New Beginnings Farm offers Summer Camps specializing in teaching basic balanced positions and horsemanship, and in providing fun outdoor activities. This camp is perfect for horse lovers of all ages and levels who want a hands-on experience with horses. They have beginner school horses perfect for the most beginner and timid of riders, as well as...
Join My Little Farmer for Mini Rider Academy: Riding Camp, hosted select weeks in June, July, and August. Get ready for a full day of horsemanship! This riding camp is the perfect option for horse-loving campers. Campers will be immersed in a full horsemanship experience, including horse care, riding lessons, equine knowledge, crafts, and games....
The Toys and Games Camp at Clapping Hands Farm hosted Mon, Jun 29-Fri, Jul 3, 9am-5pm is a joyous week of romping and running, creative cooperative games, and just pure playful fun, including some traditional favorite games (yes - capture the flag!). Your children will spend the week entertaining themselves and one another using simple materials and...
Join McIntyre's Books for Storytime with Johanna Banana, hosted every Thursday, 10:30am-11:30am. McIntyre’s bookseller Johanna Banana leads this weekly storytime. The books and songs shared are primarily for toddlers and preschoolers, but all ages are welcome! This free event takes place indoors at McIntyre's Books. The space is ADA-compliant. Free parking is available on-site. No pets...
What medicine does your heart need? Join the NC Arts Incubator for Unisong: Guided Song Circle, hosted on the first Thursday of every month, 6pm-7:30pm. During this 90-minute journey designed for beginner and experienced singers alike, Unisong instructors will guide you through singing and movement that invite release, restoration, and healing of the heart. See more events...
Join Old Mill Farm for Beer and Banjos, hosted every Thursday, April-November, 6pm-8pm. This free weekly bluegrass night offers a low-key Thursday evening on the lawn with live music from local and regional acts, a rotating food truck for dinner, and the farm's full bar pouring local craft beer, cider, wine, and mead. Pet a goat, claim...
Come out for a night of baseball and watch Chatham Yardbirds vs Wake Forest Fungo at Paul Braxton Park on the following dates: Sun, Jun 7, 7pm-10pm. Sat, Jun 20, 7pm-10pm. Thu, Jul 2, 7pm-10pm. Gates typically open about an hour before first pitch. The team plays an Old North State League schedule against opponents from across...
Join Sun Star Farm for Summer Sprout Camps, hosted during select weeks in June, July, and August 2026. Step back in time, slow the pace of hurried modern lifestyles, and let your children unplug and unwind in an environment that nurtures curiosity and a love of nature. Camps heavily focus on play, allowing children space and time to live fully in it. All weeks include a ton of one-on-one time with farm animals, gardening, crafting, hiking, creek adventures, songs, games, and more! Campers usually make unusual crafts using natural materials and techniques that follow the weekly themes. The farm camp is...
Join Old Mill Farm for 2026 Summer Camps, hosted select weeks in June, July, and August, 2026, 8:30am-3pm. Each day offers new ideas and activities! Your child will learn how to enjoy the great outdoors in their beautiful 6-acre farm setting. Activities vary day to day, but a bulk of a camper's day will be spent outdoors tending to, feeding, and caring for the animals, fishing in the pond, collecting eggs for their farm stand, doing farm crafts, gardening, playing outdoor games, and learning about life on a farm. In addition to all the fun activities the farm has to offer, they plan...
Join Sun Star Farm for Summer Day Camps, hosted during select weeks in June, July, and August 2026. Step back in time, slow the pace of hurried modern lifestyles, and let your children unplug and unwind in an environment that nurtures curiosity and a love of nature. Camps heavily focus on play, allowing children space and time to live fully in it. All weeks include a ton of one-on-one time with farm animals, gardening, crafting, hiking, creek adventures, songs, games, and more! Campers usually make unusual crafts using natural materials and techniques that follow the weekly themes. The farm camp is...
Forest Tinkering Camp at Sun Star Farm is a small group of 12 campers led by 2 counselors. Forest Tinkering Camp is very different from Tinkering School's format. Campers spend most of the day in the forest based in the camp's new shelter, learning and developing a variety of outdoor skills: flint-knapping to make arrowheads, chopping wood for daily campfires used for cooking, gathering native plants, making fishing nets, building a water filtration system, whittling sticks into tools, improving in archery, and telling stories of yesteryear. As for projects, they will be mostly individual. Campers will need a certain level of maturity...
Tinkering School NC at Sun Star Farm is a small group of 12 campers led by 2 counselors and a 3rd counselor during peak building times. Once they cover skills and safety, campers collaborate to create an awesome large-scale project based on a theme chosen late Monday/Tuesday morning, depending on skill level, interest, and weather conditions. They use impact drivers, cordless drills, levels, measuring tapes, and other basic carpentry hand tools. Each camper is given safety glasses and ear muff hearing protection. Every day, they mix in group games, visit farm animals, explore the farm, play water games, and go...
Join My Little Farmer in Durham for a Farm Summer Camp hosted for several weeks throughout the summer. Get ready for a fun-filled summer on the farm. Each day includes morning animal feedings and interactions, a daily experiential project, crafts, and games. Campers will have snack time and lunch on the farm. Camp is held the following...
Join My Little Farmer in Durham for a Farm Summer Camp hosted for several weeks throughout the summer. Get ready for a fun-filled summer on the farm. Each day includes morning animal...
Join My Little Farmer for Mini Rider Academy: Unicorn Camp, hosted select weeks in June, July, and August. A typical Unicorn camp day is filled with pony care, unicorn art, unicorn-themed water play, and unicorn lead-line riding 2 times per camp week. Campers will have snack time and lunch on the farm. This camp is...
Join My Little Farmer for Mini Rider Academy: Riding Camp, hosted select weeks in June, July, and August. Get ready for a full day of horsemanship! This riding camp is the perfect option for horse-loving campers. Campers will be immersed in a full horsemanship experience, including horse care, riding lessons, equine knowledge, crafts, and games....
The Toys and Games Camp at Clapping Hands Farm hosted Mon, Jun 29-Fri, Jul 3, 9am-5pm is a joyous week of romping and running, creative cooperative games, and just pure playful fun, including some traditional favorite games (yes - capture the flag!). Your children will spend the week entertaining themselves and one another using simple materials and...
Come celebrate the holidays with the cats at Holiday Enrichment Tours with Carolina Tiger Rescue. On the tour, you will learn about CTR's wonderful animals and how enrichment enhances their lives. Watch the animals play with and destroy holiday-themed enrichment, then indulge in some edible holiday enrichment of your own! The upcoming schedule for Holiday Enrichment Tours...
Briar Chapel Farmers Market is a recent endeavor, established at the beginning of 2023. Come to the Green of Great Meadow Park every Friday, Mar-Dec, 4pm-6pm! Shoppers will find fresh seasonal produce, pasture-raised meats, native plants, local honey, baked goods, and prepared foods, much of which is harvested or made in the surrounding region. Familiar...
Join Old Mill Farm for Fridays at The Farm, hosted every Friday night, March-November, 4pm-9pm. Enjoy family-friendly live music and activities on their quaint Century Farm. Grab a Season Pass while they are still available to gain access to all 2026 shows! Gates open at 4pm, and live music starts at 9pm. The event features a rotating selection...
