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

• Voivod & Prong, March 23 at Lincoln Theatre
• Okey Dokey x By George, March 23 at The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop
• Girlschool, March 25 at Lincoln Theatre
• DEEP DIVE, March 28 at The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop
• Wheeler Walker Jr., March 28 at The Ritz
• The Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis, March 28 at KINGS
• Avenged Sevenfold, March 29 at PNC Arena
• Julian Lage, March 29 at Lincoln Theatre
• Bearly Dead, March 31 at Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard

April

• The Brother Brothers, April 3 at KINGS
• Kai Wachi, April 3 at Lincoln Theatre
• Busta Rhymes, April 4 at The Ritz
• Bella White, April 5 at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
• Dreamville Fest, April 6-7 at Dorothea Dix Park
• Corey Smith, April 6 at Lincoln Theatre
• Alejandro Escovedo, April 6 at The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop
• Bayside, April 6 at The Ritz
• SESSANTA, April 7 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• AJR, April 9 at PNC Arena
• Madison McFerrin, April 10 at KINGS
• Saint Motel, April 11 at The Ritz
• Peter Lamb & The Wolves with Sidecar Social Club, April 12 at The Rialto
• Bailen, April 12 at KINGS
• Julia Wolf, April 13 at KINGS
• The Disco Biscuits, April 14 at Lincoln Theatre
• Zingara, April 18 at Lincoln Theatre
• A Thousand Horses, April 18 at The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop
• Flatland Cavalry, April 19 at The Ritz
• The Vegabonds, April 19 at Lincoln Theatre
• Dustin Lynch, April 19 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Zach Williams, April 19 at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
• Riggsbee Road, April 19 at The Rialto
• Homegrown Music Fest, April 20 at The Rialto
• North Carolina 'Cuegrass Festival, April 20 in downtown Raleigh
• Hozier, April 20 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Mariah the Scientist, April 21 at The Ritz
• NEEDTOBREATHE, April 26 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• JigJam, April 26 at The Rialto
• Music at the Museum Fest, April 27 at North Carolina Museum of Art
• LaMP, April 27 at Lincoln Theatre
• The Postal Service & Death Cab For Cutie, April 27 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Layto, April 28 at KINGS
• Alexz Johnson with Paige King Johnson, April 30 at The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop

May 

• Queens of the Stone Age, May 2 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Silversun Pickups, May 2 at The Ritz
• The Bygones, May 2 at KINGS
• Red Clay Ramblers, May 3 at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
• Priscilla Block, May 4 at The Ritz
• Royel Otis, May 4 at Lincoln Theatre
• Foo Fighters, May 7 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• The Lemon Twigs, May 7 at KINGS
• Sum 41, May 9 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Rissi Palmer, May 10 at The Cary Theatre
• Black Veil Brides, May 10 at The Ritz
• Maddie Zahm, May 10 at Lincoln Theatre
• Chase Rice, May 10 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Sierra Ferrell, May 11 at The Ritz
• Wage War & Nothing More, May 15 at The Ritz
• Hank Williams Jr., May 17 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Cory Henry, May 18 at Lincoln Theatre
• Paul Cauthen, May 21 at The Ritz
• NF, May 22 at PNC Arena
• Gregory Porter, May 23 at North Carolina Museum of Art
• Marisela, May 25 at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
• Trampled by Turtles, May 30 at Koka Booth Amphitheatre
• Brian Culbertson, May 30 at North Carolina Museum of Art
• Melanie Martinez, May 31 at PNC Arena
• Elle King, May 31 at The Ritz

June

• Southern Culture on the Skids, June 1 at The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop
• Megan Thee Stallion, June 4 at PNC Arena
• John Fogerty, June 5 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Samara Joy and Kurt Elling, June 6 at North Carolina Museum of Art
• Niall Horan, June 7 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Knocked Loose, June 7 at The Ritz
• Kane Brown, June 7 at PNC Arena
• Babyface, June 7 at North Carolina Museum of Art
• Brothers Osborne, June 8 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Brubeck Brothers Quartet, June 8 at The Rialto
• Bryson Tiller, June 9 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, June 11 at Koka Booth Amphitheater
• Khruangbin, June 11 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Justin Timberlake, June 12 at PNC Arena
• Chappell Roan, June 12 at The Ritz
• Gary Clark Jr., June 13 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Juneteenth Joy: A Celebration of Freedom and Gospel Music, June 14 at North Carolina Museum of Art
• Dave Matthews Band, June 14 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Sean Paul, June 14 at The Ritz
• Dwight Yoakam, June 14 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• HARDY, June 15 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• ​Goose, June 18 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Wilco, June 18 at North Carolina Museum of Art
• Maggie Rogers, June 19 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Ryan Adams, June 21 at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
• Cody Jinks, June 21 at Red Hat Amphitheater
• Tim McGraw, June 22 at PNC Arena
• Outlaw Fest feat. Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, June 23 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Yuri, June 23 at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
• Future Islands, June 24 at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts
• The Spits, June 25 at KINGS
• Red Hot Chili Peppers, June 26 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• Alanis Morissette, June 27 at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
• The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, June 27 at North Carolina Museum of Art
• ​Bailey Zimmerman, June 28 at Red Hat Amphitheater

^{Header photo of Dreamville Festival by Julian Bajsel for The Parallel Agency}