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May 2025: Free Things To Do In Downtown Raleigh

May 1…Science Trivia – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 7:00

May 2…First Friday – DTR

May 2…Street Requiem – Moore Square – 6:30 (moved to Hayes Barton Baptist due to weather forecast)

May 3…Raleigh Historic Bike Ride – Nash Square – 10:00

May 3…Kids Food Fest – Moore Square & Marbles – 10:00-4:00

May 3…Ma & Pa Festival – Fayetteville Street – 11:00-6:00

May 3…Adult Recess Festival – Fletcher Park – 2:00-8:00

May 4…Kids Food Fest – Moore Square & Marbles – 10:00-4:00

May 5…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

May 7…Kids Bike Rodeo – Chavis Park – 4:00-6:00

May 8…Stroll Through History Tour – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 10:00

May 9…Market & Movie (Tangled) – Moore Square – 5:00-9:00

May 10…Family Fun Day – City of Raleigh Museum – 11:00-2:00

May 10…Spring Festival – Moore Square – 11:00-7:00

May 10…North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service – Nash Square – 1:00

May 12…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

May 14…The Midweek Market – Moore Square – 4:00-7:00

May 15…Lunchbox Lectures – City of Raleigh Museum – 12:00

May 15…Senior Resource Fair – Top Greene Community Center – 12:00-2:00

May 15…Science Cafe: “Music of the Sandhills” – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 7:00

May 17…Rootle Roadster Block Party – Moore Square & Marbles Kids Museum – 10:00-2:00

May 17…Artsplosure – Fayetteville Street – 11:00-7:00

May 17…Guided Walking Tour – Dix Park – 12:00

May 17…Shakespeare in the Parks – Othello – Fletcher Park – 1:00 & 4:00

May 18…Artsplosure – Fayetteville Street – 10:00-6:00

May 18…Raleigh Foodie Fare – Moore Square – 11:00-3:00

May 18…Shakespeare in the Parks – Othello – Fletcher Park – 1:00 & 4:00

May 19…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

May 20…Little Explorers (ages 2-6) – Dix Park – 11:00

May 21…The Midweek Market – Moore Square – 4:00-7:00

May 21…Live After Five – City Plaza – 6:00-9:00

May 22…Stroll Through History Tour – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 10:00

May 23…Nash Square History Tour – Nash Square – 11:00

May 23…Country Music & BBQ – Chavis Park – 6:00-9:00

May 24…Birdwatching – Dix Park – 8:00 a.m.

May 25…NC Sugar Rush – City Plaza – 12:00-6:00

May 26…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

May 28…The Midweek Market – Moore Square – 4:00-7:00

May 30…Fun in the Park Play Day – Nash Square – 11:00-2:00

May 30…Chess Club – Express Library Fayetteville Street – 12:00-2:00

May 31…International Childrens Day – City of Raleigh Museum – 10:00-3:30

April 2025: Free Things To Do In Downtown Raleigh

April 3…Science Trivia – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 7:00

April 4…Market & Movie (Wall-E) – Moore Square – 5:00-9:00

April 4…First Friday

April 5…Children’s Book & Art Festival – Fletcher Park – 10:00-3:00

April 5…Chavis World’s Fair – Chavis Park – 11:00-3:00

April 10…Stroll through History Tour – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 10:00

April 10…Egg-citing Teen Glow Egg Hunt – Lions Park – 6:30-8:00

April 12…Egg Hunt – Mordecai Historic Park – 10:00-1:00

April 12…Family Fun Day – City of Raleigh Museum – 11:00-2:00

April 12…Guided Walking Tour – Dix Park – 12:00

April 14…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

April 17…Lunchbox Lectures – City of Raleigh Museum – 12:00

April 17…Community Chess – Moore Square – 12:00-2:00

April 17…Science Cafe: Brain Night – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 6:00

April 19…Civil War History Hike – Dix Park – 10:00

April 19…NC ‘Cuegrass Festival – Fayetteville Street – 12:00-6:00

April 19…Talking Trees Workshop – City of Raleigh Museum – 1:00-3:00

April 21…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

April 24…Stroll through History Tour – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 10:00

April 25…Chess Club – Express Library – 12:00-2:00

April 25…Celebrate Earth Day & Arbor Day – Dix Park – 4:00-10:00

April 25…Brewgaloo Block Party – Fayetteville Street – 6:00-10:00

April 26…Birdwatching – Dix Park – 8:00 A.M.

April 26…14th Annual Bearthday Celebration – Raleigh City Farm – 10:00-2:00

April 26…Arts on the Block – City Market – 11:00-5:00

April 26…Brewgaloo Street Festival – Fayetteville Street – 12:00-8:00

April 26…Childrens Day and Youth Music Day – Moore Square – 1:00-5:00

April 27…Forest Bathing – Dix Park – 1:00

April 27…Adult Pop Up Skate Event – Tarboro Road Park – 1:30-3:30

April 28…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

March 2025: Free Things To Do In Downtown Raleigh

March 4…Mardi Gras Celebration – Chavis Park – 5:00-8:00

March 6…Science Trivia – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 7:00

March 7…First Friday

March 8…Mollusk Research Day – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 10:00-2:00

March 8…Family Fun Day – City of Raleigh Museum – 11:00-2:00

March 10…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

March 12…Narcan Training and Kit-Making – Dix Park – 5:30

March 13…Stroll Through History Tour – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 10:00

March 15…St. Patrick’s Day Parade – DTR – 10:00

March 15…Away with the Fairies Festival – Mordecai Historic Park – 10:00-3:00

March 15…Guided Trolley Tour – Dix Park – 12:00 **preregister**

March 15…Glenwood South St. Pat’s Block Party – 12:00-11:00

March 16…Forest Bathing – Dix Park – 1:00

March 17…Glenwood South St. Pat’s Block Party – 12:00-10:00

March 17…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

March 20…Lunchbox Lecture – City of Raleigh Museum – 12:00

March 20…Community Chess – Moore Square – 12:00-2:00

March 20…Science Cafe: Our Cosmic Origins – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 7:00

March 22…Birdwatching – Dix Park – 8:00 am

March 24…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

March 26…State of the City Address – Raleigh Convention Center – 6:00

March 27…Stroll Through History Tour – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 10:00

March 28…Preschool Egg Hunt – Pullen Park – 10:00-11:30

March 28…The Egg-Mazing Race – Pullen Park – 6:00-8:00

March 29…Matriarchs of Mordecai – Mordecai Historic Park – 10:00-4:00

March 29…Archeology Project – Mordecai Historic Park – 1:00

March 30…Movie: A League of Their Own – Fletcher Park – 7:00

March 31…Yoga in the Park – Dix Park – 6:00

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February 2025: Free Things To Do In Downtown Raleigh

February 1…Astronomy Days – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 10:00-5:00

February 1…Artist Exhibit Reception – 1:30-3:30 – Dix Park

February 1…Honoring Local Legend Joseph Winters – Chavis Park – 5:00-8:00

February 2…Astronomy Days – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 10:00-5:00

February 6…Science Trivia! – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 7:00

February 7…First Friday

February 7…Teen Science Cafe – “Saber-teeth” – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 6:00

February 8…Family Fun Day – City of Raleigh Museum – 11:00-2:00

February 13…Stroll Through History Tour – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 10:00

February 15…Black Artists Day – City of Raleigh Museum – 10:00-3:00

February 20…Lunchbox Lectures – City of Raleigh Museum – 12:00 (weather cancellation)

February 20…Community Chess – Moore Square – 12:00-2:00

February 20…Science Cafe – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 7:00

February 22…African American Symposium – City of Raleigh Museum – 10:00-2:00

February 22…Digging Deeper Lecture – Mordecai Historic Park – 1:00

February 27…Stroll Through History Tour – Historic Oakwood Cemetery – 10:00

February 27…Science Cafe: Black Holes – N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences – 7:00

International Festival 2009

Were you at the International Festival in Raleigh’s new convention center this past weekend?  Thought so.  Judging by the size of the crowd, I don’t think anyone in town missed it.  And it was definitely an event not to be missed!

There were three stages of entertainment, with attentive audiences at each stage.  Hundreds of appreciative spectators filled the seats at the dance demonstration stage.  There were booths offering information and booths selling items from countries around the world,  even henna tattoos and belly dancing lessons!

And the smells!  The whole place smelled so delicious that it was difficult to decide which country’s menu to order from.  Fortunately for us, most of the menus at the food stands offered a selection of  inexpensive items, so that we didn’t have to choose after all, but instead enjoyed food from Bagladesh, China, Turkey, and Nepal.  What a treat to be able to sample authentic foods from so many different countries all in one place!

While I expected to see a diverse group taking part in the International Festival,  I was amazed by the incredible diversity of the festival-goers.  Raleigh has truly become a melting pot.

That’s Life in Raleigh.

Our Sir Walter Raleigh decked out for the 2009 International Festival.
Our Sir Walter Raleigh decked out for the 2009 International Festival.

SPARKcon……..wow!

SPARKcon 2009 transformed Raleigh into an amazingly cool place to be on a weekend in September.

SPARKcon is a grassroots event celebrating the creativity in our area –  the “creative hub of the south.”  And if you think Raleigh can’t possibly live up to such a weighty description, you obviously missed SPARKcon this year.  For four days, Downtown Raleigh was spilling over with proof of this creativity.  Music, art, dance, ideas, film, poetry…….

….fashion.  Did I mention fashion?  The fashion show on the stage in the middle of Fayetteville Street had to be a turning point for our fair city.  The loud, thumping beat, the large, appreciative crowd, the models whose hair and makeup were  closer to “Night of the Living Dead” than “Night in Raleigh, N.C.,” plus the designs being showcased had me murmuring that famous line about Toto and not being in Kansas anymore! Raleigh has graduated to the big time.

That’s Life in Raleigh…a big, happening city.

SPARKcon 2009
SPARKcon 2009

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