July
17, Doc & Rosa Lee Watson, MusicFest, 7 p.m., Boone.
17-18, Party on the Mountain, Beech Mountain.
18, Benefit Concert for Haw River Assembly, Bynum Front Porch, Pittsboro. Details TBA.
23-25, Ashe Co. Bluegrass & Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Jefferson.
24-25, 9th DownEast Music Festival, 15 local/regional bands, Southern Soul Music, Rocky Mount Sports Complex.
24-25, Hillbilly Jam, Maggie Valley.
30-Aug. 1, Mountain Dance and Fall Festival, Asheville. High School.
31-Aug. 1, Fly Around Music & Arts Festival, Lansing.
August
6-9, AVL Sounds Fest, 15 Asheville venues.
12-15, 51st N.C. State Bluegrass Festival, Cherokee.
15, Jazz Duo Piano Concert, Seymour Center, Chapel Hill, 11 a.m. Free.
15, Next Door Music Festival, half dozen bands, Oxford Armory.
20-22, 12th The Big What, Shakori Hills, Pittsboro.
21-22, 27th N.C. Beach Blast Festival, Kings Mountain. Free.
22-23, Carolina Bloom Music Festival, 10 indie bands, Charlotte Iron District.
29, Inaugural Mash Fest, Eden.
29, Raleigh Wood Festival, multi genre, Poole Rd., Raleigh, 1-11 p.m.
September
3-5 Camp Springs Labor Day Bluegrass Festival, Elon.
3-6, Earl Scruggs Music Festival, Mill Spring. 3-6, Wild Goose Festival, Harmony.
4-6, Boomtown Arts & Heritage FestAVL, Asheville. Free, RSVP at website.
5, Stonington Farms Music Fest, Kinston.
5, Charlotte Soul Fest, First Ward Park, Charlotte.
5-6, 31st ProgDay, Storybrook Farm, Chapel Hill.
5-6, John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival, High Point.
6, New River Blues Festival, Grassy Creek.