With a lineup consisting of Islands, Annuals, Lonnie Walker and Dex Romweber Duo, it seems hard to follow-up such a solid inaugural year.
But the Cherry Bounce Festival organizers look to do just that by pushing the two-day alternative music festival to become a seven-day spanning affair beginning Oct. 18 and culminating on Oct. 24.
“Two days was awesome last year,” Cherry Bounce co-producer Greg Behr said in a release on Thursday. “But seven is even better.”
To facilitate the undertaking, Cherry Bounce enlisted the help of local media outlets to curate stages throughout Downtown Raleigh — including New Raleigh at Berkeley Cafe, WKNC at Tir Na Nog, and Music.MyNC at Slim’s and Raleigh Times.
Kicking off the week-long festival will be Atlanta-based Angie Aparo at Deep South the Bar on Sunday, Oct. 18, followed by a special solo set from Lonnie Walker’s Brian Corum at Raleigh Times on Monday.
Tuesday night will bring the Music.MyNC stage at Slim’s with performances from some of the most promising young talent coming out of the Triangle; including Veelee, NAPS, Americans in France and Gray Young. For those who may not be familiar with NAPS, the band is comprised of Daniel Michael, Nathan Price, Lonnie Walker’s Brian Corum and Zack Oden of Annuals and Sunfold.
Busy Bee will play host to Mount Weather on Wednesday, while WKNC and Tir Na Nog’s Thursday night Local Beer Local Band will be branded as part of Cherry Bounce with performances from Gross Ghost, Free Electric State and The Poles.
Friday will bring unapologetic rock ‘n’ roll when New Raleigh hosts The Infamous Sugar, A Rooster For the Masses, The T’s and Colossus at Berkeley Cafe. I’m still not convinced Berkeley can withstand the power of Colossus …
The week caps off with the mainstage on Saturday in front of Raleigh Times as part of Raleigh Wide Open. This year’s headliners are none other than Man Man and Chicago’s The Hood Internet — who did a killer mash-up of The Rosebuds, T-Pain and Lil Wayne last year. Also on the mainstage are recent Yep Roc signees Peggy Sue, the Triangle’s own Schooner, Fin Fang Foom and Old Avenue, as well as Sky Larkin, who is on tour with Peggy Sue.
“The fact that we can fill so many great venues with so many great bands makes it clear Raleigh is a hot bed of creativity and indie spirit,” co-producer Billy Warden said.
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