At This Year’s Hopscotch Musical Festival, the Small Clubs Are Back
And the chance for small local bands to play music—or tennis—shoulder-to-shoulder with legendary bands is back, too.
“Biggest Get Ever”: Hopscotch’s Dynamic Festival Lineup This Year Includes Pavement, Margo Price, Denzel Curry, and TiaCorine
“Sorry, I have a lot of tabs open,” Nathan Price apologizes. It’s two days before Hopscotch Music Festival’s 2023 lineup goes live and, over the phone, the festival director is describing the tenor of the event, as he clicks through spreadsheets of the eighty-something bands finalized—some who have signed on just this week. Hopscotch runs…
Hopscotch’s September Lineup Is Out
General admission and VIP passes are on sale now.
Steel Pulse Headlines the Return of Lumina Festival
For Triangle reggae fans, the cost of a ticket and a drive to Wilmington would be worthwhile.
Hopscotch Scrapes Together a Festival in Downtown Raleigh
A thin lineup combined with masks and social distancing yielded surprisingly chill results.
Beats n Bars Festival Returns to Durham
The hip-hop music festival returns this month after a hiatus—this time, for free.
Citing Coronavirus Concerns, Art of Cool Fest Cancels
The festival was scheduled for, um, the end of September.
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Helado Negro, Moor Mother, and More to Play Duke Students’ Brickside Musical Festival
The annual day festival, a collaboration between WXDU and Duke Coffeehouse, announced its 2020 lineup this morning. As usual, you can expect the unexpected.
Art of Cool 2019, Night Two: Run-DMC, Whodini, and Big Daddy Kane Prove that Being a True Emcee Never Gets Old
Where Friday night (with Ari Lennox and Jill Scott) was full of attendees trying to catch the feels, Saturday night was packed full of people ready to party and catch a buzz to bring back hip-hop’s first golden age.
Art of Cool 2019, Night One: Ari Lennox and Jill Scott Cast a Mature, Caring Spell over DBAP
Art of Cool brings a special vibe to Durham that no other local festival does. It’s just North Carolina folks coming together to enjoy some soulful Black music—and this year’s first night carried on that tradition very well.
Celebrating Seven Years in Raleigh, IBMA’s World of Bluegrass Festival Rewards with New Artists and Familiar Faces
Discovering the varying lenses through which bluegrass is interpreted consistently proves to be one of the festival’s great rewards.
Cooler Heads: Four Less-Obvious Shows to See at Art of Cool
You don’t need us to tell you about Run-DMC, Whodini, Jill Scott, 9th Wonder, and Marcus Anderson—but here’s a few great Art of Cool sets that might fly under your radar.
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