# Instrument Petting Zoo at Gipson Play Plaza

> Event for families in the Raleigh–Cary area (NC). Times are Eastern Time.

- When: Sun, Nov 8 · 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Where: Gipson Play Plaza, Dix Park, 701 Palmer Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603
- Ages: designed for all ages
- Price: Free
- Organizer: Dorothea Dix Park (City of Raleigh / Dix Park Conservancy)
- Official page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1994984201450
- Last checked: Sat, Oct 24

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## About

An interactive, beginner-friendly music afternoon at Dix Park's Gipson Play Plaza with the Raleigh Music Collective. Two youth quartets perform, then everyone is invited to try instruments and play along together — easy ones like boomwhackers, bucket-band percussion, hand percussion and kazoos — so even toddlers can join in. It is free and designed for all ages. Registration is required so that you receive weather-cancellation notices; it opens two weeks before at noon. The play plaza's entrances, paths and play areas are fully accessible.

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