💃 Our 2025/2026 season is heating up! Join us for good times and truly moving experiences all year long.
🎻 Tonight! Sept 20, we welcome Yilian Cañizares at 7:30 p.m. at Stewart Theatre!
🔎 Season at a Glance: • Oct 10 & 11: Rebecca Lazier’s NOLI TIMERE • Oct 24: Chanticleer • Nov 9: Stephanie Ann Boyd / Raleigh Civic Symphony • Jan 23: Ranky Tanky • Feb 6: Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band at Duke Arts • Feb 19-21: The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy • Mar 8: Lightwire Theater’s Dino-Light • Mar 14: John Pizzarelli
🔗 Tickets for all at link in bio!
🎶 “Good Time” by Ranky Tanky
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LIVE at Lake Raleigh Weather Update: May 7, 2026
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Due to inclement weather, LIVE at Lake Raleigh (5/7/26) is CANCELED.
We want to prioritize the safety of our staff, musicians and all of our attendees. Thank you for your continued support of LIVE at Lake Raleigh. We look forward to seeing you back on campus for the final concert of the series on May 21! Stay safe and dry today.
🎤 Get ready for Laura Gonzqui to make her 2nd appearance on the LIVE at Lake Raleigh stage this Thursday, May 7. Her enchanting Latin-fusion sound incorporates jazz, soul, blues, salsa and world music! 🌤 Remember, our concerts happen rain or shine. If there is severe weather, we will cancel the show. Check back on Thursday for updates!
🚚 Gates/food trucks at 5 p.m. 🎸 Music at 6 p.m.
Food trucks = @craftpublichouse@sister_lius_kitchen@shrimptrucknc@jamicecream
🐺 Don’t forget to bring donations for Feed the Pack Food Pantry.
See 🔗 in comments for more info!
♥️ Much love to our sponsors! @raleigh_arts@artsncstate@wknc881
🪘Ready for an irresistible music experience? 🏝️Thursday 4/23 is a beautiful day for a free outdoor concert with @kaira_ba !!! Led by Diali Cissokho, Kaira Ba is a kora-led dance band that combines traditional music of West Africa with funk, rock, blues, and elements of jazz.
🚚 Gates/food trucks at 5 p.m. 🎸 Music at 6 p.m.
Food trucks = Qspresso Cubanos, @henryshotchickentruck , @crispygyoza , @wyehill and @jamicecream
🐺 Don’t forget to bring donations for @feedthepack Food Pantry.
See 🔗 in comments for more info!
♥️ Much love to our sponsors! @raleigh_arts , @artsncstate , and @wknc881
“intergenerational” 🫶 “international” 🌍 “interdisciplinary” 📚 “inspiring” 💡
Just a few of the words you’ve used to describe @ncstatelive that have made their mark on us! ♥️♥️♥️ There’s still time to make your mark and become part of our #GivingPack on Day of Giving!
See 🔗 in bio to give!
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Day of Giving is here! 🚀 Cue time machine: Let's travel back to 2023 when @ncstatelive won the Red & White Song Challenge with this adorable video by super talented @ncstate alum Georgia Westwood!
This year, let your creativity shine with your own Red & White Song on Instagram. Here are the Challenge details:
📽️ Record a video of yourself singing or performing the “Red and White Song”
⏰ Between 12-2 p.m. post your video on Instagram & use #GivingPack
🐺 Be sure to tag @ncstate + the college, program or unit of your choice
Be a part of our #GivingPack by supporting @ncstatelive at 🔗 in bio!
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❤️🐺 Day of Giving is almost here! Join the #givingpack on MARCH 25. Your support helps make possible the remarkable NC State LIVE artist residencies like InterweaveFest last October, when dancers performed Rebecca Lazier’s gravity-defying NOLI TIMERE on Janet Echelman’s extraordinary sculptural nets suspended over the Stewart Theatre stage!
See giving 🔗 in bio and let the countdown begin.
📣 📣📣 Big Announcement - LIVE at Lake Raleigh 2026 artist lineup is here AND the bands are 🔥🔥🔥 And a special thanks to Katie Hayes @newsouthpatternhouse for the gorgeous poster art featuring Lake Raleigh flora and fauna!!! We’re swooning over here.
SAVE THE DATES for our FREE family-friendly lakeside concerts celebrating NC’s extraordinary music scene:
April 9 🎸 Duck
April 23 🪘 Kaira Ba + 🎻Jennifer Curtis
May 7 🪇 Laura Gonzqui
May 21 🪕 Palmyra
Bring your picnic blankets and lawn chairs and expect a family-friendly good time. Food trucks at 5:00pm. Concerts at 6pm.
INFO at 🔗 in bio.
❤️❤️❤️ It takes a village. ❤️❤️❤️ @ncstatelive and @ncstatecentennial would like to thank our supporters who help to make LIVE at Lake Raleigh possible:
@raleigh_arts@artsncstate and @wknc881@ncstatedasa
🎟️ Few tickets remain 🎟️ Don’t miss this sci-fi comedy Thurs - Sat, Feb 19-21 in Titmus Theatre.
🚀 FREE Workshop for STUDENTS: Learn how the magic happens on Friday, Feb 20. Sign up at 🔗 in bio.
Limited tickets remain for this Friday’s, February 6 swinging jazz set with the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band! 🚨 🎟️
Led by acclaimed vocalist Julia Keefe (Nez Perce), this all-star ensemble of Native and Indigenous musicians will perform works by trailblazers like Mildred Bailey (Coeur d’Alene) and Jim Pepper (Kaw/Mvskoke) as well as contemporary composers. 🎶
Learn more at dukearts.org
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Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band
Friday, February 6 at 7:30pm
📍 Reynolds Industries Theater
🎟️ Tickets: $35–$25, $10 Students
Julia Keefe’s Indigenous Big Band is presented in partnership with @ncstatelive .
Jazz has deep indigenous roots, and the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band, performing at Duke on February 6, brings this often- overlooked history to the forefront in a concert that will leave you swinging in your seats while you revisit everything you’ve ever learned about big band jazz.
Don’t miss this powerful live performance. Learn more and book tickets at dukearts.org
⬇️
Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band
Friday, February 6 at 7:30pm
📍 Reynolds Industries Theater
🎟️ Tickets: $35–$25, $10 Students
Julia Keefe’s Indigenous Big Band is presented in partnership with @ncstatelive .
