Highlighting artists and events throughout North Carolina
Dex Fest featuring SCOTS, Reigning Sound, Henri Cash and more
June 12-15, 2025, Cat’s Cradle, The Cave, Local 506, Lapin Bleu, Carrboro/Chapel Hill, NC
With a lineup of artists spanning blues, garage, roots, and folk rock, this multi-venue festival celebrates the life, music, and cultural legacy of influential Chapel Hill rockabilly and roots musician Dexter Romweber. Doors: TBA
Birdwell Beat
June 12, 2025, Ocean Grill Tiki Bar, Wilmington, NC
This is exactly the family friendly, instrumental surf rock you want to experience at a tiki bar on a pier in early June. Doors: 5pm
Kelley and The Cowboys
June 14, 2025, Biltmore’s Antler Hill Village Bandstand, Asheville, NC
Kelley and the boys have been blasting their catchy brand of Texas Swing across NC for over a decade. Doors: 4pm
Heavy For The Vintage Album Release Show
June 20, 2025, The Cave, Chapel Hill, NC
Michael Charles Wood’s loop-based synth project may share darker cues with John Carpenter and Boy Harsher. But live, Heavy For The Vintage always seems to settle into a high energy, communal groove. Carrboro postpunk outfit Hex Files opens. Doors: 8pm
Larry and Joe
June 21, 2025, Boonerang Music & Arts Festival, Boone, NC
Creating something wholly unique rarely happens. But by blending Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music, this Durham based duo have done just that and with captivating flair. Doors: 12pm
Southern Culture on the Skids
June 21, 2025, Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern, Wilmington, NC
Chapel Hill’s finest purveyors of "swamp pop” head for the coast with their brand of southern fried, surfabilly in tow. Doors: 7:30pm
Secret Monkey Weekend Record Release Party
July 13, 2025, Pour House Music Hall, Raleigh, NC
This ain’t your grandparent’s family band! Long time NC music veteran Jefferson Hart and his stepdaughters, Ella and Lilla, release their second album of catchy rock tunes inspired by everyone from The Beatles to Paul Westerburg. Doors: 7pm
MJ Lenderman & The Wind
July 23, 2025, Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham, NC
Lenderman’s meteoric rise from writing songs at his Asheville home to performing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has truly been impressive. Doors: 7pm
John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff
August 9, 2025, Wake Forest Listening Room, Wake Forest, NC
Fresh off the release of their new album, real deal Chapel Hill honky tonk outfit John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff bring their roots-driven sound to an amazing venue created specifically for music lovers. Doors: 7:30pm