Adult admission is affordable, parking is free, and the three-day schedule makes this an easy mountain-area outing to plan this August. The free event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and brings roughly 170 vendors, Bigfoot researchers, artists, food sellers, and costumed creatures together in one wonderfully strange celebration. The Ocracoke Fig Festival mixes food, music, community history, and island culture into two days. Arrive early, explore King Street beforehand, then let mountain music take over the rest of the evening. Spend A Day Tubing Along A Mountain Campground In NewlandA river day waits at Mountain River Family Campground, 8555 South U.S. Highway 19E near Newland.