Galleries featuring original works of art and specialty crafts include Greenleaf Gallery, Anna Gartrell's Art & Photography Gallery By The Sea, the Bird Store, Island Art Gallery, Glenn Eure's Ghost Fleet Art Gallery, Seatree Gallery, and the Stained Glass Place.

Entertainment venues include the Lost Colony Outdoor Drama (theatre under the stars-Waterside Theatre in Fort Raleigh National Historic Site on Roanoke Island), and the Film Theatre. There are plenty of cultural and artistic events such as the Holiday Small Works Show, Frank Stick Memorial Art Show, Port O' Call Restaurant Artful Fund-raising Gala, Pieces Past & Present Quilt Extravaganza, Roanoke Island 1862-A Civil War Living History Weekend, Kitty Hawk Kites Fly Into Spring, Dare County High Schools Art Show, Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show, Silver Arts Exhibition, Shakespeare in the Gardens, Hatteras Island Arts and Craft Guild Summer Show, New World Festival of the Arts, and the Artrageous Art Extravaganza.