Congratulations to Belmont, NC for winning best event of the year!

We are so proud to announce that Moonlight on Main won best event for 2021.

The North Carolina Association of Festivals & Events is proud to announce the 2022 ShowFest Excellence Awards winners. The winners were announced at the ShowFest 2022 – Event Innovators Conference held at the Hilton Charlotte University Place Hotel. Conference attendees included festival & event planners and industry professionals. The awards program allows the association to honor and recognize festivals & events that took place during the 2021 calendar year.

Moonlight on Main was a three-week arts and culture experience in Downtown Belmont where downtown was turned into a lunar-inspired, outdoor art gallery with GOBO artwork projected onto buildings around downtown. The event centered around an international touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram, an exhibit of an internally lit replica of the moon measuring 23 meters in diameter and features detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface. The event also featured art installations in downtown and throughout Stowe Park from local students and other groups. The original GOBO artworks were sold in various downtown galleries and businesses throughout the event.