In line for your favorite food truck. Front row at a Friday night movie showing. On your mat at a community yoga event. There’s 1.6 acres of intentionally designed green space in Bailey Park … you just have to find your spot.
Bailey Park is 1.6 acres of publicly accessible green space intentionally designed for every kind of park-goer. During the lunch hour, you’ll find people drawn by enticing smells from locally owned food trucks. Movie-lovers make their way here for regular viewings of fan-favorite films. Fitness gurus and beginners alike join each other on the lawn for free yoga. Festivals and events—such as Gears & Guitars and Juneteenth Festival—often fill the space with families, students and furry friends looking for weekend fun. The possibilities abound in this urban green space, complete with a natural amphitheater, hard seating and open lawn space.
Although once a mass of steam pipes, power lines and a parking lot, Bailey Park visionaries saw it as the perfect remedy to the need for a central gathering place in the growing innovation district. Years of intentional planning and a joint commitment between Wake Forest Baptist Health and Wexford Sciences + Technology helped make that vision a reality with its re-opening in 2015.
Bailey Park was designed for the community to enjoy—which means it was designed for you. So, whether you work, play, live or learn in and around the Innovation Quarter, you’re invited to grab a book, a Frisbee, a picnic blanket or a friend and find your spot in Bailey Park.
Zeko’s 2 Go joins us each Tuesday in Bailey Park to serve up delicious Italian, Greek and Mediterranean dishes. Their award-winning menu … Full Event Details
Join Urban Street Grill each Friday for delicious dishes inspired by Jin and Shawn Chang. Urban Street Grill specializes in … Full Event Details
Line dance lessons at Bailey Park by Lisa Konczal, Winston-Salem, NC native, and principal (line) dancer in the Grammy award-winning … Full Event Details
Que Viva! Latin Street Grill joins us each Tuesday in Bailey Park. The family-owned truck specializes in Latin America cuisine, … Full Event Details
A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world. Starring … Full Event Details
Join Lobster Dogs for fresh Maine-style lobster, shrimp and crab rolls. Don't forget to try their stuffed avocados! Full Event Details
Join Urban Street Grill each Friday for delicious dishes inspired by Jin and Shawn Chang. Urban Street Grill specializes in … Full Event Details
Line dance lessons at Bailey Park by Lisa Konczal, Winston-Salem, NC native, and principal (line) dancer in the Grammy award-winning … Full Event Details
For the past year, we’ve been tied up in knots. Now, it’s finally time to unwind—together—with the return of our … Full Event Details
Que Viva! Latin Street Grill joins us each Tuesday in Bailey Park. The family-owned truck specializes in Latin America cuisine, … Full Event Details
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Bailey Park is equipped with regularly maintained restrooms that include two men’s and two women’s toilets, both of which are handicap accessible.
Security in Bailey Park is managed by Sunstates Security. Bailey Park has three emergency call stations that connect directly to the Winston-Salem Police Department and multiple security cameras.
Free Wi-Fi is available in Baily Park by joining the IQGuest network.
Bailey Park is a tobacco-free zone.
Organized team sport activities are prohibited in Bailey Park. Bicycle riding, skating and skateboarding are prohibited except on perimeter sidewalks.
Please keep Bailey Park clean by placing all recyclable and waste materials in the appropriate receptacles.
Please enjoy open areas and lawns without entering the flowerbeds or plantings. Please do not pick flowers.
Pets must remain on a leash at all times. Bailey Park reserves the right to restrict pet activity in certain areas. Please clean up after your pet; three pet-waste stations are provided for your convenience. Please keep pets out of flower and plant beds.
Today, Bailey Park is an integral piece of the Innovation Quarter that fits naturally in the heart of the district, but that didn’t happen overnight. When it opened fully to the public in 2015, it had been more than 10 years in the making. The team of people that dreamed up the park in 2003 recall the research and intentionality that went into making the vision a reality in an oral history of Bailey Park.
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There’s parking designated for every kind of visitor to the Innovation Quarter. Learn about your options here.
