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Tried-and-truthful recipe for a great time: a dash of warm weather, a heap of live music and enough of good friends. With the most live music in North Carolina, Raleigh knows how to rock the summer! The surface area'south outdoor concert venues hit all the right notes when putting together the summer schedule, bringing in plenty of large-proper noun acts and a bevy of artists with loyal followings set up to hit the stage in the Raleigh area. With a jam-packed schedule of open-air tunes, we've put together your guide to the venues and concert series that make up more than than 100 outdoor concerts in Raleigh, N.C., this summer. Permit's jam!

Red Hat Amphitheater

This 6,000-seat venue that sits in the shadow of downtown Raleigh's skyline (and just steps from confined, restaurants and other nightlife spots) has a major lineup planned for 2019 with more than 20 shows on the calendar through the summertime months.

• Greta Van Fleet: March Of The Peaceful Army (5/16)
• Prime Music Festival (five/17-eighteen)
• Band Together Main Event Presents St. Paul & The Broken Bones (vi/one)
• Anderson .Paak (half-dozen/half-dozen)
• Lake Street Swoop & The Wood Brothers (6/7)
• Wu-Tang Clan (6/8)
• SiriusXM The Pulse Presents: The Mighty O.A.R. (six/12)
• Jon Bellion (6/15)
• Vampire Weekend: Father Of The Bride Tour (6/21)
• Slightly Stoopid: How I Spent My Summer Vacation Tour (6/22)
• Shinedown: Attending Attention World Bout (6/26)
• Rob Thomas: Fleck Tooth Tour (7/11)
• Young The Behemothic + Fitz And The Tantrums (7/sixteen)
• Godsmack (7/17)
• IRATION: Live From Paradise Tour (7/26)
• Why Don't We (8/three)
• SiriusXM JamON Presents: Moe. and Blues Traveler (8/4)
• Papa Roach: Who Practice You Trust Tour (8/6)
• The Flaming Lips (8/7)
• Rebelution (8/9)
• 21 Savage (8/14)
• Flogging Molly & Social Distortion (viii/eighteen)
• Judah & The Lion (viii/23)
• Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (eight/24)
• The Raconteurs (9/3)
• Dropkick Murphys (9/24)
• The Head And The Middle: Living Mirage Tour (10/1)

Koka Booth Amphitheatre

Nestled in a landscape of alpine pine trees and next to the beautiful Symphony Lake in Cary, Koka Berth Amphitheatre has more than twenty jazz, bluegrass, symphony and indie music shows lined upwards for the summertime flavor, including a free show with fireworks on July 4 that you won't want to miss.

• Steve Hobbs (five/22)
• Northward Carolina Symphony Summerfest: Symphonie Fantastique (five/25)
• An American Commemoration - Through Fourth dimension And Infinite (5/26)
• Peter Lamb & The Wolves (five/29)
• Outlaws & Renegades Tour: Travis Tritt & Charlie Daniels Band (5/30)
• Due north Carolina Symphony Summerfest: A Space Spectacular (6/one)
• North Carolina Symphony Summerfest: Piazzolla's Four Seasons (6/7)
• North Carolina Symphony Summerfest: Vivaldi's Four Seasons (6/8)
• North Carolina Symphony Summerfest: Classics Under The Stars (half-dozen/15)
• North Carolina Symphony Summerfest: Ben Folds (vi/22)
• Father John Misty with Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit (6/25)
• North Carolina Symphony Summerfest: Broadway'due south Greatest Hits (half-dozen/29)
• North Carolina Symphony Summerfest: Independence Day Commemoration (7/iv)
• North Carolina Symphony Summerfest: Russian Nights (seven/6)
• North Carolina Symphony Summerfest: The Music Of Chicago with Contumely Transit (7/12)
• "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Strings Attached Bout (vii/xiii)
• Greensky Bluegrass (7/19)
• Northward Carolina Symphony Summerfest: Annual Beach Party featuring The Embers (vii/20)
• Sublime with Rome (7/21)
• Big Head Todd & The Monsters (8/18)
• Petty Large Town (nine/half-dozen)
• Kacey Musgraves' Oh, What A World: Tour Ii (9/14)
• Mandolin Orange with Mountain Man (ix/21)

Coastal Credit Matrimony Music Park at Walnut Creek

Large oversupply, large acts and big tailgating. That'due south how things work at this twenty,000-seat venue that has long been known every bit a can't-miss stop for music stars as they tour the Southeast.

• Bob Seger & The Silvery Bullet Band: Coil Me Away Final Bout (5/23)
• Hootie & The Blowfish Group Therapy Tour (v/31)
• Florence And The Motorcar: The High Every bit Promise Bout (half dozen/5)
• Rascal Flatts: Summer Playlist Tour (vi/28)
• Tedeschi Trucks Ring: Wheels Of Soul (7/9)
• Dierks Bentley (7/11)
• SiriusXM Presents Train with Goo Goo Dolls (7/xiii)
• The Tom Joyner: One More than Time Experience (7/nineteen)
• Mary J. Blige & Nas (7/25)
• Florida Georgia Line (7/26)
• Nelly, TLC and Flo Rida (vii/27)
• 311 & Dirty Heads (7/28)
• KIDZ BOP World Bout 2019 (8/two)
• Thomas Rhett (8/viii)
• Heart: Dear Alive Tour (8/10)
• Brad Paisley (8/15)
• Breaking Benjamin (8/18)
• Chris Young: Raised On Country Bout (eight/23)
• Brook And Cage The Elephant: The Night Running Tour (8/24)
• Jason Aldean; Ride All Dark Tour (nine/xiii)
• Peter Frampton Finale: The Farewell Tour (nine/14)
• ZZ Top: 50th Anniversary Tour (10/5)
• Luke Bryan: Sunset Echo Tour (10/12)

Midtown Beach Music Series

A Raleigh summer tradition for more than ten years now, this weekly Thurs. night embankment music series in North Hills attracts diverse and lively crowds—bring your dancing shoes!

• Bantum Rooster (v/23)
• Spare Modify (five/30)
• The Attractions (6/vi)
• Too Much Sylvia (half-dozen/xiii)
• North Tower (half-dozen/20)
• Steve Owens & Summertime (6/27)
• The Entertainers (7/11)
• Chairman Of The Board (7/18)
• BlackWater Band (7/25)
• Ring Of Oz (8/ane)
• Sleeping Booty (8/viii)
• Liquid Pleasure (8/15)

Friday Night on White

This gratis, family-friendly concert series in downtown Wake Wood takes identify on the 2d Fri. of each month throughout leap and summer. Food trucks will be on hand every bit volition beer from White Street Brewing Company (brewed literally just steps away from the main stage).

• Beloved Tribe (vi/fourteen)
• Soul Psychedelique (7/12)
• Big Love (8/9)
• Vanquish (9/13)
  

Summertime Concert Series at North Carolina Museum of Art

This unique performing arts and pic venue—a work of art itself—has hosted an outdoor summer series featuring a range of musical performances, family entertainment, blockbuster movies and classic films for more than 20 years now.

• Steep Canyon Rangers (six/xiv)
• Trampled By Turtles (6/22)
• Courtney Barnett (seven/two)
• Andrew Bird with Tift Merritt (seven/13)
• Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers with Amos Lee (7/23)
• John Butler Trio+ with Trevor Hall (7/27)
• An Evening With Lyle Lovett And His Large Band (8/7)
• Chaka Khan (eight/29)
• Mipso (eight/31)
• Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi (ix/25)

Summer Sertoma Series

The Town of Cary puts on this family-friendly concert series held at the Sertoma Amphitheatre, located inside of Fred Chiliad. Bail Metro Park, with free concerts presented past PineCone, Piedmont Quango of Traditional Music.

• Violet Bell (half-dozen/xv)
• Al Strong And The 99 Brass Ring (7/13)
• Zoocrü (8/ten)
  

Starlight Concert Series

This lively serial of complimentary concerts features musical styles from almost and far—all taking place in the beautiful gardens of the Page-Walker Arts & History Center in downtown Cary!

• Polka Plus Band (6/14)
• Beach Music Party With North Belfry (6/28)
• Celebration Of Bluegrass (7/26)
• Jamrock (8/2)
  

Cary Alive

The Boondocks of Cary's gorgeous new Downtown Park comes to life with this free concert series featuring beverages and food trucks on site.

• Banditos (vi/29)
• Band TBA (7/20)
• Band TBA (9/21)
• Ring TBA (10/12)
  

Bands, Bites and Boats at Bail Park

One Fri. per month, the Fred K. Bond Metro Park and Boathouse plays host to musicians, food trucks, beers and after-hours boat rentals.

• My Cousin Skinny (6/7)
• Garth Robertson (7/5)
• Garland Bricklayer (8/ii)
• EG Peters (9/6)
• Garrett Cummings (ten/four)
  

Summer at the Springs Outdoor Concert Series

Pack your chairs and picnics and head out to relish these complimentary, family unit-friendly concerts on the backyard at the Holly Springs Cultural Middle.

• Beatlesque (six/14)
• Totally Curious (half dozen/28)
• The Holly Springs Community Band (vii/12)
• Strange(R) Days (7/26)
• Adam Lee Decker Trio (8/ix)
• Whiskey Runners (8/23)
  

Summer Daze Music Festival Vol. two

Aug. 17
The second annual Summer Daze Music Festival—taking place at Littoral Credit Marriage Midtown Park at N Hills and produced by Seven Pes Behemothic (with free admission!)—promises to be a celebration of music, local business and civilization (and of form summertime vibes!). Music, nutrient and vendor lineup to exist appear at a later date.

Packapalooza

Aug. 24
This almanac all-mean solar day block party and street festival, drawing more than lxxx,000 attendees, caps off North Carolina Country University'southward Wolfpack Welcome Week at the offset of another bookish yr. The free and open-to-the-public event features more 300 vendor booths lining Hillsborough St., along with nutrient, games, arts and crafts, a water slide (bring your bathing suit!), visual and performing arts and more. A headlining music act volition be announced soon.

Hopscotch Music Festival

Sept. five-7
Iii days, near 150 bands, 12 venues in downtown Raleigh, 50 totally-free 24-hour interval parties and 25,000 fans—it's no wonder why Hopscotch Music Festival is time and fourth dimension again named one of America's can't-miss music events. The acts—and genres—are as wide ranging as the venues they play in (for example, a half-dozen,000-seat amphitheater at the base of the city skyline, Red Hat Amphitheater and a tiny dive bar, Slim'south Downtown). As of late May, a partial lineup for 2019 has been released—Sleater-Kinney, James Blake, Jenny Lewis, Little Brother, CHVRCHES, Phantogram and more than will hit the stage in Sept.

Groove in the Garden

Sept. 21
Groove in the Garden is dorsum for yr five at Raleigh Little Theatre's beautiful Stephenson Amphitheater. The annual music and arts festival shines the spotlight on some incredible local talent—the 2019 lineup features N.C. artists and bands including Kooley High, Urban Soil, Arson Daily, Into The Fog, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers plus more. Two stages of music, plus food trucks, beer, vino, local artists and vendors, a kids zone and more make this a can't-miss belatedly summer issue in Raleigh.

Beericana Arts and crafts Beer and Music Fesitval

Oct. 12
This fast-growing beer and music festival held at beautiful Sugg Subcontract Park brings together more than 70 breweries (including most of the about 30 craft drinkable brewers in Raleigh, N.C.) and more than twenty food trucks, along with a full lineup of Americana jams, to celebrate good friends, good beer and practiced times in Holly Springs.

International Bluegrass Music Association'due south World of Bluegrass

Sept. 24-28
The inflow of a toe-tappin', banjo-strummin' week of non-finish week of bluegrass in downtown Raleigh is one of the near anticipated times of the year. International Bluegrass Music Clan brings their Business Conference, along with the world's most talented bluegrass musicians, to Raleigh during this calendar week. Those musicians then perform in clubs, on street corners and in hotel lobbies—anywhere they can notice a jam session. The calendar week is capped off with PNC presents Broad Open Bluegrass, a two-mean solar day festival that sets up 5 stages of costless music, a trip the light fantastic toe tent, a barbecue title, tons of fine art vendors and more.

See a full calendar of live music head, both outdoors and indoors at themostnc.com!

Photo credits: Midtown Beach Music Series, North Hills; Hopscotch Music Festival photo, Garrett Poulos; Groove in the Garden, Brian Magee Photography

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