Bookmark this schedule of all the summer 2018 concerts and tours coming through Raleigh, Durham, Cary and the Triangle.
With spring finally in the air and outdoor concerts kicking off, it’s time for our summer concert guide.
Here’s the schedule so far for the Triangle’s primary regular outdoor venues, plus Raleigh’s PNC Arena, which is decidedly indoors.
Plus, we’ve got a lot of the free-music series at North Hills in Raleigh, Durham Central Park and other places around the Triangle and beyond.
Bookmark this list online, because we’ll be updating it as the season progresses and more dates are announced.
And as we advise every year: Always wear sunblock.
3801 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh.
919-831-6400 or walnutcreekamphitheatre.com
May 11 — Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers
May 12 — Kenny Chesney, Old Dominion
May 18 — Post Malone, 21 Savage, SOB X RBE
May 25 — Outlaw Music Festival: Willie Nelson, Sturgill Simpson, Alison Krauss, Delta Rae
May 26 — Kendrick Lamar, SZA, ScHoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, SIR, Lance Skiiiwalker, Isaiah Rashad, Zacari
June 9 — Dead & Company
June 14 — Styx, Joan Jett, Tesla
June 16 — Rascal Flatts, Dan + Shay, Carly Pearce
June 28 — Luke Bryan, Jon Pardi, Morgan Wallen
June 29 — Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cheap Trick, .38 Special, CJ Solar
July 3 — Foreigner, Whitesnake, Jason Bonhan’s Led Zeppelin Evening
July 5 — Imagine Dragons, Grace VanderWaal
July 10 — Chris Brown, HER, Rich the Kid
July 13 — Tedeschi Trucks Band, Drive-By Truckers, Marcus King Band
July 17 — Chicago, REO Speedwagon, Michael Tolcher
July 20 — Dave Matthews Band
July 21 — Evanescence, Lindsey Stirling
July 24 — Weezer, Pixies, Sleigh Bells
July 27 — Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini
July 28 — Charlie Puth, Hailee Steinfeld
Aug. 1 — Janet Jackson
Aug. 9 — Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne, LANCO
Aug. 10 — Phish
Aug. 11 — Pentatonix
Aug. 18 — Jason Aldean, Luke Combs, Lauren Alaina
Aug. 24 — Brad Paisley, Kane Brown
Sept. 1 — Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Wheeler Walker Jr.
Sept. 4 — G-Eazy, Lil Uzi Vert, Ty Dolla $ign, YBN Nahmir, P-Lo, Murda Beatz
Sept. 14 — Zac Brown Band, O’Connor Band, Darrell Scott
Sept. 17 — Niall Horan, Maren Morris
Oct. 4 — Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Russell Dickerson
Oct. 12 — Chris Stapleton, Marty Stuart, Brent Cobb
500 S. McDowell St., Raleigh.
919-996-8800 or redhatamphitheater.com
May 1 — The National, Big Thief
May 3 — Fleet Foxes
May 9 — Odesza
May 20 — Mastodon, Primus, All Them Witches
May 25 — Brian McKnight, Loose Ends
May 31 — Dirty Heads, Iration, The Movement, Pacific Dub
June 7 — Khalid
June 14 — Revivalists, J. Roddy Walston & the Business
June 15 — Paramore, Soccer Mommy
June 16 — Arctic Monkeys
June 19 — Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly
June 23 — Band Together: Walk the Moon
June 29 — Rebelution, Stephen Marley, Common Kings, Zion I
July 4 — Barenaked Ladies, Better Than Ezra, KT Tunstall
July 12 — Arcade Fire
July 13 — Coheed and Cambria, Taking Back Sunday, The Story So Far
July 14 — Slightly Stoopid, Stick Figure, Pepper
July 26 — Lauryn Hill
July 27 — Dispatch, Nahko & Medicine for the People, Raye Zaragoza
Aug. 3 — Kidz Bop
Aug. 7 — Rise Against, AFI, Anti-Flag
Aug. 8 — O. A. R., Matt Nathanson
Aug. 10 — LSD Tour: Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Dwight Yoakam, King Leg
Aug. 22 — NEEDTOBREATHE, Johnnyswim, Billy Raffoul
Aug. 27 — Leon Bridges, Jon Batiste, Stay Human
Sept. 28-29 — IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass, acts TBA
1400 Edwards Mill Road, Raleigh.
919-861-2300 or thepncarena.com
May 12 — Katt Williams
May 26 — Sugarland
June 5 — Journey, Def Leppard
June 22 — Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Caitlyn Smith, Devin Dawson
July 28 — Panic! At the Disco
8003 Regency Parkway, Cary .
800-514-3849 or boothamphitheatre.com
May 12 — Vance Joy
July 17 — Boy George and Culture Club, B-52’s, Thompson Twins‘ Tom Bailey
Aug. 5 — Ventriloquist Darci Lynne and Friends Live, „America’s Got Talent“ winner
Aug. 18 — Black Violin
Sept. 20 — Old Crow Medicine Show, Dawes
Sept. 28 — Jason Isbell
ncsymphony.org/summerfest
May 26 — Pictures at an Exhibition
June 1 — A Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration
June 2 — Superheroes Save Summerfest
June 9 — Blind Boys of Alabama
June 16 — Classics Under the Stars
June 23 — Summer Nights in Spain
June 30 — Glenn Miller to Gershwin: Jump, Jive & Swing!
July 4 — Independence Day
July 7 — Romantic Russian Nights
July 14 — The Music of Tom Petty
July 21 — Annual Beach Party
May 9 — Atomic Rhythm All Stars
May 16 — Mint Julep Jazz Band
May 23 — Second Line Stompers
May 30 — Peter Lamb & the Wolves
June 6 — Marcus Anderson
Museum Park Amphitheater, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh .
919-715-5923 or ncartmuseum.org
June 8 — First Aid Kit, Jade Bird
June 16 — Shovels and Rope, Son Volt
June 23 — Mandolin Orange, Charlie Parr
July 12 — Lake Street Dive
July 28 — The Mavericks
Aug. 1 — Father John Misty, Jenny Lewis
Aug. 3 — Kishi Bashi, Jake Shimabukuro
Aug. 4 — Paris Combo
Aug. 18 — Trombone Shorty’s Voodoo Threauxdown
Sept. 7-9 — Paperhand Puppets
420 Anderson St., Durham, Duke University
919-660-3348 or dukeperformances.duke.edu
June 13 — Dori Freeman
June 20 — Lydia Loveless
June 27 — The Sadies
July 11 — Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba
July 18 — Anna & Elizabeth
July 25 — Las Cafeteras
1439 Henderson Tanyard Road, Pittsboro
919-542-8142 or shakorihillsgrassroots.org
May 3-6 — Grassroots Spring Festival: Steve Earle, Rising Appalachia, Chicano Batman, Donna the Buffalo, Ibibio Sound Machine, Driftwood, others
Durham Central Park, 501 Foster St., Durham.
durhambluesandbrewsfestival.com
May 19 — Belltown Strutters, Mel Melton’s Wicked Mojos, Selwyn Birchwood Band
126 E. Cabarrus St., Raleigh.
919-821-4111 or lincolntheatre.com
June 23 — American Aquarium, Travis Meadows
West Point on the Eno, Durham City Park, 501 N. Roxboro St., Durham
919-620-9099 or enofest.org
July 4 and 7 — Bowerbirds, Lucy Dacus, Gospel Jubilators, John Dee Holeman, Orquesta Gardel, Boom Unit Brass Band, others
Raleigh Little Theatre, 301 Pogue St., Raleigh
919-821-3111 or raleighlittletheatre.org
Sept. 15 — The Connells
Sept. 16 — Raleigh Symphony Orchestra (rain date: Sept. 23)
Sept. 22 — Groove in the Garden: Lydia Loveless, Loamlands, Pie Face Girls, Kate Rhudy, ZenSoFly, Tres Chicas, New Reveille, Reese McHenry, Blue Cactus, Kamara Thomas, Emily Mussolini
Venues in downtown Raleigh. hopscotchmusicfest.com
Sept. 6-8 — Schedule to be announced. Tickets go on sale May 10.
Venues in Durham. Aocfestival.org
Sept. 28-29 — Nas, Erykah Badu, Damien Escobar, Sons of Kemet, Iman Omari, Sango
Raleigh, Visitnorthhills.com
Midtown Park
4011 Cardinal N. Hills St., Raleigh
May 5 — Midtown Music Fest: Who’s Bad, Adelie, Leah Blevins, The Shakedown, DJ Forge, Lockdown Blues Band, Retro Candy
May 20 — Midtown Bluegrass Series: Lil’ Smokies, Big Fat Gap
June 2 — Kickin’ It Country: Walker McGuire, Towne, Ray Fulcher
June 10 — Sunday Funday: The Brevet, Dead Sea Sparrow
Sept. 16 — Midtown Bluegrass Series: Lonely Heartstring Band, Circus No. 9
Friday Night Tributes — Every week, Aug. 25-Oct. 12; acts TBA
Midtown Beach Music Series
North Hills Commons, 4191 Main at North Hills St., Raleigh
April 26 — Tams
May 3 — North Tower
May 10 — Band of Oz
May 17 — Liquid Pleasure
May 24 — Jim Quick & Coastline
May 31 — Catalinas
June 7 — Chairmen of the Board
June 14 — Bantum Rooster
June 21 — Fantastic Shakers
June 28 — Legacy Motown Revue
July 5 — Steve Owens & Summertime
July 12 — Blackwater Rhythm & Blues
July 19 — Too Much Sylvia
July 26 — North Tower
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