Accessibility

The African American Cultural Festival is a multi-day, multi-discipline festival celebrating African American history and culture, with free events, open to everyone. We strive to be a welcoming venue for people of all ages and abilities.

For answers to questions about access, please call our office at 919-977-4027 and we’ll be happy to assist you.

DROP-OFF
Drop-off locations will be provided. Vehicles with disability plates or placards will be admitted to the drop-off locations.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
The Moore Square Bus Station is located at 214 S Blount Street, 1.5 blocks from The African American Cultural Festival.

PARKING
Street parking surrounding the footprint of AACF is free on both Saturday and Sunday.

Parking decks are available all three days, although parking fees may vary. See all available parking decks in Downtown Raleigh. Decks closest to the AACF footprint include: Alexander Square, Charter Square, Hannover, Convention Center Underground, Moore Square Decks.

ONCE YOU’VE ARRIVED
A great place to start your AACF experience is at one of the Information Booths. There you can pick up a full schedule of weekend events and ask our friendly helpers any questions you might have about the weekend.

GETTING AROUND
Over half of the events taking place at AACF are on the street level with the roads closed off to motor vehicles starting Saturday morning. While this means that some areas of the streets and sidewalks can get crowded, all street-level activities are physically accessible. Do note that some streets have a slight uphill pitch to them, especially the side streets: Martin, Davie, and Hargett.

RESTROOMS
Street level accessible restrooms will be indicated on the festival map at the information booth.

INACCESSIBLE
Although we would like all of AACF events as accessible as possible there are some areas with accessibility challenges. Our Main Stage area tends to get crowded after 4:00pm, which can make this area hard to navigate. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Accessibility

DROP-OFF Drop-off locations will be provided. Vehicles with disability plates or placards will be admitted to the drop-off locations.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONThe Moore Square Bus Station is located at 214 S Blount Street, 1.5 blocks from The African American Cultural Festival.PARKINGStreet parking surrounding the footprint of AACF is free on both Saturday and Sunday.

Parking decks are available all three days, although parking fees may vary. See all available parking decks in Downtown Raleigh. Decks closest to the AACF footprint include: Alexander Square, Charter Square, Hannover, Convention Center Underground, Moore Square Decks.

ONCE YOU’VE ARRIVEDA great place to start your AACF experience is at one of the Information Booths. There you can pick up a full schedule of weekend events and ask our friendly helpers any questions you might have about the weekend.

RESTROOMSStreet level accessible restrooms will be indicated on the festival map at the information booth.

INACCESSIBLEAlthough we would like all of AACF events as accessible as possible there are some areas with accessibility challenges. Our Main Stage area tends to get crowded after 4:00pm, which can make this area hard to navigate. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

DROP-OFF
Drop-off locations will be provided. Vehicles with disability plates or placards will be admitted to the drop-off locations.

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
The Moore Square Bus Station is located at 214 S Blount Street, 1.5 blocks from The African American Cultural Festival.

PARKING
Street parking surrounding the footprint of AACF is free on both Saturday and Sunday.

ONCE YOU’VE ARRIVED
A great place to start your AACF experience is at one of the Information Booths. There you can pick up a full schedule of weekend events and ask our friendly helpers any questions you might have about the weekend.

RESTROOMS
Street level accessible restrooms will be indicated on the festival map at the information booth.

INACCESSIBLE
Although we would like all of AACF events as accessible as possible there are some areas with accessibility challenges. Our Main Stage area tends to get crowded after 4:00pm, which can make this area hard to navigate. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.