining historic plants produced in the later year of 1923.

The home was designed for Dr. Julius Clegg Hall, he of whom originally purchased the lot in 1910. Later, in 1922, Hall purchased a like-sized lot next to his own in which a new pleasure garden was added into his existing grounds. The home then housed Dr. Hall, Mrs. Hall, and their daughter until Dr. Hall’s death in early October of 1930. Their daughter, Evelyn Hall Smith, moved into the residence with her family with her widowed mother in 1943, subsequently Mrs. Hall remained in the home until her death in 1955. Evelyn remained at the residence the longest, until her death in May of 1997.

The home was then passed through the family, and later into the hands of a few owners down the line. However, little to no changes were made to the historic home other than a few non-intrusive additions such as maintenance-warranted replacements, additional rooms or dining areas, added doors, small changes to the gardens, and a refitted kitchen. All in all, the Julius Clegg Hall House and Grounds reflect the careful, appreciative attitude the owners held for the survival of such a historic family home. Now, Hall House and Grounds (HH&G) is owned by Mr. and Mrs. David and Brenda Scarboro, who began the restoration and renovation of the home in 2017 with the purpose of providing Stanly County with a unique venue for events. Their daughter, Anne Scarboro Brand, continues her parent’s legacy and wish for the home alongside HH&G general manager John T. Williams. The Hall House & Gardens, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a unique piece of Stanly County history.