Salt Water Stories
WilmingtoNColor Heritage Tours & Voyce announces “Saltwater Stories: An Immersive Dining and Storytelling Experience of Coastal Carolina,” a one-of-a-kind cultural event blending culinary excellence with powerful historical storytelling at Voyce, the Black-owned restaurant led by two-time James Beard Award nominee Chef Keith Rhodes, also featured on Top Chef.
Taking place on April 25th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. This signature experience will center on the untold history of Shell Island, a once-thriving African American beach resort community at Wrightsville Beach that served as a space of freedom, joy, and cultural expression during segregation, before its legacy was largely erased from public narrative.
Chef Keith Rhodes brings his nationally recognized culinary expertise to the experience, designing a menu that complements the storytelling and reflects the richness of Coastal Carolina’s foodways.
WilmingtoNColor Heritage Tours has earned national recognition for its innovative approach to public history, with features in PBS, Travel + Leisure, The Washington Post, and Travel Noire. “Saltwater Stories” represents an evolution of that model extending the “time machine” experience beyond the tour and into an intimate, upscale dining experience.
Event Details
Event: Saltwater Stories: An Immersive Dining and Storytelling Experience of Coastal Carolina
Date: April 25, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Location: Voyce, 11 market st Wilmington, NC
Tickets: $75 per person
About WilmingtoNColor Heritage Tours
WilmingtoNColor Heritage Tours is a place-based public history and cultural tourism initiative rooted in Wilmington, North Carolina. Through immersive, multimedia storytelling, the organization uncovers and shares historically overlooked African American narratives, most notably the 1898 coup, while driving education, cultural preservation, and economic impact.
Charlotte NColor
the third stop of WilmingtoNColor’s statewide NColor Project, an ambitious effort to take Black storytelling across North Carolina to the next level.
This festival is an expansion of WilmingtoNColor and brings history, culture, and community together in one immersive experience. Attendees will:
• Learn about the 1898 government overthrow in Wilmington, NC
• Explore The Queen City’s heritage and Black history and culture
• Engage with art, games, music, and cultural activations that celebrate Black excellence across the state
🎟️ Passes are pay-what-you-can to ensure accessibility for all.
🤝 We’re actively welcoming vendors, partners, supporters, and sponsors to be part of this movement.
This isn’t just an event — it’s a blueprint for how Black history, culture, and storytelling can live, travel, and thrive across North Carolina.
🔗 Get passes or get involved:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/charlotte-ncolor-festival-tickets-1982436706555?aff=oddtdtcreator
Juneteenth
An interactive session for makers and thinkers to collaborate, connect, and spark new ideas.
DurhamNColor Festival
NColor Heritage Tours Announces Inaugural Durham NColor Festival as Part of Statewide NColor Festival Tour
On March 28, we’re proud to launch Durham NColor Festival — the first stop of WilmingtoNColor’s statewide NColor Project, an ambitious effort to take Black storytelling across North Carolina to the next level.
This festival is an expansion of WilmingtoNColor and brings history, culture, and community together in one immersive experience. Attendees will:
• Learn about the 1898 government overthrow in Wilmington, NC
• Explore Durham’s Black Wall Street and the Bull City’s historic Black neighborhoods
• Engage with art, games, music, and cultural activations that celebrate Black excellence across the state
🎟️ Passes are pay-what-you-can to ensure accessibility for all.
🤝 We’re actively welcoming vendors, partners, supporters, and sponsors to be part of this movement.
This isn’t just an event — it’s a blueprint for how Black history, culture, and storytelling can live, travel, and thrive across North Carolina.
🔗 Get passes or get involved:
http://Durhamncolorfestival.eventbrite.com
“This festival is about joy, truth, and community,” said WilmingtoNColor Heritage Tours Founder Cedric Harrison. “We believe history should be experienced, not just read about. NColor Festivals allow families to celebrate their city’s culture while also learning how the events of 1898 in Wilmington still shape North Carolina — and America — today.”
The Durham event follows WilmingtoNColor’s Black History Month Carnival in Wilmington on February 21, and is part of a broader NColor Festival Tour that will travel across North Carolina in 2026. A Charlotte NColor Festival is currently in the planning stages, with the official date to be announced soon. WilmingtoNColor is also looking for other cities that would like to partner to have a NColor experience in their city.
NColor Heritage tours is known for WilmingtoNColor Heritage Tours its immersive, multimedia “Time Machine”-style experiences that combine storytelling, historic sites, and present-day cultural connections. Through the NColor Festival Tour, the organization aims to expand its impact beyond tours and create large-scale community spaces where education, celebration, and reflection can exist together.
For more information, wristband purchases, or partnership inquiries, visit www.WilmingtoNColor.com , Eventbrite http://Durhamncolorfestival.eventbrite.com , or email Info@wilmingtoNcolor.com
Black History Month Carnival
On Saturday Feb. 21st WilmingtoNColor will be celebrating the rich black heritage of Wilmington NC and beyond from 11am - 4pm at Chow Town Food Truck Park across the street from the 1898 Memorial Park on the Historic Northside of downtown Wilmington Brooklyn Arts District for the Black His/Her-Story Month Carnival
Attendees will be able to experience the following:
Mini Black History Bus Tours provided by WilmingtoNColor Heritage Tour
HBCU informational booths
Bounce Houses
Video Gaming (Xbox, PlayStation, old arcade games and more)
Cornhole
Face painting
Balloons
Spades
Dominoes
Vendors
Speeches
Performances
Music
And more
With this event WilmingtoNColor will look to entertain and educate guests on Wilmington’s Rich Heritage around food, music, culture and fun
This Family Friendly Event is “Pay what you can” but if you would like to be a sponsor please contact us at Info@WilmingtoNColor.com
Who:WilmingtoNColor
What:Black History Carnival
When:Saturday February 21st, 2026
Time: 11-4pm
Where:Chow Town across the street from the 1898 Memorial Park - (1125 n 4th st Wilmington NC 28401)
Why:Black History Month Celebration, Community, Culture, Music, Family, Legacy
About WilmingtoNColor:
wilmingtoNColor is the only shuttle tour in The World that tells the story of the only successful coup d'etat (Government Overthrow) on US Soil.
On November 10, 1898, an angry mob of white supremacists led the only successful coup in America, where a massacre took place that wiped out the educated, rich and influential African American population. This coup took away the roots of the academic and economic foundation of the Black community, and its effects still haunt the community today. wilmingtoNColor, or Wilmington in Color, is here to connect the past with the present, in hopes of rebuilding a future that can reflect what Wilmington, NC looked like before the events of 1898 took place.
Guest will see and learn about Green Book Locations, Religious, Educational and Medical Institutions, Fraternity and Sorority Houses, Current Black Owned Businesses and more. This hour long tour packs centuries of rich heritage into 90mins.
Interested in booking a tour click here or email info@WilmingtoNColor.com