Events

January

Martin Luther King Memorial March and Celebration N.C. State Capitol 1 E. Edenton St Raleigh, NC 27601 919-834-6264 Call for date and time of event

Join others to show your appreciation for the sacrifice and contributions of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

March

Reptile and Amphibian Day N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences 11 West Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27601 919- 733-7450

Call for additional information Don't miss the chance to acquaint yourself with live snakes, lizards, crocodilians, turtles, frogs, toads, and salamanders from North Carolina and around the world! St. Patrick's Day Parade Raleigh Convention and Conference Center 500 Fayetteville St. Mall Raleigh, NC 27601 919- 846-9739

Call for additional information The traditional Irish-themed celebration offers activities for all ages in downtown Raleigh, near City Market.

April

Boat Show

Lake Wheeler Park 6404 Lake Wheeler Road Raleigh, NC 27603 919- 662-5702

Admission Charged

Call for additional information In-water Boat Show featuring hundreds of motorized and non-motorized boats. The show will feature a variety of outdoor equipment displays, entertainment, on the water demos, and concessions. Eurosport Spring Soccer Showcase

Broughton High School 723 St. Mary's St

Raleigh, NC 27605 919- 870-0315

Call for additional information This event is a women's high school invitational tournament with some of the top teams in the state and the country.  

May

SAS Carolina Classic

TPC at Wakefield Plantation

2201 Wakefield Plantation Drive

Raleigh, NC 27614

919- 531-4653

Call for additional information This $450,000 tournament features some of the finest professional golfers in the country, many of whom are the future superstars of the PGA Tour. Proceeds go to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County.

Komen NC Triangle Race for the Cure

Meredith College 3800 Hillsborough Street

Raleigh, NC 27607 919-493-CURE

Entry Fee Charged The Komen NC Triangle Race for the Cure is one of a national series of similar events conceived and implemented by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to help achieve the Foundation's mission of eradicating breast cancer as a life-threatening disease. Established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker in honor of her sister, Susan G. Komen, who succumbed to breast cancer at the age of 36, The Komen Foundation ranks as one of the largest private funders in the world of research dedicated solely to breast cancer.  

July

Capitol's July 4th Celebration N.C. State Capitol 1 E Edenton St Raleigh, NC 27601 919- 733-4994 Call for additional information Farmers Market Festival

State Farmers Market 1201 Agriculture St Raleigh, NC 27603 919- 733-7417

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Admission Free Market offers the best of state-grown fruits and vegetables, a garden center, and a restaurant specializing in "down-home cookin'" and seafood. The festival has corn eating and corn shucking as well as a farm animal sound contest. The Amistad Saga: Reflections African American Cultural Complex 119 Sunnybrook Rd Raleigh, NC 27610 919-250-9336

Admission Charged

Call for additional information Don't miss the annual production of the only outdoor drama written, produced, and directed by and about African Americans in the US.  

August

Watermelon Day

919- 733-1417

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Free watermelon slices, recipes, watermelon eating contest, a visit from the Watermelon Queen, and more! ABC-11 High School Pigskin Preview

Carter-Finley Stadium 4600 Trinity Road Raleigh, NC 27695 919- 870-0315

Call for additional information Over 10,000 spectators in an eight-hour preseason football extravaganza involving 16 top teams from the Triangle and the state. Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic Prestonwood Country Club 300 Prestonwood Parkway Cary, NC 27513 919- 319-0441 More than 100 celebrities, 100 local and national sponsors, and 1,200 volunteers come together in August each year to see old friends, make new friends, and play a little golf ... all the while raising money, lots of money, to fight cancer.  

September

La Fiesta del Pueblo

NC State Fairgrounds 1025 Blue Ridge Road Raleigh, NC 27607 919- 835-1525

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Call for additional information La Fiesta del Pueblo is the largest Latin American festival in the Carolinas, providing a fun, low-cost, family-friendly environment and features dance and music performances, typical Latin American food, Cafe Teatro, a youth booth, children's games, and more. The Fiesta typically draws over 50,000 people of all ages and cultures to the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. Eurosport Fall Soccer Showcase)

Broughton High School 723 St. Mary's St

Raleigh, NC 27605

919-870-0315

Call for additional information This soccer event features an eight-team boy's high school invitational tournament with top teams from the southeast and the nation.  

October

North Carolina State Fair

NC State Fairgrounds 1025 Blue Ridge Road Raleigh, NC 27607 919- 733-2145

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Call for additional information The largest event in the state, the fair comes to Raleigh every year for ten days and features craft demonstrations, livestock exhibits and competitions, top-notch concerts, games, rides, side shows, food and other family-friendly entertainment.  

November

Chick-fil-A Celebration of Lights

ALLTEL Pavilion at Walnut Creek 3801 Rock Quarry Road Raleigh, NC 27610

919- 831-6666

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Call for additional information Visit the Celebration of Lights at ALLTEL Pavilion at Walnut Creek with its spectacular array of lights and animated characters including jumping reindeer, swimming swans, waving snowmen and a tunnel of snowflakes. This 2-mile drive-through holiday light spectacular will illuminate your holiday spirit. Raleigh Christmas Parade

Starts on Morgan and Boylan

Downtown Raleigh, NC 919- 420-0120

Admission Free Call for additional information Raleigh's annual Christmas parade with bands, floats and marking and miscellaneous units. Carolina Designer Crafts Fair

Kerr Scott Bldg at NC St. Fairgrounds 1025 Blue Ridge Road Raleigh, NC 27607

919- 460-1551

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Call for additional information There are over 100 guild members showcasing their best work at this fair, with something for every taste and budget. Christmas Carousel Of Arts & Crafts Jim Graham Bldg at NC State Fairgrounds 1025 Blue Ridge Road Raleigh, NC 27607

Admission Charged

336-855-0208

Call for additional information More than 300 artists and craftspeople exhibit one-of-a-kind handcrafted items and Christmas gifts. The Old Reliable Run 10K News and Observer

215 S. McDowell Street Raleigh NC 27601

919- 829-4846

Fee Charged

Call for additional information Listed by Runner's World as one of the top races in the nation.

December GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational

Reynolds Coliseum at NC State University Dunn Ave

Raleigh, NC

919- 870-0315 One of the best high school invitational tournaments in the country. The top high school teams and individual players in the country. Annually 20-25,000 spectators annually over 3 days; 16 teams in three tournaments: an 8-team and 4-team boys' tournaments and a 4-team girls' tournament. First Night Raleigh

Artsplosure 336 Fayetteville Street Mall, Ste. 405 Raleigh, NC 27601 919-832-8699 Call for additional information First Night Raleigh is the downtown New Year's Eve celebration of the arts, with something for all tastes and ages.  

Arts and Culture

BTI Center for the Performing Arts Schedule

500 Fayetteville Street Mall Raleigh, NC 27601 919- 831-6011

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Recently, Memorial Auditorium welcomed its newest companions - a 1,700-seat concert hall, a 600-seat opera house and a 170-seat performance theatre. Together, the four halls form the 4,747-seat BTI Center for the Performing Arts, which opened on February 20, 2001. World-renowned musicians will perform throughout the year along with an assortment of Broadway shows, and original dance, orchestral and vocal performances. See what's going on at Raleigh’s entertainment complex, which includes Memorial Auditorium, Meymandi Concert Hall, A.J. Fletcher Opera Theatre and Kennedy Theatre.

Burning Coal Theatre Company

512 St. Mary’s Street

Raleigh, NC  27603

919- 388-0066

Admission Charged

Burning Coal Theatre Company is Raleigh's new professional equity theatre company, which produces riveting reexaminations of overlooked classic and modern plays, as well as new plays, whose themes and issues are of immediate concern to the audience.

Carolina Ballet

3401-131 Atlantic Avenue Raleigh, NC 27604

919- 719-0900

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The Triangle's professional ballet company features collaborations with the N.C. Symphony, National Opera Company and Raleigh Oratorio Society. These include the full range of ballet from the finest classics to fresh, contemporary works, infused with new energy and excitement. The season includes the annual tradition of the "Nutcracker" in December.

Flying Machine Theatre Company

Kennedy Theatre, BTI Center for the Performing Arts

2 South Street Raleigh, NC 27601 919-954-8847

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Contemporary American dramas and comedies are presented.

A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute

220 Fayetteville Street Mall

Raleigh 27601

919- 890-6083

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Fully-staged operas in English with members of the N.C. Symphony.

The North Carolina Symphony

Meymandi Concert Hall

2 E South St

Raleigh, NC 27601

919- 733-2750

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Based in Raleigh, the North Carolina Symphony performs approximately 170 times each year frequently with international music artists. With the opening of the new concert hall in Raleigh in 2001, the arts in North Carolina changed forever. Meymandi Concert Hall, the new home of the North Carolina Symphony, features a world-class design, near-perfect acoustics and an intimate atmosphere that redefines the concert experience.

The A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute

2 E South St

Raleigh, NC 27601

919- 783-0098

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The A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute has won accolades for its uncompromising professional standards, internationally renowned casts and sold-out performances. The full-staged opera with orchestra are held in the new A.J. Fletcher Opera Theatre.

Raleigh Ensemble Players Theatre Company

201 E Davie Street

Raleigh, NC

919- 832-9607

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For more than 20 years, Raleigh Ensemble Players has employed local actors and technicians to premiere contemporary off-Broadway productions annually at Artspace Gallery II in downtown Raleigh's City Market.

Raleigh Little Theatre

301 Pogue Street Raleigh, NC 27607

919- 821-3111

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Begun in 1936, Raleigh Little Theatre is one of the oldest continuously operating community theatres in the country. It offers entertainment, education and community programs year-round. Now in its 66th season, RLT showcases 14 productions each year, with more than 150 performances. No other theatre in North Carolina produces as many shows.

Raleigh Symphony Orchestra

Performs at various venues in Raleigh

919- 546-9755

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In its twenty-first season, the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra performs one critically acclaimed concert after another under the baton of Maestro Alan Neilson. RSO's season includes classical, family and pops concerts. RSO's music education programs strive to make music a part of the lives of children and adults.

Theatre In The Park

107 Pullen Road

Raleigh, North Carolina 27607  

919- 831-6058

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Theatre in the Park, the largest community theatre in North Carolina, entertains more than 40,000 people annually. Best known for its annual original production of A Christmas Carol, this indoor theatre showcases plays throughout the year, from contemporary to classic, from comedy to drama.

Meredith College Arts Programs

3800 Hillsborough St

Raleigh, NC 27607

919- 760-2840

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Meredith College offers a number of musical, dance and theatrical performances and art exhibits that are open to the public.

NC State University Arts Programs

NC State University

2101 Hillsborough Street Raleigh NC, 27695

919- 515-2405 (University Theatre)

919-515-1100 (Ticket Central)

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NC State's many cultural offerings include first-rate drama, musical and dance performances, as well as several art exhibitions annually. Its outstanding theatre and gallery facilities include Stewart Theatre in the Talley Student Center on Cates Avenue and Thompson Theatre on Dunn Avenue. All arts program performances are open to the public, and all tickets are available through NC State Ticket Central.

Sports

Carolina Mudcats Minor League Baseball

1501 NC Hwy 39 Zebulon, NC 27597

919-269-2287

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Season April – October

Affiliation: Florida Marlins

RBC Center

1400 Edwards Mill Road Raleigh, NC 27607 919- 861-2323

The RBC Center, completed in October 1999, is the premier state-of-the-art entertainment facility in the Southeast and is home to the National Hockey League's Carolina Hurricanes and NC State University's men's basketball. The arena hosts more than 100 additional events annually. The facility boasts more than 700,000 square feet of space with the ability to host almost any kind of event imaginable. Concerts, circuses, ice shows, motorsports, conventions and many more groups will enjoy the amenities provided in the new arena. Carolina Hurricanes Hockey Club RBC Center 1400 Edwards Mill Road Raleigh, NC, USA 27607

919-467-7825-Main Office

919- 861-2300-RBC Center Info

919-861-2323- Dodge Ticket Office: Tickets purchased at the box office must be purchased in person. No phone orders will be accepted. Cash, MC, VISA, AMEX

Season runs October-April

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Call for additional information Tickets are available with no service charge through the Dodge Box Office.

Nearby

Broadway Series South

Memorial Auditorium

Room 201, Carolina Union, CB#5210 University of Nor