Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley will bring the spring leg of his 2012 "Country & Cold Cans Tour" to Greensboro in May.
Bentley recently released his sixth studio album, "Home," on Feb. 7. The new album’s anthemic second single and title track reached No. 1 on the radio charts this week, making it Dierk’s ninth No. 1 single. The lead single “Am ...More
Party on the Plank is a street rock concert series in the Shops at Emerywood in Uptowne High Point. Each Friday night event will consist of food, live music and dancing.
The Fresh Music Festival is a celebration of the best in R&B, hip-hop, soul and comedy. Founder and creator of the festival, Gary S. Guidry, wanted to bring the best in music to ...More
Come join us at the Mill for an afternoon of bluegrass, old time, country blues music and more. Local favorites None of the Above play host to a blend of old time pickin', open mic ...More
Live Spanish/Flamenco Guitarist James Gould will perform at Graffiti's Bistro. This is live ambient music and will not interfere with dining conversation.
Join Greensboro's own Painted Skulls and Laura Jane Vincent along with Asheville cello/guitar duo The Moon and You for a night of eclectic original music at The Green Bean.
Come and enjoy wines from more than 30 wineries and vineyards of the Yadkin Valley. Geat crafts, food, music and fun to be had by all.
Natty Boh Duo will perform from noon to 2 p.m. Headliner band Fantastic Shakers will perform from 3 to 6 p.m. Between music sets there will be a grape stomp for kids and other special events.
What’s happening at the event?
* Indian Cultural Performances
Indian Shopping Fiesta
* Delicious Indian Cuisine
* Pizza & Ice Cream
* Fashion, Jewelry and Clothes
* Henna/ Herbal Tattoos / Beauty Salon
* Miss India Pageant
* Adult Singing Competition with Prizes! (Ages 16+)
* Dance Competition for Kids with Prizes! (Kids under 12)
* Games & Prizes!
* Much More and Non-Stop Entertainment!
The Piedmont Blues Preservation Society has secured an all-star line-up of three national, one regional and two local blues acts to perform at the 26th Annual Carolina Blues Festival.
Headlining the festival is Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King, two raucous, high-energy Texas roadhouse bluesmen that perform blistering solos, irresistible shuffles and subtle ballads.
Also appearing is Eric Gales, a guitar phenom and dazzling soulful technician. Even though you might have...
The Hand to Hand Market brings together the best and brightest artists and crafters from across North Carolina. The Spring Market will feature mnore than 30 artists, demonstrations, hands-on activities, two food trucks from Durham (Only Burger and Chirba Chirba), full bar open all day, and free give-aways.
There is also an after show that evening featuring Crooked Fingers and Paleface (7:30 p.m.). Don't miss it!
Join us at MBFY for another Alive Music and Yoga Event. Experience Yin and Yang energy work accompanied by our incredibly talented friend, Kristin Luna Ray. This 90-minute class is the perfect way to slip into the holiday weekend.
Kristin "Luna" Ray is a singer-songwriter, workshop leader, and advocate for wellness and spiritual growth. Over the last decade, she has traveled extensively throughout the world sharing music through performance, workshops, kirtans (call and...
Come join us on the mountain for three days of family-friendly entertainment and fun!
There will be a great lineup of bluegrass music in a beautiful country setting with lots of camp sites. Vendors, concessions, fishing pond, hot showers and more!
Performers include Daily & Vincent, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Lil John's All Stars, J.D. Crowe & The New South, Grascals, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, James King Band, Snyder Family Band, Darrell Webb Band,...
Multimedia talent contest of original composition or public domain material — music, poetry, dance, spoken word, you name it! Winner gets half the gate, minus expenses. First 20 contestants get to play.
The Bumper Jacksons are a big, fat party. Hot and sweet, their trad jazz and pre-war country repertoire paint's America's story from New Orleans' brothels to Appalachian hollers. Each show is raunchy and riotous, with the occasional hush of tenderness. Unafraid to scrap together new sounds from a junkyard of forgotten 78's, the Bumper Jacksons boldly and elegantly balance paying homage to the traditions while fashioning their own unique, DIY style.
Potters Bruce Gholson and Samantha Henneke will host this year’s special guest potters:
Ron Meyers, a renowned potter from Athens, Ga. Ron is one of the most influential of potters and educators of our time. He is famous for his challengingly charismatic animal portraits, that decorate his undulating and expressionistic pottery.
Judith Duff, a potter from Brevard, makes wood-fired, richly organic, and ethereally earthy pottery.
Mike Blair and the Stonewalls of Wilmington, NC join forces with Greensboro's own Whisky Christy and the Half Pint Orchestra for a night of fantastic music.
Josh Sanders is from the 2012 season of "American Idol"
Josh has performed acoustically as an opening act for The Chairmen of the Board, Florida Georgia Line among others and now brings his band to Bucked Up Super Saloon.
Winners of the Home Grown Music Network's 2010 "New Band of the Year" award and winners of Band Together's 2012 "2nd Annual Last Band Standing", Big Something is an alternative rock group with a big groove. A tight six-piece ensemble that brings arena sized grooves to every stage they play. This is funk, fit for the future, featuring crystalline synths, wailing saxes and guitars.
The Asheboro Fun Festival is a family fun experience for all ages! Attendees will enjoy a day filled with live music, dance exhibitions, a silent auction, face-painting, games, and much more. There will be over 30 craft and food vendors. Special performance by Southbound 49, Zumba class for all ages and a special appearance by Ronald McDonald.
All proceeds will go directly to grant wishes for children in the Triad including 16 surrounding counties. The more money we raise, the more...
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western Nort
The fourth annual beach music benefit for Hospice of Rockingham County will feature The Holiday Band and Billy Smith & The Impacts.
In the event of rain, the party will be moved under ACV's new 6,000-square foot pavilion. Food and beverages will be available for purchase but picnic baskets are welcome. No glass containers, outside beverages or coolers, please.
Proceeds from event benefit Hospice of Rockingham County's uninsured patients.
Mosaic Festival is an international event with music and food from all over the world. Musicians and cooks are local immigrants and refugees that want to share their culture with Greensboro. Please come out and join us for this fantastic event to celebrate the culture and diversity within our community.
WBEZ Chicago's hit radio show This American Life comes to select movie screens nationwide this May. Host Ira Glass and popular contributors present stories, plus things you could never do on the radio — including dance, animation, video and more.
This is a WFDD 88.5 FM presentation.
Hanesbrands Theatre at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts
Winners of the Home Grown Music Network's 2010 "New Band of the Year" award and winners of Band Together's 2012 "2nd Annual Last Band Standing", Big Something is an alternative rock group with a big groove. A tight six-piece ensemble that brings arena sized grooves to every stage they play. This is funk, fit for the future, featuring crystalline synths, wailing saxes and guitars.
"We Are The Tide," the sophomore album from Portland-based band Blind Pilot, was released in September 2011. The album follows the band's grassroots debut, "3 Rounds and a Sound," which has garnered them critical attention. NPR included them in their "Best Music of 2008" roundup, stating, "a roots-pop duo which bathes its terrific songs in ingratiating harmonies and understated instrumentation. The result is endlessly engaging: There's not a dud on 3 Rounds...
Our monthly second-Friday Gatherings begin at 7:30 PM and are family-friendly, free, and open to the public; donations are greatly appreciated. Gatherings feature an hour-long concert, followed by slow & fast jam sessions and dulcimer and song circles. Except where noted, concerts are at the Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Avenue, between McDowell St. & Kings Dr. Front doors open 7 PM. Free parking. Accessible ground floor entry and elevator to concert space. Visit...
PepperDome and Mattison performs live. PepperDome is world influenced rock music that is passionate, dynamic, intense, and humorous with a powerful message.
Join us at the Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem for the Big Bang Boom Rock Concert.
Hear drums, horns and guitars as we watch the performance bursting with inspiration and energy. This program is included with your museum membership or paid admission.
Fly-By-Night is proud to present the final show of its inaugural season, 'The 27 Club' by Tommy Trull. A burned-out singer sees joining the infamous 27 club as a last resort for securing everlasting fame. But first he has to escape the watchful eye of his literary giant father.
Fly-By-Night is also happy to announce that 'The 27 Club' has been accepted as part of NYC's Fringe Festival in August 2012.
Boston-based singer songwriter Bethel Steele (bethelsteele.com), will be celebrating the release of the new record "Of Love and Whiskey."
If you like artists like Lori McKenna, Ani DiFrnaco and Neil Young, you'll love this show! Bethel's voice and playing style The new project features Bethel's smoky alto and a playing style that ranges from driving rhythm guitar to delicate finger-picking. The songs find the intrinsic beauty in whiskey-soaked one night stands, the stories...
Eastern Music Festival and NewBridge Bank welcome award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch.
Hamlisch is a four-time Emmy winner and has earned three Oscars, four Grammys, one Tony, and three Golden Globe awards. He is best known for writing the music for "A Chorus Line" as well as "They’re Playing Our Song," "The Goodbye Girl" and "Sweet Smell of Success." He is the composer of more than 40 motion picture scores including his Oscar-winning...
of Montreal has a style of combining musical experimentation with catchy melodies and sing-along choruses. The band's style has been influenced by conventional indie pop, psychedelic music, vaudeville and music hall on their earlier releases and by afrobeat, funk, krautrock and reggae on their later releases. They are now on tour with their new album, the recently released "Paralytic Stalks."
Laura Wortman and Kagey Parrish make their home in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Charlottesville, Va. Writing and singing in the veins of folk and old country music, the Dewdrops entwine harmony singing with tight instrumentation and craft songs that are simple and fine-tuned. Theirs are new songs from the southern mountains that ring with originality.
After their appearance and first place win on a 2008 talent show broadcast of NPR’s “A Prairie Home...
Hanesbrands Theatre at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts
This musical course begins in Cannon Village at the intersection of West A Street and West Avenue and runs through the N.C. Research Campus into the Kannapolis Parks and Recreation Greenway. The course continues through Village Park and circles around back to downtown at the West A Street intersection.
Top three finishers in each age division will receive a trophy. Top three overall (both male & female) will receive trophies.
This special evening laser show features rock songs from the popular heavy metal band, Metallica. Listen to songs such as "Fuel," "One," "Nothing Else Matters," "Master of Puppets," "Sad But True," "Enter Sandman" and more as an amazing laser light show is projected onto the 40 foot dome in the OmniSphere Theater.
"PIHOS: A Moving Biography" is a multimedia dance and film presentation created by dancer, choreographer and filmmaker Melissa Pihos. It explores various aspects of former Philadelphia Eagle All Pro and NFL Hall of Fame receiver Pete Pihos' life and his struggle with Alzheimer’s disease.
The concert features film and video montages using video footage of interviews conducted by Melissa Pihos, archival WWII footage and footage of Pete Pihos, along with images...
Hanesbrands Theatre at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts
The 3rd Annual MantraBash is a music, art and camping festiva in Ferguson, approximately 90 miles west of Greensboro. The event will feature three nights of music from The Mantras, along with special guests Robert Walter Trio, Particle, The Werks and many more.
With only one-thousand tickets available and selling fast, MantraBash is a grassroots, intimate event with a line-up that is sure to have everyone getting up to get down.
Open Mic at Rev's Coffee House welcomes all poets, singers, musicians, comedians, etc to come and showcase their talents & gifts. The atmosphere is positive and inviting. We look forward to all types of artists and guests to enjoy this wonderful event.
Seven-time Grammy-nominated recording artist Ledisi has announced her 2012 North American headlining “BGTY” (Be Good To Yourself) tour.
Ledisi welcomes Eric Benet and Chrisette Michele, who will be opening the show for a perfect musical pairing. Benet consistently makes music that speaks to love and speaks from the soul. Michele won a Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in 2009 for her song "Be OK."
The Fun Fourth Festival has been presented annually since 1975 as a community celebration of Independence Day for Guilford County and the Piedmont Triad. The festival is held in the Cultural District of Downtown Greensboro and at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex.
More than 90,000 people will attend Fun Fourth events this year, including the Freedom Run, the Kickoff Block Party, the Parade and Street Festival, as well as the Pops Concert and Fun Fourth Fireworks Finale. More than...
Enjoy beautiful music performed live on the Piazza at Raffaldini Vineyards! Bring a blanket, buy a bottle of award-winning wine and enjoy this wonderful experience!
Two-time Grammy nominated and six-time Emmy Award winner John Tesh will bring his 2012 Summer U.S. Tour to Greensboro’s White
Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. March 23 at www.ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster’s Charge-By-Phone Network at 1-800-745-3000, Ticketmaster outlets at select Walmart locations and the Greensboro Coliseum advance box office.
The upcoming tour is part of a three-fold campaign for the next phase in his musical career, including the release of...