Dreamville, SparkCon, BugFest postponed amid Hurricane Florence threat

City officials have canceled or postponed all weekend events in Raleigh, as the area prepares for the potential landfall of Hurricane Florence.

Posted 8:44 p.m. Sep 10, 2018 — Updated 1:39 p.m. Sep 11, 2018

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RALEIGH, N.C. — City officials have canceled or postponed all weekend events in Raleigh, as the area prepares for the potential landfall of Hurricane Florence.

SPARKcon, a creativity and arts festival presented by the Visual Arts Exchange, was scheduled to take place Thursday through Sunday in the city. The event is widely attended each year and features outdoor vendors, art and performances.

Visual Art Exchange Executive Director Brandon Cordrey said the festival will be rescheduled at a later date.

BugFest, an annual celebration of everything creepy and crawling, was also set to happen on Saturday at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and at Bi-Centennial Plaza. That event has also been canceled but will be rescheduled, officials said.

The hotly anticipated Dreamville Festival, presented by Fayetteville's own J. Cole, was set for Saturday at Dix Park. A Tweet Monday by J. Cole broke the bad news to the 30,000-plus fans expected for the event.

The Apex Music Festival, which was set for Saturday, has also been postponed, organizers announced Tuesday. It will be rescheduled to a later date.

Sunday's Farm to Fork fundraiser dinner featuring Snap Pea Catering has also been postponed. Ticket holders will receive information on a new date when it is determined.

The Roanoke Rapids Theatre announced that its Uncle Kracker concert on Friday has been postponed, as well as the venue's soft opening celebration on Saturday. All tickets purchased for the Uncle Kracker show will be honored for the new date, which will be announced in the coming days.

The theatre is currently assisting Halifax County residents and utility workers in advance of Hurricane Florence. The theatre will be giving away free bottled water on Tuesday starting at noon and continuing until supplies run out.

Hurricane Florence will likely hit land as a Category 4 hurricane later this week before weakening again moving inland. By Thursday evening or Friday morning, there will be a 60 percent chance for hurricane force winds in the Triangle. We should expect heavy rain from Hurricane Florence in the Triangle all weekend, WRAL Meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said, noting that a high pressure system will stop the storm and stall it in some location and continue to dump heavy rain.

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