Join us in 2025 for our 7th Annual Mud Day Festival as we celebrate our wetlands and all things muddy and wonderful!
Learn about local environmental groups in our area while participating in the fun activities they offer, visit local food trucks, and of course, slide in a giant mud pit! Check out details about when and where below, as well as a list of events this year.
Event Details
Saturday, Aug. 16
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: 950 Peterson Street, Raleigh, NC 27610
2025 Activities
- Mud Slide
- Mud Pits
- Live Music
- Fire Department Decontamination Station
- Live Storytelling
- Fort Building
- Obstacle Course Trail
- Craft Tables
- Bubble Blowing
- Kiddie Zone with Mud Kitchen and Water Play
Represented Organizations
- Partners for Environmental Justice
- Water Resources Research Institute
- Carolina Wetlands Association
- South Wake Conservationists
- We Plant It Forward
- Rooted in Color
- Great Raleigh Clean Up
- Black Seed Saving Collective
- Trees for the Triangle
- North Carolina Sea Grant
- Girl Scouts
- Pitstop for the Birds
- RootEd
- Shrouding Sisters
- Planning Ahead
- Wake County Audubon
- Wake County Beekeepers
- Wake County Master Gardeners
- Wake County Open Space
- Raleigh Parks and Recreation Ambassadors
- City of Raleigh Fire Department
- City of Raleigh Police Department
- City of Raleigh Environmental Education Programs Support Office
- City of Raleigh Volunteer Services
- City of Raleigh Public Arts
- City of Raleigh Stormwater
- City of Raleigh Nature Preserves and Programs Team
Participating Food Trucks and Carts
- Myronna’s Water Ice [Italian Ice] Cart
- MexiArepa [Mexican Venezuelan Fusion] Food Truck
- Wilson Soul Food Kitchen