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
| Holiday | Day of the Week | Date |
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| New Year's Day | Saturday | January 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday | Monday | January 16 |
| Good Friday | Friday | April 7
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| Memorial Day | Monday | May 29 |
| Juneteenth | Monday | June 19 |
| Independence Day | Tuesday | July 4 |
| Labor Day | Monday | September 4 |
| Veterans Day | Friday | November 10 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday and Friday | November 23 and 24 |
| Christmas Eve | Monday | December 25 |