Live Entertainment in Raleigh

Carolina Ballet is the most acclaimed professional ballet company in the Carolinas — a Raleigh institution producing extraordinary classical and contemporary ballet productions. Carolina Ballet's remarkable artistic achievements and its extraordinary community engagement create a ballet company of genuine North Carolina performing arts cultural significance.

Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek is a 20,000-capacity outdoor amphitheater in Raleigh presenting major touring concerts, the largest summer venue in the Triangle.

Kings in downtown Raleigh presents touring indie and punk acts in a two-level club that has been a staple of the Triangle's DIY music scene since the 1990s.

Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary presents the North Carolina Symphony's summer season alongside touring concerts in a lakeside outdoor venue in the Triangle.

Lincoln Theatre is Raleigh's intimate beloved concert venue — a 500-capacity downtown club booking national touring indie, folk, and alternative artists for North Carolina's capital city. The Research Triangle's enormous university population (NC State, UNC, Duke, NCCU within 30 miles) creates one of America's best-educated and most music-engaged regional audiences, and Lincoln Theatre serves the Raleigh end of that market with consistent quality programming in an atmosphere that feels genuinely community-rooted.

Lincoln Theatre in downtown Raleigh presents touring indie, jam-band, and rock acts in a historic venue central to the Triangle's live music scene.

North Carolina Symphony is one of the finest orchestras in the American South — a Raleigh institution performing over 170 concerts annually across North Carolina. The NC Symphony's extraordinary commitment to touring the entire state (it is the only state-funded orchestra in North Carolina) and its remarkable programming create an orchestra of genuine North Carolina statewide cultural access significance.

North Carolina Theatre is the state's most important Broadway touring company — a Raleigh institution presenting outstanding Broadway productions at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. NC Theatre's remarkable commitment to bringing world-class Broadway entertainment to North Carolina and its extraordinary community engagement create a theater company of genuine North Carolina performing arts significance.

Raleigh Improv presents national touring stand-up comedians in downtown Raleigh, part of the national Improv comedy club chain.

Red Hat Amphitheater in downtown Raleigh is a 5,500-capacity outdoor concert venue presenting major touring acts in a Warehouse District setting near Moore Square.

The Ritz in Raleigh presents touring rock, hip-hop, and electronic acts in a 1,300-capacity venue, one of the Triangle's most active mid-size concert halls.

Walnut Creek Amphitheatre is North Carolina's largest outdoor concert venue — a 20,000-capacity Raleigh amphitheater presenting major summer touring concerts. Walnut Creek's extraordinary capacity and its consistent programming of the biggest acts in rock, country, and pop create an outdoor concert venue of considerable North Carolina summer entertainment significance.