Even parking tickets get a day off now and then. On City of Durham-designated holidays, parking enforcement ambassadors do not issue parking tickets, excluding Police Department-issued parking citations. Further, parking will generally be free in on-street metered parking spaces and in the parking garages and surface lots. From time-to-time, special event parking rates may be enforced on holidays.
2021 Holiday Schedule
| Holiday | Day of the Week | Date |
|---|
| New Year's Day | Friday | January 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday | Monday | January 18 |
| Good Friday | Friday | April 2 |
| Memorial Day | Monday | May 31 |
| Independence Day | Sunday | July 4 |
| Labor Day | Monday | September 6 |
| Veterans Day | Thursday | November 11 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday and Friday | November 25 and 26 |
| Christmas Eve | Friday and Saturday | December 24 |