A summer evening at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park is one of the best entertainment bargains anywhere in the Triangle. Tickets are cheap, the food is good, and the play in the International League is genuinely high-quality — Triple A is one rung below the major leagues. The eponymous brass bull beyond the left-field wall snorts smoke when a Bull hits a home run.
The season runs from late March to early September. Most home games are Tuesday to Sunday; Saturday-night fireworks shows are a Durham institution. Tickets are available online or at the gate; arrive early enough to wander the surrounding American Tobacco Campus.