Past eventHeld October 10–11
Mumfest 2026
Fall festival in historic downtown New Bern that featured live music, local vendors, food, and family activities.
- Held
- October 10–11
- Location
- Downtown New Bern, NC
- Attendance
- 75,000+
TL;DR
- Mumfest took place October 10–11, 2026, in downtown New Bern, North Carolina.
- The festival was billed as drawing over 75,000 attendees and featuring live music, food, local vendors, and family-friendly attractions.
- Organized by Swiss Bear, Inc. in partnership with the City of New Bern, Mumfest is a major eastern North Carolina event.
About
Mumfest is one of the finest award-winning festivals in North Carolina. The two-day fall festival in historic downtown New Bern was billed as bringing together families and regional visitors for live entertainment, local artisans, food, and community engagement.
Who was in the room
Families
Parents and children seeking fall festival activities, entertainment, and local food experiences.
Regional visitors
Fall-festival goers from eastern North Carolina.
Venue & travel
Venue
Downtown New BernGetting there
The festival occupied historic downtown New Bern in eastern North Carolina.
Questions people ask
7 answeredMumfest took place October 10–11, 2026.
Mumfest took place in downtown New Bern, North Carolina.
Before the 2026 edition, Mumfest's most recent reported attendance was over 75,000.
Mumfest draws families and fall-festival goers from eastern North Carolina.
The festival was billed as featuring live music, food vendors, local artisans, a beer garden on the waterfront, and family-friendly attractions including interactive experiences, arts, crafts, and community exhibits.
It suits families and regional day-trippers in eastern North Carolina, since downtown New Bern hosted music, food, local artists, a waterfront beer garden and family attractions, and the crowd topped 75,000 the year before. Professionals seeking business networking or industry content would have gotten little from it, as it was a community fall festival rather than a trade event.
Festival goers at outdoor fall street fairs usually wear casual clothes such as jeans, t-shirts and light jackets, with comfortable walking shoes for a day on downtown streets and the waterfront.
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