A couple of years ago Cherry Bounce was simply a historical alcoholic drink that was consumed at Raleigh’s first “bar” Isaac Hunter’s Tavern. That drink has been resurrected by a few bars in town and the drink’s name is also being used to serve as a backbone for branding a local music fest. The Cherry Bounce Fest debuted last year during Raleigh Wide Open III, cranking two days worth of music out on a stage on Hargett Street. Despite the hurricane and pouring rain, the music continued and the party kept punching.
This year, Cherry Bounce is taking it once step further by spreading the music out across a full week and six different downtown Raleigh venues. It will be wrapped up by, once again, a full days worth of music on a Hargett Street main stage on Saturday October 24th, and will be paralleled by Raleigh Wide Open IV (aka the opening of the new city plaza on Fayetteville Street).
Most of the showcases during the week are organized by local media outlets (including New Raleigh’s showcase that Berkeley on Friday night) and will mostly be focused on local acts. The main stage however will be a mix of local and national acts, including a couple of international bands as well as The Hood Internet (who remixed The Rosebuds a while back) and Man Man (who destroy all expectations on stage with their animated and lively performance). I recommend you check out some or all of the showcases, but if there’s one band on this list not to miss, it is definitely Man Man, face paint and all.
New Raleigh will host a showcase on Friday night at The Berkeley Cafe featuring The T’s, A Rooster for the Masses, Colossus, and The Infamous Sugar. Price and more information coming soon.
The full schedule is below:
Sunday, October 18 – Deep South
Angie Aparo
Monday, October 19 – Raleigh Times Acoustic Sets
Brian Corum of Lonnie Walker
Tuesday, October 20 – Slim’s Hosted by Music.MyNC.com
Veelee
NAPS
Americans in France
Gray Young
Wednesday, October 21 – Busy Bee Cafe
Mount Weather
Kooley High
Thursday, October 22 – Tir Na Nog Hosted by WKNC
Gross Ghost
The Poles
Free Electric State
Friday, October 23 – Berkeley Café Hosted by New Raleigh
The T’s
Rooster for the Masses
Colossus
The Infamous Sugar
Saturday, October 24 – Main Stage
Noon - Sky Larkin
1:45 p.m. - Old Avenue
3 p.m. - Peggy Sue
4:15 p.m. - The Balance
5:30 p.m. - Schooner
6:45 p.m. - Fin Fang Foom
8 p.m. - The Hood Internet
9:30 p.m. - Man Man
Sponsors include the Raleigh Times, Raleigh Convention Center, Red Bull, WKNC 88.1, NewRaleigh.com, Music@MyNC.com, The Raleigh Quarterly and PBR. For more information on the festival, its name (always a good story) etc, check out the Cherry Bounce Website
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