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30 April 27 -28. Piedmont Farm Tour. Orange, Chatham, Person, Durham and Alamance counties; Tour various farms throughout the area. Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (919) 542 -2402. Cost: $25 per car for ALL FARMS if purchased in advance, $30 per car for ALL FARMS if purchased during the tour and $10 per car per farm the day of the tour. (All proceeds benefit CFSA) http: / /www.carolinafarmstewards.org/ PRIVATE FARMS May May 5. Carrboro Day, 1 -7 pm. Town Commons, Music, food, plant exchange, children's games. Carrboro Recreation & Parks Department (919) 918 -7364, www.townofcarrrboro.org TOWN PROPERTY May 11 -12. Hillsborough Spring Garden Tour. Tour some of Hillsborough's loveliest private and public gardens in and around the historic downtown area during "Gardens of Hillsborough: Then and Now - Celebrating Sixty Years of Garden Tours in Hillsborough." Vintage Car display at area historic gardens, Plant and Garden Items Sales, Flower Design and Horticulture Show, Quilt show, student art, public sculptures, children's activities, afternoon ticketed tea. May 11 from 10 am — 5 pm and May 12 from 1 pm — 5 pm. Tour tickets are $15 and beginning May 1, $20 and children 12 and under free. (919) 732 -7741. www.visithillsboroughnc.com (NOTE — EVEN YEARS CHAPEL HILL SPRING GARDEN TOUR). PRIVATE GARDENS EXCEPT DICKSON HOUSE. May 17 -18. 31st Annual Hillsborough Hogg Day, Downtown Hillsborough on River Park off of E. Margaret Lane. Fri. - 6 — 10 pm and Sat. - 9am - 6 pm. Barbecue, live music, children's games and entertainment, antique car display, arts and crafts, food trucks, beer garden and beverages, merchandise vendors, and more. The event is now Hogg Day, named after James Hogg, a merchant originally from Scotland who came to Hillsborough and was a patriot in the Revolution.. Sponsor - Hillsborough /Orange County Chamber of Commerce. (919) 732 -8156. www.hillsboroughchamber.com FREE. EVENT HELD ON COUNTY PROPERTY AND TOWN IS INVOLVED AS WELL. May 19. Annual Pops in the Park Concert, Cameron Park, downtown Hillsborough. Sponsor: Durham Symphony (919) 491 -6576. Free. 3 pm. http: / /www.durhamsymphonV.org /. Free. COUNTY PROPERTY June June 1. Youth Fishing Rodeo (ages 3 -15), Strayhorns Pond, Chapel Hill; Sponsored by the area's Parks & Recreation Departments and the Orange County 4 -H; (919) 245 -2660. 9am — 12:30 pm. http: / /www.orangecountync.gov /. PRIVATE PROPERTY June 9. 2013 Farm to Fork Picnic. 4 - 7 pm at Breeze Farm. Join dozens of Piedmont Farms and Area Chefs & Cooks for an evening of food, live music, horse wagon rides, farm tours. www.farmtoforknc.com. USES A FARM OWNED BY NC STATE UNIVERSITY. July Family Fourth of July Celebration, Weaver Street Lawn (9:30 am — 11 am) and Carrboro Town Commons (10:30am — 3 pm); Carrboro Recreation & Parks Department, (919) 918 -7364. People's Parade at 11 am. www.townofcarrboro.org PRIVATE AND TOWN PROPERTY July 4th Fireworks. Entertainment and fireworks in Kenan Stadium on the UNC Campus, Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill Parks & Recreation Department (919) 968 -2784. 7 p.m. www.townofchapelhill.org UNC PROPERTY August August 9- September 8. 14th Annual Forest Theater Giant Puppet Pageant Festival. Paperhand Puppet Intervention http: / /Paperhand.org/ Shows Fri -Sun and Labor Day, Forest Theatre on the UNC Campus, (919) 923 -1857. UNC PROPERTY August 10. BikeFest 2013: The 18th Annual Rural Heritage Tour. The Tour begins at the Superior Courthouse in downtown Hillsborough, and offers a choice of several rides in rural Orange County: a 35 -mile half metric, a 62 -mile metric century, and a 100 -mile English century. Also enjoy a 7 -mile Family- oriented Historic District Fun Ride. Check - in opens at 6:30am and first race at 7:30 am. Sponsor: Carolina Tarwheels Bicycle Club. (919) 383 -9722. http: / /www.tarwheels.org/ USES RIVER PARK AT BEGINNING AND STATE /COUNTY HIGHWAYS