10/2/2023: Tickets to the 52nd Historic Oakwood Candlelight Tour® are selling briskly. Get yours before we sell out. Discounted advance rate tickets are available now through November 9th! BUY NOW
Tour Tickets Selling Fast - Over 50% Sold!
Tickets to the 51st Historic Oakwood Candlelight Tour ® are now available for advance purchase. Please join us December 10th or 11th for an afternoon of holiday cheer in Historic Oakwood. Ten properties will be decorated and open for tourgoers this year. Please purchase your tickets early as space is limited and tickets sell out.
This is a fundraising event the 501c3 nonprofit Society for the Preservation of Historic Oakwood.
Tour Tickets Available Now
Tickets to the 51st Historic Oakwood Candlelight Tour ® are now available for advance purchase. Please join us December 10th or 11th for an afternoon of holiday cheer in Historic Oakwood. Eleven properties will be decorated and open for tourgoers this year. Please purchase your tickets early as space is limited and tickets sell out.
This is a fundraising event the the nonprofit Society for the Preservation of Historic Oakwood.
A Walking Candlelight Tour
UPDATE (December 6, 2020) - Our app is in the final stages of development and testing. We have 23 homes featured on our walking tour that winds through the whole neighborhood. Please visit the tour web page for more information.
Holiday Walking Tour
UPDATE (Oct. 25, 2020) - We have a plan! The tour committee has found a smartphone app to make our holiday walking tour with. It is called Junket and is a free app download for iOS and Android. Once our tour is built and live we will post links to download the app and tour so you may take the walking tour at your leisure anytime December 12th through December 27th. For additional updates as they become available, please follow us on Facebook or sign up for our mailing list.
A Holiday Walking Tour
The 2020 Candlelight Tour committee is working on creating a FREE walkable outdoor tour of decorated homes in Historic Oakwood. Additional information will be provided as plans and details are finalized. Please follow us on Facebook for updates or sign up for our mailing list.
2020 Tour Canceled
2020 Historic Oakwood Candlelight Tour® Canceled
We regret to inform you that the full 2020 Historic Oakwood Candlelight Tour has been canceled. With the unknown status of COVID-19 this coming December and the full year of planning and recruiting 500 volunteers required to put on the tour, we had little choice.
But fret not! We are planning big things for the 50th Anniversary tour which will be held in 2021 and we are currently brainstorming and planning on some other fun walk-able or drive-able options for you to enjoy Oakwood during the holidays.
Thank you to everyone who has attended and supported the tour and SPHO in the past and we hope to see you for our big 50th Anniversary Tour December 11 & 12, 2021!
Thank You for Another Sold Out Tour
Sold out sign posted at The Tucker House early Saturday of Candlelight Tour weekend.
Thank you to all who attended the 48th Annual Historic Oakwood Candlelight Tour®. 2019 was another sell out year with an amazing mix of properties. Your attendance helps assure the continued work of the SPHO.
The Oakwood Awesomettes entertaining at The Murphey School Apartments
The SPHO cannot make the tour happen without the army of 500 volunteers that greet guests, act as docents inside the homes, check-in ticket holders, clean up the neighborhood, provide classic cars for viewing, market the event and organize everyone. Thank you all.
Unloading gift baskets from the truck.
This year the SPHO, as part of its Community Service Project, also threw a small holiday party for the residents of the Murphey School Apartments (senior living) and provided them with holiday gift baskets. Many tour-goers provided small donations that were added up to be bountiful baskets of non-perishables for the residents as well as some needed items for their common areas. Thank you for your support.
A special thank you goes out to our 2019 sponsors:
PLATINUM
Cybergraph Advertising
Edible Art Bakery & Dessert Cafe
GOLD
Tour goers boarding The Great Raleigh Trolley.
SILVER
City of Raleigh Parks & Recreation Department
Empire Properties
F.O.Finch III
Historic Oakwood Cemetery
Julie & Jay Blandford
Margaret Maloney
Raleigh Homes Realty
COPPER
Arthur Jordan & Kurt Hurelbrink
Barry & Nancy Kitchener
Bragg Bags and Brooches
Chris Crew & Dee Penven-Crew
DuBois Property Group
Edith Wooten
Jennifer Riedlinger
Justin Boner & Kiernan McGorty
Mary Shaver & Jonathan Janis
Peter & Sylvia Mann
Richard & Cindy Urquhart
Robert M. and Norma W. Tomb
Steve and Trish Sheldon
Trish and John Healy
PEWTER
Eldon Peters
Hamilton Point Investment Advisors
LODEN Properties
Oakwood Pizza Box
Raleigh Walking Tours
Rob Lamme & Associates
SmokeStacks Cafe
Yellow Dog Bread Co.
Save the Date
Mark your calendars for next year’s tour December 12th & 13th, 2020. Tickets will go on sale in the Fall of 2020.