Raleigh Wide Open 5

Raleigh Wide Open 5--one of Raleigh newest yet most popular traditions -- will fill up downtown along the City Plaza, the Raleigh Convention Plaza, and Fayetteville Street. The event will start with a parade and conclude with Circus Maximus and a fireworks display.

Schedule:

11:00 am - Parade down Fayetteville Street
From Morgan through the City Plaza with marching bands, floats, and local celebrities!

Noon - Festival Opens
Food and art vendors, street performers, 4 stages throughout Fayetteville Street

Extremely Entertaining - Raleigh Wide Open 5

RebBull Motocross Mayhem with Geoff Aaron
*Fayetteville Street between Hargett and Morgan St. Performance times are 2:45; 5:00; 7:15

King BMX Stunt Show
*Salisbury Street in front of RCC. Performance times are 1:30; 3:30; 5:00

Cherry Bounce Wrestling
*Hargett and Fayetteville St. Performance times are 5:15 and 7:30

Fire Circus
Flames and high flyers set City Plaza ablaze. Performance times are 8pm and 10pm

Eating Contests
*Free Spirit Stage. Krispy Kreme Donuts at 3:00; Lumpy’s Ice Cream at 5:00

** Music Stages - Performance Schedule **

Cherry Bounce Stage

Jews & Catholics 12:30-1:15pm
Cherry Bounce SPECIAL Guest 1:45-2:30
North Elementary 3:00-3:45
Lake Inferior 4:15 – 5:00pm
I Was Totally Destroying It 6:00-7:00
Bomba Estereo 8:15-9:15
Javelin 9:45 – 10:45pm

World Stage

Crucial Fiya (reggae) 12:15 -1:45pm
Shana Tucker Trio (soul) 2:15 – 3:30pm
Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojos (blues / americana) 4:00pm – 5:00pm
The Barn Burners (country) 5:30 – 7:00pm
Old Habits (bluegrass) 7:30 – 8:45pm
Rubberband (funk / hip hop covers) 9:15 – 10:45pm

Raleigh Rocks Stage

Adam Pitts and the Pseudo Cowboys 12:30 – 1:15pm
Will McBride Group 1:45 – 2:30pm
Big Mama E & the Cool 3:00 – 3:45pm
Wax Planet 4:15 – 5:00pm
Sleep Control 5:30 – 6:15pm
Airiel Down 6:45 – 7:30pm
Design 8:00 – 9:00pm
Nigthshift 9:30 – 10:30pm

Free Spirit Stage

Kappa Xi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi (stepping) 12:15 to 12:30
D.LIV(E) (spoken word/hip-hop) 12:45 to 1:05
Schizophrenic Octopus (breakdancing) 1:30 to 2:00
Sabrosa (spoken word/hip-hop) 2:15 to 2:35
Krispy Kreme Donuts (Eating Contest) 3:00 to 3:30
Spotlight Creative Studios (Bollywood Dance) 3:45 to 4:00
Dasan Ahanu (spoken word) 4:15 to 4:45
Lumpy’s Ice Cream (eating contest) 5:00 to 5:30

Raleigh Amphitheater

Barenaked Ladies 9:15 – 10:45pm (ticketed event through www.LiveNation.com and also avalable at the Amphitheater box ofice.)

10:45pm - Fireworks