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Saturday, December 5223 events

All day
15th Annual Gifting Tree Project
Downtown Cary ParkFree
Festivals & Holidays
All day
2026 Cary Holiday Farmers Market
Downtown Cary Park
Markets & Shopping
All day
CRHS Girls Wrestling JKO @ Orange
Orange High School
All day
Carrboro Really Really Free Market
Carrboro Town Commons
All day
Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night
R&D Brewing - Seven Saturdays Taproom
Nightlife
All day
Holiday Cabaret
Hope Community Church
Theater & Dance
All day
Holiday Handles
North Ridge Basketball Academy$50+
All day
Nico Carney
Goodnights Comedy Club - Complex
All day
North Carolina Central University Men's Basketball vs USC Upstate
North Carolina Central University
Sports
All day
Pullen Park Holiday Express
Pullen Park Event Lawn$120
Theater & Dance
12 a.m.1 a.m.
Garden Story Walk
JC Raulston Arboretum - Ruby McSwain Education Center Room 105 (theater setup)
Outdoors
12 a.m.
Illuminate Art Walk
Downtown RaleighFamily
Arts & Culture
4 a.m.
The Weary World Rejoices: Ladies Christmas Conference
4444 Louisbury Road, Wake Forest, NC
Business & Networking
5 a.m.1 p.m.
2026 Downtown Holiday Open House
306 S White Street 2nd. Floor Wake Forest NC close to Downtown
Festivals & Holidays
5 a.m.9 a.m.
Christmas Town Festival
The Home Depot
Also at 10 a.m.
Festivals & Holidays
5 a.m.11 a.m.
Holiday Artisans Market
Town of Wake Forest, NC
Arts & Culture
5 a.m.
Walk for Aubrey
E. Carroll Joyner Park
Community
5:30 a.m.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro Holiday Parade
Carrboro Town Commons
Festivals & Holidays
6 a.m.11 p.m.
Put a ring on it now
Kipp$35
Markets & Shopping
6:30 a.m.8:30 a.m.
Saturdays at Sir Walter Coffee
Sir Walter Coffee
Sports
7 a.m.11 a.m.
Annual Pancake Breakfast (2026)
Apex Fire Station 1$0+
Food & Drink
7 a.m.11 a.m.
Car & Coffee Morrisville
Cars & Coffee Morrisville
7 a.m.
Russ Varnell & His Too Country Band, $15 Cover
Lorraine's Coffee House & Live Music$15
4 a.m.
Wake Forest Woman's Club Holiday Home Tour
The Corner and Meeting House of Wake Forest
Music
8 a.m.9 a.m.
Bond Park Saturday Workout
Kiwanis Shelter
Health & Wellness
8 a.m.10 a.m.
Boys and Men Brotherhood Breakfast
Grace Church of Durham
8 a.m.11 a.m.
Cars & Coffee Morrisville
Cars & Coffee MorrisvilleFree
Community
8 a.m.9 a.m.
Jurassic Quest - Raleigh, NC
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Also at 5 p.m.
8 a.m.8 p.m.
Jurassic Quest – Raleigh, NC
NC Education Lottery Rand Grandstand at North Carolina State Fairgrounds$29.73+Family
8 a.m.10 a.m.
Making Your Book Happen
Northeast Wake Forest
Classes & Talks
8 a.m.12 p.m.
Merry Mornings
The NoVi Green – Across from the Chatham Park YMCA
8 a.m.8 p.m.
OHS Jim King Orange Invitational
Orange High School
8 a.m.
Raleigh Holiday Half Marathon
2401 Crabtree Blvd
Sports
8 a.m.11 a.m.
SG Hiking Program – Fall 2026
Saving Grace
Outdoors
8 a.m.10 a.m.
Saturday Doubles Event 8:00 am 3.0 & 3.5 Lion’s Park 🎾
Lions Park Tennis Courts
Sports
8 a.m.11 a.m.
Tuner Car Day (everything Modified)
5425 Page rd. Durham, Nc
8 a.m.
Yogasanas
SAM IT Solutions
Health & Wellness
8:05 a.m.11:05 a.m.
B19 Ride, 50+ miles, 19-20 mph
C Herman Wilson Park
Outdoors
8:15 a.m.8:45 a.m.
30 Minute SkyFit : Group Fitness Class
Sky Zone Durham, NC
Health & Wellness
8:15 a.m.9:15 a.m.
Sandwich Ministry
Crosslink Community Church
Community
8:55 a.m.12:30 p.m.
A21 Ride, 60+ miles at ~ 21 mph
C Herman Wilson Park
Outdoors
9 a.m.12 p.m.
2026 Jingle Bell Run
Fenton Square
Community
9 a.m.
2026 Jingle Bell Run - Raleigh, NC
850 Lower Garden Lane$25+
Sports
9 a.m.3:30 p.m.
2026 Winter Chill Tournament
NCSU J.W. Isenhour Tennis CenterFree
Sports
9 a.m.10 a.m.
60 Minute SkyFit : Group Fitness Class
Sky Zone Durham, NC
Health & Wellness
9 a.m.12 p.m.
A-20 Ride ~60 miles, 20-21mph
C Herman Wilson Park
Outdoors
9 a.m.11 a.m.
Breakfast with Santa at Dave & Buster's Cary
Dave and Buster's - Cary$31.57+Family
Family & Kids
9 a.m.5 p.m.
CRHS Boys Wrestling WRAL Duals
Heritage High School
9 a.m.12 p.m.
Cary Farmers Market
Downtown Cary ParkFree
Markets & Shopping
9 a.m.12 p.m.
Drastic Measures
Carrboro Town Commons
9 a.m.10 a.m.
Foundations of Yoga - 1 hour
NAACHMASALA$10
Health & Wellness
9 a.m.10:30 a.m.
Greater Raleigh CMA Chapter Meeting 9 AM
Tobacco Road Harley-Davidson
9 a.m.
Jurassic Quest - Raleigh
NC State Fair Grounds$61+Family
Also at 12 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Family & Kids
9 a.m.11 a.m.
Little Leapers Playtime
Sky Zone Durham, NCFamily
Family & Kids
9 a.m.5 p.m.
Project RESTORE Educator Trek: Waterdog Warriors
Nature Exploration Center
Arts & Culture
9 a.m.5 p.m.
Santa Express
3900 Bonsal Rd
Festivals & Holidays
9 a.m.8 p.m.
Tree Lighting Celebration
Downtown Cary Park - DCP Great Lawn PavilionFree
Festivals & Holidays
9 a.m.11 a.m.
Raleigh Ranger Breakfast
Big Ed's City Market Restaurant
9:05 a.m.
Into the Woods 5K presented by Access Paving and Construction
Woods Charter School$30+Family
Sports
9:15 a.m.
Zumba for Fitness
Town of Apex Government
Health & Wellness
9:30 a.m.12 p.m.
160th Anniversary Prayer Breakfast: A Legacy of Prayer, A Future of Promise
Hilton Durham near Duke University$40
Community
9:30 a.m.12 p.m.
Chapel Hill Carrboro Holiday Parade
140 West Franklin PlazaFree
Festivals & Holidays
9:30 a.m.11 a.m.
Medieval Sword Fighting 8+
Holly Springs Community CenterFamily
9:30 a.m.11 a.m.
Holiday Crafting Workshop + Hot Cocoa Bar
Raleigh City Farm
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.5 p.m.
19th Annual St. Nicholas Christmas Market | Free in Raleigh
Agri Supply® Exposition CenterFree
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.1 p.m.
3D Crochet Solstice Lanterns with Amanda Blanchard
Orange County Arts Commission / Eno Arts Mill Gallery$90
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Belly & Bloom with Kaylin Tsukayama
Orange County Arts Commission / Eno Arts Mill Gallery$75
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Breakfast with Santa
10th & TerraceFreeFamily
Family & Kids
10 a.m.
CCS Card Show V
3761 Sumner Blvd suite 100Free
Business & Networking
10 a.m.1 p.m.
Chatham Mills Farmers Market
Forest Hall at Chatham Mills
Markets & Shopping
10 a.m.5 p.m.
Community Stories: Sustaining North Carolina’s Black Heritage
NCSU Gregg Museum of Art & DesignFreeFamily
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.9 p.m.
Dexter Cooley Showcase
Wakefield High School Activity Center$10
Sports
10 a.m.5 p.m.
Dovecote Trunk Show: Capucine de Wulf
Dovecote Home and Garden, Nest, and Sprout
Markets & Shopping
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Drawing in the Galleries
Ackland Art Museum - The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillFree
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.3 p.m.
Eno Fews Ford - Radio Orienteering Practice
Eno River State Park (Fews Ford Access Area)
10 a.m.12 p.m.
FREE Annual Sensory Santa in North Raleigh!
Bierman Autism Centers - North RaleighFreeFamily
Family & Kids
10 a.m.11 a.m.
Fall African American Walking Tours
Dr. M.T. Pope House Museum$5+
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Family Holiday Makerspace Experience
D. H. Hill Jr. Library, Fishbowl ForumFreeFamily
10 a.m.2 p.m.
FeST
St Matthew’s Episcopal Church
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.
Gingerbread House Decorating Party
Tap Yard Raleigh$40.67
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.12 p.m.
HerTime with Dr. Siti Lowery
Grace Church of Durham
10 a.m.5 p.m.
Hewitt Pottery Winter Kiln Opening
Mark Hewitt Pottery
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.4 p.m.
Holiday Bluegrass Jam Class
St. Paul’s Christian Church
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.1 p.m.
Make a Cutting Board
Rockler Woodworking and Hardware - Cary$134.05
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Nature Play Day
1697 Gold Star DrFamily
Family & Kids
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Nature Play Day
Prairie Ridge Ecostation
Outdoors
10 a.m.5 p.m.
Photos with Santa
Downtown Cary ParkFreeFamily
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Poetry Brunch
Panera Bread
Arts & Culture
10 a.m.5 p.m.
Scandinavian Christmas Fair
Kerr Scott Building$10
Festivals & Holidays
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Secular Saturday Social
Panera BreadFree
10 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Sew Holiday
Durham County Library - Southwest Regional LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
10 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Sisterhood Saturday Brunch | Celebrating 2026
Fellowship HallFamily
Food & Drink
10 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Sisterhood Saturday | With Guest Sandra Rifkin
Fellowship HallFamily
10 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Sisterhood Saturday | With Rev. Tami Johns
Fellowship HallFamily
10 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Weekly Woodworking Workshop – Self-Paced Adult Woodworking Skills Training
The Bull City Workshop
Classes & Talks
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Women's Christmas Brunch
Cary
Food & Drink
10 a.m.12 p.m.
Raleigh Playgroup
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Chapel
10:30 a.m.12 p.m.
Art Adventures (Morning Session)
Ackland Art Museum - The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillFree
Arts & Culture
10:30 a.m.11 a.m.
Family Storytime @ Southwest Regional
Durham County Library - Southwest Regional LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Living Free in Christ with Dr. Rodney Hogue - Session One of Three
1528 Davis DrFree
Community
10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.
Magic Tree House Space Mission
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
10:30 a.m.12 p.m.
Medieval Swordfighting 15+
W.E. Hunt Recreation Center
10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
SuperFun Saturday
With Lenore Raphael at Halle Cultural Arts Center
10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Meet & Greet - Page Point Animal Hospital
Page Point Animal Hospital and Pet Resort
11 a.m.2 p.m.
Cards at Transfer Co Food Hall
Ballroom, Transfer Co. Food Hall
Nightlife
11 a.m.
Cary Ballet Company - The Nutcracker
A.J. Fletcher Opera Theatre at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts - Complex$57+
Also at 1:30 p.m.
Theater & Dance
11 a.m.
Cary Ballet Company's: The Nutcracker
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium At Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
Also at 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Theater & Dance
11 a.m.
Cary Ballet Company: The Nutcracker
Fletcher Opera Theater At Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts$55+
Also at 5:30 p.m.
Theater & Dance
11 a.m.
Covenant Day Girls Varsity Basketball @ North Raleigh Christian Academy
North Raleigh Christian Academy
Sports
11 a.m.11:45 a.m.
Family Fables (Storytime)
Durham County Library - East Regional LibraryFamily
Family & Kids
11 a.m.5 p.m.
Jolly Raleigh Holiday Market Presented by 400H Apartments
The Exchange Raleigh ParkFree
Festivals & Holidays
11 a.m.
Joshua Lozoff: Life is Magic
Fletcher Hall at Carolina Theatre Durham - Complex
Classes & Talks
11 a.m.1:30 p.m.
Kidz Bop Skate
715 N Hoover RdFamily
Family & Kids
11 a.m.3 p.m.
North Raleigh Christian vs Covenant Day School Lions
North Raleigh Christian Academy$6
Also at 12:30 p.m.
Sports
11 a.m.3 p.m.
Pony Rides: Free for Kids!
Garden Supply CompanyFamily
Festivals & Holidays
11 a.m.3 p.m.
Saturday Science Sparks: The Science of Robotics
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
Classes & Talks
11 a.m.12:30 p.m.
Seniors Service Project
BaySixFree
Community
11 a.m.9 p.m.
Skate the Square Outdoor Movie: Elf
Fenton SquareFree
Arts & Culture
11 a.m.12 p.m.
Softball
Optimist Park Baseball Field$5Family
Sports
11 a.m.1 p.m.
Stacked Holiday Edition Pancakes
Reality Ministries$55.20+
Food & Drink

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