The Great Trent River Raft Race 2024
New Bern Puppets performed at The Great Trent River Raft Race held at Union Point Park in downtown New Bern, NC. The event featured boat and raft races, music, pirate reenactors, magic acts, …
New Bern Puppets at NC Pickle Festival
New Bern Puppets presented 15 performances of “The Evil Queen and the Speckled Pickles” at the N.C. Pickle Festival in Mt. Olive, NC. We had huge crowds and it was a thrill to …
New Bern Puppets at ENC Renaissance Faire
Performing yesterday and today at the ENC Renaissance Faire in Kinston. We are presenting the show “King Henry VIII and the Loch Ness Monster.” We have friendly and big crowds. So pleased! We …
Spring Egg Hunt at Duke Homestead
New Bern Puppets gave four holiday shows at Duke Homestead State Historic Site in Durham as part of their Spring Egg Hunt. The show featured our pesky Grunch who tries to lock up …
Community Days at NC History Center
Today New Bern Puppets performed 10 shows of “The Grunch Comes to Wonderland” at the Community Days event sponsored by Tryon Palace. Our puppet stages were set up in Maddox Hall at the …
New Bern Puppets at New Bern Mardi Gras
Today New Bern Puppets gave eight performances of “The Grunch Goes to Wonderland” at the Ghent community’s New Bern Mardi Gras. This show marked the debut of our new stages. We had large …
Craven County DSS North Pole Christmas Express
Tonight New Bern Puppets finished out the Christmas season with four shows for children and foster parents at Craven County DSS North Pole Express Christmas party. The children and adults were delighted and …
Christmas Candlelight at Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site
The Christmas Candlelight at Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site was a wonderful experience! We gave 11 shows of “A Child’s Early Christmas Delight. We set up our stages in the historic site’s old …
Christmas Candlelight at Duke Homestead
New Bern Puppets gave over 20 performances of “Winter Miracle” at Christmas Candlelight at Duke Homestead. Today we head to Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site to give puppet shows at their Christmas Candlelight …
A Child’s Early Christmas Delight at Tryon Palace
New Bern Puppets wrapped up our second of two weekend shows at the NC History Center sponsored by Tryon Palace. We presented 11 shows of “A Child’s Early Christmas Delight.” There were 165 …
Little Red Riding Hood at Aycock Birthplace
New Bern Puppets gave eight performances of “Little Red Riding Hood’s Trek though the Haunted Forest” at the Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site. The 19th Century schoolhouse was a delightful setting, a place …
New Bern Puppets at 2nd Annual PolloPalooza
New Bern Puppets performed nine shows of “Little Red Riding Hood’s Trek Through the Haunted Forest” at the 2nd Annual PolloPalooza in Pollocksville, North Carolina. This was their second autumn festival. Next year …
Tryon Palace Family Days
New Bern Puppets gave 10 performances of “George Washington Comes to Town” at Family Days sponsored by Tryon Palace at the North Carolina History Center in New Bern, North Carolina. Our colorful banner …
New Bern Puppets Performs at Bridgeton Blueberry Festival
New Bern Puppets performed 13 performances of Underseas Adventures at the Blueberry Festival in Bridgeton, North Carolina, on June 17th. We had a fabulous time! We so enjoyed entertaining the children and adults. …
New Bern Puppets at Swansboro Piratefest
New Bern Puppets had a fabulous time at the Swansboro Piratefest. We gave 14 performances of “Undersea Adventures.” Many children were dressed as pirates. We had huge crowds for most of the day …
New Bern Puppets at Grace Classical School
New Bern Puppets had a delightful time giving four short Biblical skits today to the students and faculty at Grace Classical School in Jacksonsville, North Carolina, for their Middle Ages Fair. To watch …
Arts in April Kid Zone
New Bern Puppets, sponsored by Tryon Palace, gave a dozen performances of “The Easter Bunny Comes to Tryon Palace” today from 10:30 to 4:00. The shows were located in the Kids Zone as …
New Bern Puppets at Eastern North Carolina Renaissance Faire
On April 22nd and 23rd New Bern Puppets presented several shows each day of “Henry VIII Goes to Wonderland” at the Eastern North Carolina Renaissance Faire at the Lenoir County Fairgrounds in Kinston, …