Beech Bluff County Park's First Grateful Harvest Festival
Date: Sat, Nov 7, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Venue: Various Locations in Raleigh, Raleigh
Price: Free
Category: Outdoors
Wake County Parks is hosting its first Grateful Harvest Festival on Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Beech Bluff County Park, 3321 NC 42, Willow Spring, North Carolina. This is a free event. Celebrate our community and its rich agricultural history as we plan for and work toward a sustainable future. The festival includes giveaways, live music, storytelling and old-time arts, crafts, games and activities. In addition, get to know community partners, volunteers and staff from Wake County Parks and Beech Bluff County Park. Entertainment Schedule 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Storytelling and Poetry 12:30–2 p.m. Live Music 2:15–2:30 p.m. Thankful Moments Food Trucks Kookie Krumbs Pickin' N' Que'n Popcorn giveaway (while supplies last) Sorghum Syrup History and Tasting (while supplies last) Food Drive Wake County Parks is partnering with a local food pantry to help people here in Wake County. If you’re in a position to help, please bring a nonperishable food item(s) to the event to help feed those in need! Please no glass jars, expired or opened items. Find more ways to help at wake.gov/foodsecurity. Exhibitors and Vendor Booths NC State Agroecology Education Farm North Carolina Native Plant Society Wake County Solid Waste Wake County Open Space Master Gardeners of Wake County North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Wake County Center Adam's Farm History: Visit with Joyce Adams to learn about the family that owned this property before it became a park Wake County Facilities, Design and Construction Composting and Vermicomposting Education Games: sack races, corn hole, connect four, 3-legged races, Tug-of-War, sidewalk chalk, Pumpkin Knockdown, Pumpkin Tic Tac Toe Crafts: Harvest Mosaics, Corn Husk Dolls, Gratitude Journals
