Here is the weekend roundup of things to do in Wake Forest NC. Don’t forget, there is the weekly Saturday morning Wake Forest 
While your downtown don’t forget to stop in to a few of the shops and restaurants…….there are so many to choose from!
Purple Heart Dinner
Saturday, Aug. 4; 5:30 pm
Wake Forest Presbyterian Church, 12605 Capital Blvd.
Tickets are available for the annual Purple Heart Dinner on Saturday, Aug. 4, at 5:30 p.m., at Wake Forest Presbyterian Church. Hosted by the Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation, the dinner invites the public to help honor military veterans wounded in battle. Tickets are $15 each and available at the Wake Forest Chamber of Commerce, the Wake Forest Weekly, or by emailing info@WakeForestPurpleHeartFoundation.org. This year's guest speaker is Col. Danny McKnight, commander of the unit featured in the book and film "Black Hawk Down." Tax-deductible donations may be mailed to Wake Forest Purple Heart Foundation, P.O. Box 168, Wake Forest, N.C. 27588.
Concert in the Park featuring Sensory Expressions
Sunday, Aug. 5; 5 - 7 pm
E. Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Road
Bring a lawn chair and experience wonderful music in the great outdoors! The free concert is presented by PineCone and co-sponsored by the Wake Forest Parks & Recreation Department and United Arts of Raleigh and Wake County. For more information about the concert, call (919) 435-9560. For more information about Sensory Expressions Steel Drum Band, visit www.gigmasters.com/Steel-Drum/Sensory-Expressions/.
