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Meet in the Street Festival in Wake Forest May 6

POSTED BY
Jody Mace

The Annual Meet in the Street Festival is taking place Saturday, May 6th, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in downtown Wake Forest. This will be the 41st year for the festival.

Check out a big list of spring festivals in the Triangle!

The festival will feature:

  • More than 100 arts and crafts vendors
  • Live music throughout the day
  • Dozens of food trucks
  • Many free activities for children

In 2022, the festival was be held on two streets: White Street and Owen Avenue.

  • Arts & crafts and festival business booths were on the entire length of White Street, from the Depot parking lot to Elm Avenue.
  • Food trucks were located this year in a special food court on Owen Avenue (behind Fidelity Bank). A few food vendors were located in select other areas of the festival, such as near the Children’s Village.
  • The Children’s Village was located in the Depot parking lot at the north end of White Street.

Children’s Village

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Food Trucks

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More Festivals

Check out a list of spring festivals in the Triangle, or take a quick look at upcoming festivals:

Thursday, March 23, 2023

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

National Puppy Day at Moore Square -- dog contests, movie, more

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Moore Square, Raleigh

Friday, March 24, 2023

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Skyfest NC

9:00 am to 3:00 pm | $5.00 | Johnston Regional Airport, Smithfield

Tarheel Antiques Festival

9:00 am to 5:00 pm | $5.00 | Lloyd’s Dairy Barn, Efland

Spring Fling in Holly Springs -- egg hunt, Easter Bunny, inflatables, more...

10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Ting Park, Holly Springs

Wake Forest Veg Fest

10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | E. Carroll Joyner Park, Wake Forest

Cars and Carnivores Street Festival

10:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Brooks Street, Wake Forest

Viking Experience Festival

10:00 am to 6:00 pm | $18.00 | The Barn at Vino, Stem

Spring Fling in Angier -- live music, egg hunts, touch-a-truck, more...

12:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Jack Marley Park, Angier

Arbor Day Festival

12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | John Chavis Memorial Park (Raleigh)

Spring Fest at Brookside Bodega

2:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Brookside Bodega, Raleigh

Marchtoberfest

2:00 pm | $10.00-15.00 | Clouds Brewing Taproom, Raleigh

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Tarheel Antiques Festival

9:00 am to 5:00 pm | $5.00 | Lloyd’s Dairy Barn, Efland

Viking Experience Festival

10:00 am to 5:00 pm | $18.00 | The Barn at Vino, Stem

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

Thursday, March 30, 2023

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

Friday, March 31, 2023

54th Annual Spring Pottery & Glass Festival at Cedar Creek Gallery

4:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

Saturday, April 1, 2023

Shotwell Landfill's Earth Day Party, Easter Egg Hunt and Free Breakfast

9:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Meridian Waste’s Shotwell Environmental Park, Wendell

Plant Festival with Extension Master Gardeners of Durham County

10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Durham Cooperative Extension

EGGstreme Spring Fling with Chatham County Parks and Recreation

10:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Central Carolina Community College, Chatham Campus

54th Annual Spring Pottery & Glass Festival at Cedar Creek Gallery

10:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor

Knightdale Spring Fling

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Knightdale Station Park

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

Sunday, April 2, 2023

54th Annual Spring Pottery & Glass Festival at Cedar Creek Gallery

10:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

Thursday, April 6, 2023

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

Friday, April 7, 2023

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

Saturday, April 8, 2023

54th Annual Spring Pottery & Glass Festival at Cedar Creek Gallery

10:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor

Spring Fling

11:30 am to 2:30 pm | FREE | Boxyard RTP

Socks Off Entertainment Anniversary Party

12:00 pm to 12:00 am | FREE | Fortnight Brewing, Cary

Bond Brothers' Mid-Town Square Spring Festival

12:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Bond Brothers Beer Company

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

Sunday, April 9, 2023

54th Annual Spring Pottery & Glass Festival at Cedar Creek Gallery

10:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Cedar Creek Gallery, Creedmoor

LuminoCity Festival (Discount available!)

5:30 pm to 9:30 pm | Discounted | Pullen Park, Raleigh

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

NC State Earth Fair

11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Stafford Commons, NC State, Raleigh

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Forest Fest

9:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Wake Forest Renaissance Center

Broadway Our Way Street Festival

10:00 am to 9:30 pm | FREE | Downtown Broadway, NC

The North Carolina 'Cuegrass Festival

12:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Fayetteville Street, Downtown Raleigh

Taste of China: Chinese Cuisine & Culture Festival

12:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Cary

Friday, April 21, 2023

Raleigh Earth Day

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Dorothea Dix Park

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Morrisville Earth Day Celebration

8:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Western Wake Farmers’ Market, Morrisville

Triangle Sci-Tech Expo at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

10:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh

21st Annual ClydeFest -- Kids' festival of folk art fun

11:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Chatham County Agriculture & Conference Center, Pittsboro

Children's Day Festival of Cary

11:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Page-Walker Arts & History Center, Cary

Brewgaloo Street Festival

1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Fayetteville Street, Downtown Raleigh

Carrboro Earth Day Celebration

3:30 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Carrboro Town Commons

Sunday, April 23, 2023

Durham Earth Day Festival

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Durham Central Park

Friday, April 28, 2023

North Carolina Pickle Festival

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Mount Olive

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Cary's Spring Daze Arts and Crafts Festival

9:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Fred G. Bond Metro Park

North Carolina Pickle Festival

9:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Mount Olive

Beyond the Book Children's Book & Art Festival

10:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Moore Square, Raleigh

Raulston Blooms Garden Festival ($5 per person or $10 per family)

10:00 am to 3:00 pm | $5.00 | JC Raulston Arboretum

Spring Fest in Downtown Zebulon

4:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Zebulon

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Earth to Raleigh! Your Mother's Calling -- An Earth Day Festival

2:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Clouds Brewing Taproom, Raleigh

Festival Cultural Del Día Del Niño -- Children's Day Cultural Festival

3:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Raleigh Rose Garden

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Fest in the West

11:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Thomas Brooks Park

PeakFest

9:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Historic Apex

Smithfield Ham & Yam Festival

9:00 am to 7:00 pm | FREE | Historic Downtown Smithfield

Cary Dog Daze and Pet Expo

10:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Cary Police Department

Meet in the Street Festival

10:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | White Street in Wake Forest

5th Annual Spring Chicken Festival

10:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Siler City

Satyre Fest

2:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Moore Square, Raleigh

Saturday, May 13, 2023

Ritmo Latino Festival

12:00 pm to 6:30 pm | FREE | Cary Town Hall

Saturday, May 20, 2023

Artsplosure

11:00 am to 7:00 pm | FREE | Fayetteville Street, Downtown Raleigh

Meet in the Street Festival
When
May 6, 2023 @ 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Cost
FREE
What
Meet in the Street Festival
Where
White Street in Wake Forest
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