Apr

Summer ‘15 Concerts

Summer always brings great concerts to the Triangle, and 2015 may be the best yet. From April to September there are over ~~125~~ 150 big acts coming to the area’s venues, with more announcements coming! From 1st-tier comedians to one of only 15 North American dates for the Rolling Stones, there is always something to do here this summer. See venue key at the bottom for info links.

4/3: Alt-J – Red Hat
4/3: New Found Glory – Cats Cradle
4/7: The Mountain Goats – Cats Cradle
4/10: Matt Pond PA – Kings
4/12: Smashmouth/Rock & Roll Marathon – Red Hat
4/14: John Spencer Blues Explosion – Cats Cradle
4/15: Indigo Girls – DPAC
4/16: Blackberry Smoke w/ The Temperance Movement, Ben Miller Band – Ritz
4/17: Night Moves featuring Zeds Dead – Ritz
4/17: Dennis DeYoung – Carolina Theatre
4/18: Bryan Adams – Red Hat
4/18: David Sedaris – DPAC
4/18: All time Low w/ Issues, Tonight Alive, State Champs – Ritz
4/21: The Who w/ Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – PNC Arena
4/22: Sleater-Kinney w/ Theesatisfaction – Ritz
4/22: Guster w/ Kishi Bashi – Lincoln
4/23: Eric Church w/ JD McPherson – PNC Arena
4/23-25: Mitch Fatel – Goodnights
4/24: Diana Krall – Memorial Auditorium
4/24: Chris Tucker – DPAC
4/24: Yellowcard w/ Finch and the Downtown Fiction – Lincoln
4/25: Bob Dylan – DPAC
4/25: Seether w/ 10 years, Within Reason – Ritz
4/26: Dick Dale – Lincoln
4/26: The Antlers – Cats Cradle
4/29: Taj Mahal Trio – Carolina Theatre
4/29: Jazmine Sullivan – Ritz
5/1: Paula Poundstone – Carolina Theatre
5/1: Tesla w/ Sledd, Nomara – Ritz
5/1: Kevin Hart – PNC Arena
5/2: Old Crow Medicine Show w/ Sturgill Simpson – Koka Booth
5/3: Corey Glover Band (Living Colour) and Dug Pinnick Band (King’s X) – Lincoln
5/4: Jenny Lewis – Haw River Ballroom
5/5: John Fogerty – Red Hat
5/6: Brad Reeder – Goodnights
5/7: Zac Brown Band – Walnut Creek
5/7: Sufjan Stevens – DPAC
5/7: …and You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead – Cats Cradle
5/7-9: Nate Bargatze – Goodnights
5/8: Jim Breuer – Carolina Theatre
5/8: Interpol w/ Algiers – Ritz
5/8: Kids in the Hall – DPAC
5/9: Brand New w/ Manchester Orchestra – Red Hat
5/9: Vince Gill – DPAC
5/9: Delta Rae w/ Greg Holden – Ritz
5/9: Kaiser Chiefs – Cats Cradle
5/9: Lisa Lampanelli – Carolina Theatre
5/10: The Isley Brothers – DPAC
5/10: Built to Spill – Cats Cradle
5/10: Butch Walker – Carolina Theatre
5/11: The Both (Aimee Mann & Ted Leo) – Cats Cradle
5/11: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue – Carolina Theatre
5/12: Lisa Loeb – Carolina Theatre
5/15: NEEDTOBREATHE w/ Ben Rector, Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors – Red Hat
5/15: Tab Benoit w/ Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojo’s, Dead 27’s – Lincoln
5/16: Brad Paisley w/ Justin Moore, Mickey Guyton – Walnut Creek
5/16: Deep South 20th Anniversary w/ Parmalee, Marcy Playground, Allison Moorer, Blake Christiana, Collapsis, etc – Deep South
5/22: Dave Matthews Band – Walnut Creek
5/24: The Psychedelic Furs w/ Black Engilish – Lincoln
5/27: Caleb Johnson – Lincoln
5/28: Kenny Chesney w/ Jake Owen, Chase Rice – PNC Arena
5/28: Rush (Greensboro)
5/29: Cold War Kids – Red Hat
5/30: Morris Day & the Time w/ Sheila E. – Red Hat
6/2: Branford Marsalis – Meymandi
6/3: The Decemberists w/ Shovels & Rope – Red Hat
6/4: Ingrid Michaelson w/ Jukebox the Ghost, Oh Honey – Ritz
6/5: Dierks Bentley w/ Kip Moore, MAddie & Tae, Canaan Smith – Walnut Creek
6/7: Robert Randolph – Lincoln Theatre
6/9: Taylor Swift w/ Vance Joy – PNC Arena
6/9: Third Eye Blind w/ Dashboard Confessional – Red Hat
6/9: Michael McDonald – Carolina Theatre
6/10: Train w/ The Fray, Matt Nathanson – Walnut Creek
6/10: Alabama Shakes w/ Courtney Barnett – Koka Booth
6/11: Mumford & Sons w/ The Maccabees – Walnut Creek
6/12: Brandi Carlile – NCMA
6/15: Robert Plant w/ The Pixies – Koka Booth
6/15: Morrissey – Carolina Theatre
6/16: Flogging Molly w/ Gogol Bordello – Red Hat
6/16: David Crosby – Carolina Theatre
6/17: Gary Clark Jr. – NCMA
6/18: Weird Al Yankovic – Koka Booth
6/18: Juicy J – Ritz
6/19: Hozier w/ The Antlers – Red Hat
6/19: Neko Case w/ The Love Language – NCMA
6/22: Lindsey Stirling – Red Hat
6/24: Boyz To Men – Meymandi
6/26: The Rippingtons- Carolina Theatre
6/27: Michael Franti & Spearhead (Band Together) – Red Hat
7/1: The Rolling Stones w/ The Avett Brothers– Carter-Finley
7/1: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo- Carolina Theatre
7/2: Julianne Hough and Derek Hough – Red Hat
7/4: Barenaked Ladies w/ Violent Femmes, Colin Hay (from Men at Work) – Red Hat
7/8: Jo Dee Messina – Carolina Theatre
7/10: Tim McGraw w/ Billy Currington, Chase Bryant – Walnut Creek
7/11: Kid Rock w/ Foreigner – Walnut Creek
7/17: Slightly Stoopid w/ Dirty Heads, The Expendables – Red Hat
7/17: Toby Keith – Walnut Creek
7/18: Fall Out Boy w/ Wiz Khalifa, Hoodie Allen – Walnut Creek
7/18: Tedeschi Trucks Band w/ Sharon Jones & The DAP-Kings – Koka Booth
7/18: Primus w/ Dinosaur Jr. – Lincoln
7/19: American Idol Live – DPAC
7/22: Idina Menzel – Red Hat
7/23: Sam Smith – PNC Arena
7/26: The Smashing Pumpkins w/ Marilyn Manson – Red Hat
7/26: Rascal Flatts w/ Scotty McCreery, RaeLynn – Walnut Creek
7/28: My Morning Jacket – Red Hat
7/30: KMFDM – Lincoln Theatre
7/31: Faith No More w/ Refused – Red Hat
8/5: Colbie Caillat w/ Christina Perri, Rachel Platten – Koka Booth
8/5: Lower Dens – Kings
8/6: Steely Dan w/ Elvis Costello – Walnut Creek
8/6: Boz Scaggs – Carolina Theatre
8/7: The Piano Guys – Red Hat
8/8: Lady Antebellum w/ Hunter Hayes, Sam Hunt – Walnut Creek
8/8: Sugar Ray w/ Better Than Ezra, Uncle Kracker – Red Hat
8/9: Garrison Keillor – Koka Booth
8/10: Death From Above 1979 – Ritz
8/11: Culture Club – Koka Booth
8/12: Peter Frampton w/ Cheap Trick – Koka Booth
8/12: Col. Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit – Ritz
8/12: Counting Crows w/ Citizen Cope, Hollis Brown – Red Hat
8/13: Florida Georgia Line w/ Thomas Rhett, Frankie Ballard – Walnut Creek
8/14: Phish – Walnut Creek
8/14: Jim Gaffigan – Koka Booth
8/14: Brandon Flowers – Ritz
8/18: Meghan Trainor w/ Life of Dillon, Charlie Puth – Ritz
8/18: Lyle Lovett – DPAC
8/20: Australian Pink Floyd with Led Zeppelin2 – Red Hat
8/21: Breaking Benjamin – Ritz
8/23: O.A.R. w/ Brynn Elliott, Allen Stone – Red Hat
8/23: Gladys Knight, The O’Jays – DPAC
8/25: Of Montreal w/ Mothers – Lincoln Theatre
8/27: Social Distortion w/ Nikki Lane, Drag The River – Ritz
8/28: Darius Rucker w/ Brett Eldredge, Brothers Osborne, A Thousand Horses – Walnut Creek
8/28: Motley Crue w/ Alice Cooper – PNC Arena
8/29: Temptations/Four Tops – DPAC
8/29: The Mavericks – NCMA
8/29: Greg Humphreys and Dillon Fence – Cat’s Cradle
9/1: Gregg Allman w/ The Doobie Brothers – Koka Booth
9/4: Chicago w/ Earth, Wind, & Fire – Walnut Creek
9/4: Rick Springfield w/ Loverboy, The Romantics – Red Hat
9/5: Jason Aldean w/ Cole Swindell, Tyler Farr – Walnut Creek
9/9: Van Halen w/ Kenny Wayne Shepard – Walnut Creek
9/10: 5 Seconds of Summer – Walnut Creek
9/11: Hopscotch Music Festival – Raleigh venues
9/11: Jerry Seinfeld – DPAC
9/13: Passion Pit, Stone Temple Pilots, Live, IAMDYNAMITE, Blues Traveler, Kopecky, Mutemath, Bleachers, Atlas Genius – Walnut Creek (95X Big Shindig)
9/13: The Milk Carton Kids – Carolina Theatre
9/14: Best Coast – Haw River Ballroom
9/14: Titus Andronicus w/ Spider Bags, Baked Cat’s Cradle
9/15: Death Cab For Cutie w/ Twin Shadow – Red Hat
9/16: Purity Ring – Ritz
9/17: George Benson – Carolina Theatre
9/17: Janet Jackson – Walnut Creek
9/19: Kelly Clarkson w/ Pentatonix, Eric Hutchinson – Walnut Creek
9/24: Ariana Grande w/ Prince Royce – PNC Arena
9/25: Dawes – NCMA
9/25: Luke Bryan w/ Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch – Walnut Creek
9/26: Luke Bryan w/ Randy Houser, Dustin Lynch – Walnut Creek
9/26: Yo La Tengo – Carolina Theatre
9/28: Lord Huron – Ritz
9/29: Father John Misty – Ritz