Your Triangle guide to outdoor-concert venues
Published: Fri, Apr. 20, 2007 12:00AM
Modified Fri, Apr. 20, 2007 05:23AM
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3801 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh
831-6400
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Parking: Included in ticket price for most shows.*
Coolers allowed: No; but guests can bring small snacks and picnic foods in clear plastic zip-lock bags plus one sealed bottle of water per patron.
Lawn chairs: Low lawn chairs (9 inches or less off the ground) are allowed in; or they can be rented for $5.
Ticketing: Variable service charges, assessed at Ticketmaster outlets and the venue box office.
Details: The Triangle's largest (20,000 capacity) venue only has about half its dates on the books. More dates in August and September are coming.
* Note: A new Wal-Mart, at Rock Quarry and Sunnybrook roads, has taken a space Walnut Creek used for overflow parking during sold-out shows.
"We're working on repurposing our parking areas within the facility," says general manager Emma Bennett. "Finding 25 more spaces here or 50 more there. We'll have to sharpen our pencils on that."
Koka Booth Amphitheatre at Regency Park (KB)
8003 Regency Parkway, Cary
462-2025
Summerfest (www.ncsymphony.org) (shows designated in grid by **)
Parking: Included as part of ticket price. Upgraded "preferred parking" available for $10, free to Land Rover owners.
Coolers allowed: Yes at N.C. Symphony Summerfest shows, but not at others.
Lawn chairs: You can bring them, or rent them there for $5.
Ticketing: Variable on Ticketmaster sales. No service charge at the venue box office. Day-of-show price $3 higher on some shows.
Details: After a down season last year, 7,000-capacity Booth is back with a strong schedule that might ultimately have almost as many concerts as Walnut Creek.
Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Theater at the N.C. Museum of Art (NCMA)
2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh
839-6262
Parking: Free
Coolers allowed: Yes (no alcohol; it may be purchased at venue).
Lawn chairs: Not available for rental, but you may bring your own.
Ticketing: NCMA box office only. No service charges in person at the box office, $2 per order charge for orders by mail, phone (715-5923) or Internet.
Details: The 2,700-capacity venue is keeping it conservative with just seven shows this summer, three of them music/movie combinations.
Raleigh Downtown Live (RDL)
Moore Square, Raleigh
Details: The dates are set for the third season of this free series at Raleigh's Moore Square -- every other Saturday, June through August. Headliners have been announced with lots of opening acts still to come.
American Tobacco Historic District Amphitheatre (AT)
324 Blackwell St., Durham
www.americantobaccohistoric district.com
Details: Most of the events at this plush Durham facility are free "Music on the Lawn" shows; ticketed events are starred.
Brightleaf Square Concert Series (B)
Durham, 682-9229
Sertoma Amphitheatre (SA)
801 High House Road, Cary
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