Who's ready to rock? Live music is back in a big way this spring in the Raleigh area! Browse the biggest and best picks of the next few months below (and send this to a friend to start picking out your shows!).

March

• Ballyhoo!, March 11 at Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard
• Fireside Collective, March 13 at Lincoln Theatre
• Tyler Nail, March 13 at Wake Forest Listening Room
• Mother's Finest, March 14 at Lincoln Theatre
• Bad Omens, March 16 at Lenovo Center
• JMSN, March 16 at KINGS
• Three Days Grace, March 17 at Lenovo Center
• KXLLSWXTCH, March 18 at KINGS
• Lily Rose, March 19 at Lincoln Theatre
• Skillet, March 19 at The Ritz
• The Kruger Brothers, March 20 at The Rialto
• Balsam Range, March 20 at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
• BJ Barham, March 21 at The Rialto
• Build Forever Art and Music Festival, March 21 at Moore Square
• Caroline Jones, March 21 at The Pour House Music Hall
• Brandon Lake, March 22 at Lenovo Center
• Miguel, March 25 at The Ritz
• Daniel Donato, March 27-29 at Lincoln Theatre
• Raynes, March 30 at The Pour House Music Hall

April

• LALA LALA, April 1 at KINGS
• Steel Panther, April 2 at The Ritz
• Zara Larsson, April 3 at The Ritz
• Nate Smith, April 4 at The RItz
• Dexter & The Moonrocks, April 4 at Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard
• Duck, April 9 at Lake Raleigh (NCSU Centennial Campus)
• Boys Go To Jupiter, April 9 at KINGS
• Congress The Band, April 9 at Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard
• Chatham County Line, April 10 at The Rialto
• Cameron Whitcomb, April 10 at The Ritz
• Cardi B, April 11 at Lenovo Center
• Allison Eide with Jude Smith, April 11 at The Pour House Music Hall
• Barns Courtney, April 11 at KINGS
• Bush, April 14 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Peter Lamb & The Wolves, April 15 at Koka Booth Amphitheatre
• Baby Keem, April 15 at The Ritz
• The Band Of Heathens, April 15 at Lincoln Theatre
• North Tower Band, April 16 at Midtown Park (North Hills)
• The HillBenders Present...Beatlegrass, April 17 at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
• Spafford, April 17 at Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard
• Danny Brown, April 18 at Lincoln Theatre
• St. Paul and the Broken Bones, April 19 at The Ritz
• King Tuff, April 21 at KINGS
• Pallbearer, April 22 at KINGS
• Russell Dickerson, April 23 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Kaira Ba and Jennifer Curtis, April 23 at Lake Raleigh (NCSU Centennial Campus)
• The Happy Fits, April 24 at Lincoln Theatre
• Alabama Shakes, April 25 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Polyrhythmics, April 26 at The Pour House Music Hall
• Tedeschi Trucks Band, April 29 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Jim Quick & Coastline, April 30 at Midtown Park (North Hills)
• Neuse River Big Band, April 30 at Garner Performing Arts Center

May 

• Woody Platt and The Bluegrass Gentlemen, May 1 at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
• Everclear, May 1 at Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard
• Soulja Boy, May 6 at Lincoln Theatre
• Laura Gonzqui, May 7 at Lake Raleigh (NCSU Centennial Campus)
• The Catalinas, May 7 at Midtown Park (North Hills)
• Lakeview, May 7 at Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard
• Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert & Them Dirty Roses, May 8 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Architects, May 8 at The Ritz
• Vertical Horizon, May 9 at North Main Athletic Complex
• Magnolia Park, May 10 at Lincoln Theatre
• Cristina Vane, May 10 at KINGS
• The Hip Snacks, May 10 at The Pour House Music Hall
• Kreator, May 12 at The Ritz
• Kid Cudi, May 12 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Noah Guthrie, May 15 at Wake Forest Listening Room
• Godsmack with Stone Temple Pilots and Dorothy, May 16 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Breland & Kylie Morgan, May 16 at Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard
• The Black Angels, May 17 at Lincoln Theatre
• Sting, May 19 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Santigold, May 19 at The Ritz
• Pitbull, May 19 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Chairmen of the Board, May 21 at Midtown Park (North Hills)
• Palmyra, May 21 at Lake Raleigh (NCSU Centennial Campus)
• ZZ Top and Dwight Yoakam, May 22 at Koka Booth Amphitheatre
• Iration, May 22 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• The Secret Sisters, May 22 at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
• Buckethead, May 27 at Lincoln Theatre
• The Infamous Stringdusters, May 28 at Lincoln Theatre
• Old Crow Medicine Show, May 28 at Koka Booth Amphitheatre
• Seth Walker, May 29 at Wake Forest Listening Room
• Solya, May 29 at KINGS
• Young The Giant, May 30 at Red Hat Amphitheater

June

• MGK, June 2 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Ari Lennox, June 3 at The Ritz
• Sam Barber, June 4 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Band of Oz, June 4 at Midtown Park (North Hills)
• Dave Matthews Band, June 5 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Khalid, June 6 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• The Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers, June 7 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Corey Smith, June 11 at Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard
• Carín Leon, June 13 at Lenovo Center
• HARDY, June 13 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Forrest Frank, June 16 at Lenovo Center
• Evanescence, June 17 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Hank Williams Jr., June 20  at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, June 23 at The Pour House Music Hall
• The Embers ft. Craig Woolard, June 25 at Midtown Park (North Hills)
• Goose, June 26-27 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Meghan Trainor, June 27 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Header photo by Garrett Poulos