There are arts events happening in the Triangle and North Carolina that are inclusive and accessible hosted by Arts Access and our partners, many of which are free or low cost. Please make sure to check back for updates.
September Events
- September 2026: Audio Described Theater Performances
Several area theaters in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Greensboro are hosting live audio described performances of plays, including traveling Broadway productions. Audio description is a verbal narration service created for patrons who are blind/low vision and can be assessed via a handset. View the audio description schedule. - September 23: Sensory-Friendly Playtime at Marbles Kids Museum
Kids with disabilities and their families to experience the Marbles museum in a calmer, quieter environment from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Join Arts Access for a free art craft. Other vendors will also be on-site with other activities. The event is free but registration is required. View more information about the sensory-friendly playtime. - September 25 – Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu Film Screening
321 Coffee is hosting a free film screening of “Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu” in the outdoor courtyard at their location at 615 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh. The movie starts at 7 p.m. and remember to bring a blanket and/chair. A free drink is available. This showing is part of their “Movies on the Bloc” series. 321 Coffee is an inclusive company focused on hiring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. - September 26: “Kung Fu Panda” Sensory-Friendly Friendly Film Screening
The Carolina Theater in Durham is hosting a sensory-friendly film series that features lights slightly turned up, sound turned down, movement is encouraged as needed, a quiet spaces is available as well as ear plugs and audio description devices. The theater will be showing “Kung Fu Panda”. Tickets are free and can be reserved in advance of the film screening online, by phone at (919) 560-3030, or at the box office. The film starts at 11 a.m. Learn more about the screening series
October Events
- October 2026: Audio Described Theater Performances
Several area theaters in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Greensboro are hosting live audio described performances of plays, including traveling Broadway productions. Audio description is a verbal narration service created for patrons who are blind/low vision and can be assessed via a handset. View the audio description schedule.
- October 3: Potluck and Film Screening of “As I See It”
The public is invited to a potluck, film screening and panel discussion at the Durham Arts Council. “As I See It “ is a film on vision loss and the arts by artist and filmmaker Hillary Honig Ensminger. The event is donation based with proceeds going to the Durham Arts Council. The event starts at 1:30 – 2:45 pm with a mingling session. Bringing food for the potluck is optional. The film screening starts at 3 p.m. and the panel discussion will start at 4 p.m. It is at the Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris Street in Durham. - October 9: In the Moment: Cultural Activities for the Memory Community at the NC Museum of Art
Join staff from the North Carolina Museum of History from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. to experience the sounds of North Carolina through a program engaging participants with the tobacco, textile, and furniture industries at the turn of the 20th century. In the Moment: Cultural Activities for the Memory Community is a new program series designed for those living with memory changes and their care partners that inspires collective engagement with a wide breadth of topics, ranging from the arts to the diversity of life on earth. This program is free with registration. Learn more about the memory program - October 16: Hoppers Film Screening
321 Coffee is hosting a free film screening of “Hoppers” in the outdoor courtyard at their location at 615 Hillsborough Street in Raleigh. The movie starts at 7 p.m. and remember to bring a blanket and/chair. A free drink is available. This showing is part of their “Movies on the Bloc” series. 321 Coffee is an inclusive company focused on hiring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. - October 16: Arts Access Artist Link Project Pop Up Market
Each month artists with disabilities, who are part of Arts Access’ Artist Link Project, share their work and have items for sale during Durham’s Third Friday at a pop up market. The market runs from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Marriott City Center, 201 Foster Street in Durham. Art for sale changes each month and can include everything from crochet animals, to painted light switch plates, geometric abstract prints and more. - Oct. 18: Sensory-Friendly Hour at Ancient Nubia Community Day
Prefer a less crowded, quieter community day experience? Enjoy free exhibition access to Ancient Nubia: Excavating Treasures of the Nile and family-friendly adaptive art-making activities before the event opens to the larger public. A social narrative to help you prepare for this day will be posted closer to the event date. For questions, please contact Molly Hull, mhull@ncartmuseum.org. This event is free with registration and runs from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Oct. 18, 2026. Register for the sensory-friendly community day - October 24: “Encanto” Sensory-Friendly Friendly Film Screening
The Carolina Theater in Durham is hosting a sensory-friendly film series that features lights slightly turned up, sound turned down, movement is encouraged as needed, a quiet spaces is available as well as ear plugs and audio description devices. The theater will be showing “Encanto”. Tickets are free and can be reserved in advance of the film screening online, by phone at (919) 560-3030, or at the box office. The film starts at 11 a.m. Learn more about the screening series - October 28 : Sensory-Friendly Playtime at Marbles Kids Museum
Kids with disabilities and their families to experience the Marbles museum in a calmer, quieter environment from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Join Arts Access for a free art craft. Other vendors will also be on-site with other activities. The event is free but registration is required. View more information about the sensory-friendly playtime.
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– Be held in a wheelchair-accessible space
– Provide ADA Accommodations upon request
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Support for our Arts Access North Carolina events is funded through grants from the City of Raleigh Arts Office, United Arts of Wake County and the North Carolina Arts Council.