
The U.S. National Whitewater Center’s very popular music and outdoors festival, Tuck Fest, is planned for spring of 2025.
The dates are April 25 to 27, 2025.
- Friday: 9:15 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Saturday: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Sunday: 7:45 a.m. to 7 p.m.
This festival features live music all weekend, as well competitions, a vendor village, yoga and more.
Competitions include running, mountain biking, kayaking, climbing and more.
There will be two or three bands/artists per day, including:
- The Band Loula
- Yola
- Joslyn & The Sweet Compression
- Alex Lambert
- St. Paul & The Broken Bones
- The Last Revel
- Tanner Usrey
See below for the music schedule.
Admission is free. Parking is $12. Activities and competitions have fees, but there’s no cost for the yoga or live music.
Tuck Fest Schedule
Friday, April 25
- 4 to 8 p.m.: Vendor Village
- 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Whitewater Center activities
- 9:15 a.m.: Boatercross: Seeding
- 1 p.m.: All Levels Flow Yoga
- 2 p.m.: Deep Water Solo: Seeding and Open Gym
- 2:30 p.m.: Slow Flow Yoga
- 4 p.m.: Power Flow Yoga
- 5 p.m.: Boatercross: Finals
- 5:30 p.m.: Youth Obstacle Challenge
- 6 p.m.: Ride & Seek
- 6:30 p.m.: Fun Flow Yoga
- 6:30 p.m.: Tree Huggers
- 7 p.m.: Live Music: The Band Loula
- 8:15 p.m.: 10K Night Trail Race
- 8:30 p.m.: 5K Night Trail Race
- 9 p.m.: Live music: Yola
Saturday, April 26
- 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.: Vendor Village
- 10 a.m. to 7p.m.: Whitewater Center Activities
- 8 a.m.: Tuck Fest Half Marathon
- 8:15 a.m.: Saturday Morning 6K Trail Race
- 8:30 a.m.: Swim the Ford
- 9 a.m.: Bouldering Competition
- 9 a.m.: Power Flow Yoga
- 10 a.m.: Family Adventure Race
- 10 a.m.: Flatwater SUP Race
- 11 a.m.: SUP Yoga
- 11 a.m.: Animal Habitats
- 11:30 a.m.: 12K MTB Race
- 11:30 a.m.: Open Level Flow Yoga
- 11:30 a.m.: Guided and Unguided Raft Race
- 1 p.m.: Kids’ Yoga
- 2:30 p.m.: All Levels Flow
- 2:30 p.m.: Artists in the Wild
- 2:45 p.m.: Deep Water Solo Competition: Athlete Meet & Greet
- 3 p.m.: Baker’s Dozen Kayak Race
- 3 p.m.: Youth Trail Race
- 3:30 p.m.: Saturday Afternoon 5K Trail Race
- 3:30 p.m.: Half Dozen SUP Race
- 4:30 p.m.: Acro Yoga
- 4:30 p.m.: Deep Water Solo: Finals
- 4:30 p.m.: Adventure Architets
- 5:30 p.m.: Live music: Joslyn & The Sweet Compression
- 6 p.m.: Slow Flow Yoga
- 7 p.m.: Live music: Alex Lambert
- 8 p.m.: Night Adventure Race
- 9 p.m.: Live music: St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Sunday, April 27
- 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Vendor Village
- 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Whitewater Center Activities
- 7:45 a.m.: Quarter Century MTB Race
- 8:30 a.m.: Top Rope Competition
- 9 a.m.: Slow Flow Yoga
- 9 a.m.: Dog Jog
- 9:30 a.m.: Flatwater Kayak Race
- 10 a.m.: Paddle Royale
- 10 a.m.: Youth Short Track MTB Race
- 11 a.m.: Survival Paracord Bracelets
- 11 a.m.: SUP Yoga
- 11:30 a.m.: Open Level Flow Yoga
- 12 p.m.: The Dirty Crit: Finals
- 12 p.m.: Learn to Raft Guide
- 1 p.m.: All Levels Flow Yoga
- 2 p.m.: All About Owls
- 3 p.m.: Live music: The Last Revel
- 3:30 p.m.: Short-Bike World Championships
- 4 p.m.: Whose Toes are Those?
- 4 p.m.: Downriver Rodeo
- 4 p.m.: 12K Trail Race
- 4 p.m.: Tuck Fest Aqua Rock
- 4 p.m.: Beginner Yoga
- 4:15 p.m.: Sunday 5K Trail Race
- 5 p.m.: Live music: Tanner Usrey
- 5:30 p.m.: Acro Yoga
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U.S. National Whitewater Center
5000 Whitewater Center Pkwy
Charlotte, NC 704-391-3900