Dates
Festivals
Occurring
Times
Expected
Attendance
Venues Being
Used
Road
Closures
Parking/
Shuttles
What to Expect
No
Parking will be
tight
throughout
downtown
Festival goers move around throughout
the ATC and downtown area, and utilize
many hotels within the DT area and
vicinities. Restaurants will fill up during
prime dining times, pre-show times, and
pre-game times. Also expect busy dining
and drinking post-show and game times.
Thursday - Durham Bulls Opening Day – 6:05 pm; DPAC Peppa Pig’s Big Splash – 6 pm
Friday – Durham Bulls – 7:05 pm; DPAC - Joe McHale – 8 pm
Saturday – Durham Bulls – 5:05 pm
Sunday – DPAC - Bull City Food & Beer Experience – 4-8 pm
Awaiting word
on early
morning street
closures by
ATC
Parking will be
tight
throughout
downtown
Festival will impact the NoCo area, but
many other events are occurring making
this a busy weekend. Expect
considerable pre-show dining on Friday
and Saturday.
Friday - DPAC – Alton Brown Live – 5:30 & 8:30 pm; DBAP Duke vs Miami – 6 pm; CT– H.M.S. Pinafore – 8 pm; DHH –
Third Friday – 5 pm
Saturday - ATC – Girls on the Run 5k - 10 am; Northgate Mall Color in Motion 5K - 9 am; DBAP – Duke vs Miami – 1 pm;
HDAP - NCCU vs NC A&T – 1 pm; DPAC - Celtic Woman – 7:30
pm; CT– H.M.S. Pinafore – 8 pm; DCC - East Chapel Hill High
Prom
Sunday - Armory - GeekCraft Expo 10 am – 6 pm; DBAP – Duke
vs Miami – 1 pm; CT– H.M.S. Pinafore – 2 pm
No
Parking will
be tight
particularly in
the ATC area
YES
7:45 – 9:30 am
Around ATC
then south out
of downtown
Parking will be
tight
throughout
downtown
Full Frame Doc
Film Fest
Thursday - Sunday
Daytime through
late night
12,000
ATC, Carolina
Theatre, Convention
Center, Armory, DAC
Death to False
Hope Fest V
Friday – Sunday
5:00 - Midnight
TBD
Motorco
No Festival
(But lots of other
events occurring)
SE Regional Ballet
Assoc. Festival
Wednesday Saturday
Great Human Race
Saturday
Daytime and
Evening
800
DCC, Armory,
Carolina Theatre,
Durham Arts Council
7:45 am start
1,200
DPAB – Race Start
Also Occurring at the Same Time
Thursday – Armory - Grand Taste Experience 6:30 pm
Friday – DPAC – Cabaret – 8 pm
Saturday - DPAC – Cabaret – 2 and 8 pm; DCC – Northern High
School Prom
Sunday - DPAC – Cabaret – 1 and 6:30 pm; DBAP - Durham
Bulls – 5:05 pm
ALSO – EARTH DAY FESTIVAL (outside downtown)
Lots of people will be walking about
downtown for the Art Walk and to/from
venues associated with the SE Regional
Ballet Association Festival.
Friday – Durham Bulls – 7:05 pm
Saturday – Durham Art Walk Spring Market – 10 am – 5 pm
throughout downtown; DPAC - Carolina Ballet – 8 pm
Sunday – Durham Art Walk Spring Market – 1 – 5 pm
throughout downtown; DPAC - Carolina Ballet – 2 pm
Dates
Festivals
Occurring
Art of Cool Fest
Friday – Sunday
Times
Expected
Attendance
5:30 pm – 2 am
11:30 am Sunday
5,000
TBD
TBD
Strawberry Festival
& 5K Run
Saturday
Also Mothers Day
Venues Being
Used
Road
Closures
Parking/
Shuttles
CT, Armory, PSI
Theatre - DAC
Pinhook, Motorco,
Beyu Caffe,
American
Underground
Awaiting
response
from
Strawberry
Fest
Parking will be
tight throughout
downtown
What to Expect
Expect restaurants and bars to be very busy
pre and post-AofC shows. Great opportunity
for those open for late night dining. Many
Downtown hotels and restaurants will also be
particularly busy with UNC’s graduation.
Central Park
School for Children
Duke Graduation
Sunday
9 am
16,000
Wallace Wade
Stadium
NCCU Graduation
Saturday
8 am
14,000
O’Kelly-Riddick
Stadium
Moogfest
Thursday – Sunday
Daytime through
late night
10,000
~ 20 venues
throughout
Downtown
Blues & Brews
Festival
Saturday
5 – 10 pm
300
Durham Central
Park Farmers’
Market
ACC Baseball
Championship
Tuesday - Sunday
Championship game
is Sunday at 1pm
Doughman 8
Saturday
Games 11 am, 3
pm, and 7 pm;
Alumni Village at
ATC – Thursday –
Saturday 4 – 8:30
pm
TBD
8 teams
DBAP
ATC
8 am – 8 pm
Motorco
Friday - Durham Bulls – 7:05 pm; DPAC – 42nd Street – 8
pm
Saturday – HDAP - NCCU Baseball 1 & 4 pm; DPAC – 42nd
Street – 2 & 8 pm; Durham Bulls – 5:05 pm
Sunday - HDAP - NCCU Baseball 1 pm; DPAC – 42nd Street
- 1 & 6:30 pm; CT - A Surprise From the Classical Period – 3
pm; Durham Bulls – 5:05 pm
ALSO – UNC GRADUATION WEEKEND AND MOTHER’S DAY
No
Parking will
be tight
particularly in
the ATC area
Restaurants will be extremely busy. Hotels
will be full. Note that DCVB has a Graduation
Lodging Hotline for visitors looking to book
hotel rooms: http://www.durhamnc.com/hotels-inns/
Thursday – ATC - Back Porch Music on the Lawn – 6 pm
Friday – DBAP - Duke vs Florida State - 6 pm
Saturday - DBAP - Duke vs Florida State - 1 pm; CT - The
Little Mermaid – 2 & 6 pm
Sunday - DBAP - Duke vs Florida State - 1 pm
Rigsbee
Avenue from
Corporation
to Geer
Parking will be
a nightmare
throughout
downtown
In its inaugural year in Durham, Moogfest will
bring thousands of visitors experiencing the
Bull City for the first time. Expect many festival
goers to want “grab and go” food that they can
eat while queueing for the next event. DPAC
attendees will likely want early pre-concert
dinners. Note there are more than 300 people
at a convention at the DCC who have dinner
on their own Fri evening. Food trucks will be
near Durham Central Park for Blues & Brews.
Thursday – Durham Bulls - 7:05 pm; DPAC – Aretha
Franklin – 8 pm
Friday – DHH – Third Friday (Durham Symphony) – 5 pm;
Durham Bulls – 7:05 pm; DPAC - Dean Strang & Jerry
Buting – 8 pm
Saturday – Durham Bulls – 6:35 pm
Sunday – Durham Bulls – 5:05 pm; DPAC – RuPaul – 8 pm
NOTE - DCC - Duke-Weinstein Conference Thurs. – Sat.
Dinner on their own Fri. night; banquet at ATC Sat. night.
Back for year two of a four-year stint in
Durham, the ACC Baseball Championship will
primarily involve DBAP—and new this year—
an Alumni Village will be in the amphitheater
area of ATC. Many will dine outside the
ballpark before and after their teams play.
Friday – DPAC – If/Then – 8 pm;
Saturday – DPAC – If/Then – 2 & 8 pm;
Sunday – DPAC – If/Then – 1 & 6:30 pm
Monday – Durham Bulls – 5:05 pm
MEMORIAL DAY
Moogfest
offering park &
ride shuttles
from Northgate
and RTP
Blackwell St
75,000 total
attendance for
the tourney
TBD
Also Occurring at the Same Time
TBD near
Motorco
Parking will
be tight
particularly in
the ATC area