Aug

Over 50 Concerts Remain For the Summer

It’s early August and Summer is winding down. You’d never know it by looking at the concert listing, though. As of this posting, there are still 54 remaining from a summer concert calendar that has included at least 163 relevant artists. It is, by far, the most active live entertainment summer in the city’s history.

8/7 – Frankie Valli (KB)
8/9 – Joe Walsh (RHA)
8/12 – Dixie Chicks (WCA)
8/12 – Nick Offerman w/ Megan Mullally (DPAC)
8/12 – Piebald (HRB)
8/13 – Def Leppard, REO Speedwagon, Tesla (WCA)
8/13 – Kidz Bop Live (RHA)
8/13 – Lyle Lovett (DPAC)
8/13 – Iron and Wine (NCMA)
8/13 – Jim Gaffigan (WOA-gboro)
8/16 – Newsies opening night (DPAC)
8/17 – Needtobreathe, Mat Kearney (RHA)
8/19 – Brian Wilson (DPAC)
8/19 – Keith Urban, Brett Eldredge, Maren Morris (WCA)
8/19 – Fifth Harmony (RHA)
8/19 – D.L. Hughley opens (GC)
8/20 – Jonathan Byrd (HRB)
8/20 – Gillian Welch (NCMA)
8/21 – O.A.R. (RHA)
8/23 – Butch Walker (LT)
8/24 – Glass Animals (RT)
8/24 – Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ (506)
8/25 – Rick Springfield, Night Ranger, The Romantics (RHA)
8/25 – Local H (CC)
8/27 – Goo Goo Dolls, Collective Soul, Tribe Society (RHA)
9/2, 9/3 – Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Dustin Lynch (WCA)
9/1 – The Melvins (CC)
9/4 – Of Montreal (CC)
9/6 – Crystal Castles (CC)
9/8 – Wolf Parade, Wye Oak (CP)
9/9 – Beach House (RHA)
9/9 – Erykah Badu (RHA)
9/9 – Gary Clark, Jr. (RT)
9/9 – Weird Al Yankovic (DPAC)
9/10 – Darius Rucker, Dan + Shay, Michael Ray (WCA)
9/10 – Chatham County Line (KB)
9/11 – Bull Durham Blues Festival begins
9/13 – Kinky Boots begins (DPAC)
9/13 – Ben Folds (RMA)
9/13 – Titus Andronicus (PIN)
9/14 – Heart, Joan Jett, Cheap Trick (WCA)
9/14 – ZZ Top, Gov’t Mule KB
9/15 – The Lumineers, Borns, Rayland Baxter (KB)
9/16 – Damien Escobar (RHA)
9/17 – The Connells (RLT)
9/18 – Brad Paisley, Tyler Farr, Maddie & Tae (WCA)
9/20 – The Cult (RT)
9/20 – Sevendust (LT)
9/21 – Amos Lee (DPAC)
9/23 – Grace Potter (LT)
9/23 – Hannibal Buress (RMA)
9/23 – Squirrel Nut Zippers (CTD)
9/25 – Il Divo (DPAC)
9/26 – The Sword (LT)
9/28 – Violent Femmes (NCMA)
9/30 – IBMA Wide Open Bluegrass
9/30 – Jason Aldean, Thomas Rhett & A Thousand Horses (WCA)

Venue Key:

506 – Local 506 (Chapel Hill)
CC – Cat’s Cradle (Carrboro)
CD-gboro – Cone Denim Entertainment Center (Greensboro, NC)
CFS – Carter-Finley Stadium
CP – City Plaza (Fayetteville, St)
CTD – Carolina Theater (Durham)
DPAC – Durham Performing Arts Center (Durham)
GC – Goodnights Comedy Club
GC-gboro – Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, NC)
HRB – Haw River Ballroom (Haw River, NC)
KB – Koka Booth Amphitheater (Cary)
LT – Lincoln Theatre
MMH – Motorco Music Hall (Durham)
NCMA – NC Museum of Art)
NH – North Hills East Amphitheater
PIN – Pinhook (Durham)
PNC – PNC Arena
RHA – Red Hat Amphitheater
RLT – Raleigh Little Theatre
RMA – Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
RPG – RallyPoint Sports Grill (Cary)
RT – Ritz Theater
WCA – Walnut Creek Amphitheater
WOA-gboro – White Oak Amphitheater (Greensboro, NC)

Aug

Where to Watch the Olympics on TV

Today marks the beginning of the 2016 Summer Olympic games. Of course many events will be available streaming from the internet, however if you want to watch the Olympics on TV, here is a guide for Raleigh viewers with TWC Channels in Red, UVerse Channels in Blue, DirecTV in Purple

NBC – Swimming, Volleyball, Gymnastics – 3 , 1005, 5
Bravo – Tennis – 72, 167 , 1181, 237
USA Network – Fencing, Equestrian, Field Hockey – 25 , 101 , 1124, 240
NBC Universo – Soccer, Basketball, Beach Volleyball – 898 , 3009, 410
MSNBC – Volleyball, Basketball, Archery – 45 , 203 , 1215, 356
CNBC – Rugby, Wrestling, Field Hockey – 37 , 205 , 1216, 355
NBC Sports Network – Soccer, Basketball, Judo – 314 , 1640, 220
Golf Channel – Soccer, Basketball, Judo – 51 , 405 , 1641, 218
Telemundo – Soccer, Basketball, Swimming – 803 , 3007, 406
Olympic Soccer – Soccer – 426 , 1638, 205-1
Olympic Basketball – Basketball – 425 , 1639, 205-2

UVerse customers can create an Olympics-only channel guide by hitting the “Menu” button on the remote control, then navigating to Options tab | Channel Options | Edit/Add Favorite Channels | “Add a new Favorites List…”. Type in a blue numbers from above and hit OK to add it to the list. Once you are done, you can rename the favorites list by hitting the “Enter” button (next to “0”).

Once the channels are set up, Hit the “A” button from Live TV or from the Guide to show your setup of Olympic channels.

Thanks for the DirecTV info, @DougInNC!