Elizabeth City -- Tue., Jun. 6, 2023 at 8:30 PM ( Tue., Jun. 6, 2023 - Tue., Jul. 25, 2023 )

Elizabeth City Parks & Recreation: Mariners' Wharf Film Festival

Re-live the drive-in movie experience--sans the car--with Elizabeth City’s beautiful waterfront at Mariners’ Wharf Park as the backdrop. Classic American films are shown on a large screen on eight consecutive Tuesdays at 8:30 PM (or dusk, whichever is earliest) during the Months of June and July.

Elizabeth City -- Wed., Jun. 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Ghost Harbor Brewing Company: Wailin' Wednesdays: Runnin’ Shine

Runnin’ Shine is a four-piece country act comprised of Janice Chandler on vocals and acoustic guitar, Richie Bohr on lead electric guitar, Bill Snow on drums, and Jim Cahoon on the bass. Hailing from various hometowns and brought together by the love of country music, each player brings a powerful energy and a uniqueness... Read More
Ghost Harbor Brewing Company is Elizabeth City's first microbrewery and is located in Historic Palin's Alley, Downtown Elizabeth City.

Lumberton -- Wed., Jun. 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM ( Wed., Jun. 7, 2023 - Sun., Jun. 11, 2023 )

Carolina Civic Center: Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Directed by the theater’s resident artist, Kendrix Singletary, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the Broadway Musical is a Disney stage musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and a book by Linda Woolverton. With favorite and familiar songs such as “Be Our Guest,”... Read More

Charlotte -- Wed., Jun. 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Middle C Jazz: The Rebecca Kleinmann Quintet

This group explores original compositions by band members, Brazilian musical genres, jazz of all eras, and music inspired by Cuba, Columbia and the Dominican Republic.
Whether you’re a lifelong jazz listener or are curious about discovering new music, you’ll find a home at Middle C Jazz. We bring artists from the mainstream, smooth, contemporary/emerging world, R&B/funk, and legend genres to the heart of our hometown for live performances as vibrant as the city we love.

Wilmington -- Wed., Jun. 7, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Dead Crow Comedy Club: ONE NIGHT ONLY: Ryan O'Flanagan

RYAN O’FLANAGAN is a comedian, actor, and writer who can be seen in the Netflix Original Series "American Vandal" as well as in Comedy Central’s “Corporate.” Dead Kevin has been featured on Tosh.0, Comedy Central Digital and was an LA Weekly Top Comedy Act to Watch in 2013. He has appeared on New Girl,... Read More
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Raleigh -- Wed., Jun. 7, 2023 at 7:30 PM ( Wed., Jun. 7, 2023 - Sun., Jun. 18, 2023 )

Burning Coal Theatre Company: Ruby by Susan Gross - Second Stage 2023

Ruby tells the story of one woman’s emotional journey after a miscarriage. It explores how she tries to cope with her grief, body issues, and anxiety. Part comedy, part tragedy, it examines how she tries to understand the loss, coupled with her continued desire to have a child, all the while surrounded by... Read More
Burning Coal is committed to contributing as much as possible to the vitality of the Triangle’s theater community. That’s why, in addition to presenting four Main Stage plays each year, we also make our Murphey School Auditorium available to up-and-coming theater companies for our Second Stage Series.

Charlotte -- Wed., Jun. 7, 2023 at 8:00 PM ( Wed., May. 31, 2023 - Sun., Jun. 11, 2023 )

Charlotte's Off-Broadway: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

Charlotte’s Off-Broadway is taking audiences back to 1973 with its next production, a groovy evening of Jacques Brel songs inspired by Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, featuring an outstanding cast of Charlotte stars: Tim Bradley, K. Alana Jones, Joe McCourt and Lindsey Schroeder. Music Direction is... Read More
Under the banner Charlotte’s Off-Broadway, Anne Lambert and her artistic collaborators produce projects that portray authentic female experiences, dramatize questions of social injustice and inequality, and illuminate the role women can play to advance socially progressive, transformative possibilities and solutions to... Read More

Wilmington -- Wed., Jun. 7, 2023 at 8:00 PM ( Wed., Jun. 7, 2023 - Sun., Jun. 25, 2023 )

Cape Fear Shakespeare: Two Noble Kinsmen

The Two Noble Kinsmen tells the familiar story of a love triangle. The play is based on “The Knight’s Tale” in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Chaucer’s tale comes from an Italian poem by Boccaccio. Thus in The Two Noble Kinsmen we have a late medieval... Read More
Cape Fear Shakespeare on the Green has been among Wilmington’s most anticipated summer traditions since 1993. Visitors to Historic Wilmington and North Carolina’s Cape Fear Coast can experience and enjoy free live productions of the Bard’s works in a family atmosphere at the Greenfield Lake Amphitheater. ... Read More

Vale -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 3:00 PM ( Thu., Jun. 1, 2023 - Thu., Jul. 20, 2023 )

Hart Square Village: Catawba Valley Junior Potters Program 2023

This program will consist of 8-week courses for High School aged students that will meet once a week on Thursdays from 3-5 p.m.  Our goal is to reignite our community’s culture of pottery. Many children in Hart Square’s rural community have pottery heritage in their family trees - a tradition that has been lost... Read More
Hart Square Foundation preserves the log structures, trades, and culture housed at Hart Square Village. Through preservation and sharing, the foundation inspires the ingenuity, resourcefulness, and resilience of our pioneer ancestors.

Greenville -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Greenville Town Common, Greenville Toyota Amphitheater: Concert on the Common: Landslide, A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

Landslide, A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac will take you on a ride back in time to an era when the greatest music in rock was being made and the careers of the legends we all love today were born! Paying homage to one of the greatest and most popular bands in music history, Landslide recreates the hits from yesteryear, taking fans on... Read More
Our Concert on the Common Series is back! This FREE event features live music, food trucks, adult beverages & more!  Food trucks and adult beverages starting at 5pm, with the music starting at 6pm!

Vale -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 6:00 PM

Hart Square Village: Heritage Music Series: Brooks Forsyth

From Western North Carolina, Brooks Forsyth is a roots musician of Appalachia. Brooks’ musical style is influenced by the music of Doc Watson and the Piedmont Blues. He has performed solo or with a variation of musical ensembles across the U.S.A. In 2017, Brooks began recording at the Creative Workshop studio in Nashville,... Read More
Hart Square Foundation preserves the log structures, trades, and culture housed at Hart Square Village. Through preservation and sharing, the foundation inspires the ingenuity, resourcefulness, and resilience of our pioneer ancestors.  Bring your chair and enjoy the music, food, and beer trucks. Performances will be... Read More

Wilmington -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 6:30 PM ( Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 - Thu., Oct. 12, 2023 )

Bellamy Mansion Museum: 2023 Jazz at the Mansion

Since 2010, the Bellamy Mansion Museum and Cape Fear Jazz Society have partnered to highlight locally, regionally, and nationally acclaimed jazz performers. On the second Thursday of each month May through September, join us for a concert on the lawn of the Bellamy at 6:30 pm. Performers range from solo songstresses to big bands... Read More
Thursday, June 8, 2023: Jay Killman Quartet Thursday, July 13, 2023: Teddy Burgh Trio Thursday, August 10, 2023: Jim Ferris Trio Thursday, September 14, 2023: El Jaye Johnson Quartet Thursday, October 12, 2023: Make-up show for rained out--TBD

Wilmington -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Cameron Art Museum: 15th Annual Port City Music Festival

Founded in 2009 by cellist and conductor Stephen Framil and Wilmington artist Christine Farley, the 14th Annual Port City Music Festival 2022 is a summer concert series committed to the highest quality of performance and making the experience of great music accessible to all. There will be a Master Class prior to the performance... Read More
Cameron Art Museum provides a cultural gathering place that enriches the lives of museum visitors and the community through high-quality exhibitions, lifelong learning in the arts, dynamic public programs, and stewardship and interpretation of the collection. ... Read More

Durham -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:00 PM ( Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 - Sat., Jun. 10, 2023 )

American Dance Festival (ADF): BODYTRAFFIC

BODYTRAFFIC uses the creative spirit of its Los Angeles home as a backdrop for delivering performances that inspire audiences around the globe to simply love dance. The company will present an exploration of identity through dance, showing Love.Lost.Fly by Michaela Taylor, Notes on Fall, a 2021 ADF-commissioned... Read More
Tickets go on Sale April, 25th. For Tickets Click Here   Since 1934, the American Dance Festival has been a recognized leader in modern dance presenting dance performances, and offering educational opportunities and community programs, while... Read More

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Lumberton -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:00 PM ( Wed., Jun. 7, 2023 - Sun., Jun. 11, 2023 )

Carolina Civic Center: Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Directed by the theater’s resident artist, Kendrix Singletary, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the Broadway Musical is a Disney stage musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and a book by Linda Woolverton. With favorite and familiar songs such as “Be Our Guest,”... Read More

Durham -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:00 PM

American Dance Festival (ADF): Opening Festivities

7pm BODYTRAFFIC at Reynolds Industries Theater 9pm ADF Fête at Parizade Dance the night away with BODYTRAFFIC and enjoy delicious food and drinks.
Tickets go on Sale April 25th.  For Tickets Click Here   Since 1934, the American Dance Festival has been a recognized leader in modern dance presenting dance performances, and offering educational opportunities and community programs, while maintaining... Read More

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Charlotte -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Middle C Jazz: Rodney Shelton and Eric Brice Present Shana Blake: Singing The Great Women of Soul, With Special Guest, Ziad Rabie

Come hang out and kick back during the Thursday Night Middle C series with The Rodney Shelton Group
Whether you’re a lifelong jazz listener or are curious about discovering new music, you’ll find a home at Middle C Jazz. We bring artists from the mainstream, smooth, contemporary/emerging world, R&B/funk, and legend genres to the heart of our hometown for live performances as vibrant as the city we love.

Raleigh -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:00 PM ( Thu., Jun. 1, 2023 - Thu., Jul. 20, 2023 )

North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA): Jazz at the NCMA

The NCMA’s jazz series celebrates the transcendent power of one of America’s greatest exports to the world, its African American origins, and jazz’s intersections with other musical genres.  Now in its second season, the Museum’s Thursday evening concert series allows attendees to experience a... Read More
2023 Season Lineup June 1 Kirk Whalum and Chanté Moore June 8 Lalah Hathaway and PJ Morton June 22 Robert Glasper and Samara Joy June 29 Sheila E. and Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Band July 13 An Evening with Kenny G July 20 Take 6 and Chrisette Michele

Raleigh -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:00 PM ( Thu., Jun. 1, 2023 - Sat., Jun. 10, 2023 )

St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church: Corpus Christi

A gay passion play by Terrence McNally - directed by Dustin Britt.  In Corpus Christi, McNally gives us his own unique view of the story of Christ, depicting Jesus and the Apostles as gay men living in modern-day Texas.
All Thursday night tickets include a post-show Q&A with the cast, director, and members of the production team.

Raleigh -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:30 PM ( Wed., Jun. 7, 2023 - Sun., Jun. 18, 2023 )

Burning Coal Theatre Company: Ruby by Susan Gross - Second Stage 2023

Ruby tells the story of one woman’s emotional journey after a miscarriage. It explores how she tries to cope with her grief, body issues, and anxiety. Part comedy, part tragedy, it examines how she tries to understand the loss, coupled with her continued desire to have a child, all the while surrounded by... Read More
Burning Coal is committed to contributing as much as possible to the vitality of the Triangle’s theater community. That’s why, in addition to presenting four Main Stage plays each year, we also make our Murphey School Auditorium available to up-and-coming theater companies for our Second Stage Series.

Raleigh -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:30 PM ( Thu., Jun. 1, 2023 - Sun., Jun. 11, 2023 )

North Carolina State University: Holmes and Watson

Sherlock Holmes is dead. Or so it is assumed. The world knows the great detective went over the falls at Reichenbach with his nemesis Professor Moriarty. But as Holmes’ body was never retrieved, it falls to Dr. Watson to disprove the charlatans. When a telegram arrives with tales of three men claiming to be the fallen... Read More
TheatreFEST 2023 is Raleigh’s hub for summer theatre. Connecting theatre-makers, companies, educators, and patrons alike — all in the celebration and advancement of live theatre.   ... Read More

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Raleigh -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:30 PM ( Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 - Sun., Jun. 18, 2023 )

North Carolina State University: title of show

[title of show] is “a musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical.” A sincere and sincerely funny examination of the struggles of writing, collaborating, and working with friends and strangers to make something ‘original’!
TheatreFEST 2023 is Raleigh’s hub for summer theatre. Connecting theatre-makers, companies, educators, and patrons alike — all in the celebration and advancement of live theatre.   ... Read More

Asheville -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:30 PM ( Fri., Jun. 2, 2023 - Sat., Jun. 17, 2023 )

The Magnetic Theatre: Da Classroom Ain't Enuf

Da Classroom Ain't Enuf is an exploration of the intersection of Black and Brown communities, particularly in and around the American educational system. The play features an ensemble of four actors who play teachers, students and their families and is a mix of poetry, prose and music, with original tracks by... Read More
The Magnetic Theatre nurtures and produces new work, focusing on local and emerging playwrights. We develop artists through our New Play Development Program and our Magnetic U class series. Through work created by and for this community, we’re bringing art back to the heart of Asheville.   ... Read More

Raleigh -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:30 PM ( Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 - Sun., Jun. 18, 2023 )

Theatre In The Park: Raleigh

Queen Elizabeth is dead, and her favorite courtier, Sir Walter Raleigh, is facing the executioner's blade. Larger-than-life, Raleigh meets his fate with wit and aplomb, despite a court of vipers and a jealous king intent on bringing his downfall. 
  The mission of Theatre In The Park is to provide a quality theatre experience to a diverse audience base in Raleigh and the surrounding areas. Click Here for Tickets

Wilmington -- Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 at 7:30 PM ( Thu., Jun. 8, 2023 - Sun., Jun. 18, 2023 )

Big Dawg Productions Non-Profit Theatre, Historic Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts: The Chinese Lady

Inspired by a true story, 14-year-old Afong May is brought to America in 1834, the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil. She is put on display for the paying public, who are mesmerized by her exotic ways, and unnerved by her bound feet. As the decades wear on, her celebrated sideshow comes to define and challenge her... Read More
Big Dawg Productions is committed to producing entertaining, thought-provoking, and socially responsible theater, with an emphasis on education and the promotion of the performing arts.   Click Here for Tickets