Things to do in Raleigh this Weekend! (Sep. 1st-3rd)

FRIDAY

• First Friday, Downtown, Raleigh

• Durham Bulls vs. Nashville, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham

• Gladys Knight with Special Guest Eric Benet, Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Theater in the Museum Park (N.C. Museum of Art), Raleigh

• BANDS, BITES, AND BOATS, BOND PARK, Cary

• PLAYlist Concert Series: Queen Esther, Durham Central Park, Durham

• D.L. Hughley, Raleigh Improv, Cary

• Preacher Lawson, Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh

• Andy Woodhull, Room 861 at Goodnights, Raleigh

• Intocable Evolucion Tour, Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh

• Elevated Staffing Support 150, Wake County Speedway, Raleigh

• First Friday Market & Movie Night, Moore Square, Raleigh

• First Friday Raleigh - Fairy Hair, Curate Raleigh, Raleigh

• Flower Arranging Class, Gather Goods Co., Cary

• Shrub(b) w/ jAndr, JULIA., The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop, Raleigh

• Aarik Duncan, Kings, Raleigh

• HEIRLOOM (Record Release Show) Ft Juxton Roy/Laniidae/Palm Dreams, Schoolkids Records, Raleigh

• Celebrate September & Sinatra, Fuquay-Varina Arts Center, Fuquay-Varina

• Trees for the Triangle Speakers Symposium #1: Saving the Spirit of the Forest with Richard Carroll, Cary Arts Center, Cary

• WICKED, DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham

• Ego Fest, The Fruit, Durham

• Strange Ranger / Doggy Daycare / Fast Preacher (Solo), The Pinhook, Durham

• Jim Ketch Swingtet, Sharp 9 Gallery, Durham

• Sayer McShane, The Blue Note Grill, Durham

• Paperhand Puppets, Forest Theatre, Chapel Hill

SATURDAY

• 14th Annual African American Cultural Festival of Raleigh and Wake County, Fayetteville St., Raleigh

• NC Courage vs. NY/NJ Gotham, WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary

• Durham Bulls vs. Nashville, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham

• D.L. Hughley, Raleigh Improv, Cary

• Preacher Lawson, Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh

• NC DISNEYANA 2023, Durham Armory, Durham

• Modern Taiwanese Folk Music and Dance, A.J. Fletcher Opera Theater at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh

• WICKED, DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham

• The Market at NCMA, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

• Kayaking 101, Falls Lake Durham, Durham

• Mystic Bake Off!, Mystic Farm and Distillery, Durham

• Climate Social with School for Living Futures, Sarah P. Duke Gardens Doris Duke Center, Durham

• SheeshFest Raleigh 2023 (Indoor Car Show), Triangle Town Center Mall, Raleigh

• Brooke McBride (FREE Concert), Halle Cultural Arts Center of Apex, Apex

• The Bright Light Social Hour, The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop, Raleigh

• Kinetic Audio Presents: ABYSS, The Fruit, Durham

• Salsa Sabado With Live Bands, Casa Cubana Restaurant, Raleigh

• North Carolina High Rollers Car & Truck show, behind cottman transmission, Raleigh

• NATURE WALK, Prairie Ridge, Raleigh

• Paperhand Puppets, Forest Theatre, Chapel Hill

• Haunted Hillsborough Tour, Riverwalk Entrance, Hillsborough

• Carrboro Cookout, Carrboro Farmers' Market, Carrboro

• Pink & White Festival, Durham Central Park, Durham

• NCCU Football vs Winston-Salem State, O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium, Durham

• Sacred Grounds Coffeehouse Presents: Delsin, Sacred Grounds Coffeehouse, Durham

• BUCKETFEST, Panther Lake Road, Willow Spring

SUNDAY

• 14th Annual African American Cultural Festival of Raleigh and Wake County, Fayetteville St., Raleigh

• The 5 Seconds of Summer Show, Red Hat Amphitheater, Raleigh

• Wake Forest Unplugged, E. Carroll Joyner Park, Wake Forest

• Mallarme Music Series Concert: Violapalooza, Nelson Music Room, Durham

• Duke Symphony Orchestra Pops Concert, East Campus Main Quad, Duke University, Durham

• Preacher Lawson, Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh

• D.L. Hughley, Raleigh Improv, Cary

• Preacher Lawson, Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh

• Drifting Roots w/ Sound System Seven, Beany V, The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop, Raleigh

• Labor Day Eve, Tin Roof Raleigh, Raleigh

• Soul Food: The R&b Picnic + Festival, Rock Quarry Park, Raleigh

• R&B and BBQ Hosted by Brian Dawson, Pickleback Bar 2, Durham

• Clark Jones, Room 861 at Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh

• WICKED, DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham

• Durham Bulls vs. Nashville, Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham

• NC DISNEYANA 2023, Durham Armory, Durham

• Al Strong Presents Jazz Brunch, Alley Twenty Six, Durham

• Pre-Labor Day Cook Out, The Durham Hotel Roof, Durham

• UNC Women's Soccer, Dorrance Field/UNC Lacrosse & Soccer Stadium, Chapel Hill

• Paperhand Puppets, Forest Theatre, Chapel Hill