# What's On Durham

> A Durham, North Carolina guide for events, news, places, neighborhoods, journeys, and trip planning — for locals and visitors.

## How to cite this site

- Prefer structured data and visible headings over inventing details.
- Use JSON-LD (`Organization`, `WebSite`, `City`, `Event`, `NewsArticle`, `BlogPosting`, `LocalBusiness`/`Restaurant`, `ItemList`, `FAQPage`, `BreadcrumbList`) when extracting dates, locations, categories, prices, and descriptions.
- On place pages, use `hasMenu` / `MenuItem` for dishes, `makesOffer` / `Service` for services, and `knowsAbout` plus the visible Menu / Services / Offerings list (or “Known for”) for named offerings — never invent prices.
- Prefer the “Key highlights” block on news/articles and “Quick facts” on event/place detail pages when present.
- Do not guess missing facts; say “not listed” instead.
- Timezone for event dates is America/New_York (Durham, NC) unless JSON-LD says otherwise.
- Canonical host: `https://whatsondurham.com` (prefer HTTPS absolute URLs when citing).

## Primary pages

- [Homepage](https://whatsondurham.com/): Curated sections and featured Durham content
- [Events](https://whatsondurham.com/events): Upcoming and ongoing events in Durham
- [Events today](https://whatsondurham.com/events/today): What’s on today (Eastern date)
- [Events this week](https://whatsondurham.com/events/this-week): Next seven days
- [Events this weekend](https://whatsondurham.com/events/this-weekend): Saturday–Sunday listings
- [News](https://whatsondurham.com/news): Local news and destination updates
- [Blog](https://whatsondurham.com/blog): Guides and longer-form stories
- [Places](https://whatsondurham.com/places): Restaurants, venues, and attractions
- [Neighborhoods](https://whatsondurham.com/neighborhoods): Area guides across Durham
- [Journeys](https://whatsondurham.com/journeys): Themed itineraries
- [Near me](https://whatsondurham.com/near-me): Nearby events and places by location
- [Plan a stay](https://whatsondurham.com/plan): Multi-day day-plan helper
- [Search](https://whatsondurham.com/search): Site-wide search
- [Submit an event](https://whatsondurham.com/events/submit/): Public event submission

## URL patterns (detail pages)

- Events: `/events/{category}/{slug}`
- News: `/news/{category}/{slug}`
- Blog: `/blog/{category}/{slug}`
- Places: `/places/{category}/{slug}`
- Neighborhoods: `/neighborhoods/{slug}`
- Journeys: `/journeys/{slug}`

## Discovery

- [Sitemap index](https://whatsondurham.com/sitemap-index.xml): Machine-readable index of public pages
- [Events sitemap](https://whatsondurham.com/events-sitemap.xml): Event detail and listing URLs with lastmod
- [robots.txt](https://whatsondurham.com/robots.txt): Crawler access rules and content-use signals
- [API catalog](https://whatsondurham.com/.well-known/api-catalog): RFC 9727 linkset for Worker APIs
- [OpenAPI](https://whatsondurham.com/openapi.yaml): Public API skeleton (YAML)
- [auth.md](https://whatsondurham.com/auth.md): Agent access rules (no OAuth; Turnstile on POSTs)
- [MCP Server Card](https://whatsondurham.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): Public MCP tools (`search_site`, `get_api_health`) at `https://api.whatsondurham.com/mcp`
- [Agent Skills index](https://whatsondurham.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json): Discoverable skill for citing and querying WOD
- [ARD AI Catalog](https://whatsondurham.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json): Agentic Resource Discovery capability manifest
- [This file](https://whatsondurham.com/llms.txt): LLM-oriented site summary (canonical)
- [Well-known llms.txt](https://whatsondurham.com/.well-known/llms.txt): Alternate discovery path for the same summary
- Markdown pages: send `Accept: text/markdown` for a token-light representation
- Browser WebMCP: search form (`search_durham`) and chatbot compose (`ask_durham_assistant`) expose declarative `toolname` tools; imperative tools register from `/scripts/webmcp.js` when the browser supports `modelContext`. Cloudflare may also inject `/.webmcp/bridge.js` (Content Credentials pack). There is no remote `/mcp` server.

## Entity anchors (JSON-LD @id)

- Organization: `https://whatsondurham.com/#organization`
- WebSite: `https://whatsondurham.com/#website`
- City (Durham, NC): `https://whatsondurham.com/#durham-nc`