Highlighting artists and events throughout North Carolina
Springadelia: A Psych Music Showcase
March 7-9, 2025, Snug Harbor, Charlotte, NC
Three nights of eclectic, psychedelic-leaning acts from all over converge on Charlotte. MusicNC favorites Verity Den play night 2 if you must pick one night to attend. Doors: 8pm
Manifest 7
March 14-15, 2025, Local 506 and The Cave, Chapel Hill, NC
The two-night, queer/feminist-centric music festival returns for its 7th iteration. This year will include 18 bands and a makers fair. Doors: 8pm
Idol Talk
March 15, 2025, ETC, Greensboro, NC
Greensboro’s dark synth wizards toil to keep goth night alive in the Triad and are quite good at it. Doors: 8pm
Southern Culture on the Skids
March 27, 2025, Boone Saloon, Boone, NC
Chapel Hill’s finest purveyors of "swamp pop” head for the hills with their brand of southern fried, surfabilly in tow. Doors: 7:30pm
Larry and Joe
March 28, 2025, Wortham Center for the Performing Arts, Asheville, 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: 7pm
Winfield Album Release Show
March 29, 2025, Yonder, Hillsborough, NC
Triangle post-punk space cadets celebrate the release of their new album (the first since 2020). Doors: 8pm
John Howie Jr and the Rosewood Bluff
April 18, 2025, Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro, NC
John Howie Jr’s continued commitment to the art of genuine country music song-crafting permanently seals his status as a true North Carolina treasure. Musical tourists take note: this is not poorly manufactured, mass produced, Walmart shelf-ready drivel. This is the real deal. Doors: 7pm
Fust
April 19, 2025, Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro, NC
Durham’s Fust bring their Bon Iver-esque, twenty-tens, lo-fi folk revival sound to an uneasily impressed Carrboro. Doors: 7pm
Blue Cactus
May 17, 2025, Live at Ted’s, Wilmington, NC
After a spring tour (including a stop at Austin’s SXSW), Chapel Hill’s Blue Cactus — and their glammy brand of Americana — wind down in Wilmington. Doors: 8pm