Duke Homestead State Historic Site is hosting Vintage Base Ball Day at Historic Durham Athletic Park, 500 West Corporation Street, Durham, on Saturday, October 3, 2026. Gate at 10 am. First game at 11 a.m.
Admission is $10. Children under 4 years old will be admitted for free. If you have a ticket from the scheduled 2025 event, it will be honored.
Players will wear historic uniforms, follow historic gameplay, and use historic equipment. The games will follow 1860 and 1869 Beadles Rules.
Joining the local Duke Homestead team this year will be a special team from the Durham Fire Department and The Shiners from Rockingham, Virginia.
Look for updates on the Facebook event.
Enjoy a family-friendly day at the ball park complete with “old fashioned” concessions, food, beer, and historic music. Spectators are encouraged to come dressed in your favorite historical, vintage, or retro inspired outfits. Duke Homestead believes in vintage style, not vintage values! Kids will get to play historic games with costumed interpreters, as well as have the opportunity to run the bases in-between ball games.
The iconic Durham Athletic Park has hosted baseball games since 1926 and was even featured in an iconic baseball film, but Durham’s baseball roots are even deeper. The first century of baseball was marked by racial segregation and separate leagues for black and white athletes at the DAP until the 1950s; however, Duke Homestead welcomes all people to participate and honors the struggles and achievements of the many players over the past century who brought us the Durham baseball culture we know today.
Duke Homestead
Free parking available at the lot at 412 Morris St, Durham, NC 27701. A couple of handicap spaces are available in the DAP parking lot.
This game is a fundraiser for the Duke Homestead State Historic Site run by the Duke Homestead Education and History Corporation (the site’s volunteer, non-profit support organization), and it is sponsored by Measurement, Inc., Stone Brothers & Byrd, Durham Sports Commission, Hog Heaven Barbeque, and Hall-Wynne Funeral Service & Crematory.
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