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 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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December 2019: 25 FREE Things To Do In Downtown Raleigh

November 2019: 25 Free Things To Do In Downtown Raleigh