/blog/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:23:12 +0000 Fall in Downtown Smithfield: Music, Markets, and Community Fun http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/fall-in-downtown-smithfield-music-markets-and-community-fun/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/fall-in-downtown-smithfield-music-markets-and-community-fun/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/fall-in-downtown-smithfield-music-markets-and-community-fun/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0400


Downtown Smithfield is the place to be this fall! With crisp air rolling in and leaves turning golden along the Neuse River, the Downtown Smithfield Development Corporation and the Town of Smithfield

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The "Smithfield Yacht Club" will open once again for the River Rat Regatta on the Neuse on Saturday, August 9th at 10:00 a.m. The event will feature a race between 2-person teams in cardboard boats

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Smithfield’s Neuse River Amphitheater remodel project was completed just in time for May’s Ham & Yam Festival this year. Celebrated with a community-attended ribbon-cutting ceremony, free concert,

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If you were at all like us, during the COVID shutdown, you decided it was a perfect time to enjoy more of the great outdoors. Just imagining a long stroll, a quest for unique wildlife, or a peaceful

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The Clayton River Walk on the Neuse is a beautiful 4-mile, 10-foot wide paved trail that begins at the Wake/Johnston County line and parallels the Neuse River under Covered Bridge Road. Similarly,

]]> Make a Splash. Cast a Line. http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/make-a-splash-cast-a-line/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/make-a-splash-cast-a-line/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/make-a-splash-cast-a-line/ Fri, 29 Jul 2016 11:00:00 -0400

It’s the dog days of summer and in the south that means a lot of lazy front porch sitting with a cold glass of lemonade or sweet tea clutched in your hand like a lifeline. But, it can also mean

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