North Carolina Gold Festival

May 15-16 Marion, Tom Johnson's Rally Park. This annual event features gold exhibits, gold mining techniques and demonstrations, treasure and scavenger hunts, geo-caching, gold panning, numerous vendors including arts and crafts, raffles, Friday night “Gold Tales” and Saturday musical performance. Music, food and fun will happen at Tom Johnson's Rally Park, in Marion. For more information, visit www.ncgold.org or call 800-959-9033.