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MAY

  • Saxapahaw Rivermill Farmers’ Market and Music Series: May 1–Aug. 28, Saturdays at 5 p.m., Saxapahaw Rivermill Village
  • Bynum Front Porch Music Series: May 14–Aug. 27, Fridays at 7 p.m., Bynum General Store
  • Michael Malone and Craig Nova: May 27, 7:30 p.m., Quail Ridge Books
  • Vanessa Woods: May 27, 7 p.m., The Regulator Bookshop (Also at Quail Ridge Books June 9)
  • Music for The Music City Benefit: May 29, 8 p.m., The Pour House
  • 3rd Annual MusiCoal series: May 30–October 10, Sundays at 7 p.m., The Murphey School
  • Swepsonville River Park to Saxapahaw Paddle: May 30, Haw River

JUNE

  • Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller: June 2, 8 p.m., North Carolina Museum of Art
  • Camera Obscura: June 2, 7 p.m., Duke Gardens
  • Rich Vos: June 3–5, Goodnight’s Comedy Club
  • Del McCoury Band: June 4, 9 p.m., Lincoln Theatre
  • Summer Film Series: June 4–Aug. 27, Fridays and some Saturdays, 9 p.m., North Carolina Museum of Art
  • Wild, Wild Wetlands Beaver Queen Pageant: June 5, 4 p.m., Duke Park
  • Red Slide Park to Swepsonville River Park Paddle: June 6, Haw River
  • Richard Russo: June 6, 1 p.m., McIntyre’s Fine Books
  • Branford Marsalis and Friends: June 8, 7:30 p.m., Meymandi Concert Hall
  • Styx and Foreigner with Kansas: June 9, 6 p.m., Koka Booth Amphitheatre
  • Barefoot in the Park: June 9–20, The Kennedy Theatre at Progress Energy Center
  • American Dance Festival: June 10–July 24, Durham Performing Arts Center and Reynolds Industries Theater
  • Classic Crime Noir film series: June 11-17, Carolina Theatre
  • Cyril Lance’s NC Roots Music Reverie Arkestra: June 11, 8:30 p.m., The ArtsCenter
  • Ingrid Michaelson with Matt Morris: June 11, 9 p.m., Lincoln Theatre
  • Phoenix: June 11, 7:30 p.m., Koka Booth Amphitheatre
  • Transactors Improv Presents: City of Medicine SEASON FINALE, June 11, 8 p.m., Common Ground Theatre
  • Reflection Eternal: June 12, 9 p.m., Lincoln Theatre
  • FIFA World Cup: United States Men’s National Team vs. England, June 12, 2:30 p.m.
  • GWAR: June 14, 8 p.m., Lincoln Theatre
  • Sebastian Junger: June 14, 7:30 p.m., Quail Ridge Books
  • Grouper: June 17, 10 p.m., Nightlight
  • Christopher Hitchens: June 17, 7:30 p.m., Quail Ridge Books
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd, .38 Special, Bret Michaels: June 18, 7 p.m., Time Warner Pavilion at Walnut Creek
  • The Damned United, June 18, 9 p.m., N.C. Museum of Art
  • Corey Smith: June 19, 6 p.m., Lincoln Theatre
  • Sage Francis: June 21, 9:30 p.m., Cat’s Cradle
  • Bowerbirds: June 23, 7 p.m., Duke Gardens
  • Michael Malone: June 24, 7 p.m., Flyleaf Books
  • Gypsy Jazz Night featuring One Leg Up: June 25, 8:30 p.m., The ArtsCenter
  • The New Pornographers, Dodos: June 25, 8 p.m., UNC-Chapel Hill Memorial Hall
  • An Evening With Kevin Welch: June 27, 7 p.m., The ArtsCenter
  • The Great American Trailer Park Musical: June 30–July 11, The Kennedy Theatre at Progress Energy Center

JULY

  • Phish: July 1, 7:30 p.m., Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
  • Pilobolus: July 1–3, Durham Performing Arts Center
  • Lightning Bolt: July 2, 9:30 p.m., Local 506
  • Festival for the Eno: July 3, 4, 5, 10 a.m., Durham City Park
  • Sleigh Bells: July 6, 9 p.m., Cat’s Cradle
  • Kooley High: July 7, 7 p.m., Duke Gardens
  • David Karsten Daniels CD release party: July 9, 9:30 p.m., Local 506
  • Chatham County Line CD release party: July 10, 9 p.m., Cat’s Cradle
  • Ringo Starr and His Allstar Band: July 11, 7:30 p.m., Durham Performing Arts Center
  • Nic Brown: July 13, 7 p.m., The Regulator Bookshop
  • Counting Crows Traveling Circus and Medicine Show with Augustana and Other Special Guests: July 15, 6:30 p.m., Koka Booth Amphitheatre
  • Paul Taylor Dance Company: July 15–17, Durham Performing Arts Center
  • Where the Wild Things Are: July 16, N.C. Museum of Art
  • John Mayer: July 17, 7 p.m., Time Warner Pavilion at Walnut Creek
  • The Love Language CD release party: July 17, 9 p.m., Cat’s Cradle
  • Paramore, Tegan & Sara: July 23, 8 p.m., Raleigh Amphitheatre
  • Red Clay Ramblers: July 24, 8 p.m., North Carolina Museum of Art
  • Death And The Maiden: July 28–Aug. 8, The Kennedy Theatre at Progress Energy Center
  • Mat Kearney: July 29, 8 p.m., Cat’s Cradle
  • Hanson with Rooney: July 31, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Theatre
  • The Foreign Exchange, Fantasia: July 31, 3 p.m., Koka Booth Amphitheatre

AUGUST

  • Lilith Fair: Aug. 4, 3 p.m., Time Warner Pavilion at Walnut Creek
  • Norah Jones: Aug. 8, 7 p.m., Durham Performing Arts Center
  • Roseanne Cash: Aug. 13, 7:30 p.m., Quail Ridge Books
  • Heart: Aug. 14, 7 p.m., Raleigh Amphitheater
  • The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Aug. 14, 9 p.m., N.C. Museum of Art
  • Sheryl Crow with Colbie Caillat: Aug. 15, 6:30 p.m., Koka Booth Amphitheatre
  • Tell Me On a Sunday: Aug. 18–29, The Kennedy Theatre at Progress Energy Center
  • Jack Johnson: Aug. 21, 7 p.m., Time Warner Pavilion at Walnut Creek