Calendar 2018 – Town of Wake Forest

2018

WAKE FOREST

14-month CalendarNov of Events Š November 2017-December 2018 2015 - Dec 2016 presented by the Town of Wake Forest, North Carolina

Wake Forest Police Department’s Annual Turkey Drive

November 2017 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

1

2

5

6 Election Day 7

Daylight Saving Time Ends

13

14

Forest Moon Theater presents Babe, the Sheep-Pig

26

Rockin’ the Forest: Matt Phillips & the Back Pocket

20 Police Department’s Annual Turkey Giveaway

27

21

16

17

Forest Moon Theater presents Babe, the Sheep-Pig

Forest Moon Theater presents Babe, the Sheep-Pig

Forest Moon Theater presents Babe, the Sheep-Pig

24

25

15

flix4kidz Free at 3

11

Town Offices Closed

Planning Board Meeting

12

4

Board of Commissioners Work Session

for those with Special Needs

19

3

9 Veteran’s Day 10

8

Movie Matinee

S AT U RDAY

First Friday Flix

Carolina Puppet Theatre



F RIDAY

22 Thanksgiving 23

Town Offices Closed

Town Offices Closed

18

Drop off turkey donations

Board of Commissioners Meeting

28

29

30

Wake Forest Christmas Parade

December 2017 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

1

S AT U RDAY

2

WF Holiday Artisans Market Lighting of Wake Forest

3 Movie Matinee

for those with Special Needs

4 Community Christmas Dinner

10

5

17

7

Board of Commissioners Work Session Planning Board Meeting

11 flix4kidz Free at 3

6 Carolina Puppet Theater

12

Calls From Santa

8

Downtown Holiday Open House

9

Wake Forest Christmas Parade

Snowball Dance Pajama Night: Atlantic Coast for those with Special Needs Theatre for Youth presents The Drifters The Snow Queen

13

14

15

16

20

21

22

23

27

28

29

30

Wake Forest Children’s Choir Holiday Concert

18

19 Shop With A Cop Board of Commissioners Meeting

C hristmas Day

24 New Year’s 31 Eve

25

Town Offices Closed

26

Town Offices Closed

Town Offices Closed

MLK, Jr. Community Celebration

January 2018 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

New Year’s 1 Day

Town Offices Closed

Register this month for: n

TU E S DAY

2

WE D NE S DAY

Adult Pickleball

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

3

4

5

6

Board of Commissioners Work Session Planning Board Meeting

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

Luther 14 Martin King, Jr Day 15

16

17

18

19

20

26

27

Town Offices Closed

MLK, Jr. Community Celebration

Board of Commissioners Meeting

21

22

23

24

28

29

30

31

25

February 2018 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

Wake Forest Mardi Gras

Register this month for:

TU E S DAY

n

Youth Baseball, Softball, T-Ball and Dream League

n

Adult Men’s Softball

n

Summer Camps

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

1

S AT U RDAY

2

Summer Camp Registration Begins

3

4

5

6

7

8

Board of Commissioners Work Session

Planning Board Meeting

11

12

13 Valentine’s Day 14

15

Forest Moon Theater presents Sylvia

25

State of the Town Address & Dinner

26

20

Forest Moon Theater presents Sylvia

16

Forest Moon Theater presents Sylvia

18 Presidents’ Day 19

9

Forest Moon Theater presents Sylvia

10

WF Mardi Gras

Forest Moon Theater presents Sylvia

R.I.S.E. Young Women’s Empowerment Workshop

17

Forest Moon Theater presents Sylvia

Bright Star Theater presents Black History Heroes, Soldiers & Spies

21

22

23

24

28

Board of Commissioners Meeting

27

Easter Egg Hunt

March 2018 S UNDAY

4

Register this month for: n

Adult Church Men’s Softball

n

Youth Track & Field

MO N DAY

5

TU E S DAY

6

WE D NE S DAY

7

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

1

∂

8

∂∂

S AT U RDAY

2

3

9

10

Loose leaf collection ends

Board of Commissioners Work Session

D.R.I.V.E. Young Men’s Workshop

Planning Board Meeting



11

Daylight Saving Time Begins

12

13

14

15

Day 16 St. Patrick’s 17 Mother & Son Dance

18

19

20

21

22

23

Board of Commissioners Meeting Carnival for the Kids

25 Carnival for the Kids

26

27

24 Easter Egg Hunt

Carnival for the Kids

28

Carnival for the Kids

29

Carnival for the Kids

Carnival for the Kids

Good Friday

Town Offices Closed

30

31

April 2018 S UNDAY

Easter Sunday 1

n

Youth Girls Volleyball

Deadline this month to submit an application for:

n

Seat on Youth in Government Advisory Board

MO N DAY

2

Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

8

Friday Night on White

Register this month for:

9

TU E S DAY

3

WE D NE S DAY

4

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

5

S AT U RDAY

6

7

Board of Commissioners Work Session Planning Board Meeting

10

Dirt Day

11

12

13

14

Friday Night on White

15

16

17

18

19

21

20

Arbor Day Celebration Board of Commissioners Meeting

Earth Day 22

24

25

26

Six Sundays in Spring

Forest Moon Theater presents Proof

30

Forest Moon Theater presents Proof

27

Forest Moon Theater presents Proof

29

23

Forest Moon Theater presents Proof

Forest Moon Theater presents Proof

28

National Public Power Lineman’s Rodeo

Forest Moon Theater presents Proof

Meet in the Street

May 2018 S UNDAY

Register this month for n

Adult Church Co-Rec Softball

BUILDING SAFETY MONTH MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

1

2

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

3

4

Board of Commissioners Work Session

Six Sundays in Spring

7 Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

13

14

Mother’s Day

9

15

16

20

21

23

Town Offices Closed

29

24 Music at Midday

27 Memorial Day 28

17

11

30

31 Music at Midday

12

Friday Night on White

Cemetery Walking Tour

D.R.I.V.E. Young Men’s Workshop

Grey Seal Puppets presents

A Tangle of Tales

18

19

WFPD Torch Run for Special Olympics of NC

R.I.S.E. Young Women’s Empowerment Workshop

Music at Midday

22

Six Sundays in Spring

Bicycle Safety Fair

10 Music at Midday

Board of Commissioners Meeting

Six Sundays in Spring

Six Sundays in Spring

National Day of Prayer

8 Wake Forest Children’s Choir Spring Concert

5 Meet in the Street

Planning Board Meeting

6

S AT U RDAY

25

26 Movie Night at Joyner Park

National Trails Day

June 2018 S UNDAY

Register this month for:

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

n

Youth Fall Baseball & Softball

n

Adult Co-Rec Kickball

n

Swim Lessons

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

1 First Friday Flix

3 Six Sundays in Spring

4 Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

10

11

5

6

7

National Trails Day

8

17

Planning Board Meeting

12

Friday Night on White

13 Flag Day 14

15

16 Wake Forest Charity Car Show

18

19

20

21

25

26

22 Movie Night

Board of Commissioners Meeting

24

9

Board of Commissioners Work Session

flix4kidz Free at 3

Father’s Day

2

for those with Special Needs

27

28

29

23 Movie Night at Joyner Park

30

Fourth of July Celebration

July 2018 S UNDAY

Register this month for:

MO N DAY

2

1

Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

8

9

WE D NE S DAY

Town Offices Closed

10

Adult Co-Rec Softball

T H U R S DAY

Day 3 Independence 4 Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular

Adult Men’s Softball

n

5

Children’s Parade and Art & Games in the Park

11

6

S AT U RDAY

7

First Friday Flix

12

13

14

Friday Night on White

Planning Board Meeting

16

17

18

19

Board of Commissioners Meeting

22

F RIDAY

Board of Commissioners Work Session

flix4kidz Free at 3

15

TU E S DAY

n

23

24

20

25

26

Wake Forest ARTS presents

Neck of the Woods

27

21 Malpass Brothers Concert

28 Movie Night at Joyner Park

29

30

31

Concert in the Park

August 2018 S UNDAY

Register this month for: n

Adult Flag Football

n

Adult Pickleball

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

1

Registration opens for 2019 facility rentals

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

2

3

S AT U RDAY

4

First Friday Flix

5 Concert in the Park

6 Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

12 Wake Forest Home & Garden Show

19

13

7

8

9

10

Board of Commissioners Work Session

Movie Night at Joyner Park

Planning Board Meeting

14

11

Friday Night on White

15

16

17

Wake Forest Home & Garden Show

18

Movie Night

flix4kidz Free at 3

for those with Special Needs

20

21

22

23

29

30

24

25

31

Board of Commissioners Meeting

26

27

28

Deadline to nominate a Good Neighbor

Good Neighbor Day

September 2018 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

2 Labor Day 3

Town Offices Closed

Register this month for:

TU E S DAY

30

24

S AT U RDAY

4

5

6

7

8

11

Music at Midday

12

13 Music at Midday

17

F RIDAY

1

18

19

Board of Commissioners Meeting

T H U R S DAY

flix4kidz Free at 3

23

Planning Board Meeting

16

Adult Kickball

Concert in the Park

10

n

Board of Commissioners Work Session

Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

Youth Basketball

Wake Forest Unplugged

9

WE D NE S DAY

n

25

20 Music at Midday

26

27 Music at Midday

Wake Forest Trung Thu Moon Festival

First Friday Flix

14 Friday Night on White

21

15 Good Neighbor Day

22

Father & Daughter Dance

28

29

National Public Lands Day

Halloween Spooktacular

October 2018 S UNDAY

Deadline this month to submit an application for:

MO N DAY

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1

Loose leaf collection begins

Public Power Week National Night Out Memorial Flag Raising

7 Columbus Day 8

TU E S DAY

2

WE D NE S DAY

n

Seat on advisory board

n

Entry in Wake Forest Christmas Parade

T H U R S DAY

3

4

Board of Commissioners Work Session

5

S AT U RDAY

6

First Friday Flix: Fright Night Double Feature

Energy Expo

Planning Board Meeting

F RIDAY

9

10

11

12

13

16

17

18

19

20

24

25

26

27

flix4kidz Free at 3

14

15

Board of Commissioners Meeting

21

Movie Matinee

22

23

for those with Special Needs

Tip a Cop for Special Olympics at Red Robin

28

Fall Foliage Tours

29

30 Halloween 31

Halloween Spooktacular

Police Department’s Annual Turkey Giveaway

November 2018 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

1

S AT U RDAY

2

3

First Friday Flix



4

Daylight Saving Time Ends

5 Election Day 6

7

8

9

15

16

10

Board of Commissioners Work Session Planning Board Meeting

11 Veterans Day 12

13

14

18

20

21 Thanksgiving 22

Town Offices Closed

19 Police Department’s Annual Turkey Giveaway

25

26

Town Offices Closed

17

Drop off turkey donations

23

24

30

Town Offices Closed

Board of Commissioners Meeting

27

28

29

Lighting of Wake Forest

Wake Forest Historic Home Tour

December 2018 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

1

Historic Home Tour Downtown Holiday Open House

WF Holiday Artisans Market

2

3 Community Christmas Dinner

9

4

5

6

7

Board of Commissioners Work Session Planning Board Meeting

10

11

Snowball Dance

Calls from Santa

12

13

for those with Special Needs

14

flix4kidz Free at 3

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

26

27

28

Board of Commissioners Meeting

for those with Special Needs

15 Christmas Jubilee Concert

Movie Matinee

23

8

Wake Forest Christmas Parade

24 C hristmas Day 25

Town Offices Closed

30 New Year’s Eve 31

Town Offices Closed

Town Offices Closed

29

Holiday Operations Schedule

Board of Commissioners Meetings

Planning Board Meetings

7 p.m. | Town Hall

7:30 p.m. | Town Hall

2017

2017

2018

2018

Nov. 21 Dec. 19 Jan. 16 Feb. 20 March 20 April 17 May 15 June 19 July 17 Aug. 21 Sept. 18 Oct. 16 Nov. 20 Dec. 18

The meeting agenda is posted at wakeforestnc. gov, search “board of commissioners.”

Work Session: The board of commissioners’ monthly work session is held at town hall on the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. In July, the work session is held on the second Tuesday. During municipal elections, the work session is held on Thursday following the election.

Nov. 9 Dec. 5 Jan. 2 Feb. 6 March 6 April 3 May 1 June 5 July 10 Aug. 7 Sept. 4 Oct. 2 Nov. 6 Dec. 4

The planning board meeting agenda is posted at wakeforestnc.gov, search “planning board.”

Town Hall

Garbage & Recycling Pick-Up

Wake Forest Bus Loop Service

Wake ForestRaleigh Express Bus Service

2017 Veteran’s Day

Nov. 10

closed

yes

yes

yes

Thanksgiving

Nov. 23 Nov. 24

closed closed

no* yes*

no yes

no no

Christmas

Dec. 25 Dec. 26 Dec. 27

closed closed closed

no* yes* yes*

no yes yes

no yes yes

New Year’s Day

Jan. 1

closed

no*

no

no

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Jan. 15

closed

yes

no

no

March 30

closed

yes

no

no

May 28

closed

no*

yes

no

Independence Day

July 4

closed

no*

no

no

Labor Day

Sept. 3

closed

no*

no

no

Veterans Day

Nov. 12

closed

yes

yes

yes

Thanksgiving

Nov. 22 Nov. 23

closed closed

no* yes*

no yes

no no

Christmas

Dec. 24 Dec. 25 Dec. 26

closed closed closed

yes no* yes*

yes no yes

no no yes

2018

Good Friday Memorial Day

* garbage & recycling service will run one day behind schedule for all customers serviced on or after the holiday Visit wakeforestnc.gov and search “holiday schedule” for updates and detailed information about the holiday schedule.

Find even more events on the Community Calendar! The Wake Forest Community Calendar is a comprehensive online listing of upcoming local events submitted by non-profit groups and organizations in the area. View the calendar at wakeforestnc.gov.

Wake Forest Advisory Boards ➤ Board of Adjustment

Meets as needed at town hall

➤ Recreation Advisory

Board

➤ Cemetery Advisory

Board

Fourth Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m. at town hall

➤ Cultural Resources

Advisory Board

First Monday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Centre Arts Annex

➤ Design Review Board

Meets as needed on the second Thursday of each month, 4 p.m. at town hall

➤ Greenways Advisory

Board

Meets second Tuesday, 7:30 a.m. at town hall; business meetings quarterly; work sessions as needed

➤ Historic Preservation

Commission

Second Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m. at town hall.

➤ Human Relations

Council

Fourth Thursday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at town hall

➤ Planning Board

First Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. at town hall

➤ Public Art

Commission

Fourth Thursday of each month, 7 p.m. at the Renaissance Centre Arts Annex

Fourth Monday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at the Flaherty Park Community Center

➤ Senior Center

Advisory Board

Fourth Tuesday of oddnumbered months at the Northern Wake Senior Center; January, May, September, 3 p.m.; March, July, November, 6 p.m.

➤ Technology Advisory

Board

Fourth Monday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at town hall

➤ Urban Forestry Board

Fourth Tuesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at town hall

➤ Youth in Government

Advisory Board

Third Saturday of each month (August-May), 9 a.m. at town hall

The Town of Wake Forest encourages residents to apply for one of the advisory boards. By serving on a board, you will have a direct impact on the quality of life in Wake Forest.

Applications are available at wakeforestnc.gov, search “advisory boards.”

Please check the town’s online calendar at wakeforestnc.gov for updates and meeting cancellations.

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Notes and Other Special Events

Information in this calendar was accurate the time of printing. For up to date at

information, visit the Town of Wake Forest’s online calendar at wakeforestnc.gov.

301 S. Brooks St. Wake Forest, NC 27587 919.435.9400 | wakeforestnc.gov

Published by the Town of Wake Forest Communications Department Special thanks to Joe Martinson, Photographer