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Raleigh Wide Open 2

RALEIGH WIDE OPEN 2’S LINEUP OF
PERFORMERS IS ANNOUNCED


IT’S BACK – Downtown Raleigh, that is; and to celebrate it, so is Raleigh Wide Open!

Raleigh Wide Open 2 (RWO2) is going to fill up Fayetteville Street from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 21. It will be music to the max with the following lineup:

  • 12:30 to 2:00 -- Mickey Mills & Steel (reggae);
  • 2:20 to 3:05 -- Airiel Down (rock);
  • 3:25 to 4:10 -- Kickin Grass (bluegrass);
  • 4:30 to 5:45 -- Bio Ritmo (Latin);
  • 7:00 to 8:00 -- Dillon Fence (pop rock); and,
  • 8:30 to 10:00 -- Eddie Money (pop/classic rock).


The headliner of course is rock icon Eddie Money, whose long beloved tunes such as “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Baby Hold On” are being joined by hits from his current album “Wanna Go Back” featuring 12 rock classics.

Notice, it’s non-stop music except for 6:00 to 7:00. That’s parade time! The RWO2 parade will begin at the Capitol and make its way down Fayetteville Street, ending at Davie Street.

If you’re “tuned out” by mid evening, saunter on down to Moore Square and enjoy a free showing of “Dream Girls” around 8:15 p.m.

Raleigh’s southern downtown sky will turn into a pyrotechnic pageant around 10:15 p.m. when the boom and blast of fireworks signal the conclusion of the first anniversary of Raleigh’s downtown revitalization celebration.

The charge for parking downtown will be $3. The City has five convenient parking garages that offer approximately 5,000 parking spaces. The garage locations are as follows:

  • Cabarrus Street Parking Lot, 100 E. Cabarrus St.;
  • Convention Center Parking Deck, 429 S. Wilmington St.;
  • Moore Square Parking Deck, 233 S. Wilmington St.;
  • Municipal Parking Deck, Morgan Street entrance, W. Morgan St.; and,
  • Wilmington Street Parking Deck, 327 S. Wilmington St.

Prepared by and for more information: Jayne Kirkpatrick, Director, Public Affairs Department, 890-3100 or www.raleighconvention.com.

Street Closures: Fayetteville Street from Morgan to the 400 block in front of Sheraton Raleigh Hotel. Davie, Martin and Hargett Streets from Wilmington to Salisbury Streets.