Live-music venues worth the trip in Durham, North Carolina

DPAC is a performing arts center in downtown Durham, and its own site says its stage hosts “spectacular Broadway productions, the very best of concerts and comedy, family shows, and special events of all kinds” in “an intimate 2,700-seat setting”.

Carolina Theatre of Durham is a nonprofit historic theater on West Morgan Street in Durham that was built in 1926, and it presents live music alongside comedy and dance, with its own site saying, “We enrich the experience of audiences through programming that drives the cultural, educational, and economic vitality of the region.”

The Blue Note Grill, which expanded into its current space in 2015, is a barbecue restaurant and live music venue on Washington Street in Durham’s Central Park district, and its own site calls it one of the Triangle’s “premier live-music venues, complete with a full-service BBQ and Ribs restaurant and bar.”

Motorco Music Hall is a multi-room hall on Rigsbee Avenue in Durham whose main room its own site calls “a large, state of the art Showroom”, home to “a variety of shows, live music, comedy, films and private events”.

The Pinhook is a club on West Main Street in Durham, and its own site says it is “a queer owned / forward and operated 225 cap music venue AND event space with great sound”.