Strange Carolinas

11/13/2025

We were at the Geese show at The Grey Eagle on Sunday night. Please enjoy Pixie's gallery and review!

BY PIXIE HOCKER Sunday night was the most packed I had ever seen The Grey Eagle in Asheville, North Carolina. There were about 20 people ...

11/13/2025

We were at Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening on Saturday night at The Pantheon at Caesars Virginia. Please enjoy Mark's gallery and review!

Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening BY MARK DOLEJS When Jason Bonham takes the stage, he does so out of love for his father, John Bonham...

11/11/2025

MerleFest lineup is out!

❤️🦝MerleFest 2026 tickets are on sale, and our initial lineup is out!

MerleFest 2026 will welcome Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Old Crow Medicine Show, Charles Wesley Godwin, Blackberry Smoke, Molly Tuttle, Ketch Secor, Sam Bush, The Jerry Douglas Band, Peter Rowan & The Walls of Time Band, Steep Canyon Rangers, The Creekers, Trey Hensley, Sister Sadie, Jake Shimabukuro, Hogslop String Band, Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper, Dom Flemons & The Traveling Wildfires, Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Melissa Carper, Leon Timbo & The Family Band, DUG, Scythian, Donna The Buffalo, Jim Lauderdale, Kruger Brothers, The Waybacks, Amelia Day, Andy May, Banknotes, Carol Rifkin, Charles Welch, The InterACTive Theatre of Jef, Jack Lawrence, Jeff Little Trio, Joe Smothers, The Knackered Ramblers, Laura Boosinger, The Local Boys, Mark Bumgarner, Mitch Greenhill & Mitch’s Kitchen, Pete & Joan Wernick, Presley Barker, Roy Book Binder, T. Michael Coleman, Tony Williamson and Wayne Henderson, with additional artists to be announced in the coming weeks. Get tickets now at merlefest.org/purchase.

11/10/2025

We were at The Mars Volta show on Tuesday night at the Ritz Raleigh. Please enjoy Drew's gallery and review!

BY DREW DRAIN The night carried a charge from the moment the lights dimmed. Felix y Dada stepped onto the stage surrounded by an air of m...

11/08/2025

We met High Point's newest and biggest resident today: Little Sally, Thomas Dambo's latest troll. If you want to see the 18-foot-tall troll, she can be found in the woods near the intersection of Green Street and Grimes Avenue in High Point.

11/01/2025

We were at the Weakened Friends show at The Pinhook last night. Please enjoy our gallery and review!

BY CHRIS HOCKER Weakened Friends brought their Feels Like Hell Tour to The Pinhook in Durham on October 30, 2025. Weakened Friends--s...

10/31/2025

We were at the Big Thief show at Red Hat Amphitheater on Wednesday night. Please enjoy our recap and gallery.

BY CHRIS HOCKER Big Thief brought its Somersault Slide 360 Tour to a chilly and damp Red Hat Amphitheater on October 29, 2025. This w...

10/31/2025

Saw this Big Boy at Tinker Smith today. I've seen plenty of these in my life but the coolest one by far is at the Ritz. See photo two for evidence.

10/31/2025

Halloween in Greensboro

10/21/2025

We were at the YES (official) show on Thursday night at The Carolina Theatre of Durham. Please enjoy Mark's gallery and review!

Steve Howe BY MARK DOLEJS Speak to me of summer Winters, longer than time can remember The setting up of other roads To travel on i...

10/19/2025

We were at The Cult show at TheBOplex on Friday night. Please enjoy our review and gallery.

BY CHRIS HOCKER On Friday, October 17th, The Cult brought their PARADISE NOW 8525 TOUR to Charlotte's Ovens Auditorium. Led by original v...

10/19/2025

High Point ghost sighting