Summer Block Party
Sat, Jul 19
|Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Book Harvest’s beloved Summer Block Party promotes a joyful and abundant community-wide culture of literacy in Durham, celebrating summer reading and providing children of all ages with an abundance of books to help keep learning alive in summer.


Time & Location
Jul 19, 2025, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Durham Bulls Athletic Park, 409 Blackwell St, Durham, NC 27701, USA
About the event
Book Harvest’s Annual Summer Block Party is a free community-wide celebration of summer and books on Saturday, July 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. on the concourse of the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
The afternoon will be filled with family activities and entertainment, highlighted by an abundance of free culturally inclusive children’s books for every child – from infants to high schoolers – to take home and keep forever. Plus,
Plus, activities for the whole family! There will be lots to see & do with magic shows by Happy Dan the Magic Man, local favorite, Poetry Fox, Fairy Hair & More!
Free parking will be available throughout the American Tobacco Campus, including street and garage parking.