A Dog Fashion Show? Sign Me Up. - June 11th

Good Morning Raleigh! We’re halfway through the week and the events are picking up, scroll down to see all we’ve got PLUS take a look at our new group (down below).

June 11th - Wednesday

• Pullen Park is back with Triangle Jazz Orchestra for their Live Big Band & Dancing event! Pre-registration isn’t required but tickets are only $10, starts at 7PM — more here.

• Disney on your mind? Well put it to good use at Chubby’s Taco Disney Movie Trivia, tomorrow at 7PM, max team size of 8 people — details here.

• Burning Coal Theatre Company is starting up their Second Stage Theatre Series, running today through the 29th. These shows focus on young new talent in a series of new works, check out the June schedule below and website here for tickets:

June 12th - Thursday

• For a limited time (starting tomorrow of course) Triangle Walking Tours is taking you on a Ghost & Urban Legends walk around campus. Get your tickets now for this limited time event as it’ll vanish like a ghost on June 22nd— info here.

• Looking for a family friendly Thursday night? Check out the Fireflies at Prairie Ridge Ecostation (near NCMA area if you know that). Ages 8+ but a $5 ticket gets you a magnifier bug box and an evening of learning — details here (almost sold out).

• Sorry Fellas, Painted Tree is hosting a Ladies Night with live music, exclusive sales, late shopping trips, and a chance to win $100! Thursday at 6PM — event here.

Later This Week / Month

• Save the Date (if not we’ll remind you!) for the NC Hops Festival! From the same folks as Brewgaloo and featuring a ton of drink options — check out full event at the link below:

• Also Saturday, The Hartwell is hosting their Pride Market with Urban Pothos from 12-4PM featuring family friendly drag, food and live music, and yes! even a dog drag show (with PIPs) — details below:

• Live After 5, the music event in Downtowns City Plaza, returns next Wednesday! We’ll remind you again next week as well but this is a great time, truly.

• We love highlighting good deals when we see em but Raleigh Iron Works is giving away a pretty sweet price pack for just a few likes and follows over on their Instagram, full of gift cards, a dad hat, free pints and more — enter on their page here.

• You may have seen already but the city July 4th Fireworks will take place at 6PM over at The Lenovo Center instead of at Dix Park, Downtown, or even the fairgrounds (like years gone past) — plan accordingly as parking appears to be free as well 🎆 

We’ve made an (in-person) Meetup group!

Our first event is set for June 27th at one of the local venues we share pretty often… The Pour House! We are set to see 3 bands, tickets for the event are the cost the artists/venue set at about $14 — event link below:

Psst, the group is brand spankin’ new as of this morning so don’t be shy if it’s looking empty, it’ll start to fill in as Meetup picks it up on the platform.

June 11th - Wednesday

• Centennial Soundbites @ NCSU Centennial Campus | 12PM - FREE (lunch event)

• Live Jazz [open jam] @ Moon Room | 8PM - FREE

• Hello Mary, Lip Critic [indie rock/pop] @ Kings | 8PM - $17

June 12th - Thursday

• Old School Jam [open jam] @ Saints And Scholars Pub | 7PM - FREE

• Hardwired Metallica Tribute [rock covers] @ Lincoln Theatre | 8PM - $14

• Head North, High June, & many more bands! [midwest emo] @ Kings | 7PM - $15

• The Widdler [dubstep] @ The Pour House | 8PM - $29+

• Beach Music @ Midtown Park in North Hills | 6PM - $5+

We are featuring a local band today, Social Insecurity! A Raleigh based rock/pop-punk band, they’ve got their next show this Friday night with Weeders Digest & Negative Feedback over at Bond Bros Eastside.

Check their page out below and snag some tickets to this fun event while you still can:

• We’ve had a few of you reaching out with feedback in the polls, which is very appreciated! I’ve seen feedback on events for families, things extending towards other local cities in the Triangle To-Do section, & even a few partnerships 👀 Keep it going!

• Having trouble finding fabric for your projects? Check out this thread of some possible options (like The Scrap Exchange) in a increasingly difficult space — comments here.

• The Hartwell is looking for new partners! If you are in retail, or a local artisan, contact them today to get on their shelf. Makers are paid 100% of their sale directly, more below:

• Pittsboro based Disney Asteria Community (say that 5 times fast) approved Monday a preliminary map/layout letting the community take its first real steps, no details yet.

• I suppose its more of a tear down vs a build but did you see that Dix Park is using Goats to help clear some of the brambles, saving the use of motorized equipment — video from News & Observer here.

• Elmwood Development has been approved by The City of Raleigh to plan for 27 new townhomes over by Historic Oakwood, bordering across from William Peace University after a rezoning in 2024 — more details here.

• Duke as their Music Near the Gardens event tonight at 7PM! Enjoy some classic rock and country at this FREE event — details here.

Speaking of Durham (and how much I know yall love markets) Kotuku Surf Club has their thrift-a-bull vintage craft market this weekend on the 14th — FREE and dog friendly.

• Rush Hour Karting has just reopened over in Garner! They are back up after renovation with a brand new TWO story racetrack, new carts, and more games than ever, see the promo video down below:

Upcoming Sporting Events

June 13th

• Advance Auto Parts 160 @ Wake County Speedway | 6PM 🚘️

June 14th

• NC FC @ Rhode Island FC | 7PM ⚽️

• NC Courage @ Angel City FC | 10PM ⚽️

Sports News

The Soccer Tournament - 7v7

After 6 Days TsT has crowned the two winners! The Bumpy Pitch FC Men’s team and the US Women’s Team took home the $1 Million Prize on Monday night.

NCSU Sports

There are a whole lot of players being named to All American, Regional, All-ACC teams, & more here in between seasons — see all the recent announcements here.

June 11th - Wednesday - Partly Cloudy , High 88°F, Low 70°F

• Sunrise: 05:58 AM, Sunset: 08:31 PM - Moon: Full Moon 🌕

June 12th - Thursday - Moderate rain, High 92°F, Low 70°F

• Sunrise: 05:58 AM, Sunset: 08:31 PM - Moon: Waning Gibbous 🌖

Busy day, looking forward to seeing you all at the Meetup should you choose to join! Going forward we will do some of our more personalized events there but in the meantime, come out and have a good time!

See you all Friday!

— Mason at The Raleighwood Inbox