The Taste of Music Festival will take place on Saturday, June 11, at 237 Friendship Chapel Road on the field adjacent to Friendship Chapel Baptist Church. This event will boast a day of great music and family entertainment, food, and retail items from vendors. There will be performances from Eugene Taylor Drum Prophet, Jazz Xpressions featuring Lydia Salett Dudley, Violinist Eric Taylor, Grammy-nominated gospel artist Luther Barnes and the Sunset Jubilaires, and a DJ for line dancing or just sitting back enjoying the tunes and strolling down memory lane. The Taste of Music Festival is a family-friendly event serving the town of Wake Forest and surrounding towns and cities of Wake and Durham counties. This festival is presented by BG Premier Entertainment, LLC, a small business committed to helping local artists and musicians thrive. BG Premier Entertainment allows local musicians and artists to perform in venues unavailable to them and earn an income

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will host a free, monthly outdoor movie series from May through August at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. The first in the series of Family Movie Nights at Joyner Park will feature the film “Trolls World Tour” on Saturday, May 21, at 8:30 p.m. Each Family Movie Night will also include a movie-related pre-show activity for kids beginning at 7:15 p.m. The theme for the May 21 activity will be “Rock the Mic.” Children 12 and under are invited to bring an empty cardboard toilet paper roll and make a glitter microphone, so they can rock out with the Trolls. Also, be on the lookout for a special appearance from one of the Trolls. Family Movie Nights at Joyner Park will feature a variety of family-friendly film favorites and genres, including comedies, dramas, and thrillers, all projected on a

The Wake Forest Police Department and Wake Forest Fire Department are partnering to host a “Public Safety Camp” June 9 and 10 at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. Geared for ages 13-15, the two-day camp will include sessions on basic first aid, CPR, fire extinguisher usage and firefighter tactics, as well as Police K9 and tactical team demonstrations, a mock crime scene investigation, and discussions about public safety careers. The cost of the camp is $30, and all campers will receive a Public Safety Camp T-shirt. A limited number of spots are available. Online registration is available at https://bit.ly/WFPublicSafetyCamp through Monday, May 2.  For more information, contact Fire Capt. Stephen Driver at 919-556-2231 or sdriver@wakeforestnc.gov. #

Wake Forest’s popular Six Sundays in Spring concert series returns to E. Carroll Joyner this Sunday, May 8, at 5:30 p.m. with Orquestra GarDel on stage. Sponsored by the Town of Wake Forest and ARTS Wake Forest, the series continues each Sunday through May 29. Featuring free, live, outdoor entertainment, Six Sundays in Spring offers residents an opportunity to enjoy a variety of local and regional performers and an enriching cultural experience. The concerts will be offered rain or shine from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Joyner Park Amphitheater, 701 Harris Road. Other acts scheduled to perform this year include Blue Cactus on May 15, Liquid Pleasure on May 22, and North Tower Band on May 29. A variety of food and dessert trucks will be on site for each Six Sundays in Spring concert. Concert goers are also invited to bring a picnic from home but are reminded

The Wake Forest Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources (PRCR) Department will offer a free outdoor fitness series four nights a week in May at E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road. Free and open to area residents of all ages, May Month of Fitness will consist of the following weekly classes:   Mondays – Camp Gladiator Tuesdays – Yoga Thursdays – Zumba Fridays – Dance & Get Fit Line Dance All classes are free and require no registration. Each will be offered from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Joyner Park Amphitheater. Camp Gladiator is an adult fitness boot camp that promises a motivating and challenging environment where men and women of all ages and fitness levels can push themselves. Participants should expect a total body workout. A typical session could include interval training, sprint and agility drills, stations, plyometrics, body weight strength drills, cardio mix, and much more. Camp Gladiator is