Events

In honor of Thanksgiving, our office is closed Thursday Nov 26 and Friday Nov 27. Our grounds are open 8am- 5pm each day. Happy Thanksgiving!

All placement slots are full.  Our wreath placement is now closed to the public.  We are grateful for the volunteers who signed up!   To keep everyone safe, we are offering a signup to place wreaths for Wreaths Across America on FRIDAY December 18.  The ceremony will be virtual on Saturday December 19 at 12 [...]

Due to gathering restrictions via Executive Order, we will be gathering VIRTUALLY only for our Wreaths Across America Service on Saturday December 19 at 12 noon.  There is no public event that day for Wreaths Across America at Oakwood. To view the ceremony, via streaming visit our facebook page at 12 noon: https://www.facebook.com/historicoakwoodcemeteryraleigh To sign [...]

In honor of New Year's Eve/Day, the Cemetery office closes at noon on 12/31.  Our grounds remain open until 5pm.

In honor of New Year's Day, and so the cemetery staff can spend time with their families, our office is closed on Friday, January 1. Our grounds are open for visitors, 8am - 5pm.

Join us for our first ever VIRTUAL 5k!  The Running of the Souls5k is a virtual run that allows participants to run through the roads of the cemetery or in their own neighborhood!  This race benefits the preservation of Historic Oakwood Cemetery.   $25 per runner-- includes cool race shirt!   Registration is available from [...]

Oakwood has inspired generations of North Carolinians for over 150 years as a place of peaceful respite. Now is the time to share your inspiration, in the form of a poem, for our first ever Poetry Contest! We are excited to bring you this unique opportunity, in collaboration with Raleigh's S0 & So Books and [...]

Join Oakwood Cemetery and Blue Lotus Yoga Studio for yoga class in our front field after hours! About this event Did you know that Blue Lotus Yoga Studio and Oakwood Cemetery have a new partnership? Blue Lotus offers classes through their studio on our front field a few times a month. To learn more visit: [...]

Brush up on your Raleigh and Oakwood Cemetery history and join us for a one of a kind event in our front field on Wed June 30 at 7pm. Register your team for Oakwood Cemetery Trivia, hosted by Thee Handsome Robb! (The Cemetery will be closed to visitors EXCEPT for trivia participants). This event is [...]

In honor of Independence Day, the Cemetery office is closed on July 5. Our grounds are open 8am-6pm.    

At Oakwood Cemetery, we want to create a unique and collective exhibition inspired by the changes that have occurred over the past year, affecting how we mourn our loved ones and experience loss. To achieve this, we have created The Grove of Remembrance starting July 12, a place where you can write down your fondest [...]

On July 31st, Historic Oakwood Cemetery will be hosting an event to bring people together to celebrate the lives and memories of their departed loved ones. Guests are invited to participate in the Grove of Remembrance, a place where families and individuals can inscribe a ribbon with the name and memories of their loved one [...]

Due to low numbers, trivia for tonight has been cancelled.  Be on the look out for future dates! Join us for our second installment of Oakwood After Hours Trivia! Brush up on your Raleigh and Oakwood Cemetery history and join us for a one of a kind event in our front field on Wed August [...]

Please join us at Historic Oakwood Cemetery for a Bird Walk on August 21st. In partnership with Marti Kane, Wake Audubon Society Education Committee member, you will have the opportunity to observe many of the cemetery’s feathered friends such as bluejays, robins, woodpeckers, mourning doves, mockingbirds, hawks, and possibly some migratory flocks of neotropical species. [...]

On Sunday, September 12th, Historic Oakwood will be hosting a memorial event for those who have lost loved ones to COVID-19. Guests are invited to participate in the Grove of Remembrance, a place where families and individuals can inscribe a ribbon with the name and memories of their loved one and tie it to the [...]