Each of the road trips we’ve suggested in this year’s summer guide will last you for a weekend, perhaps three days. That leaves more than three months of opportunities to sample a wealth of Triangle events, from the annual American Dance Festival and Festival for the Eno to concerts in the amphitheater of the North Carolina Museum of Art and big shows in the area’s music sheds.
For your planning purposes, we’ve gathered one hundred of those events into a handy pullout checklist. Put it on the refrigerator, and enjoy the summer.
May 24–29: ACC Baseball Championship, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, www.theacc.com
May 27–30: Freedom Balloon Fest, Fuquay-Varina, www.wralfreedomballoonfest.com
May 29: JAWSFest, The Baxter, www.baxterarcade.com
June 1: No BS! Brass Band, Duke Gardens, www.dukeperformances.duke.edu
June 2–5: Ginger Wagg’s AndAlwaysWhy, The Torus Building, www.didaseason.com
June 3: Bronwen Dickey & John Lane, Quail Ridge Books, www.quailridgebooks.com
June 3 & 4: Curtis Eller & Bipeds Dance Company, The Shed, www.shedjazz.com
June 4: Cyndi Lauper, Memorial Auditorium, www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com
June 4: The Princess Bride, N.C. Museum of Art, www.ncartmuseum.org
June 5: Farm to Fork Picnic, Hurdle Mills, www.farmtoforknc.com
June 6: Body Games & Operator Music Band, Nightlight, www.nightlightclub.com
June 8: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Motorco, www.motorcomusic.com
June 8: Leyla McCalla, Duke Gardens, www.dukeperformances.duke.edu
June 8-19: All My Sons, Kennedy Theatre, www.theatreraleigh.com
June 10: Ellie Goulding, Red Hat Amphitheater, www.redhatamphitheater.com
June 10: PT Scarborough Is a Movie, DSI Comedy Theater, www.dsicomedytheater.com
June 10–26: The Glass Menagerie, Raleigh Little Theatre, www.raleighlittletheatre.org
June 10–11: North Carolina Symphony’s John Williams Festival, Koka Booth Amphitheatre, www.boothamphitheatre.org
June 10–12: real.live.people.durham’s Feature Presentation, Trotter Building, www.didaseason.com
June 10–25: Tiny Engine Theatre Company’s Cloud 9, Common Ground Theatre, Durham, www.cgtheatre.com
June 11: Anti-HB 2 Benefit: MAKE, In the Year of the Pig, Bad Friends, Natural Causes, No Eyes, Organos, & Flesh Wounds; Kings; www.kingsbarcade.com
June 11: Jon Lindsay, The Pour House, www.the-pour-house.com
June 11: M83, Red Hat Amphitheater, www.redhatamphitheater.com
June 12: Tashi Dorji & Tyler Damon, Nightlight, www.nightlightclub.com
June 12: Dungen, Kings, www.kingsbarcade.com
June 12–25: Cirque de Vol’s The Fringe Dwellers, Murphey School Auditorium, www.burningcoal.org
June 13: La Dispute & Des Ark, Lincoln Theatre, www.lincolntheatre.com
June 14: Frazey Ford, Loamlands, Motorco, www.motorcomusic.com
June 14: Diane Rehm, McIntyre’s Books, www.fearrington.com
June 15: Skylar Gudasz, Duke Gardens, www.dukeperformances.duke.edu
June 16: Billy Strings & Town Mountain, American Tobacco Campus, www.americantobaccocampus.com
June 17: Kooley High, The Pinhook, www.thepinhook.com
June 17: Sarah Shook & the Disarmers with Blue Cactus, Cat’s Cradle, www.catscradle.com
June 17–18: The Farm, Trust the Bus, www.culturemill.org
June 18: Labyrinth with Cirque de Vol, N.C. Museum of Art, www.ncartmuseum.org
June 18: Mad Skillz Plays Michael Jackson and Prince, Motorco, www.motorcomusic.com
June 19: Durham Father’s Day Food Truck Rodeo with Kaira Ba, Durham Central Park, www.durhamcentralpark.org
June 19: Jim Lauderdale & Jeanne Jolly, Motorco, www.motorcomusic.com
June 20 & 21: Savion Glover & Jack DeJohnette, Duke’s Page Auditorium, www.dukeperformances.duke.edu
June 21: Weezer & Panic! at the Disco, Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, www.livenation.com
June 23: Pere Ubu, Cat’s Cradle, www.catscradle.com
June 24: All About America: Photographs by Burk Uzzle, Ackland Art Museum, www.ackland.org
June 24: Black Mountain, Cat’s Cradle, www.catscradle.com
June 24: Kool Keith, Local 506, www.local506.com
June 24–25: Stephen Petronio Company, DPAC, www.americandancefestival.org
June 25: Cirque de Vol; The Hell No, & Mad Max: Fury Road; N.C. Museum of Art; www.ncartmuseum.org
June 25: Tim Heidecker, Neil Hamburger, & Jenn Snyder; Cat’s Cradle; www.catscradle.com
June 26: Mitski, The Pinhook, www.thepinhook.com
June 29: Aesop Rock, Cat’s Cradle, www.catscradle.com
June 29: Mount Moriah, Duke Gardens, www.dukeperformances.duke.edu
July 1–2: Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zane Dance Company, DPAC, www.americandancefestival.org
July 2 & 4: Festival for the Eno with Hiss Golden Messenger & Nikki Hill, West Point on the Eno, www.enoriver.org
July 3: Martine Gutierrez, CAM Raleigh, www.camraleigh.org
July 5–7: John Jasperse, Reynolds Industries Theater, www.americandancefestival.org
July 6: Sierra Hull, Duke Gardens, www.dukeperformances.duke.edu
July 6: Modest Mouse & Brand New, Koka Booth Amphitheatre, www.boothamphitheatre.com
July 7: Oak City 7 with Shirlette Ammons, Raleigh City Plaza, www.oakcity7.com
July 8: Kevin Smith Presents Yoga Hosers, Carolina Theatre, www.carolinatheatre.org
July 8–24: 10 by 10 in the Triangle, The ArtsCenter, www.artscenterlive.org
July 9: David Holt, David Wilcox, & David LaMotte; The Cary Arts Center; www.sixstringpresents.com
July 9: Aoife O’Donovan, Hayti Heritage Center, www.hayti.org
July 11: Heather Havrilesky, The Regulator Bookshop, www.regulatorbookshop.com
July 12: Steve Gunn, Kings, www.kingsbarcade.com
July 13: Chuck Palahniuk, The Regulator Bookshop, www.regulatorbookshop.com
July 13: The Quebe Sisters, Blue Note Grill, www.thebluenotegrill.com
July 13: William Tyler & Jake Xerxes Fussell, Duke Gardens, www.dukeperformances.duke.edu
July 13–August 7: Truth to Power 4, Pleiades Gallery, www.pleiadesartdurham.com
July 18: Flight of the Conchords, Koka Booth Amphitheatre, www.boothamphitheatre.com
July 18: Freakwater, The Pinhook, www.thepinhook.com
July 20–31: Violet, Paul Green Theatre, www.playmakersrep.org
July 22: Peter Frampton & Gregg Allman, Red Hat Amphitheater, www.redhatamphitheater.com
July 23: Big Lebowski The Dude Abides Party, N.C. Museum of Art, www.ncartmuseum.org
July 23: Dragged Into Sunlight, Kings, www.kingsbarcade.com
July 23: Kool & The Gang, Bootsy Collins, Morris Day & The Time, Doug E. Fresh; Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek; www.livenation.com
July 24: Shawn Colvin & Steve Earle, Meymandi Concert Hall, www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com
July 24: Digable Planets & Camp Lo, Cat’s Cradle, www.catscradle.com
July 24: Gwen Stefani, Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, www.livenation.com
July 25: Marissa Nadler & Wrekmeister Harmonies, Cat’s Cradle Back Room, www.catscradle.com
July 27: Black Twig Pickers, Duke Gardens, www.dukeperformances.duke.edu
July 29: Maxwell and Fantasia, Red Hat Amphitheater, www.redhatamphitheater.com
July 29–30: Paul Taylor Dance Company, DPAC, www.americandancefestival.org
July 30: Todrick Hall, Meymandi Concert Hall, www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com
July 30: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Release Party, Flyleaf Books, www.flyleafbooks.com
August 3: Boris & Earth, Cat’s Cradle, www.catscradle.com
August 6: History and Mystery: Discoveries in the NCMA British Collection, N.C. Museum of Art, www.ncartmuseum.org
August 7: Raleigh Evening Food Truck Rodeo, Fayetteville Street, www.downtownraleighfoodtruckrodeo.com
August 12: Dixie Chicks, Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek, www.livenation.com
August 12: Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally, Durham Performing Arts Center, www.dpacnc.com
August 13: Iron & Wine, N.C. Museum of Art, www.ncartmuseum.org
August 13: Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Durham Performing Arts Center, www.dpacnc.com
August 13: Tarocco: A Soldier’s Tale, Fletcher Opera Theater, www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com
August 18–21: Charlie Murphy, Goodnights Comedy Club, www.goodnightscomedy.com
August 19: Brian Wilson, Memorial Auditorium, www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com
August 20: B.J. Barham, Lincoln Theatre, www.lincolntheatre.com
August 26: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, N.C. Museum of Art, www.ncartmuseum.org
August 26: David Liebe Hart, Pour House, www.the-pour-house.com
August 27: Piedmont Regulators, Saxapahaw Rivermill, www.saxapahawnc.com
August 31: Southern Accent: Seeking the American South in Contemporary Art, Nasher Museum of Art, www.nasher.duke.edu
September 8: Dom Flemons Duo & The South Carolina Broadcasters, American Tobacco Campus, www.americantobaccocampus.com
September 8–10: Hopscotch Music Festival with Erykah Badu, Andrew Bird, Beach House, Young Thug, and more; Downtown Raleigh; www.hopscotchmusicfest.com
