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SUMMARY:Outlander Costume Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Saltire Gallerie is proudly in partnership with the Scottish Cultural Organization of the Triangle to produce the An Evening at the Hogg House event. This year’s highlights include Scottish highland dance performances\, traditional games\, iconic food\, serene 19th/20th century Scottish and British fine art\, paintings of Outlander scenes\, and the Outlander costume exhibit! The exhibit will feature one of the main character’s most recognized dresses\, the white dress Claire wore while on her journey through the stones\, beginning the romantic tale of two worlds. Also featured in this exhibit are Jamie Fraser’s Continental Soldier costume\, worn during the scenes of the Battle of Monmouth during the Revolutionary War\, and other costumes from the popular series. In addition\, art pieces from Outlander’s production team and local artists will be on display. If you love Outlander\, you do not want to miss this!
URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/outlander-costume-exhibit/
LOCATION:Saltire Gallerie\, 209 Burnside Dr\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Festival,Film
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SUMMARY:Outlandish Hillsborough Scottish Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:Attention Outlander fans\, Scottish fanatics\, and Hillsborough lovers! The wait is over and tickets are on sale now for the September 2026 Outlandish Hillsborough Scottish Festival. We’re excited to welcome you back for another full day of Scottish culture with live music\, bagpipes\, traditional dancing\, and interactive activities for all ages. One major update\, ALL activities will be on the grounds of Ayr Mount including Hillsborough’s own Craigh Na Dun\, fairy dancers\, broadsword lessons\, and (of course) of whiskey tasting table. \nWe have a lot of returning fan favorites as well as new vendors\, activites\, and musicians who we know will make this year’s festival unforgettable. Be sure to check out our website for additional details about the festival\, weekend events\, and important logistics like parking and places to stay in town!\n\nPurchase tickets here: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/outlandish-hillsborough-scottish-festival\n\nLearn more about the event on our website: historichillsborough.org/outlandish-hillsborough\n\nEmbrace the spirit of fun and festivity at this unique event—there’s something for everyone!\n 
URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/outlandish-hillsborough-scottish-festival-2026/
LOCATION:Ayr Mount Historic Site\, 376 St. Mary's Rd\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dance,Family,Festival,Fundraiser,History,Kids,Literary,Live Music,Speaker
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SUMMARY:Historic Hillsborough Guided Tours 2026
DESCRIPTION:Experience American history through the unique perspective of one of North Carolina’s oldest and most historically significant towns\, with a guided walking tour of downtown Hillsborough. Established in 1754 as the seat of government for Orange County\, Hillsborough’s colonial legacy and signs of its importance in North Carolina and American history can be seen everywhere. \nThe tour begins at the Hillsborough Visitors Center\, located in the eighteenth century Alexander Dickson Farm House\, and guides visitors to a variety of historic places from the site of a 1790s African American-owned distillery to the 1840s Orange County Courthouse and the grave of one of North Carolina’s signers of the Declaration of Independence. \nThis is an in-person walking tour that sometimes crosses uneven terrain. Please plan to be walking or standing for the duration of the event\, wear comfortable walking shoes\, and bring a water bottle (plus your curiosity)! \nFor groups that are concerned about the length\, duration\, or terrain of the tour. Please\, contact The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough for other options\, including bus tours. \nTickets: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/3277bebb-5a4c-48ec-9a1e-0c4e287138b5
URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/historic-hillsborough-guided-tours-2/2026-09-26/
LOCATION:Hillsborough Visitors Center\, 150 E King Street\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States
CATEGORIES:Family,History,Outdoor,Tour
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SUMMARY:Outlandish Hillsborough Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Beginning in the 4th book of the Outlander series and the 5th season of the hit TV show\, Jamie and Claire Fraser settle in a fictional Scottish community in North Carolina. The story intertwines with that of the Regulator Uprising that took place in and around Hillsborough in the 1770s\, making Hillsborough a natural location for this event.\n\nThe tour will begin at the Hillsborough Visitor Center and will take you along the Frasers’ footsteps to see many of the sites featured within the Outlander series relating to Hillsborough and the Regulator uprising prior to the Revolutionary War.\n\nThis is an in-person walking tour that sometimes crosses uneven terrain. Please plan to be walking or standing for the duration of the event\, wear comfortable walking shoes\, and bring a water bottle (plus your curiosity). \nTickets: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/outlandish-walking-tour–2026
URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/outlandish-hillsborough-walking-tour/2026-09-26/
LOCATION:Hillsborough Visitors Center\, 150 E King Street\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States
CATEGORIES:History,Outdoor,Tour
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SUMMARY:Book Launch! The Life and Times of Job Berry
DESCRIPTION:Here’s your chance to experience life in Hillsborough in the latter half of the 19th century. Imagine walking by the county courthouse at Churton and King\, watching lawyer and legislator Frederick Strudwick rubbing shoulders with other policy makers of the day. Smell the pungent aroma of tobacco in the nearby warehouse. Stop by Henry Brown’s mercantile shop down the street for some tea or snuff. Listen quietly on the corner to the latest rumblings about the Ku Klux Klan. Pick up the most recent issue of the Hillsborough Recorder for the latest news and gossip. You might make plans to attend Job Berry’s upcoming fair to raise money for the new Freedmen’s School at Churton and Queen. If you’re lucky\, you might hear the girls at the Nash and Kollock School practicing the piano for their upcoming soiree. And at the nearby Eno River\, you could even see Peggy Faribault on her way to help birth a baby. \nYou can experience all this and more in The Life & Times of Job Berry\, a collaborative work of fifteen local authors singing the praises—and the failures—of Hillsborough of the time. \nThis historical biography tells the stories of interesting people from slavery to freedom\, from war to peace\, and from Jim Crow to Civil Rights. You’ll read about politics\, education\, music\, art\, literature\, love\, kidnapping\, murder\, real estate\, commerce\, tragedy\, and hope. Join the authors at St. Matthew’s the last Saturday in September to learn their stories of Hillsborough\, North Carolina\, from the late nineteenth century\, plus events a hundred years later. \nJoin Us… \nSaturday\, September 26\, 2026 \n4:00-5:30 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church Education Building at the intersection of St. Mary’s Road and E. King Street in Hillsborough\, NC \nWriters include: Managing Editor Betty Eidenier\, Jan Irwin\, Janie Morris\, Bryce Little\, Beverly A. Scarlett\, Deirdre Barone\, Christine Benoodt\, Doris Wilson\, Brooks Graebner\, Kate Faherty\, Steve J. Rankin\, Kathie Lynch Brown\, Courtney Soling Smith\, Horace Johnson\, Jr.\, Kelly Arnold. Kevin Bell provided illustrations.
URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/book-launch-the-life-and-times-of-job-berry/
LOCATION:St Matthew’s Episcopal Church\, 210 St. Mary's Rd\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States
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SUMMARY:3 Poets Reading at RambleRill Farm
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the big barn at RambleRill on Saturday\, September 26\, 4-6pm for poetry and sweet treats from Starfish Bakery. 3 Poets Reading will feature Ross White\, Sheila Smith McKoy\, and Jessica Covil-Manset: \nRoss White is the author of Charm Offensive\, winner of the Sexton Prize for Poetry\, and the chapbooks Valley of Want\, How We Came Upon the Colony\, and The Polite Society. He is the director of Bull City Press\, where he hosts the podcast The Chapbook. He teaches creative writing\, podcasting\, publishing\, and grammar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. \nSheila Smith McKoy is an award-winning poet\, fiction writer\, auto ethnographer and filmmaker. She received the 2020 Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Prize in poetry. Her books of poetry include The Bones Beneath\, One Window’s Light: a Haiku Collection\, Griots: Keepers of the Story\, and Above the Rushes. \nJessica Covil-Manset is the author of To Sing You\, and to Shout. She has been twice nominated for Best of the Net\, with poems appearing in SWWIM Every Day\, Rise Up Review\, Whale Road Review\, and other journals.  Ticket details herein.
URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/3-poets-reading-at-ramblerill-farm/
LOCATION:Ramble Rill Farm\, 913 Arthur Minnis Road\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27516\, United States
CATEGORIES:Literary,Poetry
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SUMMARY:An Evening at the Hogg House: Scottish Cultural Event
DESCRIPTION:An Evening at the Hogg House: Scottish Cultural Event \n245th Anniversary Celebration & Scottish Cultural Gathering! Join us for a fun-filled evening of Scottish games\, dance\, art\, food and the legendary stories of James Hogg. \n$10 / PERSON; \n12 years & under enter free  \n4:30 PM – 7:30 PM directly after the Outlandish Hillsborough Festival \nSaturday\, September 26th 2026 \nSaltire Gallerie \n209 Burnside Dr. \nHillsborough\, NC \n27278 \nEasy walk from the Visitors Center/ Riverwalk\, FREE PARKING
URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/an-evening-at-the-hogg-house-scottish-cultural-event/
LOCATION:Saltire Gallerie\, 209 Burnside Dr\, Hillsborough\, NC\, 27278\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festival
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SUMMARY:Original Historic Ghost Tour
DESCRIPTION:The best tour and tour guide in the Triangle! Join your deceased guide\, Enoch Pugh (b. 1735-d. 1771)\, who was executed by the British Governor in Hillsborough in 1771. He has been hanging around (in an unmarked grave) ever since. \nThis tour is the best mix of ghosts and history! On this walk\, you’ll see three haunted houses\, and learn about local legends and history while visiting two cemeteries\, and the execution site.\n \n(2.5 hrs / 1.5 mi)
URL:https://visithillsboroughnc.com/event/original-historic-ghost-tour-6/
LOCATION:Nash and Kollock St.\, Hillsborough\, NC\, Nash and Kollock St.\, Hillsborough\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:History,Tour
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