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"Taking in a Dash game at BB&T
Ballpark is the perfect way to spend
a summer evening. You really can't go
wrong with great food, refreshing beverages, fun promotions, and great baseball,
all in an award-winning facility with the
Winston-Salem skyline in the background. It's fun for the whole family."
-Geoff Lassiter, president of the WinstonSalem Dash minor league baseball team

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"Bailey Blues and Bluegrass brings
traditional music to downtown throughout the summer. Bailey Park in the Wake
Forest Innovation Quarter is WinstonSalem's newest and coolest park."
-Richard Emmett

The Dixie
Classic Fair each
fall is a good ol'
down-home
time.

"Second Sundays on Fourth, or SSO4,
is a free summer concert series downtown that Camino Bakery and other
Fourth Street businesses put on in the
block of their storefronts. I also walk,
bike, and kayak in and around Salem
Lake as much as I can." -Laura Lashley

FESTI-FALL

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eak festival season is September and
October, when an eclectic array of
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"Harvest Day at Old Salem and Apple
Fest at Historic Bethabara Park are fall
musts."-Mo Hartley, director of archaeology
at Old Salem Museums & Gardens
"September is Homowo Heritage
Festival time. Old Salem celebrates
African-American foodways and culture
with food tastings, storytelling, African
drumming and dancing, and activities
like okra-painting." -Martha Hartley
"The Texas Pete Culinary Arts
Festival in September brings together
regional and national chefs and bands
from near and far. I also like the
Bookmarks Festival of Books &
Authors in September." -Richard Emmett
"My favorite fall leaf viewing is the
giant ginkgo tree in God's Acre
cemetery at Old Salem. Each year I try
to catch a falling leaf for good luck."
-Laura Lashley

TIS THE SEASON Above, left and right: Raffaldini Winery holds weekly blending trials
each November; no winter is complete without a visit to the Tanglewood Festival of
Lights, a four-mile drive through more than a million twinkling holiday lights.

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istoric ambiance becomes comfort
and joy during the winter months.

"No one does Christmas like the
Moravians. Attend a Candle Tea or tour
throughout the season. Saturdays with
St. Nicholas are a historic take on Santa
Claus for children. Salem Christmas is a
whole day devoted to Moravian traditions,
a lively, wonderful day with horse-drawn
carriage rides. Lovefeasts occur all over
town, but the one at St. Philips African
Moravian Church in Old Salem, the oldest
standing African-American church in
North Carolina, stands out." -Mo Hartley

"The Seed Swap in Old Salem is held
annually in January. There's a potluck
lunch and 400-500 people come out to
swap heirloom seeds. It's free and you
don't have to bring seeds to attend."
-Martha Hartley
"February is Black History Month,
and there are always events and
specials throughout town."
-Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin
Old Salem offers many Black History Month
events, including a drum circle and storytelling
gathering, a showcase of song, and an
African-American Heritage tour through
the grounds. ws
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