Why spend seven hours in traffic to get to the Outer Banks when Albemarle is bringing the beach to you?

The 16th Annual Beach Blast kicks off on Saturday, May 10th with food, activities, and music all afternoon and into the evening. The featured band, the Part Time Party Time Band will play from 7:30 to 11:00 pm. Activities for children start earlier, at 4pm, and food vendors will start just in time for a late lunch at 2pm.

Saturday looks like beautiful weather for all the events we've reported here - only 10% chance of rain and temperatures in the mid to high 70s.