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Lazy Daze Grant Program is sponsored by Town of Cary. The Lazy Daze grant program is directed toward projects that benefit the Cary community and its citizens.

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The Cary Art Daze grants program focuses on arts programs or projects that benefit Cary and its citizens. The Work Group is pleased to offer community groups $40,000 to enhance local arts and culture, inspired by the success of the Cary Art Daze Festivals: Lazy Daze & Spring Daze. Learn more about applying for a Cary Art Daze grant here.

To date, the Cary Art Daze Work Group has awarded over $1,000,000 in grants to various nonprofit organizations.

#### 2026 Cary Art Daze Grant Recipients ****Asian Focus Corporation (AF)**** _Project: Asia Fest_**Gigi's Playhouse**_Project_**_:_**_Gigi's_ _Entrepreneurial Arts Program_ **ATA-NC**_Project:_ _Children's Day Festival_****Graceful Expressions Dance Company****_\_Project:\__ _Rapunzel_ _Project: Final Fridays_****Leela Foundation**** _Project:_ _Vaat — An Immersive Musical Dialogue by Hardik Chauhan_ **Cary **Ballet Company**** _Project: \_Transformative Moments of Community\__ _\_Connections\__****Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood**** _Project: \_Lucy’s Fun Run: Every Step Counts\__ **Cary Downtown Farmers Market** _Project: Music at the Market_****North Carolina Storytelling Guild****_Project_**:**_\_Old North State Storytelling Festival\__ _Project: \_Silly Prize Concert Series\__****Northwest Cary and Taylor Family YMCA****_Project_**:**_\_YMCA Camp Excel Arts & Crafts\__ **Cary-Apex Youth Choir** _Project: \_Spring Concert: “Home”\__****Raleigh Camerata****_Project_**_:_**_\_Music of the South American Baroque\__ **Concert Singers of Cary**_Project_**_:_**_\_The Breath of Life by Dan Forrest\__****The Carying Place**** _Project: \_Self-expression through art\__ **Esteamed Coffee, Inc**_Project_**_:_**_\_“TeachAbility Art Nights” at Esteamed Coffee\__****Triangle British Brass Band Ltd****_Project_**_:_**_\_Carolina Brass Band Festival\__ **Fine Arts League of Cary**_Project_**_:_**_\_2026 Downtown Gallery Community Arts Programs\__****Triangle Wind Ensemble****_Project_**_:_**_An American Celebration: The Music of John Williams_ **Friends of the Page Walker**_\_Project\_**\_:\_**\_Oral History Book Project\__****Triangle Youth Music**** _Project: \_\\_String Orchestra & String Sinfonia\\_\__ Free viewers are required for some of the attached documents.

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