Free Family Events in the Piedmont Triad

Today is the start of the Arts on Sunday Festival in downtown Winston-Salem.  Every Sunday in September, enjoy arts, crafts, and music on N Liberty St in downtown Winston-Salem.

Later this evening, you can enjoy concert band music by the Winston-Salem Community Band Concert or jazz at LeBauer Park.

Next Saturday, September 8, there are twelve free family events listed on our calendar!  NC Folkfest is a weekend of fun in Greensboro, the 14th Festival of Books & Authors takes place throughout downtown Winston-Salem, the 3rd Annual Hi-Fest will be at the Mendenhall Transportation Terminal in High Point, and Kernersville is celebrating the Annual End of Summer Fest.

These events and many others for you to enjoy with your family without spending a penny.  Of course, most of these events will have food and other items for sale, but you can have a lot of fun for free!

 

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Free Concert Series at Barber Park

Free Concert Series at Barber Park

Greensboro

Starting May 1, 2016

Music Starts at 6pm

Info from the facebook event:  Join us each week at Barber Park, starting May 1 through July 9, for a great night of FREE, live music at the Levitt AMP Greensboro Music Series! This series features a diverse lineup of outstanding artists in genres ranging from blues, spoken word, Latin, soul, funk, rock 'n roll, and more. There will be something for everyone to enjoy!

The Levitt AMP Greensboro Music Series will kickoff on May 1 with Greensboro's own Gate City Divas and The Bailey Heavenly Sounds from Greensboro's United House of Prayer. The grounds at Barber Park open at 5 pm, and the music starts at 6 pm.

About the Gate City Divas: The Gate City Divas’ debut record, Goin’ to Town, hit the Greensboro music scene in March 2016, and its fifteen original hits—filthy with funk, R&B, and blues—were quickly met with high praise, both on the streets and in the press. The project is a celebration of these women and their common—but diverse—musical backgrounds, their shared and singular voices as songwriters, and their eight hearts overflowing for their community.

About the Bailey Heavenly Sounds from Greensboro's United House of Prayer:the Bailey Heavenly Sounds Shout Band from Greensboro’s United House of Prayer for All People (UHOPFAP) will kick off our entire Levitt AMP Greensboro Music Series in a big way! We dare you to keep still when the tuba, baritone, and all those trombones start swinging! (Hint: It’s impossible!)

The Levitt AMP Greensboro Music Series is supported in part by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a private family foundation that empowers towns and cities across America to transform neglected public spaces into thriving destinations through the power of free, live music. In 2016, more than 450 free Levitt concerts will take place in 21 towns and cities, all featuring a rich array of music genres and high caliber talent. Learn more at levitt.org.

View our calendar filled with more events in the Piedmont Triad Here.

Spring Garden Food Truck Festival Benefitting the Children's Organ Transplant Association

Spring Garden Food Truck Festival will be this Sunday, October 6 from 4:00-9:00pm, with  18 food trucks, music, face painting and a wine tasting to benefit KeeCee Frazier-DeVenny, a sixteen-year-old  North Carolinian battling a life threatening case of sickle cell anemia.

KeeCee, an avid reader and AP student, had a life-saving stem cell transplant at Duke University Medical Center in August 2013.   This event will benefit the Children's Organ Transplant Association.  You can read more of KeeCee's story and/or make an online donation here.

Leaf Collection in the Piedmont Triad

Leaf collection is a service that is provided by most of the larger cities in the Piedmont Triad. A few things to remember when bringing your leaves toward the street:
1. Rake leaves to the edge of your yard, behind the curb, and not on the street
2. Sticks, rocks or debris can damage the equipment. Please be sure there are only leaves in the pile.

3. Do not park on, near, or in front of a pile of leaves.  This video from Greensboro shows why.

4. Do not put your leaves on a tarp.

   

Leaves can NOT be burned inside the city limits!

Within the city of Winston-Salem, you can check your leaf collection date on the city website here. Check collection schedule DAILY for UPDATES as estimated time of collection is subject to change due to weather conditions, equipment problems and the volume of leaves placed out for collection. As a gauge for your own leaf collection, we were scheduled for pick-up the week of November 19 and our leaves were collected yesterday, December 5. The following video is of the city collecting leaves from our front yard.

   

In the City of Greensboro, there are two collection rounds. If your leaves are at the curb by November 13 they will be picked up by December 21. If your leaves are curbside by December 26, they will be picked up by January 26, 2013. 

Check these links for leaf collection information in your area:

Alamance County

Leaf Collection in Burlington

Elon, Gibsonville, Graham and Mebane leaf collection information

Guilford County
High Point Leaf Collection
Jamestown Leaf Collection
Davidson County

Leaf Collection in Thomasville

City of Lexington Leaf Collection 

Forsyth County

Clemmons leaf/limb/grass collection

Kernersville Collection information

Randolph County

Archdale Leaf Collection

Asheboro Leaf Collection

Rockingham County

Eden Leaf Collection

Reidsville Leaf Collection

Stokes County

King Leaf Collection

Surry County

Mt Airy Leaf Collection

In most cities, collected leaves are made into compost and used to fertilize city gardens and landscaped areas.

May 20, 2012 Hand to Hand Market-- Greensboro, NC

SHOP, EXPLORE, CREATE, LEARN, and CONNECT. 

click on the picture above to find out more

Etsy Treasury-- Greensboro, NC Artists

Happy hump day, Piedmont Triad! I've curated a bright and colorful treasury just to get you through this gloomy, rainy day. All handmade by artists from Greensboro (well... the retro needlepoint is technically being sold as vintage, but it was handmade by somebody-- and I love it so I couldn't leave it out!) Enjoy, and shop locally!

Always do your best to shop locally! 

10/24

Greensboro-- Proehlific Park Fall Festival at 4517 Jessup Grove Road.  On the soccer fields of Proehlific Park, the FREE festival will have a hayride, games, kids costume contest and more.  They will be collecting canned goods for the Greensboro Urban Ministry.  2pm-4pm.

Scenic Boat Rides at Lake Townsend

Boat Ride by soulenergy

Greensboro-- The Greensboro Watershed Parks is offering pontoon boat rides at Lake Townsend for only $5 per person!  These are 45 minute scenic rides featuring fall foliage.  Boat rides begin at the top of each hour from 9am-3pm the weekends of October16-17, October 23-24, and October 30-31.  The pontoon boat can accommodate a maximum of eight people per ride.  For more information click here. 

10/3 Sunday

Greensboro-- Blessing of the Animals, St. Francis Episcopal Church, 3506 Lawndale Drive.  Activities, arts and crafts vendors, children's activities, groomer, pet trick and costume contests, music and food.  Free parking at rear of the church. 

Browns Summit-- Haw River State Park Open House, 2:00pm-6:00pm.  Hikes, birding classes, a live bird show, birding activities and crafts for youths.

Whitsett-- Harvest Celebration at Peacehaven Community Farm!  Everything is free!  Live music, pig pickin', hayride, bonfire, petting pen, games, storyteller, farm exhibits, and more!  1458 NC Hwy 61.  4pm-7pm

Greensboro-- Parks and Recreation Fall Open House, 2400 16th Street, 1-6pm.  Free community day at the Greensboro Sportsplex with sport demonstrations, pony rides, inflatables, and more!

10/1 Friday

Greensboro-- First Friday!  Explore the artistic community in Downtown Greensboro!

9/29 Wednesday

Greensboro-- Pink in the Park will be held at Center City Park in downtown from 10:30-1:30pm.  This free event celebrates survivors and honors victims of breast cancer.  There will be music and entertainment, prizes, and informational material.


Greensboro-- There's free live music every Wednesday at lunchtime at Center City Park.  Bring your lunch and relax... this week's music will feature  Wickerbach. Music starts at 12:00pm.

9/27 Monday

Greensboro-- Fitness by the Fountain in Center City Park 100 North Elm Street from 6:30pm-7:30pm.  This is a free event for the family, with no prior experience necessary!  Just bring yourself, comfortable clothes, and a water bottle.  This event runs every Monday through October, and this week's class will be African Dance w/ Wesley Williams.

Greensboro Children's Museum-- $10 off Membership in September

Family membership to the Greensboro Children's Museum includes a lot! You get

• Unlimited visits throughout the year for 2 adults and all children in the immediate household
• Members-Only hours (Monday 9am-Noon)
• Reduced rates on birthday parties
• 4 free admission guest passes
• Summer reciprocal discounts
• $1.00 off admission to ArtQuest and The Winston Salem Children's Museum
• Receive one child free admission with a paid adult admission at SciWorks

The month of September is Membership Appreciation Month, and the museum offers $10 off the membership price through September 30!  That brings the membership price down to only $85 for two adults and all household children... which seems like a lot, but consider this.  

Adults and ages 12months+  tickets are $7.00 each.  That's an admission cost of $28 for a family of four, more than  my prescribed price range of less than $20 for a family of four.   If you visit the museum four times a year, you have already saved money by purchasing a membership!  If you go once a month, you're almost making money!  (Okay, that last part's a stretch.)  If you visit the museum with your family once a month, that brings the total cost to just over $7.00 each visit... now that's a deal!