Spooky Cars and Sweet Treats at Sanderford Road Bring your kids and their candy buckets to Sanderford Road to see all the decorated trunks! We will be passing out candy at each car. Get ready for a howling good time! This event is free and family-friendly.
Discover history, mystery and lore with your ghost host on the Haunted Trolley, if you dare, for a special late-night tour of downtown Raleigh’s most haunted places. Jump aboard and keep your eyes open for ghostly visitors of years past... they’ve just been dying to have you. Recommended for ages 6 and up due to frightening elements. The trolley departs from Mordecai Historic Park. Advanced registration is recommended. Please call 919-996-4364 for tickets or more information. Tour Times: 6:45 p.m., 7:45 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.Cost: $15Register for the Haunted Trolley Tour
Explore Opportunities with Raleigh Parks! Get paid to play! Raleigh Parks is hiring for a number of part-time positions across the City, including roles on our amusement, aquatic, community center, and youth/teen program teams! At our job fair, you can speak with hiring managers, learn more about open positions, and enjoy free food and fun! Registration is encouraged, but not required. Location: Millbrook Exchange ParkAges: 16 +Cost: Free
Join your friends at Kiwanis and Active Adults for a family-friendly Halloween celebration! This event is aimed at children and their grandparents, as well as those who are cherished like grandparents. Get ready to experience the holiday spirit in a safe, creative, and inclusive way! We will have several stations throughout the park, including a DIY Candy bucket station, a candy hunt, and a special snack creation. We will also have a sensory-friendly festive film screening. This will be a peanut-free event! Join us for fun activities designed for kids aged 3 to 12! Registration is required. This program is sponsored by Oak Street Health. Ages: AllCost: Free for Grandparents, $3 per ChildRegister on RecLink
In alignment with the community-led initiatives that created the 2014 Master Plan Design for Walnut Creek Wetland Park, it is the City’s goal to create a garden space designed to provide access to fresh produce and help raise awareness about food deserts, develop food and garden-related programming, and create a model for food production and distribution. Help us design this space! Your feedback will help us create a place that is accessible to all and reflective of the community’s needs. Open House Details Tuesday, Oct. 29, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at Walnut Creek Wetland Park Children are welcome - activities and engagement for all ages Food and refreshments available Can’t attend in person, or just want to hit the ground running?Complete our survey before Nov.12!
Come out, if you dare, for a haunted night at the Pines. Each ghoul-themed room will have frightful music for the perfect Halloween thrill! Enter at your own risk! All event proceeds will go to Raleigh Parks' Play it Forward Financial Assistance Fund. Ages: 10+Cost: $5 per personRegister on RecLinkAttendees will travel through the haunted house in groups of four.
Join us for this free family night out in Downtown Raleigh. Bring a blanket or chair to relax on the lawn for the movie, grab a bite from the food trucks and explore the market! Market & food trucks: 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.Live music: 6 p.m.Free movie on the lawn: 7:15 p.m.
Come out and enjoy roller skating at Sanderford Road Park! Join us for our monthly event for skaters of all ages and abilities. Music will be provided and a roller skating instructor will be on-site to answer questions.Please bring your own folding chairs for breaks and safety gear (helmet, wrist guards, knee pads) if you have them. We will provide wrist guards for those who need them. Grab your skates and roll on by for some four-wheel fun!Location: Sanderford Road ParkCost: FreeAges: 18+
Join the City of Raleigh Museum for talks on Indigenous North Carolinians’ history, current issues, and the future of Indigenous culture.We will feature lectures by: Marvin Tupper Jones, “First People of the Chowan” Dr. Crystal Cavalier, “Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in North Carolina” Lyric Locklear, “Holistic Medicine and Culture Revitalization.” Details Location: *City of Raleigh MuseumAges: AllCost: Free*Parking in downtown Raleigh is free on weekends but can sometimes be hard to come by, so please plan appropriately.
Bring your young witches and wizards to the Magic and Mischief Festival at Fletcher Park. Shop for tasty treats while you explore a wizard's alley for magical wands and other trinkets from whimsical vendors. Encounter fantastic beasts and practice charms with professors from a famous wizarding academy. Wear your house colors to show your pride and view family-friendly stage performances. Solemnly swear that you're up to no good and join the fun! This event is presented in partnership with Paper & Stars Studio. Cost: FreeAges: AllRegister for the Magic and Mischief Festival
Bizarre, eccentric, odd... anyway you put it — you have not seen anything like this. Join us at JCMP for the ultimate unusual experience! Arts, entertainment, games, costumes, and the strange combined. Enter the world of weird and explore the unbelievable at our Bizarre Bazaar. Location: John Chavis Memorial ParkAges: 21 and upCost: Free
This lecture will explore African Americans in medicine in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Dr. Chad Swanson, DO, MPH, and La’Cura Venable, MA, LPN, will discuss the history of St. Agnes Hospital and Dr. Lawson A. Scruggs and how Black medical practitioners broke barriers in the field of medicine despite racism and Jim Crow laws. This program is supported in part by North Carolina Humanities the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.Location: City of Raleigh MuseumAges: AllCost: FreeNo Registration Required
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