The Triangle’s summer concert guide: You’ll want to save these dates
With Paul McCartney and Wu-Tang Clan on the summer bill for Triangle venues, 2019 should shape up to be a concert season we’ll never forget.
From packed arenas to breezy amphitheaters, and every open space in-between, the Triangle has more than a handful of popular music venues, each boasting a crowded calendar of national acts.
Here’s our rundown of summer concert dates to save, from pricey once-in-a-lifetime shows to free weeknight local concerts.
Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
3801 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh
919-831-6400 or walnutcreekamphitheatre.com
May 23: Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
May 31: Hootie & the Blowfish and Barenaked Ladies
June 5: Florence and the Machine and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
June 28: Rascal Flatts
July 9: Tedeschi Trucks Band
July 11: Dierks Bentley
July 13: Train and the Goo Goo Dolls
July 19: Tom Joyner
July 25: Mary J. Blige & Nas
July 26: Florida Georgia Line
July 27: Nelly, TLC and Flo Rida
July 28: 311 and Dirty Heads
Aug. 2: Kidz Bop
Aug. 8: Thomas Rhett
Aug. 10: Heart with Joan Jett and Elle King
Aug. 15: Brad Paisley with Chris Lane and Riley Green
Aug. 18: Breaking Benjamin
Aug. 23: Chris Young
Aug. 24: Beck and Cage the Elephant
Sept. 13: Jason Aldean
Sept. 14: Peter Frampton
Oct. 5: ZZ Top
Oct. 12: Luke Bryan
PNC Arena
1400 Edwards Mill Road, Raleigh.
919-861-2300 or thepncarena.com
May 27: Paul McCartney
June 11: Twenty One Pilots
June 18: Luis Miguel
July 7: New Kids on the Block, Salt N’ Pepa, Naughty By Nature, Tiffany and Debbie Gibson
Aug. 14: Jonas Brothers
Aug. 20: Backstreet Boys
Sept. 20: Carrie Underwood
Nov. 8: The Black Keys with Modest Mouse and Shannon & The Clams
Red Hat Amphitheater
500 S. McDowell St., Raleigh
919-996-8800 or redhatamphitheater.com
May 7: GRiZ
May 10: Earth Wind & Fire
May 12: Bryan Adams
May 16: Greta Van Fleet
May 17-18: Prime Music Festival with RL Grime, Gryffin, Chris Lake, Phantoms, Two Friends, Bonnie x Clyde, SoDown, Tails, Carter Cruise and Emogee.
June 1: St. Paul & The Broken Bones with Toots & The Maytals for Band Together benefit concert
June 6: Anderson .Paak and The Free Nationals
June 7: Lake Street Dive and The Wood Brothers
June 8: Wu-Tang Clan
June 15: Jon Bellion
June 21: Vampire Weekend
June 22: Slightly Stoopid with Matisyaho, Tribal Seeds and Hirie
June 26: Shinedown
July 11: Rob Thomas
July 16: Young the Giant and Fitz and the Tantrums
July 17: Godsmack
July 26: Iration with Pepper, Fortunate Youth and Katastro
Aug. 3: Why Don’t We
Aug. 6: Papa Roach with Asking Alexandria and Bad Wolves
Aug. 7: The Flaming Lips with The Claypool Lennon Delirium and Particle Kid
Aug. 9: Rebelution
Aug. 18: Flogging Molly and Social Distortion
Aug. 23: Judah & The Lion
Aug. 24: Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Sept. 3: The Raconteurs
Sept. 24: Dropkick Murphys
Oct. 1: The Head and the Heart
Oct. 8: Sara Bareilles
North Carolina Museum of Art
Museum Park Amphitheater, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh.
919-715-5923 or ncartmuseum.org
May 17: Dawes
June 14: Steep Canyon Rangers with Chatham Rabbits
June 22: Trampled by Turtles with Deer Tick
July 2: Courtney Barnett
July 13: Andrew Bird with Tift Merritt
July 23: Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers and Amos Lee
July 27: John Butler Trio with Trevor Hall
Aug. 7: Lyle Lovett and HIs Large Band
Aug. 24: Old Crow Medicine Show
Aug. 29: Chaka Khan
Aug. 31: Mipso
Sept. 14: Snarky Puppy
Sept. 25: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi
Koka Booth Amphitheatre
800-514-3849 or boothamphitheatre.com
May 4: Tash Sultana
May 8: Mint Julep Jazz Band
May 15: Kate McGarry
May 22: Steve Hobbs
May 25: NC Symphony — Symphonie Fantastique and “Play with the Pros”
May 26: Triangle Wind Ensemble
May 29: Peter Lamb & the Wolves
May 30: Travis Tritt & Charlie Daniels Band
June 1: NC Symphony — A Space Spectacular
June 7: NC Symphony — Piazzolla’s Four Seasons
June 8: NC Symphony — Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
June 15: NC Symphony — Classics under the Stars
June 22: NC Symphony — Ben Folds
June 25: Father John Misty and Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
June 29: NC Symphony — Broadway’s Greatest Hits
July 4: NC Symphony — Independence Day Celebration
July 6: NC Symphony — Russian Nights
July 10: YES, Asia, John Lodge (of The Moody Blues) and Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy
July 12: NC Symphony — The Music of Chicago with Brass Transit
July 13: “Weird Al” Yankovic with the North Carolina Symphony
July 19: Greensky Bluegrass
July 20: NC Symphony — Beach Party starring the Embers
July 21: Sublime with Rome, SOJA and Common Kings
Aug. 18: Big Head Todd & the Monsters and Toad the Wet Sprocket
Sept. 6: Little Big Town
Sept. 14: Kacey Musgraves
Sept. 21: Mandolin Orange with Mountain Man
Stephenson Amphitheatre
Raleigh Little Theatre, 301 Pogue St., Raleigh
919-821-3111 or raleighlittletheatre.org
Sept. 14-15: Raleigh Symphony Orchestra Fall Pops
Sept. 21: Groove in the Garden ‘19. Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Kooley High, Hot at Nights 17-piece orchestra, Urban Soil, Arson Daily, CaseyMagic, Clint Roberts, Into the Fog
Durham Performing Arts Center
123 Vivian St., Durham
June 2: Blackbear with Elohim & Gashi
June 23: Styx with Levon
June 28: Ultimate Queen Celebration starring Marc Martel
Aug. 6: Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band
Aug. 9: Arrival from Sweden: The Music of ABBA
Aug. 10: Get the Led Out, Led Zeppelin tribute band
Aug. 21: Glady Knight
Aug. 23: The Temptations and the Four Tops
Music in the Gardens at Sarah P. Duke Gardens
420 Anderson St., Durham, Duke University
919-660-3348 or dukeperformances.duke.edu
Shows start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10, $5 for Duke students and employees, Free for 12 and younger
June 12: H.C. McEntire
June 19: Joan Shelley with Nathan Salsburg
June 26: Bedouine
July 10: Jake Xerxes Fussell & Band
July 17: Cedric Burnside
Durham Blues & Brews Festival
Durham Central Park, 501 Foster St., Durham
durhambluesandbrewsfestival.com
May 18: Chicken Shack, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Mr. Sipp and more than 30 North Carolina breweries.
Festival for the Eno
West Point on the Eno, Durham City Park, 501 N. Roxboro St., Durham
919-620-9099 or enofest.org
July 4 and 6: Lineup of 70 bands on five stages to be announced.
Shakori HIlls
1439 Henderson Tanyard Road, Pittsboro
919-542-8142 or shakorihillsgrassroots.org
May 2-5: Grassroots Spring Festival of Music and Dance featuring Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Donna the Buffalo, Turkuaz, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad and dozens of other acts.
Oct. 3-6: Grassroots Fall Festival. Lineup to be announced.
FREE SHOWS
North Hills
Midtown Beach Music Series
North Hills Commons, 4191 Main at North Hills St., Raleigh
May 2: The Castaways
May 9: Legacy Motown Revue
May 16: The Embers featuring Craig Wollard and Stephanie Owens
May 23: Bantum Rooster
May 30: Spare Change
June 6: The Attractions
June 13: Too Much Sylvia
June 20: North Tower
June 27: Steve Owens & Summertime
July 11: The Entertainers
July 18: Chairman of the Board
July 25: BlackWater Band
Aug. 1: Band of Oz
Aug. 8: Sleeping Booty
Aug. 15: Liquid Pleasure
Other North Hills events
May 4: Midtown Music Fest at Coastal Credit Union Midtown Park. 3 to 9 p.m. Rayland Baxter, plus art installations and performing arts.
May-September: Midtown Bluegrass series at Coastal Credit Union Midtown Park. Sundays, 2-6 p.m. Dates to be announced.
August-October: Friday Night Tributes Music Series at Coastal Credit Union Midtown Park. Fridays, 5 to 9 p.m. Dates to be announced.
Live @ Lake Raleigh
Lake Raleigh, on NC State’s Centennial Campus
live.arts.ncsu.edu/live-lake-raleigh
May 9: Sidecar Social Club
May 23: Old Habits
Durham Central Park
Playlist Concert Series
501 Foster St., Durham
June 14: Alanna Royale
June 28: Ricardo Diquez y la Orquesta Tropico
July 12: Van Hunt
July 26: Bull City All Stars Drumline with Caroline Brodie
Aug. 9: New Reveille with Raleigh Rockers
Aug. 23: &More with Niito
Sept. 6: Project 919 Band with Empower Dance Lesson
Sept. 20: Les Filles de Illighadad with Diali Cissokho
American Tobacco Campus
American Tobacco Music in the Down Under
Interior Campus, 406 Blackwell St., Durham
May 9: Project 919 Band
May 16: The British Invaders Band
May 23: Tamisha Waden
June 13: Lounge Doctors
June 20: NANCE with Frank Mason and Forrest Isn’t Dead
GoldenBelt SummerStage
807 E. Main St., Durham
▪ SuperJam Wednesday sessions led by Stephen Munoz. Wednesdays at 6 p.m. through Oct. 30.
▪ Third Friday Concert series, 7 to 9 p.m. through Oct. 18
▪ Brunches Brew weekly jazz jam brunch hosted by Alan Thompson. Sundays at noon through Oct. 27.
Park After Dark and Cary Live
319 S. Academy St., Cary
919-460-4968 or townofcary.org
June 12: Lydia Salett Dudley
July 10: Al Strong
Aug. 14: Lauren Meehan
Sept. 11: Peter Lamb & the Wolves
▪ Cary Live concerts at Downtown Park are June 29, July 20, Sept. 21 and Oct. 12. Acts and details to be announced.
Bands, Bites & Boats
Bond Park, 801 High House Road, Cary
919-469-4100 or townofcary.org
Musicians, food trucks and after-hours boat rentals. May 3, June 7, July 5, Aug. 2, Sept. 6 and Oct. 4
Starlight Concert Series
Page-Walker Arts & History Center gardens
119 Ambassador Loop, Cary
919-460-4963 or townofcary.org
June 14: Polka Plus Band
June 28: Beach Music Party with North Tower
July 26: Celebration of Bluegrass
Aug. 2: Jamrock
Wind Down Wednesday
Waverly Place, 302 Colonades Way, Cary
Wednesdays, 6 to 9 p.m.
June 5: Band of Oz
June 12: Jim Quick & Coastline
June 19: The Embers with Craig Woolard
June 26: Bantum Rooster
July 3: Soul Psychedelique
July 10: Hip Pocket
July 17: Liquid Pleasure
July 24: Night Years
Music in the Park
Indian Creek Park, 101 Town Hall Drive, Morrisville
Concerts are the third Thursday of the month through June. Performers to be announced.
Six Sundays in Spring
E. Carroll Joyner Park Amphitheater, 701 Harris Road, Wake Forest
May 5: Southern Culture on The Skids
May 12: The Magnificent’s Band
May 19: Orquesta GarDel
May 26: Tyson Brothers Band and Mister Felix
June 2: Marcus Anderson Band
Friday Night on White
South White Street, Wake Forest
Concerts are 6 to 9 p.m. the second Friday of each month from April through September
May 10: Sleeping Booty
June 14: Love Tribe
July 12: The Soul Psychedelique
Aug. 9: Big Love
Sept. 13: Crush
Music at Midday
Centennial Plaza, 221 Brooks St., Wake Forest.
May 9: Big Bang Boom
May 16: Into the Fog
May 23: Kristi Dixon
May 30: Freddy Greene Trio
Freight Train Blues Music Series
Carrboro Town Commons (Farmer’s market), 301 W. Main St., Carrboro
May 24: AJ Ghent
May 31: Chatham Rabbits, Alexa Rose
June 7: Eastern NC Gospel
June 14: Cool John Ferguson, Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen, Cookie McGee
Saturdays in Saxapahaw
1612 Jordan Drive, Saxapahaw
Concerts are at 6 p.m. saxapahawnc.com/bandschedule
May 4: Haw River Festival with Triangle Afrobeat Orchestra, Honey Magpie and Ragweed Brass
May 11: Chatham Rabbits
May 18: The Collection
May 25: The Blue Star Travelers
June 1: Hard Drive
▪ Shows continue through Aug. 31. See website for acts.
FESTIVALS
Artsplosure
Fayetteville and Morgan streets, downtown Raleigh.
May 18-19: Saturday headliners are The Suffers, a Gulf Coast soul band. Sunday’s headliner is Alejandro Escovedo.
Mondo Roots Cultural Arts & Music Festival
Main Street, downtown Clayton. mondoroots.com
June 1: Acts to be announced.
Hopscotch Music Festival
Multiple venues in downtown Raleigh. hopscotchmusicfest.com
Sept. 5-7: Lineup to be announced
IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass
Downtown Raleigh. wideopenbluegrass.com
Sept. 24-28: Acts to be announced. Admission to Red Hat Amphitheater shows will be free for the first time.
Art of Cool
Multiple venues in Durham. aocfestival.com/
Sept. 27-29: Lineup to be announced.
This story was originally published April 30, 2019 at 3:01 PM.
