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The 2026 edition of Old West Durham's Porchfest is set for Saturday, May 9! The Porchfest site has all the details, including a map and schedule, but here are the basics: An afternoon of music Bring a lawn chair OWD Porches = Performance Stages Musicians from around town sharing their talents And AND AND!! Bull City Commons kicks off the shows at 1pm in our garden with a performance by Cajun/Zydeco band The Swampbillies, which includes BCC residents Christine and Jim as band

The day started chilly and overcast but when the threat of rain passed, more and more folks came out to Bull City Commons' garden as part of the 2026 Durham Garden Tour. This is BCC's debut year on the Tour. BCC volunteers greeted visitors and shared the history of BCCs garden, and how BCC's Landscape Circle turned a patch of compacted construction fill into a lush garden hideaway.

BCC Debuts on the 3rd Annual 2026 Durham Garden Tour, May 2-3 BCC debuts this year as one of the stops on the 2026 Durham Garden Tour, Saturday & Sunday, May 2 & 3, 10am-3pm. As the new kids on the block, we’re eager to meet our neighbors and share a bit of the green landscape we’ve created at 610 Trent Drive, just down the street from Cocoa Cinnamon and LocoPops. All proceeds from the Garden Tour tickets go toward Keep Durham Beautiful. Buy your tickets now! Hurry! See our

Mike captured the following sidewalk inscription during a walk in Old West Durham

Stopped by Locopops the other night ( just down the street ), and felt the need to capture its flavors board for posterity. BTW: One of the Guest Star flavors, the "Flu Shot," is -- according to the Locopops site -- "OJ and a kiss of bourbon plus a little honey and cayenne for good luck."

This past weekend featured beautiful fall-like weather and events that drew folks from the community to get outside and moving. Several...

This article originally appeared in our August 2021 newsletter . Back issues of all our newsletters can be read from our BCC Newsletters archives page . One of the attractions of living in an urban space is walkability . We love the idea of walking out our front door to get groceries, window-shop, eat, hike, and sight-see. The appeal of that vision is what attracted many of us to Bull City Commons. Here’s a (very!) brief list of 5+ destinations within easy(ish) walks of our f

Calling Landscaping Subcircle member Jackie a "master gardener" is not just a nice compliment -- it's a certifiable fact. In 2019, Jackie...

Durham Magazine reminds us of ways the Durham County library system continues to provide services -- particularly to children -- even...

Down the block from the BCC site and across Hillsborough Road, right next to the Old West Durham Pocket Park is LocoPops, a staple of...

When we move into our building this fall, the BCC community will be part of the Old West Durham neighborhood. The OWD website contains a...