Families in our community are coming together on Saturday, May 2, 2026 from 3-6 PM at Hillside Park for an opportunity to celebrate. Breastfeed Durham is hosting a family festival and health fair with live performances and readings by Pierce Freelon. We will celebrate together, rain or shine, enjoying community togetherness, family-friendly activities, Durham’s delicious and eclectic food trucks, fruit pops, and resources provided by many of Breastfeed Durham’s wonderful partners in the Triangle.
Durham Pregnancy Expo & Family Festival
When: Saturday, May 2, 2026 | 3-6 pm
Where: Hillside Park, 1301 S Roxboro St, Durham, NC 27707 (see map)
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EVENT DETAILS
Volunteers Needed!
We are still in search of volunteers to help with the event in person. Please sign up to be a volunteer or send us an email at durham@breastfeedingcommunities.org.
Tentative Schedule of Event
Live musical performances and readings by Pierce Freelon, Durham native and Emmy-award winning producer, reading his new book Daddy Daughter Day and Daddy & Me: Side by Side.
2:00 PM | Vendor, Exhibitor Setup
3:00 PM | Fair opens to the public
4:00 PM | Silent Auction Closes
4:15 PM | Performance by Emmy-award winning artist Pierce Freelon
5:50 | Closing Ceremonies
Map
Food
- Fat Tony’s Barbecue
- El Rey del Taco
- Get added to the list (here)
Prizes, Gifts, Raffle Items
- AutoZone gift card
- Breastfeed Durham apparel
- Baby carriers
- Birth or postpartum planning session (1 hour)
- Brilliant Babies class gift certificate (STEM class for ages 6-14 months)
- Clarity session on mental wellness for transitioning to parenthood- (60 mins) or two (30 mins) sessions
- Diffuser with essential oils
- Digital journal
- Diapers of varying sizes
- Durham Dems ballcap
- Great Clips gift card
- LMNT (one case- grapefruit flavor)
- Magic by David
- Mood Recovery Service Membership (one month)
- Natural childbirth course discount (10%)
- One month of recycling services
- Pelvic Health & Wellness Assessment
- Ring Sling baby carrier (gently used)
- Signed copies of Daddy Daughter Day and Daddy & Me: Side by Side
- Starbucks gift cards
- The Art of Breastfeeding, Revised and Updated 9th Edition
- Virtual fit check
- Walmart gift card
- Yankee Candle
- Get added to the list (here)
Activities, Kids Play, and Crafting
- Arts and crafts
- Ball Toss
- Balloon twisting
- Bounce house
- Bubbles
- Chalk
- Coloring sheets
- Cornhole
- Crafts
- Daddy Daughter Day and Daddy & Me: Side by Side book signing
- Drawing tables
- Face painting
- Games
- Inflatable obstacle course
- Mental health crafts
- Play doh
- Q and A tables
- Rock and Rest Area sponsored by Durham La Leche League
- Stickers
- Story Time
- Water play
Vendors and Exhibitors
- 3Sixty Real Estate
- Anchor Perinatal Wellness
- Carrier Connection
- Central NC Babywearers
- Child Care Referral Central at Early Years
- Community Love DPC & Vasectomy
- DINE – Durham County Dept of Public Health – on behalf of Triangle Double Bucks Program
- Drug Free Birth
- Duke Family Medicine
- Durham Charter School
- Durham Democrats Help Hub
- Durham Mother’s Club
- Early Head Start Home-Based program (housed at CCFH)
- Family Care PA
- La Leche League of Durham
- Legal Aid of NC-NC Navigator Consortium
- LGBTQ Center of Durham
- Life in Balance Organization, LLC.
- Mother Love Wellness
- Pride Health & Wellness, LLC
- Restructure The Mind™
- Rooted Nutrition and Lactation
- Special Beginnings Midwifery
- The ReCollective
- The Well Carried Child
- The Wonderlab
- Time-In Moms
- Triangle Chiropractic and Rehabilitation Center
- Get added to the list (here)