The Wide Open Bluegrass festival comes to Raleigh this weekend and I'm sure hoping to find some time to head over to Raleigh and enjoy what I know is going to be some great live music.
The “art scene” is certainly one of the things that helped my wife and I decide almost a decade ago to relocate here, and it continues to be one of the may things we love most about living here in Durham.
During the next few days besides a tremulous line up of acts preforming at the Red Hat Ampitheater starting on Friday there's various master workshops being offered throughout Raleigh.
This is the first year the festival comes to North Carolina and I'm guessing it won't be their last. Originally the festival started in Kentucky before moving to Nashville where it was held for the past 8 years. Now North Carolina gets to feature them and it's really no surprise they choose the Triangle area; which offers them abundant venues, a thriving local music scene, and some of the finest food in the South. Let's not forget that right next door is Durham; named this years Tastiest Town in the South by Southern Living Magazine. In addition North Carolina it could be argued that North Carolina is historically one of the original homes to what is today referred to as Blue Grass music.
This year's line up includes such great musicians as the Del McCoury Band, the Punch Brothers, Bela Flek, Allison Krauss, Della Mae, Steve Martin and the New Canyon Rangers and more so if you're not busy working with me to buy a home, head on over to Raleigh and enjoy what I know will be a great weekend of music
Just another great reason that I love living in the Raleigh Durham area.
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