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YOUR GUIDE TO RALEIGH’S EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING EXTRAVAGANZA

Raleigh Wide Open 5 Map

HIGHLIGHTS AND EVENT SCHEDULE

11:00 am - Parade down Fayetteville Street
From Morgan through the City Plaza with marching bands, floats, and local celebrities!


Noon - Festival Opens
Food and art vendors, street performers, 4 stages throughout Fayetteville Street, and more!


Extremely Entertaining - Raleigh Wide Open 5

HIGHLIGHTS

Geoff Aaron's MotoTrials Demo
Fayetteville Street between Hargett and Morgan St. Performance times are 2:45; 5:00; 7:15

King BMX Stunt Show
Salisbury Street in front of Raleigh Convention Center. Performance times are 1:30; 3:30; 5:00

Cherry Bounce Wrestling
Hargett and Fayetteville St. Performance times are 5:15 and 7:30

Maximus Circus
City Plaza. Come see Raleigh's own stunt artists perform with light and flame.
Performances at 8 pm and 10 pm. Grand Finale kicks off the fireworks.

Flying Saucer Beer and Wine Festival - Details
Hargett and Fayetteville St. Toast downtown with regional and international microbrews as well as fine wines.

Art Raleigh
In front of the Raleigh Convention Center. A festival inside a festival! Sample the best art hat the city and state have to offer. Produced by Artsplosure. 11am-6pm

Art Galleries
Raleigh Convention Center Lobby. Mini exhibitions from several premier area galleries and live theater and musical performances.

Carolina Hurricanes Alley
Martin and Wilmington St. The Hurricanes Promotions Staff will be on-hand with interactive games, Stormy, the Eye Care Associates Storm Squad and free posters. More surprises to be announced next week.

Kids Zone
Martin and Fayetteville St. Slides, inflatables, games for all ages.

Artisan Market
City Plaza. Downtown’s premier venue for locally produced artisan food. 10-4pm

Classic Cars
Morgan and Fayetteville Street. 6 Classic Cars line the end of Fayetteville Street.


Music Stages - Performance Schedule

Cherry Bounce Stage

Jews & Catholics 12:30-1:15pm
Cherry Bounce SPECIAL Guest 1:45-2:30
North Elementary 3:00-3:45
Lake Inferior 4:15 – 5:00pm
I Was Totally Destroying It 6:00-7:00
Bomba Estereo 8:15-9:15
Javelin 9:45 – 10:45pm

World Stage

Crucial Fiya (reggae) 12:15 -1:45pm
Shana Tucker Trio (soul) 2:15 – 3:30pm
Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojos (zydeco blues) 4:00pm – 5:00pm
The Barn Burners (country) 5:30 – 7:00pm
Old Habits (bluegrass) 7:30 – 8:45pm
Rubberband (funk / hip hop covers) 9:15 – 10:45pm

Raleigh Rocks Stage

Adam Pitts and the Pseudo Cowboys 12:30 – 1:15pm
Will McBride Group 1:45 – 2:30pm
Big Mama E & the Cool 3:00 – 3:45pm
Wax Planet 4:15 – 5:00pm
Sleep Control 5:30 – 6:15pm
Airiel Down 6:45 – 7:30pm
tHE Design 8:00 – 9:00pm
Nigthshift 9:30 – 10:30pm

Free Spirit Stage

Kappa Xi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi (stepping) 12:15 to 12:30
D.LIV(E) (spoken word/hip-hop) 12:45 to 1:05
Schizophrenic Octopus (breakdancing) 1:30 to 2:00
Sabrosa (spoken word/hip-hop) 2:15 to 2:35
Krispy Kreme Donuts (eating contest) 3:00 to 3:30
Spotlight Creative Studios (Bollywood Dance) 3:45 to 4:00
Dasan Ahanu (spoken word) 4:15 to 4:45
Lumpy’s Ice Cream (eating contest) 5:00 to 5:30

Raleigh Amphitheater

Barenaked Ladies 7:30pm
*This is a ticketed event through www.LiveNation.com. Tickets also avalable at the Amphitheater box office.

Bare Naked Ladies


10:45pm - Fireworks



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