Apartments for rent in Winston-Salem, NC

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Winston-Salem is home to one of the world's first and longest continuously running airshows. The Winston Salem Air Show celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2011.

Overview of Winston-Salem

The century-old home of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco company, Winston Salem offers more today than ever before. This charming town impresses with historical sites complete with cobblestone streets from yesteryear, museums, unique art galleries and unusual shops. New residents will be impressed with the arts, wineries in the Yadkin Valley and ample outdoor adventures.

Best of Winston-Salem

Best BBQ:
For the best BBQ entertainment spot that is also a sports bar and grill, try Red Hot & Blue where there is live blues on Friday and Saturday and Gospel music on Sunday.

Best Food Festival:
For the best food festival every weekend, try Taste Carolina Gourmet Food Tours, Dischrawl and Tour De Food. They make for the best fun Saturday afternoon by combining the local history with generous portions of locally produced foods provided by beloved restaurants in both the Arts District and the Downtown Historic West End.

Best Vineyard:
For the best area vineyard experience, visit Childress Vineyards, which was started by the NASCAR team owner Richard Childress. This biggest winery in Yadkin Valley offers 12 varieties of European vitis viniferea cultivars over 77 acres.

Best Community Theatre:
The best community theater is Twin City Stage. Winston Salem boasts one of the oldest continuously running and biggest community theaters in all the country. Twin City Stage produces educational, meaningful and community-based plays and acting opportunities.

Top 5 Winston-Salem Adventures

Feel like a pilot at the annual Winston Salem Air Show: This venerable tradition happens in September each year. The original air show featured a wood and canvas biplane with hair-raising exhibitions. Over 100 years later, both civilian and military planes are doing more daring aerial feats.

Relive your glory days at the yearly Dixie Classic Fair and Farmers Market: The event features a renowned market, competitions, entertainment building, exhibits, rides, games and tasty fair food.

Feel like a kid again at the annual Spooktacular Fall Festival: The fun goes down at six recreation centers in October for Halloween activities, candy and entertainment.

Be an art critic at the River Run Film Festival: This April film festival turns out to be one of the best film festivals in all of the southeastern United States.

Become a wine connoisseur at the annual wine festivals: Winston-Salem boasts two different yearly wine festivals, the Tanglewood Park North Carolina Wine Festival on Memorial Day weekend and the June heart of downtown area North Carolina Wine Celebration.