Music On the Lawn FREE Concert Series

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Schedule Highlights
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC sponsors the concert series and brings to the venue the best talent of their Back Porch Music series, broadcast Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 8pm. It’s an eclectic top tier selection of bluegrass, folk and blues artists including:

  • Darrell Scott, winner of the 2007 Americana Song of the Year;
  • Steep Canyon Rangers, whose title track ”One Dime at a Time” rose to #1 in 2007 on Bluegrass Unlimited’s National Bluegrass Survey;
  • Polecat Creek, winners of the neo-traditional contest at the 2006 Appalachian String Band Festival;
  • Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band rocks the stage with their own brand of Bounce Music guaranteed to make you dance.
          • The Booty Band’s contagious 7-piece sound earned them Home Grown Music Network’s Band of the Year in 2007.
  • Beverly “Guitar” Watkins has been described as a rarity, a “pyrotechnic guitar maven”, who literally attacks the guitar. While she may have been born in 1940, she puts guitarists half her age to shame. An Atlanta native, Watkins describes her style as “real Lightnin' Hopkins lowdown blues... "I would call that hard classic blues, hard stompin' blues, you know... railroad
    smokin' blues!”

What a way to “wind down” the season!

The Venue

The American Tobacco Campus is arguably one of the top venues in the Triangle for enjoying an outdoor
concert in an intimate and family-friendly atmosphere. Ample parking and five fine eateries surround the
lawn: Tyler’s Taproom, Symposium Café, Café Zen, Mellow Mushroom and Starbucks. Outdoor seating
abounds and some restaurants take their grills to the sidewalk, so food and beverages are only steps
away. Kids are welcome on the lawn where families can enjoy the Ole Bull River that runs through the
middle of the campus. As a courtesy to your neighbors, no dogs or coolers please.

Most concerts are free with the exception of July 25th and Aug. 15th when both concerts will be moved
indoors to Bay 7 to escape the summer heat. Seating is limited to 400, and a modest admission fee will be
charged to manage production logistics.

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