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Memorial Auditorium
The 13th Annual Raleigh Blues Festival 2025 artwork
February 21, 2025 | Friday
8:00 PM
The 13th Annual Raleigh Blues Festival 2025 artwork

The Blues Is Alright Tour comes to Raleigh Memorial Auditorium with The 13th Annual Raleigh Blues Festival on Friday, February 21. The Blues is a musical storytelling filled with stark emotion and a revolving reality check. It's authentically raw; transforming tragedy adversity and heartache into a visceral and cathartic experience. This special night of emotive lyrics and guitar-driven accompaniment features performances by Tucka, Pokey Bear, West Love, J-Wonn, Theodis Ealey, and Live in the Flesh Band.

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Feb 21

The Steel Wheels - PineCone

Fletcher Opera Theater
Fletcher Opera Theater
Graphic with photo of Steel Wheels bandmembers
February 21, 2025 | Friday
7:30 PM
Graphic with photo of Steel Wheels bandmembers

PineCone favorites The Steel Wheels return with songs to get us through hard times and hard choices and into a brighter tomorrow.  “As a band,” says frontman Trent Wagler, “our aim is to make music that acknowledges the pain and difficulty of the moment, but takes a step back to look at the harmony we can create through all that life throws at us." Harmony, both musical and universal, is at the core of the Virginia-based folk-rock band’s sound. And you’ll feel it in the audience, too.

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Feb 21 - Feb 22

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 - NC Symphony

Meymandi Concert Hall
Meymandi Concert Hall
Photo of orchestra and choir in Meymandi Concert Hall
Feb 21-22
February 21 - 8:00 PM
February 22 - 8:00 PM
Photo of orchestra and choir in Meymandi Concert Hall

North Carolina Symphony
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
North Carolina Master Chorale

Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels: Psalm 23 from Omar 
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9   

Carlos Miguel Prieto leads the North Carolina Symphony, the North Carolina Master Chorale, and guest soloists in Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony—including the inspiring “Ode to Joy.” 

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Memorial Auditorium
Ramon Ayala: El Principio de Un Final Tour 2024 reschedule
February 22, 2025 | Saturday
8:00 PM | Doors 7:00 PM
Ramon Ayala: El Principio de Un Final Tour 2024 reschedule

*This event has been postponed from August 10, 2024, to February 22, 2025

English

Ramon Ayala hits the road on his farewell tour "El Principio de Un Final" 2024.  Come say farewell to Ramon's legendary career that spans over +60 years and as he makes one final stop in Raleigh / Durham at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts on February 22.

Spanish

Ramon Ayala se despide de los escenarios con su gira "El Principio de Un Final" 2024.  Vengan a despedir a la gran leyenda con una trayectoria de +60 años con una última parada en Raleigh / Durham en Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts este 10 de Febrero.

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Fletcher Opera Theater
Graphic with photo of members of Beausoleil band
February 28, 2025 | Friday
7:30 PM
Graphic with photo of members of Beausoleil band

Let the good times roll with the Louisiana flavors of BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet. Now celebrating 50 years as a band, this Grammy-winning group has blended the sounds of their Acadian heritage with jazz, blues, rock, zydeco, swamp pop, and more for a stew as flavorful as the food in the Cajun tradition they champion.

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Feb 28 - Mar 1

The Ring Without Words - NC Symphony

Meymandi Concert Hall
Meymandi Concert Hall
Drawing of helmet with glowing arch over it
Feb 28 - Mar 1
February 28 - 8:00 PM
March 1 - 3:00 PM
Drawing of helmet with glowing arch over it

North Carolina Symphony
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor

Warrior women, jealous rage, a dragon, and a magic sword are all a part of Wagner’s electrifying The Ring without Words, an instrumental suite drawn from his evocative four-opera cycle. 

The Ring without Words brings together all of the highlights of Wagner’s masterpiece—from the first note to the last chord. 

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Meymandi Concert Hall
Photo of woman sitting at piano
March 7, 2025 | Friday
12:00 PM
Photo of woman sitting at piano

North Carolina Symphony
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Olga Kern, piano

Cindy McTee: Timepiece
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

He was plagued by self-doubt and had abandoned his music. But when inspired to compose again, Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote the masterpiece that would make him immortal. The sensational Olga Kern joins the North Carolina Symphony for Rachmaninoff’s ravishing Piano Concerto No. 2.  

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Fletcher Opera Theater
Graphic with photo of Tim O'Brien and his wife, Jan Fabricius
March 7, 2025 | Friday
7:30 PM
Graphic with photo of Tim O'Brien and his wife, Jan Fabricius

Two-time Grammy winner Tim O’Brien is joined by his wife, mandolin player Jan Fabricius, for a show that will feature simple instrumentation, sweet harmonies, and songs that both advance and honor traditional music. O’Brien’s remarkable journey in roots music began when he saw Doc Watson performing on TV. From there, he was hooked on old-time and bluegrass music, and he’s made a career applying his songwriting and instrumental skills to both. His songs have been covered by Nickel Creek, Kathy Mattea, Garth Brooks, and many others, and his collaborations have included albums as part of Flatt & Scruggs tribute supergroup the Earls of Leicester, with his sister Mollie O’Brien, and as a duo with Darrell Scott. A founding member of Hot Rize (as well as their friends Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers), O’Brien has also found time for his own projects, including numerous solo albums, guest appearances, and an album of grassed-up Bob Dylan covers titled Red on Blonde.

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Mar 7 - Mar 8

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 - NC Symphony

Meymandi Concert Hall
Meymandi Concert Hall
Photo of woman sitting at piano
Mar 7-8
March 7 - 8:00 PM
March 8 - 8:00 PM
Photo of woman sitting at piano

North Carolina Symphony
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Olga Kern, piano

Cindy McTee: Timepiece
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”

He was plagued by self-doubt and had abandoned his music. But when inspired to compose again, Sergei Rachmaninoff wrote the masterpiece that would make him immortal. The sensational Olga Kern joins the North Carolina Symphony for Rachmaninoff’s ravishing Piano Concerto No. 2.   

This timeless program also features the “Pathétique,” an orchestral masterwork described by Tchaikovsky himself as "the best thing I have composed or will ever compose." Renowned guest conductor Leonard Slatkin leads this passionate evening of live classical music. 

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