September 5th and 6th

Arrested Development, Chuck Berry, Soul Asylum, Annuals, Islands

should be fun

http://www.raleighconvention.com/grand-opening.php

8/24/2008 5:43:20 AM

ive already lost hope in this...

if 2 of the best acts they can get are washed up enough to come back after playing downtown live, then it relly is a bad sign

8/24/2008 9:29:32 AM

chuck berry?!?!

8/24/2008 9:34:56 AM

GOT A TICKET FOR A RUNAWAY TRAIN




arrested development is cool though

8/24/2008 12:09:20 PM

i had no idea about islands playing there

i'll definitely be there

8/24/2008 1:41:56 PM

i might have to go see me some chuck berry

8/24/2008 3:42:10 PM

without chuck berry, there is no rock and roll

go see him, and salute his genius

8/24/2008 5:42:35 PM

Quote :

"without chuck berrymarty mcfly, there is no rock and roll go see him, and salute his genius"

8/24/2008 9:38:42 PM

Chuck. Chuck. It's Marvin - your cousin, Marvin BERRY. You know that new sound you're looking for? Well, listen to this.

Seriously though, if this were more than a week away and/or less than 100 miles away, I'd be there for Islands

[Edited on August 24, 2008 at 9:47 PM. Reason : ]

8/24/2008 9:42:28 PM

Might walk down and see Chuck Berry.

Will definitely see Islands.

8/24/2008 9:59:06 PM

did everybody else know islands were playing this before this thread?

because i usually keep up to date on this shit and have no idea how i missed it

8/25/2008 1:10:24 AM

i found out last night from one of my friends that works with Deep South and some of the other companies that are involved in these things

don't know how i hadn't heard about it up until that point though

8/25/2008 1:29:07 AM

i only knew about chuck berry because the dude who panhandles outside jackpot (leon) told me he was playing

and then when i checked online to confirm it, i saw the shit about islands

but the publicity has been terrible...there's just a few signs hanging on light poles downtown with no performance details

8/25/2008 1:36:25 PM

I'd like to see Arrested Development. I wonder if they'll give a shout out to Wendell NC when they play "Mr. Wendell."

8/25/2008 1:38:28 PM

I want to see Islands, dammit

8/25/2008 10:33:49 PM

I am living in St Louis where Chuck lives and plays (Blueberry Hill) every month. Saw him about 4 months ago. For a dude that old he still rocks it out. He forgot a few songs and played Jonny B Good twice in a row, but like said before without Chuck Berry there is no Rock and Roll. Go see him if you can.

8/25/2008 11:11:09 PM

Quote :

"did everybody else know islands were playing this before this thread? because i usually keep up to date on this shit and have no idea how i missed it"

I had no idea, and I read basically every major Raleigh website and blog on a daily basis in the mornings at work. They still haven't announced any of the other bands. And later the city of Raleigh will wonder why this thing fails...

On another interesting note...

Quote :

"The Cherry Bounce Alternative Music Festival is named in honor of a cocktail that very well may be the reason there is a Raleigh. Cherry Bounce is a mash of cherries, sugar and whiskey or brandy. It became legendary in 1792 when the a commission of nine men appointed by the General Assembly went in search of a site to serve as North Carolina’s permanent capital. Col. Joel Lane, a Revolutionary War veteran and gregarious tavern and inn keeper, convinced the officials that his parcel of 1,000 acres was the perfect location for the Tar Heel capital. Many claimed that the commissioners were influenced by Col. Lane’s libation, which he liberally shared and of which they had become quite fond!"

EDIT: Guess they added a few more bands



[Edited on August 27, 2008 at 2:05 PM. Reason : flyer]

8/27/2008 1:43:43 PM

one of my boys booked the acts, so I've known about Islands and Annuals for a while now

[Edited on August 27, 2008 at 2:10 PM. Reason : ]

8/27/2008 2:10:18 PM

nice to see red collar playing as well

and a girl i grew up with is in the t's

8/27/2008 2:23:33 PM

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"I had no idea, and I read basically every major Raleigh website and blog on a daily basis in the mornings at work. They still haven't announced any of the other bands. And later the city of Raleigh will wonder why this thing fails..."

Chuck Berry was announced sometime late July/early August I think. Indy mentioned the Annuals playing it a few weeks ago (I think when my "Listening with..." piece ran, which was late July too I think). Pretty sure Islands were announced pretty early on too. They announced more of the schedule about a week and a half ago. The non-locals were all on the convention center's website before that. NewRaleigh.com has been on top of a lot of the announcements.

So yeah, word has gotten out somewhat. But they still put out the full lineup really late for an event for this size and the publicity for it pretty much sucks. It's the same weekend that the International Festival will be held at the convention center though, so that will help fuel attendance too.

8/27/2008 4:52:25 PM

http://www.wral.com/news/local/flash/3441245/

8/29/2008 9:17:28 AM

now the question is will islands be worth leaving the football game early for

i think yes

8/29/2008 2:03:08 PM

Weather not looking good

9/3/2008 2:31:59 PM

part of me hopes that hanna shows up as just a huge rain shower

and the show goes on

so it's just 500 people standing in a torrential downpour rocking out to maybellene

9/3/2008 2:49:36 PM

They're calling it Raleigh Wide Open 3.

WTF was Raleigh Wide Open 2?

9/3/2008 2:56:56 PM

RWE was when they opened Fayetteville Street to traffic.

RWE2 was last year, just for fun.

RWE3 is just an annual continuation, but is also a grand opening of sorts for the Convention Center.

9/3/2008 3:01:14 PM

Gotcha.

9/3/2008 3:06:46 PM

i think Hanna is gonna decide this one for me. i really want to see Islands and Annuals, but it would suck to drive 40 minutes both ways in the rain.

9/3/2008 3:39:58 PM

Quote :

"RALEIGH - The downtown Raleigh festival celebrating the opening of the new $221 million convention center will go on as scheduled Friday and Saturday. Raleigh Wide Open was threatened by Tropical Storm Hanna, but city officials decided today that the brunt of the storm will come late Friday night and before dawn Saturday."

9/4/2008 10:03:56 AM

http://flickr.com/photos/jhawkins/sets/72157607155788003/







Very brief video clip http://flickr.com/photos/jhawkins/2834758757/in/set-72157607155788003/

9/7/2008 2:46:06 AM

i like how they mic their amps

9/7/2008 9:04:28 PM

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/beat/chuck-berry-makes-a-scene-wherever-he-goes

9/8/2008 1:17:08 PM

^ Chuck Berry is a punk rocker.

^^ That's a pretty common way to do it, with single speaker amps, but when you have two/four speakers it's really hard to get decent mic placement if you're using the handles as stands. I think the fact that the Cherry Bounce stage was tiny helped with moving toward space-saving measures.

9/8/2008 1:32:37 PM