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

Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek is an outdoor amphitheater on Rock Quarry Road in Raleigh operated by Live Nation, and its own site’s banner reads “BRINGING THE MUSIC YOU LOVE TO THE CITY OF OAKS”.

Red Hat Amphitheater is an outdoor amphitheater in downtown Raleigh that is moving a block south to make way for the convention center’s expansion, and its own site says, “The current Red Hat Amphitheater remains open during construction, continuing to host the shows and moments you love.”

Lenovo Center is a multi-purpose arena in Raleigh that opened in October 1999, and its own site says it has “continually offered Raleigh, the Triangle, and the southeast an abundance of sports, major concert tours, and events year after year.”

Lincoln Theatre is a live music club on East Cabarrus Street in Raleigh, and its own site says, “The Lincoln Theatre is a historic movie house.”

The Ritz is a Live Nation concert venue on Industrial Drive in Raleigh, and its own site says, “The Ritz has experienced many lives before becoming Raleigh’s premier concert venue.”

Kings is a live music club on West Martin Street in downtown Raleigh, where it moved in April 2010, and its own site says the room has a larger stage and “a sound system that is fantastic to hear or to play through.”

Bowstring is a bar and live music venue in a restored historic building on Wake Forest Road in Raleigh, and its own site calls it “Raleigh’s Premier Live Music Venue, Event Space, and Neighborhood Bar”.

Slim’s is a music venue on South Wilmington Street in downtown Raleigh with a capacity of 100, and its own site calls it “downtown Raleigh’s oldest music venue”.

The Pour House Music Hall is a record shop and live music venue on South Blount Street in Raleigh, and its own site calls it “Raleigh’s home for all things music, hosting local and nationally touring artists”.