Free Park Admission for Veterans Day
Colonial Williamsburg Free Admission. Colonial Williamsburg honors America’s Veterans with a procession down Duke of Gloucester Street, 4:30 p.m., beginning at the Capitol. The parade culminates in a public ceremony, with militia and cannon crew firing volleys in recognition of those who serve. Hear Colonial Williamsburg’s Fifes and Drums, and speakers from past and present. Active duty military, guard and reservists, retirees, veterans and their dependents enjoy free admission passes on the following dates: Nov. 6-11.
Knotts Berry Farm Military Tribute Days – Free Admission. Knott’s Berry Farm has an annual Military Tribute where they offer military members past and present by offering free park admission. This year the Military Tribute Days run from November 1 – 25 November (Thanksgiving Day). Veterans or current serving military personnel plus one guest get in FREE with proper ID presented at Knott’s turnstile (DD214, Veterans Administration Hospital ID or Active Military Service ID). Purchase up to six additional tickets for just $15 each. More info.
Fee Free Day at National Parks. To honor America’s service men and women, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that areas managed by the department would not charge entrance fees on Thursday, November 11, 2010. Over 100 national Parks will be participating in this event. More information.Free Admission Anheuser-Busch Parks for Military Members
Here's to the Heroes
Anheuser-Busch Parks. Anheuser-Busch Parks offers Active Duty Service Members free admission for them and up to 3 dependents to any of their parks once a year. Throughout 2010, members of the military and as many as three direct dependents may enter SeaWorld, Busch Gardens or Sesame Place parks with a single-day complimentary admission. The Here’s to the Heroes program is only available to Any active duty, activated or drilling reservist, or National Guardsman. For more information and to register, visit: http://www.herosalute.com/states/overview.html.
Eligible parks include:
- Adventure Island
- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay or Williamsburg
- SeaWorld Orlando, San Diego, or San Antonio
- Sesame Place
- Water Country USA
- Not valid at Discovery Cove and Aquatica. Christmas Town at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Va. is not included as part of this program.
This listing compiled by The Military Wallet visit them for even more dicscounts, events and freebies for the Military Servicemen, Veterans and Active Duty .
October should be renamed Festober due to the wide variety of festivals taking place throughout the area this month. Have a family heritage from around the world? Check out the 25th Annual International Festival (10/1-3) at the Raleigh Convention Center. More than 45 countries are represented with dance, music, food and games. Cary’s Koka Booth Amphitheatre has a month filled with international-themed events including Garba Night (10/2), a spectacular form of Indian folk dance, theater and music,Indian Movie Night (10/8), the Eid Festival (10/9), a multi-ethnic "Festival without Borders," and the Cary Diwali Jashn (10/16), a festival of community and lights. The Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts is the place to be with a diverse roster of events. Raleigh’s hometown boy David Sedaris (10/9)brings his unique brand of comedy to town, while NBC’s Last Comic Standing Tour (10/29) makes a stop in Raleigh during its national road show. The Raleigh Convention Center goes on A Shopping Spree (10/20-24) where hundreds of food, clothing, entertainment and decorating vendors help you to set your own personal style. Get into the Halloween spirit with the cult-classicThe Rocky Horror Picture Show (10/28-31), and the N.C. Symphony gets spooky with Halloween Magic (10/30). Speaking of Halloween, get lost in more than two miles of corn rows at Ken’s Corny Corn Maze (10/15-16, 22-23, 29-31), and at night, beware as the maze turns into the Harvested Farm Nightmare (10/15-16, 22-23, 29-31). At the State Farmers Market, the color is orange as pumpkins of all shapes and sizes are displayed during the Great Pumpkin Contest (10/7). The RBC Center welcomes comedian Jeff Dunham (10/7) and financial guru Dave Ramsey (10/16). What would October be in Greater Raleigh without the NC State Fair (10/14-24)? Giant turkey legs, corn on a stick and fried Oreos, along with rides, games and agricultural exhibits will be at your fingertips during the state’s largest event. Stay until the end each night for a spectacular fireworks display, a celebration for all Greater Raleigh Free Spirits. 
The curtain rises for another great month of performances from the area's nationally acclaimed performing arts groups. The Carolina Ballet presents the world premiere of Firebird (9/16-10/3), while the N.C. Theatre performs the 1950s rock-n-roll spoof Little Shop of Horrors (9/18-26), which promises to have you laughing and dancing in the aisles. The North Carolina Symphony Kicks off the 2010-2011 season with a Pops in the City FREE Concert(9/12) at the downtown Raleigh Amphitheater and performsBeethoven's Triple Concerto (9/24-25) at the Progress Engery Center for the Performing Arts. the Raleigh Little Theatre, which is celebrating 75 years of live theater, has partnered with the Actor's Comedy Lab to perform a quicky, heartfelt and slightly wicked tale of Hollywood indulgence in And the Winner Is (9/10-26). Myth, magic and pageantry abound as the Paperhand Puppet Intervention (9/10-11) transforms the N.C. Museum of Art's Park Theater stage, all accented with original live music. Combine Monty Python, Homer Simpson and the Three Stooges with 37 plays in 97 minutes and you have the hilarious Theatre in the Park performance of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (9/17-19, 9/23-26,10/1-3). Come see why Greater Raleigh is for the Creative Genius. 
