Downtown & history
Körner’s Folly, Jule Körner’s 1880 Victorian showpiece on South Main, sits a short walk from the free Paul J. Ciener Botanical Garden and the Kernersville Museum.
Live the Triad · Kernersville edition
Kernersville
The town in the middle of the Triad — a walkable historic downtown, big parks, and a short drive to Winston-Salem, Greensboro and the airport.
- 10 mi
- to downtown Winston-Salem
- 17 mi
- to downtown Greensboro
- ~8 mi
- to Piedmont Triad International (GSO)
- ~28,800
- residents (2024 Census estimate)
This week & next
Full calendar →Harvest Hustle 5K, 10K & 1-Mile Fun Walk
Kernersville
A Saturday-morning race with a 5K, 10K team challenge, kids’ races and an un-timed 1-mile fun walk. Registration closes the day before.
Registration fees vary by race
Hometown Christmas Artisan Craft Market
Kernersville Museum campus, Downtown
The first-year artisan market from Favored Conferences & Events, the Kernersville Museum Foundation and the Chamber — local makers on the museum campus, with each market supporting a local nonprofit.
Free to attend
Kernersville’s Hometown Christmas & Tree Lighting
Downtown Kernersville
Downtown’s big holiday night: free trolley rides, carolers, cocoa and cookies, Santa’s Workshop, the lit-up blooms at Ciener Botanical Garden, and the Christmas tree lighting at Town Hall from 6 to 7 PM.
Free
Moravian Holiday Brass at Körner’s Folly
Körner’s Folly
Members of the Piedmont Wind Symphony play Moravian Christmas brass music at Kernersville’s most famous house.
See Körner’s Folly for tickets
Yuletide at Körner’s Folly
Körner’s Folly
A daytime holiday visit to the 1880 Victorian “folly” on South Main Street, decked out for the season.
See Körner’s Folly for admission
Explore Kernersville
Parks & trails
Fourth of July Park’s 1.5-mile loop, sprayground and off-leash dog park; 426-acre Triad Park; boats and fishing at Kernersville Lake Park.
Getting around
I-40, US 421 and the I-74 beltway all touch town, PART express buses run to Winston-Salem and Greensboro, and the Kernersville Loop is under construction.
Local news
Our weekly roundup of what the Board of Aldermen approved, what’s being built and which businesses just opened starts with the next newsletter. Know something we should cover?
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