Directions to Downtown Raleigh
First Night Raleigh venues are located in the center of downtown. Performance sites on the north end of the festival include the North Carolina Museums of History and Natural Sciences and various churches off of Salisbury and Wilmington Streets. Activities will also take place along the four blocks of Fayetteville Street, heading southward from the Capitol, and at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts on South Street. Parking decks and surface lots surround the downtown area. Please see event map for the location of parking lots and decks.
From Durham/Cary/Chapel Hill
To Moore Square Park/City Market area
From I-40 East (do not take Wade Ave. exit) take Exit 299 (Person St.), take left off exit, go approximately 1 mile. Pass Davie St., cross Martin St., see Moore Square Park on your left. Park anywhere in area, or take next left onto Hargett St., then another left onto Blount. See Moore Square Station Parking Deck on your right.
To NC Museums of History and Natural Sciences
From I-40 East (do not take Wade Ave. exit) take Exit 298 B (South Saunders St.), go 1 mile, then take right fork to "Downtown." Continue on South Saunders; it will become McDowell Street. Continue 9 blocks, take a right onto Jones Street. Within 1 block you will see the Museum of Natural Sciences, go one more block east for surface parking lots.
From East of Raleigh
If you are approaching the city on I-40 West, keep to your left at the I-440 split. Take Exit 299 (Person St.) from the Beltline, take left off exit, go approximately 1 mile. Pass Davie St., cross Martin St., see Moore Square Park on your left. Park anywhere in the area or continue on Person Street 3 more blocks and make a left onto Edenton Street. Surface lots are located on the right side of Edenton St. between Person and Wilmington.
OR
Take US-64 (Business) West, which turns into New Bern Ave; New Bern Ave. becomes Edenton St. as you near downtown. Follow Edenton Street for parking at the Museums.
From North Raleigh or from Hwy. 70 to the West
Take Hwy. 70 (Glenwood Ave.) all the way until it ends downtown at Morgan St. Take a left onto Morgan. Take a left onto Wilmington Street for the Museums.
