Botanical Gardens, Spring Markets, & More! - Feb. 28th

Good morning Raleigh! Hope you’re doing well. It’s Friday, we got that pesky rain out of the way last night, and we are in the clear for the weekend and WOW, so much to do.

• Juniper Level Botanical Gardens has their FREE open garden days again this weekend. They have more than 27,000 taxa of plants on display and many you can buy from their nursery. They only have 8 weekends per year when they open to the public.

• As part of the Raleigh Convention Center expansion, the city will permanently close South Street, from Dawson to McDowell, on April 14. This is to start staging for construction, details outlined here.

• Apple has announced another NC Data Center as part of a larger investment plan but the RTP location still seems to be on pause - Read more on ABC.

• According to the RaleighGov accounts, Red Hat Amphitheater doubled its economic impact downtown with $33.7 million and over 280,000 attendees.

• Chapel of Bones has their Monthly “ARTernative” Market on Sunday at 11am. There will be coffee, brunch, and lunch (plus a variety of local vendors)!

• Speaking of markets, TrianglePopUp has their first market of the season at NCMA this Saturday from 11-4. Saturday looks like great weather so be sure to check it out!

Feb 28th - Friday

FREE

• Models for Charity (Event), Sean Moore, & DJ Jermainia (Music) @ Clockwork | 7PM

• kat taylor @ Stella’s on West | 7PM

• J Candeed @ Compass Rose Brewery | 7PM

• LaureNicole @ Tap Yard Raleigh | 8PM

• Early Exit @ Slim’s Downtown | 9PM

• Moon Unit @ Moon Room

PAID

• Headin’ Home Bluegrass @ Lorraines Coffee House | 7PM - $15

• BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet @ Martin Marietta | 7:30PM - $58+

• Jerry Garcia Cover Band (JCBCB) @ KINGS | 8PM - $15+

March 1st - Saturday

FREE

• Root Down Collective @ Moon Room | 8PM

PAID

• Crimson Steel / Toxic @ Chapel of Bones | 7PM - $15

• MOJOHAND @ Neptunes | 8PM - TBD Cover

• RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ w/ CJ Monet @ The Pour House | 8PM - $20+

• NCSU Women’s Basketball played their last home game of the regular season yesterday with Wake Forest, winning out 78-57. Their last game is Sunday at SMU.

• The Hurricanes had Whalers night last night, where they don the jerseys of their previous team from Hartford. They heard Brass Bonanza 5 times last night with a win over the Sabres in regular time.

Feb 28th - Friday - Sunny & Clear, High 63°F, Low 40°F

• Sunrise: 06:46AM, Sunset: 06:09 PM - Moon: Waning Crescent 🌒

March 1st - Saturday - Sunny & Partly Cloudy, High 70°F, Low 27°F

• Sunrise: 06:45AM, Sunset: 06:10 PM - Moon: Waxing Crescent 🌒

Last Thoughts

I will likely being doing some housekeeping on the newsletter next week, so let me know if you enjoy the changes or not.

Hoping to build things out a bit more and expand some sections of each newsletter with things about Volunteering, more focuses on local business, and a few that I want to keep secret.