Rooster Walk Week!

Top picks for week of May 19th, 2025

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EZ Vibes
May 20, 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.

Here this weeks Rundown!

🧀 The String Cheese Incident just tore up North Carolina and was in in Wilmington, Raleigh and Charlotte this past week.

🐓 Memorial Day weekend is almost here and Rooster Walk Music Festival is kicking things off in Virginia with a stellar lineups from Thursday to Sunday!

😁 May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we're proud to team up with Backline, an organization dedicated to providing mental health and wellness resources to the music industry.

✅ Top Picks for this week across NC including MJ Lenderman, Umphrey’s McGee and Carrboro Bluegrass Festival!

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

The String Cheese Incident just wrapped up a run of epic performances in NC with The Wood Brothers! In Raleigh, SCI performed at Red Hat Amphitheatre for the first time ever and brought out The Wood Brothers to perform “How Sweet It Is” in the first set. This video was captured second set and shows part of a killer version of “Rivertrance” with Michael Kang on fiddle.

The 15th Annual Rooster Walk Music Festival is Memorial Day Weekend on Pops Farm in Axton, VA. It’s less than two hours from Raleigh, just across the NC border. There are some amazing artists from NC performing like Isaac Hadden as an artist at large. Also pumped to see Town Mountain from Asheville, NC . Andy Frasco’s new album “Growing Pains” drops on Friday and he will be performing on the main stage!

Rooster Walk is still looking for a few more volunteers so please reach out if you are interested!

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!

We started a fundraiser to collect money for this amazing organization. They have already partnered with some of your favorite bands like Billy Strings, Umphrey’s McGee, Circles Around the Sun, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong and more! Any donation is greatly appreciated and will go to support touring artist to find the resources they need to stay happy and healthy when on the road.

Top Picks of the Week

Tuesday - 5/20
MJ Lenderman - The Underground - Charlotte, NC


Thursday - 5/22
Rooster Walk Begins! - Pop’s Farm - Axton, VA

Town Mountain, Dawn Landes - Bowstring Burgers - Wilmington, NC

Friday - 5/23
Eli Fribush Experiment - Flatiron - Greensboro, NC

Saturday - 5/24

Carrborro Bluegrasss Festival - Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, NC
Featuring Jim Lauderdale, The Po’ Ramblin Boys, Woody Platt & the Bluegrass Gentlemen, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Graham Sharp & Friends
Max Wareham & the National Bluegrass Team, The Williamson Brothers, Slippery Hill Bluegrass and more!

Umphrey’s McGee - Greenfield Lake Amphitheatre - Wilmington, NC

Sunday - 5/25

Umphrey’s McGee - Cohab Space - High Point, NC

Runaway Gin, Tand - Bowstring Brewyard - Raleigh, NC

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