2022 Wake Forest Calendar

2022

WAKE FOREST

14-month Calendar of Events © November 2021-December 2022 presented by the Town of Wake Forest, North Carolina

November 2021 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

1 Election Day

WE D NE S DAY

2

3

T H U R S DAY

4

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

5

6

12

13

Board of Commissioners Work Session



7

Daylight Saving Time Ends

8

9

10 Veterans Day 11

Town Offices Closed

Wake Forest Cares Holiday Kick-Off Planning Board Meeting

14

15

16

Gobblequest

17

18

19

Board of Commissioners Meeting

21

22

23

24 Thanksgiving 25

Town Offices Closed

26

Town Offices Closed

Police Department’s Annual Turkey Giveaway

28

29

30

20

Drop off turkey donations

Rockin’ the Forest

Band of Oz

27 Small Business Saturday

December 2021 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

1

F RIDAY

2

S AT U RDAY

3 Snowball Dance

for those with special needs

Calls from Santa

5 It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Brunch with Santa

6 Wake Forest Community Christmas Dinner

12

13 Shop With A Cop (Monday–Friday)

19

20

7

8

9

Lighting of Wake Forest

Historic Holiday Festival

10 Celtic Angels Christmas

15

16

11 Celtic Angels Christmas

18

17

A Malpass Family Christmas

Planning Board Meeting

21

4

ARTS Wake Forest presents WF Holiday Artisans Market

It’s a Wonderful Wake Forest

Cinema at the Center

Board of Commissioners Work Session

14

Downtown Holiday Open House

22

23 C hristmas Eve 24 C hristmas Day 25

Town Offices Closed

Town Offices Closed

Board of Commissioners Meeting

26

27

Town Offices Closed

28

29

Eve 30 New Year’s 31

Town Offices Closed

January 2022 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

2

3

4

5

6

7

10

11

New Year’s 1 Day

8 Comedian Kelly Swanson: Who Hijacked my Fairytale?

Board of Commissioners Work Session

9

S AT U RDAY

12

13

14

15

19

20

21

22

28

29

Planning Board Meeting

Luther 16 Martin 17 King, Jr Day

18

Town Offices Closed

Board of Commissioners Meeting

23

24

30

31

25

MLK Celebration

26

27

Register this month for:

February 2022 S UNDAY

Youth Spring Baseball, Softball, T-Ball and Dream League

n

Men’s Spring Recreational Softball League

n

Adult Co-Rec Spring Kickball League

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

MO N DAY

n

TU E S DAY

Summer Camp Registration Begins

WE D NE S DAY

1 Groundhog Day 2

T H U R S DAY

3

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

4

5

Board of Commissioners Work Session

6

7

8

9

10

11

Day 13 Valentine’s 14

15

12

Planning Board Meeting

Shades of Gospel

Pastor John P. Kee

Bright Star Theater presents

Jackie Robinson

16

17

18

19

22

23

24

25

26

Board of Commissioners Meeting

20 Presidents’ Day 21 State of the Town Address & Dinner

27

28

March 2022 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

Register this month for: n

Men’s Church Softball League

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

1

2

T H U R S DAY

3

Board of Commissioners Work Session

6

7

8

F RIDAY

4 Wake Forest Film Festival

9

S AT U RDAY

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10

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5 Wake Forest Film Festival

11

12

Loose leaf collection ends

Mother & Son Dance

Planning Board Meeting

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13

Daylight Saving Time Begins

14

The Diary of Anne Frank

Forest Moon Theater presents

The Diary of Anne Frank

Day 16 St. Patrick’s 17

18

19

21

22

23

25

26

24 Sons of Mystro

27

Board of Commissioners Meeting

Forest Moon Theater presents

The Diary of Anne Frank

20

15

Forest Moon Theater presents

28

29

30

31

Mother & Daughter Tea

Register this month for:

April 2022 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

n

Girls Volleyball

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

1

2

8

9

Illusionist Joshua Lozoff

3

4 Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

10

11

5

6

7

Easter Egg Hunt

Board of Commissioners Work Session

12

Friday Night on White

SOLE Defined

13

14

Good Friday 15

16

20

21 Earth Day 22

23

Town Offices Closed

Planning Board Meeting

Easter Sunday 17

18 Paper Shredding Event

24 Six Sundays in Spring

25

19 Board of Commissioners Meeting

26

Multicultural Day

27

28 Arbor Day 29

30

May 2022 S UNDAY

n

MAY MONTH OF FITNESS | BUILDING SAFETY MONTH TU E S DAY

2

Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

Mother’s Day 8

9

WE D NE S DAY

3

4

Board of Commissioners Work Session

National Bike to School Day

10

11

T H U R S DAY

5

15

16

Six Sundays in Spring

F RIDAY

6

National Day of Prayer

22

23

12

13

14

Friday Night on White

17

18

19

20

21 Family Movie Night at Joyner Park

24

Six Sundays in Spring

7 Bicycle Safety Fair

Board of Commissioners Meeting

National Public Works Week

S AT U RDAY

Meet in the Street

Planning Board Meeting

Six Sundays in Spring

25

26

27

28

29 Memorial Day 30

Six Sundays in Spring

Adult Church Co-Rec Softball

MO N DAY

1 Six Sundays in Spring

Register this month for

Town Offices Closed

31

June 2022 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

Register this month for:

TU E S DAY

n

Youth Fall Baseball & Softball Leagues

n

Adult Co-Rec Summer Kickball League

n

Swim Lessons

WE D NE S DAY

1

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

2

3

S AT U RDAY

4 National Trails Day

5

6 Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

12

7

8

9

Board of Commissioners Work Session

13 Flag Day 14

10 Friday Night on White

15

16

17

20

21

22

23

Board of Commissioners Meeting

26

27

28

18 Family Movie Night at Joyner Park

Planning Board Meeting

Father’s Day 19

11

24

25

Dance

for those with special needs

29

30

July 2022 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

3 Independence Day 4

Register this month for:

TU E S DAY

n

Men’s Fall Softball League

n

Co-Rec Open Softball League

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

1

2

5

6

7

8

9

13

14

15

16

Town Offices Closed

Fireworks Spectacular

10

Children’s Parade and Art & Games in the Park

11 Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

17

18

Board of Commissioners Work Session

12 Planning Board Meeting

19

Friday Night on White

20

21

22

Board of Commissioners Meeting

24 31

25

26

23

Family Movie Night at Joyner Park Malpass Brothers Concert

27

28

29

30

August 2022 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

1

Registration opens for 2023 facility rentals

Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

7

8

Register this month for: n

Adult Co-Rec Fall Kickball League

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

2

3

T H U R S DAY

4

15

5

Board of Commissioners Work Session

S AT U RDAY

6 Family Movie Night at Joyner Park

9

10

11

12

13

Friday Night on White

Planning Board Meeting

14

F RIDAY

16

17

18

19

20

24

25

26

27

31

Board of Commissioners Meeting

21

22

23

28

29

30

Deadline to nominate a Good Neighbor

September 2022 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

4 Labor Day 5

Town Offices Closed

Wake Forest Unplugged Concert in the Park

18

n

Youth Basketball League

Apply this month for a seat on an advisory board

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

12 Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

19

26

S AT U RDAY

1

2

3

6

7

8

9

10

13

Friday Night on White

14

15

20

21

27

22

29

Good Neighbor Day

23 A Night of Motown

28

17

16 Father & Daughter Dance

Planning Board Meeting

Board of Commissioners Meeting

25

F RIDAY

Board of Commissioners Work Session

Concert in the Park

11

Register this month for:

Deadline to apply for a seat on an advisory board

30

24

National Public Lands Day

Rain Date for

Good Neighbor Day

October 2022 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

1 Wake Forest Dance Festival

2 Public Power Week Fire Prevention Week

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3

Loose leaf collection begins

5

Memorial Flag Raising Ceremony

Wake Forest Home & Garden Show

7

Board of Commissioners Work Session

8

11

Wake Forest Home & Garden Show

12

13

14

19

20

21

15

Planning Board Meeting

17

18 Board of Commissioners Meeting

23

6

National Night Out

9 Columbus Day 10

16

4

24

30 Halloween 31

25

Tip a Cop for Special Olympics

Halloween Boo Bash

26

27

22

Murder Mystery Dinner Theater

28

29

November 2022 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

1

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

2

3

9

10

F RIDAY

S AT U RDAY

4

5

Veterans Day 11

12

Board of Commissioners Work Session



6

Daylight Saving Time Ends

7 Election Day 8

Town Offices Closed

Gobblequest

Planning Board Meeting

13

14

15

17

16

Board of Commissioners Meeting

20

21

22

18

28

29

Drop off turkey donations

19

Rockin’ the Forest Chairmen of the Board

23 Thanksgiving 24

Town Offices Closed

25

Town Offices Closed

Police Department’s Annual Turkey Giveaway

27

26 Small Business Saturday

30

December 2022 S UNDAY

MO N DAY

TU E S DAY

WE D NE S DAY

T H U R S DAY

F RIDAY

1

2

4

5

6

7

Historic Home Tour

3

Snowball Dance

Downtown Holiday Open House

Lighting of Wake Forest

ARTS Wake Forest presents WF Holiday Artisans Market

for those with special needs

Calls From Santa

S AT U RDAY

8

9

10

Renaissance Centre’s Christmas Jubilee Concert

Renaissance Centre’s Christmas Jubilee Concert

16

17

Brunch with Santa Holiday Musical Theater at the Renaissance Centre

Wake Forest Community Christmas Dinner

11

Board of Commissioners Work Session

12

13 Planning Board Meeting

18

19

20

14

15

Shop With A Cop

21

22

28

29

23 C hristmas Eve 24

Town Offices Closed

Board of Commissioners Meeting

C hristmas Day 25

26

Town Offices Closed

27

Town Offices Closed

s Eve 30 New Year’ 31

Holiday Operations Schedule Town Hall 2021

Board of Commissioners Meetings

Planning Board Meetings

6 p.m. | Town Hall

6 p.m. | Town Hall

2021

2021

2022

2022

Nov. 16 Dec. 21 Jan. 18 Feb. 15 March 15 April 19 May 17 June 21 July 19 Aug. 16 Sept. 20 Oct. 18 Nov. 15 Dec. 20

The meeting agenda is posted at wakeforestnc. gov, search “board of commissioners.”

Work Sessions: The board of commissioners’ monthly work session is held at town hall on the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. During municipal elections, the work session is held on Thursday following the election.

Nov. 9 Dec. 14 Jan. 11 Feb. 8 March 8 April 12 May 10 June 14 July 12 Aug. 9 Sept. 13 Oct. 11 Nov. 8 Dec. 13

The planning board meeting agenda is posted at wakeforestnc.gov, search “planning board.”

Veterans Day

Nov. 11

closed

Thanksgiving

Nov. 25 Nov. 26

closed closed

Christmas

Dec. 23 Dec. 24 Dec. 27

closed closed closed

Dec. 31

closed

New Year’s Eve 2022 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Jan. 17

closed

Good Friday

April 15

closed

Memorial Day

May 30

closed

Independence Day

July 4

closed

Labor Day

Sept. 5

closed

Veterans Day

Nov. 11

closed

Thanksgiving

Nov. 24 Nov. 25

closed closed

Christmas

Dec. 23 Dec. 26 Dec. 27

closed closed closed

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Wake Forest Advisory Boards ➤ Board of Adjustment

➤ Planning Board

Meets as needed on the third Thursday of the month, 6 p.m. at Wake Forest Town Hall

➤ Historic

Preservation Commission

Second Wednesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at Wake Forest Town Hall

➤ Human Relations

Council

Four th Thursday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at Wake Forest Town Hall

➤ Parks, Recreation &

Cultural Resources Advisory Board

Four th Monday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at Flaher ty Park Community Center

Second Tuesday of each month, 6 p.m. at Wake Forest Town Hall

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➤ Public Art

Commission

Four th Thursday of each month, 7 p.m. at the Renaissance Centre Ar ts Annex

➤ PRCR

Happenings

➤

Wake Forest Renaissance Centre – Upcoming Events

Board

➤

Four th Monday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at Wake Forest Town Hall

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➤ Technolog y Advisory

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➤ Urban Forestry

Board

Four th Tuesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at Wake Forest Town Hall

For updates to the meeting schedule, please check the Government Calendar on the Town of Wake Forest’s website at wakeforestnc.gov/government-calendar.

The Town of Wake Forest encourages residents to apply for one of the advisory boards. By serving on a board, you will have a direct impact on the quality of life in Wake Forest.

Applications are accepted throughout the month of September. To apply for a seat, fill out the online application at wakeforestnc.gov/advisory-boards.

For information about advertising and event sponsorship, visit wakeforestnc.gov and search “advertising” or contact Marketing & Business Relations Specialist Anna Bolton at 919-435-9422 or abolton@wakeforestnc.gov.

Notes and Other Special Events

Information in this calendar was accurate at the time of printing. For up to date

information, visit the Town of Wake Forest’s online calendar at wakeforestnc.gov/ government-calendar.

301 S. Brooks St. Wake Forest, NC 27587 919.435.9400 | wakeforestnc.gov

Published by the Town of Wake Forest Communications Department