Love & Local Market

This Valentine’s season, skip the prix fixe and try a more creative kind of date at The Hub at Kinston. Explore a love‑themed local vendor market, enjoy live music and take part in a variety of mini‑dates that range from sweet treats and silly moments to sentimental keepsakes. Bring your partner, bring your friends, or come solo. Everyone is invited to fall in love with the experience.

Sip and shop at our Valentine’s Market, open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Vendors Include:

• Soft Armour -Trucker hat bar
• Sue Graff Designs – Hand crafted jewelry 
• Matt Crawford – Artist 
• Crochets by Allie – Stuffies
• Gracies Farm Stand – Small patch pickles, jams and ferments, organic skin care, goats milk soap, hand painted cards and soaps
• Halfway to Heaven Sourdough
• Kinzie’s Kandles – Official Valentine’s candle of 2026
• Voulez Vous Handcrafted Chocolates – Chocolatier
• Wild Wax Candle Co.
• Tory Steele – Local romance author
• Solana Studios – Permanent jewelry 
• Sweet Beaver Caramels
• Stacey and Co. Creations – Creative home creations

Experience Highlights

• Carlos Barata duo performs from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
• J. Wiley performs from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Register for a cake decorating class at 1:00 p.m., hosted by The Hub Cafe by Fresh Plate – $20, seats are limited – RSVP here
• Have your pet’s photo taken by Los Lens from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Enjoy cookie decorating and Valentine card-making
• Get your caricature drawn from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m

And don’t miss the grand finale of the day – Dueling Pianos perform from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.