Your guide to Labor Day weekend fun in the Triangle

🛶 Take a free paddle on Lake Crabtree for the final weekend this year.

🎨 Stroll through downtown Raleigh checking out local art, live music and neighborhood shops this First Friday.

🎤 Party in Durham on Saturday and Sunday for the 10th and final Beats n Bars Festival.

🪉 Soak up the sounds of Stringapalooza Friday night in Carrboro.

🎶 See Bryson Tiller at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek on Friday.

🥳 Come to downtown Raleigh for the African American Cultural Festival on Saturday and Sunday.

🧹 Volunteer to pick up litter Saturday morning for Walnut Creek's Fall Big Sweep.

🎸 Attend the Melissa Etheridge show at the Carolina Theatre in Durham on Saturday.

🛒 Take part in Carrboro's Really Really Free Market on Saturday.

🎹 Get tickets to one of the weekend jazz shows at Sharp 9 in Durham.

🍿 Time warp to Bitter Social in Raleigh for Tim Curry Film Fest on Saturday.

🎬 Or spread out a blanket for an outdoor movie.

• There's "Hamilton" in Downtown Cary Park and "Remember the Titans" in Raleigh's Moore Square on Friday.
• The startlingly high-rated "Zootopia 2" plays in Durham Central Park on Saturday.
• And in Chapel Hill's Southern Village on Saturday, it's "The Princess Bride."

😭 Help crown North Carolina's Funniest at Goodnights Comedy Club on Sunday.

🖼️ Take a tour of the N.C. Museum of Art on Sunday.

🎀 Sing Dolly karaoke at Plum in Raleigh on Labor Day.

🏃‍♂️ End the long weekend with a Monday run club outing in Cary.