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Wake Forest, NC
120Events this week
16Free things to do
90New spots
91New stories

● Checked Friday, September 11, before the 6 AM send.

This week in Wake Forest

Five picks from this week's calendar. See all 120 events, day by day →

Umstead Group Hike

Sunday 9am · Umstead Park

Sunday Morning Prenatal Yoga

Sunday 10am · Durham

Raleigh Underground Market

Sunday 11am · Midtown Park at North Hills

Sazón Latin Food Festival 2026

Sunday 12pm · Raleigh Brewing Company

Catelandclassic Cruise In

Sunday 1pm · Ronnie White's Main Street Service Station

New in Wake Forest

Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.

Scrap Thrift

Antiques, Thrift, & Vintage

Treasure hunting, minus guilt: Whether you’re purging closets or hunting for that just-weird-enough lamp, Scrap Thrift turns castoffs into community gold.

scrapexchange.org ↗

Complete Chiropractic Sports & Wellness

Health & Wellness

Move like you mean it: Durham’s Complete Chiropractic Sports & Wellness is worth the quick hop when your neck or back starts lobbying for change, lining up five doctors and advanced options like Gonstead adjustments, Active Release, dry needling, shockwave, and spinal decompression, plus Cranial Fa…

completechiropracticdurham.com ↗

Yonderlust

Sporting Goods

Gear up, then sip: Yonderlust is a downtown Durham retail shop and cafe built for hikers, trail runners, and weekend wanderers, and their blog dishes seasonal trail ideas to match your mood.

yonderlu.st ↗

Wake Forest’s best businesses

Every spot worth knowing, in one place.

The restaurants, shops, and services the newsletter recommends, all in one place — every listing checked, and paid pins marked every time.

Browse Wake Forest’s best →

Most read in Wake Forest

The five stories Wake Forest readers clicked most this month, from the daily editions.

  1. Wake Forest family sues NC cemetery operator, alleging wrong person buried next to son

    Two Wake Forest parents are suing Everstory Partners, a cemetery company that owns and operates over 400 cemeteries in the US, North Carolina, alleging that the company mistakenly buried another person in the plot they purchased so they could be buried next to their deceased child.

    Full story at wral.com ↗

  2. Course-Free Golf Club Lands in North Hills With $7M Buildout, No Green in Sight

    Intown Golf Club, a private club for golfers who don't belong to a traditional club, has opened in Raleigh's North Hills with a $7M buildout.

    Full story at hoodline.com ↗

  3. 5 restaurants are joining downtown Cary, MacGregor Village & Boxyard RTP

    The Triangle's dining scene is seeing three new restaurants opening in Cary, MacGregor Village & Boxyard RTP.

    Full story at newsobserver.com ↗

  4. WakeMed Hospital Plan Fought by Rolesville, NC Neighbors

    WakeMed is planning to build a healthplex and 45-bed acute-care hospital on 31 acres along Burlington Mills Road in Rolesville, North Carolina.

    Full story at hoodline.com ↗

  5. State fair tradition ends 70 year long run in sign of 'way industry has gone'

    Al's French Fries, a popular state fair food staple for 70 years, will not return to the North Carolina State Fair due to a change in how food vendors are charged.

    Full story at the-sun.com ↗

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