Held annually during the first weekend in October, Denim Days Festival has been postponed due to COVID-19. The Erwin Chamber hosts Denim Days Festival each year to celebrate the time when Amsterdam was known as the ‘Denim Capital of the World.’ This title came from when denim manufacturing was a thriving industry in Erwin Mill. The Erwin Mill, operated by Burlington Industries and later Swift Textiles, closed in 2000.
The Denim Days Celebration is a family event featuring concerts, performances, food and craft vendors, information booths, collectible and vintage cars, a parade, rides and slides for the kids and the annual Baby Denim Contest. Coats Area Chamber of Commerce also postponed the annual Farmers Day celebration until 2021 alongiwth Angier’s Crepe Myrtle Festival and Benson’s Mule Days.
