April Fun in Hickory & Beyond: Exciting Events You Won’t Want to Miss!

April Events in Hickory and Surrounding Areas

Spring is in full swing, and Hickory and its surrounding areas have an exciting lineup of events for April! Whether you're looking for family-friendly Easter activities or other fun events, there's something for everyone.

Easter Events

Celebrate the season with these festive Easter-themed events happening throughout the month:

April 5, 2025

• Easter Event & Easter Bunny Photos
  📍 520 8th St NE, Hickory
  ⏰ 10:00 AM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Bring the whole family and enjoy this Easter Event hosted by NextHome Blue Skies! There will be scheduled egg hunts, games for all ages, door prizes, and free photos with the Easter Bunny!

• Easter Festival
  📍Mount Zion Baptist Church
  ⏰ 2:30 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Rain or shine from 2:30-5 PM for a free, safe, and fun celebration of Jesus' resurrection! Enjoy an Easter egg hunt, inflatables, an obstacle course, kids' games, face painting, and a petting zoo. Free food will be available, including hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy, and snow cones.

• Hoppin' into spring : A visit with the Easter Bunny
  📍2220 Hwy 70 se suite 179 hickory
  ⏰ 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Spring is in the air, and the Easter Bunny is making a special stop at The Graceful Geese Mercantile!  Bring the kids for an egg-stra special day filled with fun, smiles, and sweet memories!

• Spring fling
  📍Union Grove Baptist Church
  ⏰ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Join Union Grove Baptist Church to welcome spring! There will be food, inflatables, games, face-painting, a photo-op, kids' craft, and more!

April 12, 2025

• Maidens Largest Easter Egg Hunt
  📍220 Cemetery ST, Maiden
  ⏰ 3:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Join us on Saturday, April 12th, from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM at Maiden Park for Maiden's Largest Easter Egg Hunt! This free community event, hosted by churches across the Maiden area, features 10,000+ Easter eggs, bounce houses, face painting, food trucks (food available for purchase), and a kid-friendly DJ. Check-in starts at 3:00 PM, with egg hunts at 3:30 PM and 4:15 PM. To ensure safety, hunts are divided by age groups and take place in different areas of the park. Register in advance to secure a spot and help us plan for an amazing event!

• Children's Easter Egg Hunt
  📍Henry Fork River Park
  ⏰ 6:00 - 9:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

The 38th Annual Children’s Easter Egg Hunt will take place on Saturday, April 12, at Henry Fork River Park, hosted by the City of Hickory Parks, Recreation & Sports Tourism Department. There will be four separate egg hunts based on age: 0-2 years at 6 PM, 3-4 years at 6:30 PM, 5-6 years at 7 PM, and 7-12 years at 8:15 PM. Participants should bring their own baskets, and those in the 8:15 PM hunt should bring a flashlight. No registration is required. Families can also enjoy photos with the Easter Bunny, Easter crafts, and other festive activities.

• Family Easter Event
  📍440 7th St Pl Sw, Conover
  ⏰ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

• Easter Egg Hunt at Mountain Grove Church
  📍6156 Mountain Grove Rd, 
  ⏰ 11:00 AM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Come out for a day of family fun at our annual Easter Egg Hunt! We will have games, prizes, candy, crafts, and plenty of eggs. We will also have a hotdog lunch in our Family Life Building.

• Easter Eggstravaganza
  📍1020 12th ST PL NE, Hickory
  ⏰ 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

• Children's Easter Party
  📍4420 County Home Rd, Conover
  ⏰ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Join Mt. Zion for the annual Children’s Easter party. We will hear the Easter story, have games, activities, and crafts, enjoy photos with the Easter bunny, have snacks, and participate in an egg hunt.

• Easter-eggstrava
  📍101 Eldred ST SE, Valdese
  ⏰ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

FREE Event for kids 10 (and under) and their families. There is going to be inflatables, snacks, train rides and more. Bring your own Easter basket for an awesome egg hunt.

• Easter Eggs, Hops and Shops Festival at Victory Lanes 
  📍125 Morlake Dr, Mooresville
  ⏰ 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Victory Lanes & Toddler Play-dates and Holiday Events Group Present our 1st Easter Eggs, Hops & Shops Festival at Victory Lanes on April 12th from 11am - 3pm. This will be an outdoor event! Join us for an Easter Egg Hunt, Photos with the Easter Bunny, Face Painter, Food, Music and Spring Shopping with some of our local Vendors!

April 13, 2025

• Easter Jam Festival
  📍345 Main ST, Hudson
  ⏰ 4:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

This Easter, come and join us for an unforgettable Easter celebration, complete with egg hunt, inflatables, games and more!!

• Kids Easter Egg Hunt with Easter Bunny
  📍 Neon Waves, Hickory
  ⏰ 2:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Kids Easter Egg Hunt with the Easter Bunny, karaoke, food, giveaways and more!

• Spring Carnival & Egg hunt
  📍 828 9th Ave NE, Hickory
  ⏰ 3:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Inflatables, hotdogs, cotton candy, popcorn, puppet show, egg hunt.

April 18, 2025 & April 19, 2025

• Easter with Bluey and Bingo
  📍 3068 Hickory Blvd, Hudson
  ⏰ 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Easter break is coming for Caldwell County schools and Roma and staff are ready to throw the best Easter Community Party with Bluey and Bingo! Friday April 18th join us for a day of fun, games, prize give-a-ways, inside egg hunt, professional Bluey photo set up with pictures, and meet and greet. This event is limited to dine in customers only due to spacing and allowing our guest a time to enjoy, eat, and be together. So mark your calendar and tag and share to invite everyone!

• Hopping into spring
  📍 Union Square, Hickory
  ⏰ 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Come get your picture taken with the HDDA Bunny and a spring time treat! The HDDA Bunny will be located at the Farmers Market Booth!

• Easter Egg Hunt at St. James
  📍 1942 St James Church Rd, Newton
  ⏰ 10:00 AM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Join us for Easter fun with a egg hunt for all ages. We will have crafts, games and snacks. All ages welcome. Grab a friend and come help us hunt for eggs filled with goodies and learn about Jesus and what Easter means.

• Easter Egg Hunt
  📍 12 Crestview Street, Granite Falls
  ⏰ 10:00 AM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Egg Hunt, Easter Bunny, Crafts & Prizes!

• Easter Egg Hunt and Lunch
  📍 1305 Bolton Rd, Catawba
  ⏰ 10:00 AM

       🎟️ Facebook Event

Bring your friends and family for a fun event for the kids.We will have door prizes as well as a few eggs filled with cash. Make sure you bring your bucket as there are loads of eggs! Crafts and bouncy house is available at 10 AM, Egg hunt starts at 11. Free lunch following the hunt.

• HTLC Annual Easter Adventure
  📍 547 6th ST NW, Hickory

       ⏰ 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

       🎟️ Facebook Event

Parents, get ready for the ultimate energy-burner your kids will be talking about all year! HTLC’s Annual Easter Adventure is back, and it’s bigger and better than ever! From 10 AM to Noon, we’ve got everything you need to keep your little bunnies hopping with joy. There will be egg hunts by age group—no toddler vs. fifth grader showdowns here! Kids can feed adorable animals at the petting zoo, bounce like crazy on the inflatables, and dive into all kinds of crafts and activities. And of course, there are snacks to keep everyone fueled. Come for the fun, leave with happy, tired kids, and memories that last! It’s the best family adventure you’ll have this Easter, guaranteed!

• Easter Egg-stravaganze
  📍 2968 wilkesboro Rd, Statesville
  ⏰ 11:00 AM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Join us for a day full of fun: egg hunt, bounce houses, face painting, balloon animals, Landcrusiers coffee, Cookieboy's BBQ, and more!

Other Events

Beyond Easter, check out these exciting events happening in the area:

April 1, 2025

• Kids 8 week defense class
  📍 2063 Main Ave SE, Hickory
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Equip your child with not just confidence, but the competence to defend themselves against bullying. Give them the skills to de-escalate, and the courage to defend themselves when necessary. This 8 week course is a deep dive into Gracie Jiu Jitsu and designed to create a solid base for self defense!

April 5, 2025

• Grand Opening Celebration at Hidden Creek Family Farm
  📍 327 Herman Rd, Taylorsville
  ⏰ 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Meet farm animals, play games, enjoy food trucks, shop with local vendors, and participate in an egg hunt. $10 to park & FREE Admission for the family!!!

• Autism Awareness Fun Walk
  📍 Bruce Meisner Park
  ⏰ 10:00 AM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

April is Autism Awareness Month! To celebrate, come to Bruce Meisner Park on Saturday, April 5 at 10 a.m. for the annual Autism Awareness Fun Walk. All proceeds benefit the We Rock the Spectrum Gym of Hickory.

• Graystone Eye Spring Craft Show
  📍 2424 Century PL SE, Hickory
  ⏰ 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Join us for a fantastic outdoor shopping event featuring 40+ vendors offering handcrafted jewelry, home décor, artwork, boutique clothing, self-care products, and more! Come hungry and enjoy delicious food from Village Inn Pizza, Big Byrd’s Smokehouse, and Travelin Tom’s Coffee. Don’t miss the Frame Expo inside Graystone Eye for exclusive eyewear shopping. Bring your friends and enjoy a fun-filled day of shopping, food, and community!

• Jrs Pro Rodeo
  📍 2022 Clement Blvd NW, Hickory
  ⏰ 6:30 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Get ready, Hickory—it’s Rodeo time! Join us on April 4th & 5th near the Crawdads Stadium for two nights of thrilling rodeo action. Nashville Recording Artist Velvet Rodeo will perform at 7 PM both nights. Gates open at 6:30 PM, and the show starts at 8 PM. Enjoy bull riding, barrel racing, and bronc riding, plus Mutton Bustin’ at 7 PM (sign up at the gate, 20 contestants per night, with a belt buckle for each champion). Bleachers are provided, lawn chairs are welcome, but no dogs allowed. Presented by: Mike Johnson's Hickory Toyota & Harrison's Sponsored by: Carolina Cat.  Look for our signs and join us for an unforgettable rodeo experience!

April 12, 2025

• Hickory Hops Festival 2025
  📍 232 Government Ave SW, Hickory
  ⏰ 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

21st Annual Craft Beer & Music Festival. Enjoy the best of craft beers and live music! Over 50 breweries participate in this sampling event.

• Spring Craft Festival
  📍 1900 HW Farm Rd, Maiden
  ⏰ 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Shop local for Easter and Mother's Day! We will have locals selling a variety of items to fill up those Easter baskets. Bring the family out to enjoy some time at the farm. Let the little play while you shop. Show mom some love and buy one of a kind and handmade gifts. Or bring mom with you! Come visit the animals and grab some lunch or goodies to take home.

•   Hickory Literary Festival
  📍 Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
  ⏰ 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

The inaugural Hickory Literary Festival will take place on Saturday, April 12, from 11 AM to 5 PM on the SALT Block, hosted by Hickory Public Library. This free, all-ages event celebrates reading, writing, books, and creativity with a special performance by Lucky Diaz. Attendees can enjoy a variety of vendors, writing workshops, and literacy-focused activities throughout the day.

April 18, 2025 & April 19, 2025

• Friday Story time : Too Many Carrots and Painting Activity
  📍 Bisque Boutique - union square
  ⏰ 10:30 AM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Story Time, followed by painting a ceramic carrot tray! Each child will receive their own figurine & can work by themselves or have the help of their guardian or staff member! As much time as needed can be spent painting. Once finished, the piece will remain at the studio to be fired & you'll be contacted once it's ready for pick-up!

• Spring Farm Festival
  📍 2216 Withers Rd, Maiden
  ⏰ 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

We do this Spring Farm Festival every year to bring the community together and have a great time! We will have food trucks, face painting, pony rides, fairy hair, petting zoo, bounce houses, and much more!

April 26, 2025

• Hickory Multicultural Festival
  📍 Downtown Hickory
  ⏰ 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

The Multicultural Festival brings the Hickory community together to celebrate diversity through art, music, dance, food, and more. The event features cultural performances on Union Square, food trucks in the Lowes Foods City Park parking lot, and vendor booths under The Sails on the Square. The festival kicks off at 4 p.m. with the Hickory High School Marching Band Drumline, followed by opening comments and the Human Relations Awards presentation at 4:30 p.m. In case of inclement weather, the event will move indoors to Ridgeview Recreation Center (115 Seventh Avenue SW, Hickory, N.C. 28602).

• Spring Flower Festival
  📍 4904 Dysartsville Rd, Morganton
  ⏰ 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Huge selection of annuals, perennials, house plants, succulents, garden veggies, hanging baskets and more available this spring. We will be hosting local vendors for your shopping pleasure.

• Green Fest
  📍 Sails On The Square
  ⏰ 8:00 AM - 1:00 AM
  🎟️ Facebook Event

Join the City of Hickory and the Community Appearance Commission for the fourth annual Green Fest on Saturday, April 26, at the Downtown Hickory Farmers Market. Celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day while learning how to protect and preserve the environment. From 8 AM to 1 PM, visit the City’s booths for free potted trees (white dogwood, sourwood, sassafras, and black gum), milkweed seeds for monarch butterflies, vegetable and flower seeds, potted indoor plant starts, giveaways, and environmental stewardship information.

Stay tuned for more exciting events throughout the month! Be sure to mark your calendars and enjoy all that Hickory and the surrounding areas have to offer this April. Don't forget also that the normal hours for the farmers market start back this month! Saturdays starting in April will go back to 8 AM-1 PM & Wednesdays start back on April 10th from 10-1!