Bring your friends, family, and all the useless knowledge you have to a local trivia night. | Photo by @durtybull
Is QuizTeama Aguilera in the house? Raleigh is home to an amazing selection of local bars + eateries that offer weekly trivia nights. If your trivia game is on point, you can win various prizes, including gift cards, T-shirts, and beer. Plus, most places offer trivia night food + drink specials.
Awarded WRAL’s “Best Trivia” in the 2017, 2018 + 2019 Voters’ Choice Awards. Check out locations in Cary and Apex that also offer Wednesday night trivia.
Game On | Friday, May 19 | 10 a.m.-6 p.m. | Moore Square, 201 S. Blount St., Raleigh | Free | Enjoy a fun variety of giant lawn games, board games, and more.
Got to Be NC Festival | Friday, May 19-Sunday, May 21 | Times vary | NC State Fairgrounds, 4285 Trinity Rd., Raleigh | Free | This agricultural-related fair promises animals, educational booths, food, games, and rides.
SuperHero Blast | Friday, May 19 | 6:30-9:30 p.m. | Marbles Kids Museum, 201 E. Hargett St., Raleigh | $50-$150 | Help raise funds to provide the special needs community with custom-made furniture and enjoy music, raffles, a silent auction, a costume contest, light appetizers, and drinks.
Saturday, May 20
Artsplosure | Saturday, May 20-Sunday, May 21 | Times vary | Downtown Raleigh, Fayetteville Street, Raleigh | Free | Enjoy this arts festival featuring an art market with ~175 juried visual artists, live music, installations, and arts + crafts.
Pop-Up Raleigh | Saturday, May 20 | 12-5 p.m. | Trophy Brewing & Taproom, 656 Maywood Ave., Raleigh | Free | Shop a rotating selection of art + vintage finds from dozens of vendors while enjoying some of Trophy’s delicious brews and dining from Triangle food trucks.
Woofstock | Saturday, May 20 | 2-9 p.m. | West St. Dog, 400 W. North St., Raleigh | Free | Dance to live music, indulge in Midwood Smokehouse barbecue, and enjoy free dog caricatures, prizes, and giveaways from local breweries.
Cause for Paws Pet Adoption | Saturday, May 20 | 4-6 p.m. | Clouds Brewing, 1233 Front St., Raleigh | Free | Join this brewery for its monthly Cause for Paws public pet adoption event.
Sunday, May 21
Sunday Flow at Gizmo | Sunday, May 21 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Gizmo Brew Works, 5907 Triangle Dr., Raleigh | $16 | This 60-minute yoga class is for all experience levels; relax after with a free brew.
Gettin’ Piggy with It | Sunday, May 21 | 12-6 p.m. | Trophy Brewing’s Maywood Hall & Garden, 622 Maywood Ave., Raleigh | $0-$250 | Nosh on Lawrence Barbecue and all-star pitmasters’ barbecue benefiting nonprofit Frankie Lemmon School and Developmental Center.
Monday, May 22
Flow Yoga at the Farm | Monday, May 22 | 6-7 p.m. | Raleigh City Farm, 800 N. Blount St., Raleigh | $18 | Take this zen class surrounded by fruit trees, flowering plants, and growing crops.
A taqueria is opening next week in Cary. Chido Taco’s second location will open in the Shoppes of Kildaire retail center (151 SE. Cary Pkwy.) with fast-casual Mexican mainstays including burritos and margaritas. Bonus: Stay tuned for a third location opening in downtown Raleigh this summer. (Triangle Business Journal)
Holiday
Juneteenth on Monday, June 19 will kick off Juneteenth Jubilee — a celebratory week of free events honoring African-American culture. Plan ahead for special events including line dancing on the plaza, a family game night, and a “Lunch and Jam” featuring food trucks and music.
Development
Construction has started on the new housing development Wrenwood, located near Lake Johnson. The $12 million project will bring 26 three-bedroom homes priced at $565,000+. Some homes have already sold with the first units available this summer. (Triangle Business Journal)
Try This
Did you know that the longest covered bridge in NC is only ~45 minutes away... and that it’s opening to the public for two days only? Join the 42nd Annual Crank-Up at Sanford’s Ole Gilliam Mill Park this Saturday, May 20 + Sunday, May 21 for history lessons, ice cream, and fresh milled grains. (WRAL)
Drink
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Eat
Offline — a local restaurant club — started right here in the Triangle. What does a membership include? Besides invites to pre-opening parties and private events, you’ll get up to $50 to spend at two local restaurants monthly like the delicious MOFU Shoppe. Sign up with code “RALTODAY.”*
Festival
🎪 It’s fair season
Inside the Got to Be NC Festival
Catch a daily tractor parade honoring a different young farmer in the ag. industry. | Photos provided by Got to Be NC
Cancel your weekend plans. The 2023 Got to Be NC Festival opens at the NC State Fairgrounds today, May 19 at noon through Sunday, May 21 at 8 p.m. There’s free entry, free parking, plus piglets and fried egg throwing competitions galore.
Read on for some can’t-miss highlights and attractions.
Butterfly Barn
Learn about the life cycles of native butterflies while they flutter around you.
Carolina Cooker Skillet Skee-Ball
Skee-ball, but with fried eggs and cast-iron skillets. Head to the Graham corral at 11 a.m. to sign up to compete.
Chick Hatchery
Watch baby chicks being born.
Head to the Agri-Plaza for animals like llamas, alpacas, and goats.
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Photo by Owen S. Jordan Photography
Pardoned Thanksgiving Turkeys
Remember Chocolate + Chip, the 2022 pardoned Thanksgiving Turkeys? Meet ‘em in person.
Kenya Safari Acrobats
Incredible acrobatic displays meet stories of African culture.
Feeder Pigs
Say hi to feisty 30-pound feeder pigs.
Eats
Look forward to fudge, barbecue, ice cream, and fried fair fare.
Here’s a bonus attraction at the Got To Be NC Festival — the pig patch birthing center. Yup. Apparently, pigs will be born each day of the festival. Catch all the adorableness at the Jim Graham Building.
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