| Concerts rock! And never more so than in Greater Raleigh.
Widely recognized as one of the hottest live music destinations,
Raleigh and Cary play host to a wide variety of artists
in an array of settings, many of which are outdoors. Whether
you see one show or a dozen, you're sure to benefit from
having so many great venues so close together.
Experience a diverse roster of shows at long-time area
favorite Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek,
or see why Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheatre was voted the
nation's best small concert venue.
Enjoy old favorites, like the free, all-day, multi-show
Bud Light Downtown Live, featuring nationally acclaimed
artists, or revel in the intimacy of smaller shows at
the North Carolina Museum of Art's Park Theater. Immerse
yourself in the full-on charge of the RBC Center, or take
in a performance at the Progress Energy Center for the
Performing Arts. The choices, and the range of musicians,
are unique and varied.
Check back here to book tickets online, and visit often
for the latest list of shows and special ticket offers
as they become available.
2009 Concerts Rock! |
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Concert |
Venue |
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Jul. 4 |
July 4th Celebration at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre presented by North Carolina Symphony Summerfest |
Koka Booth Amphitheatre |
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Jul. 4 |
Yellowman |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Jul. 5 |
311 with special guest Ziggy Marley |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Jul. 7 |
Beres Hammond w/ Culture |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Jul. 7 |
Aerosmith with Special Guest ZZ Top |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Jul. 8 |
Jose Luis Quiroz Live Performance |
Crabtree Valley Mall |
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Jul. 9 |
Midtown Beach Music Series: The Kays |
North Hills |
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Jul. 10 |
Concert at the Commons 2009: The Embers |
Triangle Town Center & Commons |
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Jul. 11 |
North Carolina Symphony Summerfest Presents: Play! A Video Game Symphony |
Koka Booth Amphitheatre |
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Jul. 11 |
Toby Keith with Trace Adkins (2009 Country Megaticket Series) |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Jul. 11 |
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts ( Free Bud Light Downtown Live ) |
Moore Square |
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Jul. 12 |
John Legend |
Koka Booth Amphitheatre |
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Jul. 15 |
Cary Cello Choir Live Performance |
Crabtree Valley Mall |
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Jul. 16 |
Midtown Beach Music Series: Liquid Pleasure |
North Hills |
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Jul. 16 |
The Original Kiss Army (Featuring: Gary Stevens, Jim Seda & Mike Sivo from Hotter Than Hell) |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Jul. 17 |
Concert at the Commons 2009: Craig Woolard |
Triangle Town Center & Commons |
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Jul. 17 |
2009 Starlight Concert Series: Kiedricher KCV Musikanten & Blaskapelle Gladbachtal |
Page-Walker Arts and History Center |
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Jul. 17 |
Corey Smith |
Koka Booth Amphitheatre |
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Jul. 17 |
Satisfaction (Rolling Stones Tribute) |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Jul. 18 |
North Carolina Symphony Summerfest Presents: Russian Masterpieces |
Koka Booth Amphitheatre |
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Jul. 18 |
Pete Yorn w/ Zee Avi |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Jul. 18 |
The Town of Garner Presents: 2009 Summer Concert Series The Grass Cats |
Lake Benson Park |
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Jul. 19 |
Scream The Prayer Tour 2009 |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Jul. 22 |
Jose Luis Quiroz Live Performance |
Crabtree Valley Mall |
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Jul. 22 |
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Jul. 23 |
Robert Cray Band with special guest Shemekia Copeland |
Koka Booth Amphitheatre |
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Jul. 23 |
Midtown Beach Music Series: The Part Time Party Time Band |
North Hills |
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Jul. 23 |
Method Man & Redman w/ Ghostface Killah |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Jul. 24 |
Concert at the Commons 2009: Johnny Orr |
Triangle Town Center & Commons |
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Jul. 24 |
Joe Firstman w/ Charlie Mars / Brian Wright |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Jul. 24 |
KID ROCK & LYNYRD SKYNYRD |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Jul. 25 |
The Charlie Daniels Band (Bud Light Downtown Live) |
Moore Square Art District |
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Jul. 26 |
Gov't Mule w/ Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Jul. 27 |
Chimaira w/ Winds of Plague / Born of Osiris / The World We Knew |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Jul. 29 |
Jason Mraz - The Gratitude Café Tour with special guest G. Love & Special Sauce and K'naan hosted by Bushwalla |
Koka Booth Amphitheatre |
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Jul. 30 |
Midtown Beach Music Series: Johnny White and the Elite Band |
North Hills |
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Jul. 31 |
Concert at the Commons 2009: Crush |
Triangle Town Center & Commons |
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Jul. 31 |
2009 Starlight Concert Series: Jamrock Roots and Reggae Music |
Page-Walker Arts and History Center |
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Aug. 1 |
Nickelback with Hinder, Papa Roach, Saving Abel |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Aug. 2 |
Rascal Flatts with Darius Rucker (2009 Country Megaticket Series) |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Aug. 6 |
Midtown Beach Music Series : The Entertainers |
North Hills |
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Aug. 6 |
Gregory Isaacs |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Aug. 6 |
Coldplay with Elbow and Kitty Daisy & Lewis |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Aug. 6 |
Magic Pipers (FREE Thursday Night Live Concert Series, Depot District) |
Ess Lounge |
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Aug. 7 |
Concert at the Commons 2009: The Breakfast Club |
Triangle Town Center & Commons |
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Aug. 7 |
The Thrash & Burn Tour 2009 |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Aug. 7 |
Def Leppard with Poison and Cheap Trick |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Aug. 8 |
Perpetual Groove |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Aug. 8 |
LIL WAYNE with YOUNG JEEZY, SOULJA BOY, DRAKE & MORE! |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Aug. 8 |
Tonic (FREE BUD LIGHT DOWNTOWN LIVE) |
Moore Square |
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Aug. 10 |
The Big Surprise Tour with Old Crow Medicine Show, David Rawlings Machine featuring Gillian Welch, The Felice Brothers, and Justin Townes Earle |
Koka Booth Amphitheatre |
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Aug. 13 |
Midtown Beach Music Series : The Craig Woolard Band |
North Hills |
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Aug. 14 |
Concert at the Commons 2009: Lounge Lizards |
Triangle Town Center & Commons |
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Aug. 15 |
The Design w/ The Groves |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Aug. 15 |
The Town of Garner Presents: 2009 Summer Concert Series Roy Stewart & Thick As Thieves |
Lake Benson Park |
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Aug. 20 |
Midtown Beach Music Series : The Coconut Groove Band |
North Hills |
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Aug. 20 |
Tarrus Riley |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Aug. 20 |
Stoneage Romeos (FREE Thursday Night Live Concert Series, Depot District) |
Ess Lounge |
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Aug. 21 |
Concert at the Commons 2009: Magic Pipers |
Triangle Town Center & Commons |
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Aug. 22 |
Alan Jackson with special guest (2009 Country Megaticket Series) |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Aug. 22 |
Better Than Ezra Airiel Down, Adam Pitts, The Urban Sophisticates (FREE BUD LIGHT DOWNTOWN LIVE) |
Moore Square |
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Aug. 23 |
O.A.R. (….of a revolution) |
Koka Booth Amphitheatre |
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Aug. 23 |
CRÜE FEST 2 |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Aug. 27 |
Midtown Beach Music Series: The Embers |
North Hills |
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Aug. 28 |
The Breakfast Club |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Aug. 30 |
Kenny Chesney with Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum (2009 Country Megaticket Series) |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Sep. 2 |
Badfish (A Tribute to Sublime) w/ Scotty Don't / TBA |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Sep. 4 |
Heart |
Koka Booth Amphitheatre |
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Sep. 4 |
Creed - CANCELLED |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Sep. 6 |
2nd Annual Benefit Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum |
Koka Booth Amphitheatre |
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Sep. 10 |
Crush (FREE Thursday Night Live Concert Series, Depot District) |
Ess Lounge |
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Sep. 17 |
Works Project Administration (WPA) |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Sep. 19 |
They Might Be Giants |
Joseph M. Bryan, Jr., Theater in the Museum Park |
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Sep. 24 |
Bull City Syndicate (FREE Thursday Night Live Concert Series, Depot District) |
Ess Lounge |
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Sep. 25 |
Derek Webb |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Oct. 3 |
U2 360° TOUR with Special Guest, Muse |
Carter-Finley Stadium (NC State) |
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Oct. 7 |
Robin Trower |
Lincoln Theatre |
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Oct. 11 |
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND & WIDESPREAD PANIC |
Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek |
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Oct. 18 |
Bonnie Raitt |
Koka Booth Amphitheatre |
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Oct. 25 |
Vienna Boys Choir |
Memorial Auditorium at Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts |
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Nov. 20 |
ABBA MANIA |
Memorial Auditorium at Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts |
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Mar. 17 |
Broadway Series South Presents the Irish Tenors |
Meymandi Concert Hall at Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts |
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Mar. 28 |
One Night of Queen |
Memorial Auditorium at Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts |
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