Festival & Fair — charles oliver millard

Goldston Old Fashion Day. Goldston, North Carolina.

Littleton Festival and Stray Cats Car Show. Littleton, North Carolina.

Grifton Shad Festival. Grifton, North Carolina.

“America 250” NC Kickoff: Halifax Resolves Days. Halifax, North Carolina.

Juneteenth Black Arts Festival. Pittsboro, North Carolina.

North Carolina Watermelon Festival. Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Dance troupe marches in parade, with onlookers on sidewalks. North Carolina Watermelon Festival, Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Four watermelon princesses pose in watermelon themed dresses and polo shirts in front of Ford Model A pickup truck filled with watermelons. North Carolina Watermelon Festival in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Three middle aged women hug and laugh in front of mobile fair storefront making and selling airbrush designed t-shirts. North Carolina Watermelon Festival in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Watermelon queen and 3 junior watermelon princesses pose for parents' photos. North Carolina Watermelon Festival in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

High school marching band drumline marches in main street parade at North Carolina Watermelon Festival in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Watermelon princess rides in back of yellow convertible car in main street parade. At North Carolina Watermelon Festival in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Teen watermelon princesses with sashed take photos of each other under handmade watermelon arbor. At North Carolina Watermelon Festival in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Man wearing wide brimmed hat and shorts uses a handheld bubble machine and small bullhorn microphone to drum up interest in festival table selling wares. North Carolina Watermelon Festival in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Mother holds 1 year old child up to kiss grandma who is passenger in 1960s muscle car, part of the main street parade. North Carolina Watermelon Festival in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Men in black riding clothes ride highway motorcycles in main street parade. North Carolina Watermelon Festival in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Farmer on huge red and white International tractor waves back at crown in main street parade. North Carolina Watermelon Festival in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Mothers take photos of their children with phones in front of a sign and bicycle display advertising the North Carolina Watermelon Festival. Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Ridgeway Cantaloupe Festival. Ridgeway, North Carolina.

A couple sells cantaloupes and watermelons off of a trailer to raise money for a local church at the Ridgeway Cantaloupe Festival in Ridgeway, North Carolina.

A woman ladles Brunswick stew from a huge metal pot into a paper bowl to sell to a festivalgoer in the community building. At the Ridgeway Cantaloupe Festival in Ridgeway, North Carolina.

Two elderly white haired men sit in aluminum and plastic weave beach chairs to watch a local bluegrass band in the shade of old oak trees at the Ridgeway Cantaloupe Festival in Ridgeway, North Carolina.

A woman and man laugh in conversation in the shade of a festival tent. Around them kids play a basket game as parents watch. Ridgeway Cantaloupe Festival in Ridgeway, North Carolina.

A man wearing a t-shirt printed with an Ephesians verse, "Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might," eats an ice cream cone while standing in the shade of an umbrella at the Ridgeway Cantaloupe Festival. Ridgeway, North Carolina.

Members of the Warrenton Posse horse club, offering free horse rides as a way to spread awareness of their group. help a young child onto a horse with her mom, for a ride. Ridgeway Cantaloupe Festival in Ridgeway, North Carolina.

Winterville Watermelon Festival. Winterville, North Carolina.

Old Fashioned Farmer’s Day. Silk Hope, North Carolina.

Hillsborough Hog Day. Hillsborough, North Carolina.

Hispanic Heritage Fiesta. Siler City, North Carolina.

Wayne Regional Agricultural Fair. Dudley, North Carolina.

Wilson Community College Car & Truck Show. Wilson, North Carolina.