Fun in the Bull City for $6 (kind of)

12 Aug

The Setting: Durham, NC.

The Time: From 6 to 11 p.m. Friday night

The Goal: Have as much fun as possible on a budget.

Here’s how it went down: One of my friends had tickets to the Durham Bulls game. I accepted his invitation. Then I got an e-mail from another friend reminding me the Bulls game was on the same night as the final concert in the Warehouse Blues series. What to do? How about both.

I’ve told you about the city-sponsored Warehouse Blues series before. It’s held on Friday nights during the summer at West Village. Anyway, the performers are top notch and it’s completely free. You can even bring your own beer.

Even though the concert series is over, it’s still worth heading over to West Village if you’re around downtown Durham. The developers have done an outstanding job transforming the shuttered Liggett & Myers tobacco factory into a gorgeous place to live, work and even play.

After the concert, we walked along the railroad tracks to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, at which point we realized we had forgotten our tickets in the car. Oops. No worries. For $6 you can buy yourself a spot on the lawn behind center field.

The Result: So for $6 we had five hours of outstanding entertainment and people watching on a Friday night.

The Bonus: I got to meet Lucky AND Friday nights at the DBAP always end with fireworks.

(OK, technically, I spent more than that b/c beer and dinner was involved, but I could have easily opted to eat before going out and not drink).

The Question: Any suggestions of other inexpensive ways to spend a Friday night around the Triangle?

7 Responses to “Fun in the Bull City for $6 (kind of)”

  1. Andrea August 12, 2008 at 1:48 pm #

    I LOVE the picture of these ladies dancing.

  2. Phil August 12, 2008 at 6:58 pm #

    Above commenter Andrea is clearly not one of the three ladies pictured :-)

    But it is a cool photo – perfectly timed.

  3. Ginny August 12, 2008 at 7:34 pm #

    Yeah, Phil, good call, Andrea wasn’t one of the ladies. I don’t know who they are, but they are good dancers.

  4. Valerie August 12, 2008 at 9:21 pm #

    Those are cute shoes up in the Flickr box!

  5. allen August 12, 2008 at 11:31 pm #

    Unfortunately, there wasn’t a good Sinatra impersonation from Mr. Piano man that night…

  6. ginny August 13, 2008 at 8:35 am #

    @Valerie Thanks. I got them on clearance at Target for $4. How amazing is that?!

  7. Valerie August 13, 2008 at 10:56 am #

    No way! Great find.

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