100 Great Concerts Coming to Raleigh
Summer is just around the corner, and that means another great concert season in Raleigh. From now until the end of September, there is a slew of shows guaranteed to ramp up the fun rate in the area. In fact, there are very few dates between now and mid-June that have no event scheduled, so save up, and get out of the house!
There are 100s of good entertainment options coming this summer. The best 100 of them (as of today) are assembled below. Click the venue name for ticket information, opening acts, directions, and more.
In addition, soon, all of these events will appear individually in the gogoraleigh DoIt Calendar , so you can easily add any event to your personal calendar.
| Date | Event | Location | |
| 4/6 | Alabama Shakes | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 4/7 | Daughtry | Greensboro Coliseum | |
| 4/7 | Loretta Lynn | DPAC, Durham | |
| 4/7 | We Were Promised Jetpacks | Motorco Music Hall Durham | |
| 4/9 | Joan Osborne | Lincoln Theater, Raleigh | |
| 4/10 | Kevin James | DPAC, Durham | |
| 4/11 | Daniel Tosh | DPAC, Durham | |
| 4/11 | Magnetic Fields | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 4/12 | Magnetic Fields | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 4/13 | Lewis Black | DPAC, Durham | |
| 4/14 | Lambchop | Motorco Music Hall Durham | |
| 4/14 | Martina McBride | DPAC, Durham | |
| 4/15 | Cake | Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater | |
| 4/15 | Patti Labelle | DPAC, Durham | |
| 4/17 | Mickey Hart | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 4/18 | !!!/Shabazz Palaces | Motorco Music Hall Durham | |
| 4/18 | Buddy Guy | Carolina Theatre | |
| 4/18 | World Series of Comedy Begins | Goodnights Comedy Club Raleigh | |
| 4/19 | Drive-By Truckers | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 4/21 | Amy Ray | Carolina Theatre | |
| 4/21 | Dayglow | Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater | |
| 4/21 | Van Halen/Kool & The Gang | Greensboro Coliseum | |
| 4/23 | Candlebox | Lincoln Theater, Raleigh | |
| 4/25 | Bela Fleck & The Flecktones | Memorial Hall (UNC) | |
| 4/26 | Needtobreathe | Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh | |
| 4/26 | Tommy Johnagin begins | Goodnights Comedy Club Raleigh | |
| 4/28 | Sugarland | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 4/29 | Elvis Costello | DPAC, Durham | |
| 4/29 | The Beach Boys | Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater | |
| 4/29 | The English Beat | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 5/2 | Mayer Hawthorne | Lincoln Theater, Raleigh | |
| 5/2 | Nick Lowe/Tift Merritt | Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh | |
| 5/3 | Feist | Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh | |
| 5/5 | Beach House | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 5/9 | Esperanza Spalding | Carolina Theatre | |
| 5/10 | Greg Morton | Goodnights Comedy Club Raleigh | |
| 5/11 | Kevin Hart | Greensboro Coliseum | |
| 5/11 | Mike Doughty | Carolina Theatre | |
| 5/11 | Ryan Montbleau | Lincoln Theater, Raleigh | |
| 5/11 | Zac Brown Band | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 5/12 | Archers of Loaf | King’s Barcade, Raleigh | |
| 5/12 | B-52s/ Band Together Benefit | Booth Amphitheatre, Cary | |
| 5/12 | Spiritualized | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 5/13 | Coheed and Cambria | Lincoln Theater, Raleigh | |
| 5/13 | New Edition | PNC Arena | |
| 5/15 | Madeleine Peyroux | Carolina Theatre | |
| 5/16 | Collective Soul | Lincoln Theater, Raleigh | |
| 5/16 | Jonny Lang | Carolina Theatre | |
| 5/17 | Rhett Miller | ArtsCenter, Carrboro | |
| 5/18 | Dar Williams | ArtsCenter, Carrboro | |
| 5/18 | Dierks Bentley | Greensboro Coliseum | |
| 5/19 | David Allan Coe | Lincoln Theater, Raleigh | |
| 5/22 | Jane’s Addiction/The Duke Spirit | Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh | |
| 5/23 | St. Vincent | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 5/26 | The Polyphonic Spree | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 5/27 | Keith Sweat | Greensboro Coliseum | |
| 5/29 | Natalie Merchant | Meymandi Hall, Raleigh | |
| 6/2 | A Prairie Home Companion | Booth Amphitheatre, Cary | |
| 6/2 | Yanni | Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh | |
| 6/3 | Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers | DPAC, Durham | |
| 6/8 | Lady Antebellum/D. Rucker/T. Square | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 6/12 | Gavin DeGraw/Colbie Caillat | Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater | |
| 6/15 | Apassionata begins | PNC Arena | |
| 6/17 | Anita Baker | DPAC, Durham | |
| 6/21 | Aziz Ansari | Meymandi Hall, Raleigh | |
| 6/22 | The Wailers | The Longbranch, Raleigh | |
| 6/24 | Vince Gill | DPAC, Durham | |
| 7/6 | The Jacksons | Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater | |
| 7/8 | Crosby, Stills & Nash | DPAC, Durham | |
| 7/9 | Hot Tuna | ArtsCenter, Carrboro | |
| 7/9 | Roger Waters | PNC Arena | |
| 7/11 | Furthur | Booth Amphitheatre, Cary | |
| 7/12 | Barenaked Ladies/Blues Traveler/Big Head Todd/Cracker | Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater | |
| 7/13 | Best Coast | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 7/14 | Everclear/Sugar Ray/Gin Blossoms/Lit/Marcy Pground | Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater | |
| 7/14 | Neko Case | NCMA Amphitheater, Raleigh | |
| 7/15 | Toby Keith | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 7/22 | KISS/Motley Crue | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 7/25 | 311/Slightly Stoopid | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 7/27 | Jason Aldean | Raleigh (venue TBD) | |
| 7/30 | Nickelback/Bush | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 8/1 | Maze w/ Frankie Beverly | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 8/1 | Rod Stewart/Stevie Nicks | Greensboro Coliseum | |
| 8/4 | Little Feat | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 8/5 | Chicago/Doobie Brothers | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 8/8 | O.A.R. | Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater | |
| 8/10 | Rascal Flatts/Little Big Town | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 8/11 | ABBA | Booth Amphitheatre, Cary | |
| 8/15 | Cirque Du Soleil DRALION begins | PNC Arena | |
| 8/18 | George Jones | DPAC, Durham | |
| 8/19 | Jason Mraz | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 8/21 | Duran Duran | DPAC, Durham | |
| 8/22 | Big Time Rush/Cody Simpson | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 8/24 | Brad Paisley/The Band Perry/Easton Corbin | Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion | |
| 8/25 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | NCMA Amphitheater, Raleigh | |
| 9/6 | Hopscotch Music Festival Begins | Downtown Raleigh venues | |
| 9/15 | John Tesh | Carolina Theatre | |
| 9/15 | The Feelies | Cat’s Cradle | |
| 9/29 | Ian Anderson | DPAC, Durham | |
| 9/29 | The Fresh Beat Band | Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater |
Joe Bonamassa Returning to DPAC
On Wednesday, November 28, guitar wiz
Joe Bonamassa
returns to the DPAC in Durham.
General Public tickets
go on sale tomorrow, and appear to range between $72 and $105.
Jane’s Addiction/Duke Spirit Playing Memorial Auditorium
On Tuesday, May 22,
Jane’s Addiction
will play Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium. The Duke Spirit will open.
Notes :
- This concert is part of the “Broadway South Series”. Huh?
- OMG! As bad bad bad as The Great Escape Artist” is, any band that can turn Memorial Hall upside down like they did in 1991 can always put on a phenomenal concert. Throw in the Duke Spirit? Are you kidding me!?
- Public tickets on sale Friday morning (3/9)
Fourth Venue Added for Gant Benefit, Tix Open Up
Today organizers announced a fourth venue for the upcoming Oliver Gant Benefit. Here is the update from the event’s page:
A fourth venue has been added to this show. Tift Merritt, Bombadil, Holy Ghost Tent Revival, The Small Ponds and Brice Randall Bickford will play The Lincoln Theatre on Friday, March 23. As with all venues, doors open at 7:30 p.m., and wristband pickup will be available at all four venues. Tickets go on sale today at noon via etix.com . These tickets permit access to Kings, Tir Na Nog, The Pour House and The Lincoln Theatre—space, as always, permitting.
I have been remiss to not mention this great event benefitting the son of NewRaleigh Editor Jedidiah Gant and his wife Stacy, as well as some organizations that have helped the family get through Oliver’s difficult treatment. Oliver was diagnosed with a sacrococcygeal teratoma , the most common tumor among newborns. It is the perfect event to help the Gant family, being such lovers of local music and festivals.
Sugarland Coming to TWC
On Saturday, April 28,
Sugarland
returns to Raleigh to play the TimeWarnerCableMusicPavilionatWalnutCreek. General Public tickets go on sale tomorrow (Fri) morning.
The Beach Boys Coming to The Walt
Hot off of a special Grammy tribute Sunday night,
The Beach Boys
announced a 40+ city tour yesterday which features an April 29 (Sun) date at The Walt. While Raleigh has been a frequent stop for the band through the years, this time the band features all of the surviving original members. The band will be in support of a new not-yet-released album that, too, features the original Boys. General Public tickets go on sale next Saturday (2/25), so get in on next week’s presales.
Hopefully Mike Love will wear the hat pictured so that we will easily be able to identify the band on stage.
Ben Folds Returning to Meymandi Hall
On March 22 and 23, Ben Folds returns to his old stomping grounds to once again play with the North Carolina Symphony. Tickets go on sale Monday, February 6, at 10am.
Feist Coming to Memorial Auditorium
On Thursday, May 3, Leslie
Feist
will play Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium. She is on tour supporting her October release, Metals. No word on tix yet.
Elton John Returning to RBC Center
On Friday, March 16th,
Elton John
returns to Raleigh’s RBC Center. Tickets go on sale to the public next Friday (Jan 27) at 10am. However the best policy for getting tickets is certainly thru presales which will likely begin on Tuesday.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Put On Hold
Due to a crushed sesamoid bone and a detached flexor tendon in Anthony Kiedis’ foot, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are postponing a portion of their upcoming tour. This means that the January 27 date for the RBC Center has been rescheduled to Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Tickets from the original date will be honored on the new date.
Van Halen Coming to Greensboro
On Saturday, April 21, a guitarist
who can actually play his instrument
comes to the area. In support of their upcoming CD due February 7, Van Halen makes its return to Greensboro Coliseum with the same lineup from the 2007 reunion tour: Eddie, Alex, David Lee Roth, and Wolfgang Van Halen.
This will be one of two NC dates, as the band moves on to Charlotte for a show four nights later. While I’m ecstatic that the band has two dates in the state, why would they select Greensboro instead of Raleigh to balance the Charlotte date? Is it because of ticket sales in 2007? As I recall, Raleigh was added to the tour, so by the time we knew about a Raleigh date, we had all traveled to see the band. Additionally, our date was postponed not once, but twice because of Eddie’s treatment, so it’s hard to blame a public for losing confidence that the event will happen. Of course there are other factors (like promoter relationships with venues, the band’s album sales in each MSA, venue size, etc), and there is always the chance a date in between the two gets added, but I’m not betting on it.
No word on ticket sales yet.
Corrosion of Conformity Playing Lincoln
On Saturday, March 3, CoC returns! Playing the Lincoln Theatre in downtown Raleigh, Corrosion of Conformity will be supporting their self-titled CD (coming 2/28). Torche, Valient Thorr and A Storm Of Light open.
Broughton Band Featured in Tournament of Roses Parade
Tomorrow morning (Monday) the Broughton Band will take another long-awaited step into the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, CA. The Golden Regiment first marched this parade in 2008 and ever since rumors have floated about the actual retirement date of the band’s director, Jeff Richardson (“JR”). It was this second shot for which JR held out, and it was completely worth the wait, according to JR. After becoming active in the hosting process of the parade in recent years, the band was invited to not only return to the parade, but to march in the parade’s coveted final band slot. JR’s retirement is for real, this time, however, as his replacement will take the reins on February 1..
The parade will be aired from 11am to 1pm. While NBC is the more prominent network covering the event, HGTV (TWC Channels 1350 and 350) blows NBC’s coverage away year after year. Not only is their commentary about the craft of each float superb, they also show the marching bands for more then 5 seconds each.
Take a look at the Broughton Band during their first pass of the Raleigh Christmas Parade six weeks ago:
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