Live Entertainment in Raleigh

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.

Koka Booth Amphitheatre is the Research Triangle's most beloved outdoor entertainment venue — a beautifully designed Cary lake-side amphitheater where outstanding concerts, festivals, and community events serve one of America's most vibrant technology and education communities. The Research Triangle's extraordinary concentration of technology companies (SAS Institute, Cisco, and IBM have major campuses nearby) and Koka Booth's beautiful natural setting create an outdoor venue of genuine North Carolina entertainment significance.

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.

Lenovo Center in Raleigh is home to the Carolina Hurricanes, presenting major touring concerts in an 18,700-seat arena on the NC State Fairgrounds campus.

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.

PNC Arena is Raleigh's NHL arena and major entertainment venue — a 19,722-seat facility that is home to the Carolina Hurricanes and host of top concert tours for the Research Triangle market. The Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area's explosive technology-sector growth makes it one of the fastest-rising major concert markets in the South, and PNC Arena serves an increasingly affluent audience drawn from throughout central North Carolina.

PNC Arena is one of the most passionate sports venues in the Southeast — a Raleigh arena home to the Carolina Hurricanes NHL team (2006 Stanley Cup champions) where the "Carolina Hurricanes Bunch" fan tradition and the "Storm Surge" celebration create one of the most uniquely entertaining game-day experiences in the NHL. North Carolina's surprising embrace of hockey culture and the Hurricanes' growing young fan base create an arena atmosphere of unusual energy and creativity.

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.