Topics Related to Seasonal and Holiday Events

Join Horne Creek Farm for our Christmas Open House on Saturday, November 30th

'Tis the season! Explore, enjoy, and experience the Christmas season at Somerset Place for the 34th Annual Christmas Open House on Sunday, December 1st, from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Horne Creek's Christmas by Lamplight offers an evening filled with the warmth and beauty of a rural turn-of-the-century farmhouse. Take a few hours away to reflect on the holiday season. You’ll enjoy caroling, a craft project, and readings from the period. A simple meal will be served.

Horne Creek's Christmas by Lamplight offers an evening filled with the warmth and beauty of a rural turn-of-the-century farmhouse. Take a few hours away to reflect on the holiday season. You’ll enjoy caroling, a craft project, and readings from the period. A simple meal will be served.

You're invited to join us at Christmas by Candlelight - Experience an 1870s North Carolina Christmas with Duke Homestead!
You're invited to join us at Christmas by Candlelight - Experience an 1870s North Carolina Christmas with Duke Homestead!

Discover the history & culture of Lake Scuppernong's Indigenous Community as we highlight American Indian Heritage Month. Interact with exhibits & demonstrations to learn about Indigenous ways of life. Participate in historic games & crafts.

Drum and dance performance honoring West African cultural heritage at Horton Grove
Phantasmagoria, noun: a bizarre or fantastic combination, collection or assemblage; a dreamlike state where real and imagined elements blur together; a magical event at Duke Homestead on October 25th.

Join us for an evening beneath one of the last great dark sky sites in the North Carolina piedmont! The event kicks off at 6pm with the presentation “What’s Up?” – an introduction to the planisphere, an overview of sights to be seen this evening, and some of the lore surrounding them.