Carolina Music Festivals is a comprehensive calendar and guide to multi-act, daylong or multiple-day music shows in North Carolina.
The N.C. Jazz Festival provides an intimate setting and the opportunity to meet and chat with local and regional jazz artists who play in various combination together. The festival is in its 31st year.
Artists
Melva Houston and Herman Burney, Grenoldo Frazier, Harry Allen, Herman Burney, John Cocuzzi, Adrian Cunningham, Kevin Dorn, Bucky Pizzarelli, Ed Polcer, Bria Skonberg, Chuck Redd, Dion Tucker.
Festival site: Hilton Wilmington Riverside
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7:30 p.m. each evening.
Patron Ticket: $175 for reserved seats Friday and Saturday nights and admission to Saturday brunch with opportunity to jam with festival all-stars; $200 includes amenities of Patron Ticket plus "special event" Thursday evening. Hilton's special rate for the festival is $116 per night. |
February 3 - 4 Bull City Metal Fest - Durham
The Durham showcase presents bands from the national and local scenes.
Artists
Friday: Hog, Bitter Resolve, Church of Wolves, Ruscha, Knives and more TBA.
Saturday: Black Tusk, The Body, Shadow of the Destroyer, Braveyoung, Make, Widow, Gross Reality, Dark Sea Dream.
Festival site: Casbah (private club)
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Open to ages 18 and older, or younger if with an adult. Club membership required, which means completing the application at the website (above) and paying $5. After 24 hours as a member you can bring two guests per night.
Doors open 2 p.m.; two shows each night. Weekend pass $20; $10 Friday, $15 Saturday. |
February 3 - 4 Double Barrel Benefit - Raleigh
The two-night club show is a benefit for N.C. State University's WKNC 88.1 radio station.
Artists
Friday: The Future Kings of Nowhere, Birds and Arrows, Organos, MAKE.
Saturday: The Kingsbury Manx, Gross Ghost, Naked Gods, Heads on Sticks.
Festival site: The Pour House
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Must be 18 years old or older.
Doors open 8 p.m. Weekend pass $15 in advance, $10 nightly in advance or at door; $5 surcharge if younger than 21. |
February 10 - 11 Heart 'n Soul of Jazz - Pinehurst
Heart 'n Soul of Jazz is a fundraiser for the Arts Council of Moore County.
Artists
Friday: Pat Bergeson, Annie Sellick
Saturday: Brian Newman Quartet
Festival site: Carolina Inn, Pinehurst Resort
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8 p.m. each evening.
Two-night pass: $100 until January 1, $110 afterward. Overnight packages at the Pinehurst Resort are offered in conjunction with the festival. |
February 17 - 18 Neuse River Music Fest - Kinston
The Kinston Winter Bluegrass Festival re-named itself in 2012 and added mainstream country acts to its lineup. The weekend benefits the Lenoir Community College Foundation, which provides student scholarships.
Artists
Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Marty Raybon, Sunny Sweeney, The Gibson Brothers, Rodney Dillard & the Dillard Band, Al Batton & the Bluegrass Reunion, and the Grass Cats.
Festival site: Lenoir Community College
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Festival is in the college's 1,800-seat gymnatorium.
Two-day pass: reserved seat $60 in advance, general admission $50 in advance, $70 at the door. |
Indoor jam rooms for ticket holders.
February 17 - 19 Bluegrass First Class - Asheville
The host hotel promises a full bluegrass weekend, with all of its rooms occupied by bluegrass fans, and all of its meeting rooms set aside for picking and jamming. A "quiet wing" of rooms on one floor is set aside for those who need some time in a no-jamming zone.
Artists
Friday: Dailey & Vincent, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, James King Band.
Saturday: The Seldom Scene, Dailey & Vincent, Lonesome River Band, Junior Sisk and Ramblers' Choice feat. Wyatt Rice, Dillon (comedian).
Festival site: Crowne Plaza Resort
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Performances in the Grand Ballroom and the sunken lobby; times TBA.
Two-day pass: $90, two-day reserved seat $130. |
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