Single-day and two-day preferred, reserved tickets are still available to guarantee your seat for the 2019 PNC presents Wide Open Bluegrass Main Stage, where you can hear performances and special collaborations that you won’t hear anywhere else! Performances at Red Hat Amphitheater will begin at 5 p.m. each night, and will feature premier bluegrass acts for six hours. This year’s lineup includes: Del McCoury Band with special guest Sam Bush (and more to be revealed); the debut of bluegrass supergroup The Ringers (featuring Jerry Douglas, Ronnie McCoury, Todd Phillips, Christian Sedelmyer, and Dan Tyminski); I’m With Her (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, & Aoife O’Donovan); Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver; Molly Tuttle; Balsam Range; Sister Sadie; Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen; and a special performance “You Gave Me a Song: Celebrating the Music of Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard,” featuring Alice Gerrard, Laurie Lewis, Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Justin Hiltner, Jon Weisberger, and Eliza Meyer; and more! Plus, a portion of the proceeds benefits the Bluegrass Trust Fund, a non-profit organization helping bluegrass professionals in times of emergency need.
Beginning this year, the performances at Raleigh’s Red Hat Amphitheater will be open to the public for free, subject to venue capacity. A limited number of reserved seats in prime sections of the venue are available for purchase to ensure admittance for every performance.
Please visit the PNC presents Wide Open Bluegrass website for the complete festival schedule, to be announced in September, and for additional festival details.
MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE: RED HAT AMPHITHEATER, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
4:00 p.m. Gates open
5:00 p.m. Sister Sadie
6:05 p.m. Balsam Range with special guests “NC State University Symphony Orchestra” (collaboration between Raleigh Civic Symphony and students from the N.C. State University music program)
7:15 p.m. Molly Tuttle
8:25 p.m. I’m With Her (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan)
9:45 p.m. The Ringers (featuring Jerry Douglas, Ronnie McCoury, Todd Phillips, Christian Sedelmyer, Dan Tyminski)
MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE: RED HAT AMPHITHEATER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2019
4:00 p.m. Gates open
5:00 p.m. “You Gave Me a Song” celebrating Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard; featuring Alice Gerrard; Laurie Lewis; Allison de Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves; Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; Justin Hiltner; Jon Weisberger; & Eliza Meyer
6:10 p.m. Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
7:15 p.m. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
8:30 p.m. Del McCoury Band with special guests Dierks Bentley, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Jon Fishman (of Phish), and Sierra Hull
Gates at Red Hat open at 4 p.m. both days. Ticket-holders will receive a wrist-band to come and go throughout the day. Free general admission seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis subject to venue capacity.
Gate 1, at McDowell and Cabarrus, will be the entrance and exit for General Admission ONLY.
Gate 2, at Lenoir and McDowell will be the entrance and exit for people who have paid for reserved tickets in sections 1-3.
The StreetFest stages begin at 12 noon on both Friday and Saturday. The festival runs until 11 p.m. both nights.
