Live Music Update from EZ Vibes

Top picks for week of May 5th, 2025

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EZ Vibes
May 06, 2025

Thanks for tuning in for this weeks updates. EZ Vibes features feel-good music and events that encourage a more connected North Carolina music scene.

Our hearts are feeling full after the 21st annual Shakori Hills Festival of Music & Dance in Pittsboro, NC. Spring showers soaked the Carolinas but that didn’t stop this amazing community of music lovers and impressive group of bands.

This weekend another local festival, Casual Campout, hits Raleigh starting on Friday!

Also, May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Learn more about the work our friends at Backline are doing to support mental health in the music industry.

Make sure to check the EZ Vibes Concert Calendar and follow on Instagrams for updates on the festival!

This video was captured on Friday night at Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival on the Grove Stage.

Mental Health Awareness Month

Life in the music industry can be amazing but it can also be tough. Long hours, high pressure, time away from home… it takes a toll. EZ Vibes is proud to support backline.care and the work they do to support the mental health and wellness of music industry families! If you’re part of the industry and you need help finding therapy, support groups, financial aid or just someone who understands, Backline’s got you. 

Casual Campout - May 9-11 - Raleigh, NC
This weekend make your way out to Lakeside Retreats in Raleigh, NC for Casual Campout! This low-key fest features a stellar lineup with local and regionally touring acts as well as dj sets in the dance dome, arts, yoga, food and craft vendors, and more! Tickets, camping and parking are still available online or at the gate.


Friday - Jacoozy, The Motet Jimkata, Cosmic Collective
Saturday - Frute, Nth Power, BIG SOMETHING, Toubab Krewe
Sunday - The Settlement, Red Panda, Casey + The Comrades, Josh Phillips

Top Picks of the Week

Tuesday - 4/22
Beer and Banjos - Guilty Pleasures
Bowstring - Raleigh, NC - 6pm
Free show thanks to @pineconenc

Jandr Jam featuring The Up & Up
Slims - Raleigh, NC

Thursday - 5/1

Teens in Trouble, Bat Boy, Long Relief - Kings - Raleigh, NC

Friday - 5/2
Holy Roller, Shagwuf - The Pour House - Raleigh, NC

Jacoozy, The Motet, Blockhead and more - Casual Campout - Raleigh, NC

Saturday - 5/3

Old Crow Medicine Show - Bailey Park - Winston-Salem, NC

Big Something, Nth Power, Toubab Krewe and more - Casual Campout - Raleigh, NC

Sunday - 4/27

Pearl Jam - The Lenovo Center - Raleigh, NC

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Evan from EZ Vibes