Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources News

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department and the Wake Forest Pickleball Club will host the Wake Forest 3rd Annual Fall Classic Pickleball Tournament Friday-Sunday, Oct. 6-8, at the Flaherty Park Tennis Complex, 1226 N. White St.

The entry fee is $45 per...Read more

08/03/2023

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will begin accepting 2024 facility rental reservations online Monday, Aug. 7, according to the following rental procedure:

Call the facility you wish to rent to confirm availability.

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08/01/2023

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will host the fourth and final event in this year’s series of Family Movie Nights at Joyner Park Saturday, Aug. 5, at 8:30 p.m. The featured film will be “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”

Free and open to the public,...Read more

08/01/2023

The E. Carroll Joyner Park playground, situated behind the Joyner Park Community Center, will be closed Thursday, Aug. 3. The temporary closure is necessary to allow crews to repair sidewalk in the vicinity of the playground and community center.

Signage and barricades will be posted to...Read more

08/01/2023

The Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Advisory Board will host “Art in the Park: Paint with a Hero” Saturday, Aug. 26, at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road.

Designed for people of all skill levels, the classes will be offered according to the following...Read more

07/26/2023

Spend a couple Sunday evenings in September with family and friends at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road, while enjoying some foot-tapping, finger-snapping good times during the 2023 Concerts in the Park. “SNAP” will headline the first concert on Sunday, Sept. 3, followed by “The Soul...Read more

07/21/2023

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will host the third in a series of Family Movie Nights at Joyner Park this Saturday, July 22, at 8:30 p.m. The featured film will be “Zootopia.”

Free and open to the public, Family Movie Nights feature a variety...Read more

07/20/2023

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources Department will celebrate three years of hosting “Battle in the Forest” online esports gaming tournaments with a special tournament on Saturday, Aug. 26, featuring "Street Fighter 6.”

Open to players ages 13 and older, the online...Read more

07/20/2023

Heavy rainfall from last night’s weather event caused the erosion control measures in place at Holding Park to fail resulting in the flooding of the children’s pool at Holding Park Aquatic Center, 133 W. Owen Ave.

The erosion control measures were in place as part of the inclusive...Read more

07/14/2023

Heavy rainfall from last night’s weather event has caused flooding along portions of the Smith Creek and Sanford Creek Greenways.

Greenway users are urged to use caution and should not attempt to cross flood waters covering any section of the greenway system.

On segments that are...Read more

07/14/2023

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