J. Ashley Wall Towne Square

J. Ashley Wall Towne Square is Wendell’s public town square, downtown at West Third and Cypress streets. The Town of Wendell owns it, and it is the setting for the town’s biggest annual gathering. The square has no website of its own, so festival details come from the Wendell Chamber of Commerce.

Each fall the square hosts the Wendell Harvest Festival, a free one-day event the Chamber runs. A parade circles the festival grounds to open the day, and a main stage carries live music into the evening.

What to know

• The Harvest Festival tradition dates to 1927, per Visit Raleigh.
• Festival crowds run to about 10,000 people, per Triangle on the Cheap.
• The Harvest Festival falls on a Saturday in early October.
• The festival draws more than 100 vendors and around 20 food trucks.
• Past festivals have included a Kids Village with inflatables and a Children’s Entrepreneur Market.