EZ Vibes Top Picks

Top picks for week of October 20th, 2025

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EZ Vibes
October 21, 2025

🌽 NC State Fair Music Lineup

🥬 Lettuce hit it hard at Harvest Jam

🐴 Mighty Giveback raised over $1 million!

💀 Bring Out Yer Dead is back at Bowstring this Saturday

✅ Top Picks for the week including Matisyahu and Lawrence

📆 EZ Vibes Concert Calendar updated for October

2025 NC State Fair Live and Local Waterfall Music Stage

State Fair Music Lineup

Don't miss the local music heat at the Homegrown Music Fest on the Live & Local Waterfall Music Stage this year! It’s all about those free, easy vibes and checking out some killer homegrown talent. Get ready to groove with:

  • Funkelstiltskin: Bringing the high-energy funk jams straight from the mountains.

  • Duck: Laying down their funky, bluesy, jazzy, and a little bit dirty sound.

  • The Phoebes Band: Rock and blues with powerful vocals and screaming guitars.

Come out and support our incredible local music community!

Harvest Jam Highlights

🥬 Lettuce - The funkiest band in the business came to get down featuring their unique brand of hip-hop-infused grooves and horn heavy funk.

The Mighty Giveback

Gov’t Mule at Lincoln Theatre

What a night! The Mighty Giveback was an absolute smash, with the Triangle music community turning out to make a huge difference! Thanks to everyone's incredible generosity, the event raised over $1 million dollars for mental healthcare accessibility in our region.

Gov't Mule delivered two stellar sets packed with bust-outs and classic Allman Brothers tunes, giving us those deep Southern rock vibes. They even brough out Edwin McCain to collaborate on “Soulshine” and “I Shall Be Released”

The whole evening at the Lincoln Theatre Outdoor Stage was a testament to the power of live music and community coming together for a noble cause. Big thanks to Band Together and United Way of the Greater Triangle—you all crushed it! Band Together is doing amazing work and has raised over $15 million for local nonprofits!

Bring Out Yer Dead

Bring Out Yer Dead - 10/25/25

The good times keep rolling this week! Get ready to dance into the weekend with Raleigh's own Grateful Dead tribute band, Bring Out Yer Dead, this Saturday, October 25th, at Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard. It's a FREE SHOW, making it the perfect chance to soak up some sweet, improvisational jams and good vibes with your fellow Deadheads. Music starts at 7:00 PM. Don't miss this one!

Top Picks of the Week

Tuesday - 10/21

Bowed Dylan - Beer & Banjos - Bowstring Brewyard - Raleigh, NC
Free show thanks to Pinecone!

Funkelstiltskin- Waterfall Music Stage - NC State Fair - Raleigh, NC

Matisyahu, Aaron Dugan - Lincoln Theatre - Raleigh, NC

Wednesday - 10/22

Tedeschi Trucks Band - Live Oak Bank Pavilion - Wilmington, NC

Thursday - 10/23

Duck, Morgan Hudson Band - Waterfall Music Stage - NC State Fair - Raleigh, NC

Shadowgrass - Visulite Theatre - Charlotte, NC

Friday - 10/24

Jacoozy, Fudge - The Pour House - Raleigh, NC

Hirie, Signal Fire, Mr. Mota - Bowstring Brewyard - Wilmington, NC

Saturday - 10/25

Bring Out Yer Dead - Bowstring Brewyard - Raleigh, NC

Lawrence, Jacob Jeffries - The Ritz - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre Outdoor Stage - Raleigh, NC

Sunday - 10/26

Sunday Bluegrass Jam - Bond Brothers Eastside - Cary, NC

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Enjoy your weekend and support live music!

Evan from EZ Vibes