Downtown Raleigh Events & the COVID-19 Pandemic
March 2020: 30 FREE Things to Do in Downtown Raleigh
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March 3…Gifts of Gold Exhibition and Celebration – Memorial Auditorium – 4:00
March 4…Lunchtime Discovery: “Transplanting Traditions: Farming and Food” – Nature Research Center – 12:00
March 5…Science Trivia! – Nature Research Center – 7:00
March 6…First Friday
March 6…Teen Science Cafe: “Citizen Science” – Nature Research Center – 6:00
March 7…Free Family Day – CAM Raleigh – 12:00-3:00
March 8…Music of the Carolinas: Lillian Price and the Deadpan Stringband – N.C. Museum of History – 3:00
March 10…Wake Audubon: “Alligators” – Nature Research Center – 7:15
March 11…Personal Digital Archiving: Store & Protect – N.C. Government and Heritage Library – 10:00
March 11…History a la Carte: “Amplifying Black Voices of Change” – N.C. Museum of History – 12:00
March 11…Lunchtime Discovery: “Oh, for the Love of Leeches” – Nature Research Center – 12:00
March 11…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:15
March 12…Film + Panel Discussion: The Green Book Guide to Freedom – N.C. Museum of History – 6:00
March 12…German Movie Night – Mordecai Historic Park Visitor Center – 6:30
March 12…Science Cafe: “Wild Ideas” – Nature Research Center – 6:30
March 13…Wake Audubon Birdwalk – Fletcher Park – 8:00-9:30
March 13…Conservation Assistance Day – N.C. Museum of History – 9:30-4:00 – *free, but appointments required”
March 14…Reptile and Amphibian Day – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 9:00-5:00 (CANCELLED)
March 14…St. Patrick’s Day Parade – 10:00 (CANCELLED)
March 14…St. Patrick’s Day Festival – City Plaza – 10:30-5:00 (CANCELLED)
March 14…Flight Day – Dix Park – 1:00-4:00
March 18…Lunchtime Discovery: “Opportunities in Natural Resource Careers” – Nature Research Center – 12:00 (CANCELLED)
March 18…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:15 (CANCELLED)
March 19…Raleigh Night Market – City Market – 5:30-10:30 (CANCELLED)
March 19…Brain Awareness Night – Nature Research Center – 6:00 (CANCELLED)
March 22…Guided Walking Tour of Dix Park – 1:00 (CANCELLED)
March 25…Lunchtime Discovery: “The Beginnings of a State Park” – Nature Research Center – 12:00 (CANCELLED)
March 25…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:15 (CANCELLED)
March 26…Movie: Stuffed – Nature Research Center – 6:30 (CANCELLED)
March 28…Spring Fling and Adult Egg Hunt – Dix Park – 2:00-6:00 (CANCELLED)
March 29…Brunch Moore Market – Moore Square – 11:00-4:00 (CANCELLED)
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February 2…Groundhog Day – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 12:00-4:00
February 5…Lunchtime Discovery: “The History of Sankofa Farms” – Nature Research Center – 12:00
February 6…Science Trivia! – Nature Research Center – 7:00
February 7…First Friday
February 7…Teen Science Cafe: More than Facts: Why You Think What You Think About Climate Change” – Nature Research Center – 6:00
February 7…Museum After Dark – Film: “My Fair Lady” (1964) – N.C. Museum of History – 7:30
February 8…Black History Symposium – City of Raleigh Museum – 1:00-3:00
February 8…African American History Highlights Tour – N.C. Museum of History – 1:30
February 8…Tribute to Asa Forrest – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 2:00
February 9…Music of the Carolinas: Jalessa Cade – N.C. Museum of History – 3:00
February 12…Lunchtime Discovery: “A Tale of Two Ships” – Nature Research Center – 12:00
February 12…History a la Carte: “History Meets Virtual Reality” – N.C. Museum of History – 12:00
February 13…German Movie Night – Mordecai Historic Park Visitor Center – 6:30
February 13…Science Cafe: “Sex in the Sea: Love Stories” – Nature Research Center – 7:00
February 14…Cupid’s Bash at Pullen Park – 10:00-6:00
February 19…Lunchtime Discovery: “Birth of the Environmental Justice Movement” – Nature Research Center – 12:00
February 20…Science Cafe: “Why Do Humans Keep Pets (and Chimpanzees Don’t)” – Nature Research Center – 7:00
February 21-23…North Carolina Book Festival 2020
February 22…African American History Highlights Tour – N.C. Museum of History – 1:30
February 22…Flannels & Frost Winter Celebration – Moore Square – 2:00-6:00
February 24…Teen Volunteer Fair – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 2:00-3:30
February 26…Lunchtime Discovery: “Masters of Our Own Destiny” – Nature Research Center – 12:00
February 26…Celebration of Black History Through Music – N.C. Museum of History – 12:00
February 26…See the 100 Sides of North Carolina – N.C. Museum of History – 7:00
February 27…Science Cafe: “Trees in the City of Oaks” – Nature Research Center – 7:00
February 28…Family Movie Night – Roberts Park – 6:00-8:30
January 2020: 20 FREE Things To Do In Downtown Raleigh
January 2…Science Trivia! – Nature Research Center – 7:00
January 3…First Friday
January 3…Teen Science Cafe: “Entomology” – Nature Research Center – 6:00
January 4…Free Family Day – CAM Raleigh – 12:00-3:00
January 8…History a la Carte: “Civil War 360” – N.C. Museum of History – 12:00
January 9…Science Cafe: “Bears and Coyotes in the Triangle” – Nature Research Center – 7:00
January 12…Music of the Carolinas: Shaquim Muldrow – N.C. Museum of History – 3:00
January 14…Wake Audubon – Nature Research Center – 7:15
January 16… Science Cafe: “Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink” – Nature Research Center – 7:00
January 17…Mordecai Free Friday – Mordecai Historic Park – 10:00-4:00
January 20…Martin Luther King. Jr., Memorial March – 11:00
January 22…Lunchtime Discovery: “Searching for Black Holes” – Nature Research Center – 12:00
January 23…Science Cafe: “Deadly Stars” – Nature Research Center – 7:00
January 25…Astronomy Days – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 9:00-5:00
January 25…19th Annual African American Cultural Celebration – N.C. Museum of History – 10:30-4:30
January 26…Astronomy Days – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 12:00-5:00
January 26…Sacred Harp Shape Note Singing – Mordecai Historic Park – 2:00-4:00
January 29…Lunchtime Discovery: “Wild Ideas for Williamson Preserve” – Nature Research Center – 12:00
January 29…United Arts Council: “State of Arts and Culture in Wake County” – N.C. Museum of History – 4:00-6:00
January 30…Science Cafe: “Executive Order 80” – Nature Research Center – 7:00
December 2019: 25 FREE Things To Do In Downtown Raleigh
December 1…A City Market Christmas – City Market – 12:00-6:00
December 3…The Giving Tree |CANornaments – Union Station – 9:00-5:00
December 5…Science Trivia! – Nature Research Center – 7:00
December 6…First Friday
December 6…Teen Science Cafe: “The Science Behind the Sniff” – Nature Research Center – 6:00
December 7…Square Roots History Tour – Moore Square – 11:00
December 7…Colonial Christmas Open House – Joel Lane House – 11:00-4:00
December 7…Holidays with the Popes – Pope Museum House – 12:00-4:00
December 7…Science Saturday: “Changing Landforms on Earth and Mars” – Nature Research Center – 2:30
December 8…Boylan Heights ArtWalk – 12:00-5:00
December 8…Music of the Carolinas: Zoe & Cloyd – N.C. Museum of History – 3:00
December 10…Wake Audubon:”Beating the Heat” – Nature Research Center – 7:15
December 11…History a la Carte: “How the Candlelight Tour Saved Oakwood” – N.C. Museum of History – 12:00
December 12-14…Holiday Music in the Rotunda – Capitol – 9:00-3:00
December 12…Capitol Tree Lighting and Holiday Open House – Capitol Grounds – 5:00
December 12…N.C. Governor’s Mansion Open House – 6:00-9:00
December 12…Science Cafe: “Cognitive Aging” – Nature Research Center – 7:00
December 13…N.C. Governor’s Mansion Open House – 10:00-5:00
December 14…Mordecai Holidays Open House – Mordecai Historic Park – 10:00-4:00
December 14…N.C. Governor’s Mansion Open House – 10:00-5:00
December 14…Square Roots History Tour – Moore Square – 11:00
December 14…Wreaths Across America – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 12:00
December 14…Hands-on History: Holiday Ornaments – N.C. Museum of History – 1:00-3:00
December 14…“Physics Nobel Prizes 2019: Discovering Humanity’s Place in the Universe” – Nature Research Center – 2:30
December 15…Mordecai Holidays Open House – Mordecai Historic Park – 1:00-4:00
December 15…N.C. Governor’s Mansion Open House – 1:00-4:00
December 19…Science Cafe: “Say Cheese!” – Nature Research Center – 7:00
December 21…Square Roots History Tour – Moore Square – 11:00
December 26…Holiday Trivia!…Nature Research Center – 7:00
December 28…Square Roots History Tour – Moore Square – 11:00
December 31…First Night Raleigh
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November 2019: 25 Free Things To Do In Downtown Raleigh
November 1…First Friday
November 1…Museum After Dark: Grown-Up Game Night! – N.C. Museum of History – 5:30-8:00
November 1…Teen Science Cafe: “The Eyes Have It” – Nature Research Center – 6:00
November 1…First Friday History Tour – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 6:30
November 2…Living History Saturday – Mordecai Historic Park – 10:00-3:00
November 2…Fall Arts Fair – Fletcher Park – 10:00-6:00
November 3…Drum Circle – Moore Square – 2:00-4:00
November 7…Little Explorers: TREEmendous Trees (ages 2-6) – Dix Park – 11:00
November 7…Science Trivia! – Nature Research Center – 7:00
November 8…N.C. State Homecoming Parade – Hillsborough Street – 6:00
November 9…Darwin Day – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 9:00-5:00
November 9…Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony – Capitol – Parade 9:30; Ceremony 11:00
November 9…Handmade Holiday Market – Moore Square – 10:00-5:00
November 10…Downtown Raleigh Food Truck Rodeo – Fayetteville Street – 12:00-6:00
November 10…Guided Walking Tour of Dix Park – 1:00
November 10…Music of the Carolinas: Charly Lowry & Friends – N.C. Museum of History – 3:00
November 12…Wake Audubon – Ecuador Wildlife – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 7:15
November 13…History a la Carte: “Art for a New Understanding” – N.C. Museum of History – 12:00
November 14…Raleigh Night Market – City Market – 5:30-10:30
November 14…Science Cafe: “A Primate with a Panda’s Thumb” – Nature Research Center – 7:00
November 15…Family Movie Night – Roberts Park – 6:00
November 21…Science Cafe: “Science in the Movies” – Nature Research Center – 7:00
November 22…Cherokee Chamber Singers – Capitol – 6:00
November 22…S’Moore Square – Moore Square – 6:00-8:00
November 23…Raleigh Christmas Parade – 9:30
November 23…24th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration – N.C. Museum of History – 11:00-4:00
November 23…Global Holiday Festival and Market…Moore Square…11:00-8:00
November 23…Downtown Raleigh Tree Lighting – Lichtin Plaza – 6:00-8:00
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