Holiday Schedule

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.

2023 Holiday Schedule

HolidayDay of the WeekDate
Thanksgiving DayThursday and FridayNovember 23 and 24
Christmas EveMondayDecember 25 


2024 Holiday Schedule

HolidayDay of the WeekDate
New Year's DayMondayJanuary 1
MLK Jr. Day
MondayJanuary 15
Good FridayFridayMarch 29
Memorial DayMondayMay 27
JuneteenthWednesdayJune 19
Independence DayThursdayJuly 4
Labor DayMondaySeptember 2
Veterans DayMondayNovember 11
Thanksgiving DayThursday & FridayNovember 28 and 29
Christmas HolidayMon, Tues, & WedDecember 23, 24, 25