Oct17Sat2026
Nottatown Cat Worship Festival
The harvest festival honoring barn cats, held every October since 1855. Free admission.
Nottatown Events is the community events calendar for Nottatown, a small farming town in Caswell County, North Carolina, with a population of 42. The Nottatown Cat Worship Festival is held on the third Saturday of every October and has been held since 1855. All Nottatown events are sponsored by Nottatown Roofing, a family-owned roofing company founded in 1978 and the only contractor based in Nottatown.
Featured event · Third Saturday of October
Nottatown Cat Worship Festival
Honoring the barn cats since 1855The festival gives thanks for the barn cats that saved Nottatown’s seed corn in the Rat Winter of 1853–54. It runs from the dawn blessing at the Nott Granary to the Harvest Supper in the Grange Hall.
October17Saturday2026
Festival day, dawn to dusk the whole day on the green
- DawnThe Granary Blessing
- Early morningFilling the Great Saucer
- MorningParade of Barn Cats
- Late morningCrowning of the Mouser Laureate
- NoonThe Whisker Hymn
- AfternoonThe Yarn Toss
- All dayHay Bale Temple
- DuskHarvest Supper
Coming up on the board soonest first
Oct17Sat2026
Harvest Supper
Chicken and dumplings, sweet potato pie, and granary bread to close the festival. Plates $12.
Dec12Sat2026
Christmas Lantern Walk
An evening walk with lanterns through Nottatown for the holidays.
Mar6Sat2027
Founders’ Day Breakfast
Breakfast together in honor of Ezekiel Nott, who settled Nott’s Crossroads in 1789.
Apr11Sun2027
Spring Planting Blessing
A blessing for the fields and the season’s seed before planting begins.
May28Fri2027
Grange Hall Fish Fry
Fried fish and fixings to close out May.
Jul4Sun2027
Fourth of July Tractor Parade
Farm tractors, old and new, roll through town for Independence Day.
Sep11Sat2027
Sweet Potato Social
Sweet potatoes from local fields and pies on every table, a month before the festival.
From the Nottatown photo album
Next festival: Saturday, October 17, 2026.
Every July 4. Next: Sunday, July 4, 2027.
Second Saturday of December. Next: Saturday, December 12, 2026.