Special Events Weekly Digest | November 22 - November 28

 

Special Events Weekly Digest

Friday, November 22 – Thursday, November 28

 

Permitted Special Events

 

Raleigh Christmas Parade

Hillsborough Street & Fayetteville Street

Saturday, November 23

Event Time: 9:15am - 12:00pm

Associated Road Closures: Market and Exchange Plazas will be used from 6:00pm on 11-22-19 until 2:00pm on 11-23-19. The following roads will be closed from no earlier than 7:00am until no later than 2:00pm to facilitate the parade route. Note that all cross-streets one block in each direction will be detoured and additional road closures and detours may be established to control traffic near the route, and see below for turn-by-turn details:

 

Start at Hillsborough Street and St. Mary’s Street and head east; Right onto Salisbury Street; Left onto Morgan Street; Right onto Fayetteville Street; Right onto Davie Street; Left onto Salisbury Street; Right onto Lenoir Street to conclude parade.

 

Downtown Raleigh Tree Lighting

South Street & Lichtin Plaza

Saturday, November 23

Event Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Associated Road Closures: South Street between S. Salisbury Street and S. Wilmington Street will be closed from 2:00pm until 10:00pm.

 

Trophy Trot 10K

Dorothea Dix Park

Thursday, November 28

Event Time: 7:00am - 10:00am

Associated Road Closures: Goode Street between Lake Wheeler Road and Biggs Drive will be closed from 6:30am until 10:00am. The following roads will be closed from 7:50am until 9:30am to facilitate the route:

 

Start at Goode Street; Right onto Biggs Drive; Right onto Palmer Drive; Left onto Cranmer Drive; Left onto Umstead Drive; Right to stay on Umstead Drive; Right onto Dwire Drive; Continue onto Richardson Drive; Right onto Umstead Drive; Right onto Barbour Drive; Right onto Kendall Circle; Left onto Barbour Drive; Right onto Bender Street; Continue onto Dorsett Drive; Right onto Barbour Drive; Right onto Blair Drive; Right onto Centennial Parkway heading north; U-Turn 500 feet before Oval Drive on Centennial Parkway heading south; Left onto Blair Drive; Right onto Umstead Drive; Left onto Richardson Drive; Right to stay on Richardson Drive; Left onto Umstead Drive; Right onto Cranmer Drive; Right onto Palmer Drive; Left onto Biggs Drive; Left onto Goode Street to Finish. 

 

Skinny Turkey Half Marathon and Just Think First 5K

Wakefield High School & Route

Thursday, November 28

Event Time: 7:00am - 11:30am

Associated Road Closures: Roads will be used along the route from 7:00am until 11:30am. View route here and see below for turn-by-turn details:

 

Start at Wakefield High School; Straight across Wakefield Pines Drive onto Schoolhouse Road; Right onto Narrawood Street; Left onto Kelway Drive; Right onto Wakefield Plantation Drive; At Roundabout, turn right onto Forest Pines Drive; Left onto Common Oaks Drive; Left onto Green Elm Lane; Right onto Forest Pines Drive; At Roundabout take the 3rd right back onto Wakefield Plantation Drive; Continue on Wakefield Plantation Drive and cross Old Falls of Neuse Road – exit Raleigh City limits; Pick up Wakefalls Drive across Old Falls of Neuse Road; Continue on Wakefalls Drive past Mountain High Road; Right onto Talbot Ridge Street; Right onto Old NC 98 Highway; U-turn just pass Keith Store at House #2521; Continue back on Old NC 98 Highway; Left onto Talbot Ridge Street; Left onto Wakefalls Drive; Cross Old Falls of Neuse Road onto Wakefield Plantation Drive – enter Raleigh City limits; Right onto Kelway Drive; Right onto Narrawood Street; Left onto Schoolhouse Road; Cross over Wakefield Pines Drive to Finish.

 

Raleigh Turkey Trot

Ridgewood Shopping Center & Route

Thursday, November 28

Event Time: 8:30am - 10:15am

Associated Road Closures: Ridge Road between Wade Avenue and Leonard Street will be closed from 5:30am until 10:30am. Additional roads will be closed from 8:00am until 10:15am to facilitate the route. Note that all cross-streets one block in each direction will be detoured, view route here, and see below for turn-by-turn details:

 

Head north on Ridge Road; Right onto Glen Eden Drive; Left onto Lubbock Drive; Right onto Ranlo Drive; Left onto Vick Avenue; Left onto Childers Street; Left onto Blenheim Drive; Left to continue on Blenheim Drive; Left onto Ridge Road; Finish on Ridge Road between Wade Avenue and Leonard Street.

 

 

Other Events This Weekend

 

S’Moore Square Party

Friday, November 22

Moore Square

 

Ariana Grande

Friday, November 22

PNC Arena

 

Bernstein & Copland – North Carolina Symphony Classical Series

Friday, November 22 – Saturday, November 23

Meymandi Concert Hall

 

Carolina Youth Ballet – The Spectacular Nutcracker

Friday, November 22 – Saturday, November 23

Fletcher Opera Theater

 

A Tribute to the Masters: Grieg Piano Concerto & Beethoven’s 7^th Symphony – Carolina Ballet

Friday, November 22 – Sunday, November 24

Memorial Auditorium

 

24^th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration

Saturday, November 23

North Carolina Museum of History

 

NC State vs. Little Rock

Saturday, November 23

PNC Arena

 

Hurricanes vs. Panthers

Saturday, November 23

PNC Arena

 

TOOL

Sunday, November 24

PNC Arena

 

 

Public Resources

 

Event Feedback Form: Tell us what you think about Raleigh events! We welcome citizen and participant feedback and encourage you to provide comments or concerns about any events regulated by the Special Events Office. We will use this helpful information in future planning.

 

Road Closure and Road Race Map: A resource providing current information on street closures in Raleigh.

 

Online Events Calendar: View all currently scheduled events that are regulated by the City of Raleigh Special Events Office.