Trust us, the day parties are what make Hopscotch so special and unique. Explore Raleigh and all of its dives while you listen to the locals who run the city.
Thursday, September 7
NC State University
1 pm – 3 pm | 2 W Broughton Dr (Hillsborough St Entrance of D H Hill Jr Library)
NC State University Libraries present WKNC 88.1
Hopscotch Day Party
Neptunes
11 am – 5 pm | 14 W Martin St
Clearly Suah Kick Out the Jams
In partnership with Clearly Records and Suah Sounds.
Wüdder Ijs frozen dessert cart will be here while supplies last!
21+
Ruby Deluxe
12:30 – 5:30 pm | 415 S Salisbury St
PotLuck Presents: 9th Annual Hopscotch Rock & Roll Pizza Party
12:30 PM Riggings
1:15 PM Entrez Vous
2:00 PM Scivic Rivers
2:45 PM Reese McHenry & Friends
3:30 PM No One Mind
4:15 PM North Elementary
5:00 PM Schooner
In partnership with Slingshot Coffee and Father & Son Antiques. Free pizza from Pie Pushers. You Can Vote will be there to register voters & update voter registration.
21+ on bar premises
Slims Downtown
Noon – 6 pm | 227 S Wilmington St
Terrorbird x Tiger Bomb Day Party
12:30 PM Cable Ties
1:00 PM Max Gowan
1:30 PM Anjimile
2:00 PM Co-Ed Dorms
2:30 PM Florry
3:00 PM Riggings
3:30 PM Fust
4:00 PM Dazy
4:30 PM Horse Jumper of Love
5:00 PM The Natvral
5:30 PM Reduction Plan
In partnership with Trophy Brewing Company
21+
The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop
Friday, September 8
Boxcar Bar + Arcade
Location: 330 W Davie St
Time: Noon – 5 pm
Sore Thumb 23′
12:00 PM: Poor Pie
12:45 PM: Severed Fingers
1:30 PM: Phil Venable
2:30 PM: Stray Owls
3:30 PM: Certain Seas
4:30 PM: Texoma
In partnership with New Belgium, Broken Sound Tapes, and Boxcar Bar + Arcade.
All ages (under 21 must be accompanied by a legal guardian)
Crank Arm Brewing Company
2 pm – 6 pm | 219 W Davie St
Crank Arm Brewing Company Hopscotch Day Parties
2:30 PM Action Group
3:15 PM High Crime
4:00 PM Horizontal Hold
4:45 PM Blab School
House of Art
1 pm – 6 pm | 306 E Hargett St
The Oak City Mixer
1:00 PM King Akira
1:45 PM Psychic Scream
2:30 PM Xylem
3:15 PM Augurs
4:15 PM Bangszz
5:00 PM The Nappy Head Funk Army
In partnership with Oak City Music Collective.
21+
Kings
Noon – 5 pm | 14 W Martin St
Three Lobed Recordings & Smashed Plastic Record Pressing & WXDU-FM present: The Annual Ritual of Summoning
In partnership with WXDU-FM (Duke University)
Will be simulcast live on WXDU-FM (on air and online).
Neptunes
Noon – 5 pm | 14 W Martin St
Dear Life Records Hopscotch Day Party
12:00 PM DJ Stone Zone
1:00 PM Florry
2:00 PM Natalie Jane Hill
3:00 PM Alli Blois
4:00 PM Fust
In partnership with Ponysaurus Brewing Company
21+
Ruby Deluxe
415 S Salisbury St
¡Que Viva! Presented by Churchkey Records and The Layabout
12:00 PM Cable Ties
12:45 PM Agua Viva
1:30 PM Teens In Trouble
2:15 PM Verity Den
3:00 PM Bonies
3:45 PM Shirlette Ammons
4:30 PM Reese McHenry w/ Spider Bags
5:15 PM Spider Bags
Free Bojangles biscuits. 21+ on bar premises.
Saturday, September 9
Ajja
12:30 pm | 209 Bickett Blvd
AjjaJjams
12:30 PM Doors
1:00 PM Dylan Earl
1:45 PM numbtongue
2:35 PM HH Goat
3:30 PM Pie Face Girls
In partnership with The Nautilus Group & Davis Moore Advisors.
Berkeley Cafe
Noon | 217 W Martin St
Berkeley Cafe Hopscotch Day Party
1:00 PM Clear Spots
2:30 PM Tungsten Brothers
4:00 PM Wayleaves
5:30 PM Stephen’s Pharmacy
Boxcar Bar + Arcade
Noon – 5 pm | 330 W Davie St
Sore Thumb 23′
12:00 PM Heavy For The Vintage
12:45 PM Skyl4rk
1:30 PM Real Dad
2:30 PM Distributed Systems
3:30 PM Jaguardini
4:30 PM Action Group
In partnership with New Belgium, Broken Sound Tapes, and Boxcar Bar + Arcade.
All ages (under 21 must be accompanied by legal guardian)
Crank Arm Brewing Company
2 pm – 6 pm | 219 W Davie St
Crank Arm Brewing Company Hopscotch Day Parties
2:00 PM James Sardone
3:00 PM Severed Fingers
4:00 PM Withdrew
5:00 PM Jphono1
Noon – 5 pm | 14 W Martin St
Psychic Hotline + The Glow Hopscotch Day Party
In partnership with Wine Authorities
Longleaf Swine
2 pm – 6 pm | 300 E Edenton St
Live from the Swine
2:00 PM Sabrosura
3:00 PM THRIO
4:00 PM ¡Tumbao!
In partnership with Burial Beer, Grooveswagon, Fireball Whisky, and Wheatley Vodka.
Longleaf Swine will have a special Hopscotch Day Party menu!
Neptunes
11 am – 5 pm | 14 W Martin St
Cold Soup + So & So Books Presents: Soup du Jour
11:00 AM Doors
12:00 PM Good Deal
12:40 PM Not Flailing
1:20 PM Cor De Lux
2:00 PM Art Star
2:45 – Lofidels
3:30 – TVOD
4:25 – Truth Club
In partnership with Cold Soup Zines & Books and So & So Books.
21+
Rebus Works
Noon – 5 pm | 301-2 Kinsey St
Honeyguide Collective Day Party
12:00 PM 723
1:00 PM Matt Southern & Lost Gold
2:00 PM Teens in Trouble
3:00 PM Kit McKay
4:00 PM Libby Rodenbough
In partnership with GLOW Fitness
Rialto Theatre
Noon – 5 pm | 1620 Glenwood Ave
Little Raleigh Radio Day Party
1:00 PM Thrio
2:00 PM The Jim Crew Group
3:00 PM Russell Favret Trio
4:00 PM Peter Lamb and the Wolves
In partnership with Rialto Raleigh, Oak Heart Veterinary Hospital, and Foundation.
Ruby Deluxe
Noon – 5 pm | 415 S Salisbury St
Jewel Tones x Rubymania 6
Wrestling matches begin at noon and occur between each band set!
12:00 PM Doors
12:30 PM Saturnalias
1:30 PM Dunums
2:30 PM Faye
3:30 PM Noir Noir
4:30 PM Vacant Company
21+ on bar premises
Schoolkids Records
2237 Avent Ferry Rd #101
Schoolkids Records Hopscotch 2023 Day Party
12:30 PM 0versou1
1:00 PM Manic Third Planet
1:30 PM My Sister Maura
2:00 PM Matty Frank
2:30 PM Boygirl Rising
3:00 PM Dermatone
3:30 PM Pamlico
4:00 PM Kamus Leonardo
5:00 PM Distributed Systems
Slims Downtown
Noon – 6pm | 227 S Wilmington St
Jack The Radio Presents: Hopscotch Day Party
12:30 PM Karbuncle
1:00 PM Azul
1:30 PM Time Sawyer
2:00 PM Crenshaw Pentecostal
2:30 PM Modern Moxie
3:00 PM Tre Charles
3:30 PM Rachel Hirsh
4:00 PM Matt Damron (Bright Young Things)
4:30 PM Charles Latham and the Borrowed Band
5:00 PM Jack The Radio
5:30 PM Dylan Earl
In partnership with Cook’s Mill Whiskey, Trophy Brewing Company, Raleigh Apparel, 2112 Percussion
21+
State of Beer
1 pm – 4 pm | 401 Hillsborough St
Yeehaw! Bands and Beers
1:00 PM Grady Philip Drugg
2:00 PM Blue Cactus
3:00 PM John Howie Jr.
The Longleaf Hotel & Lounge
11 am – 5 pm | 300 N Dawson St
To Be Heard Booking x Tiger Bomb Promo Hopscotch Day Party IV
11:30 AM The Auxiliary
12:30 PM Generifus
1:30 PM “Ask Me Anything” feat. Skylar Gudasz, Libby Rodenbough, & Kate Rhudy
2:30 PM Slow Teeth
3:30 PM No One Mind
Featuring DJ CALAPSE before, between, and after sets.
In partnership with Twin House Music
True North Poutine Food Truck and Hatch Breakfast Burritos will be on site!
The Night Rider
Noon – 5 pm | 416 W South St
Afternoon DeLight at The Night Rider
TCOOA
Red40
21+
The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop
Noon – 5 pm | 224 S Blount St
The Empire Agency Day Party
Lineup coming soon!
In partnership with Cardinal Talent Group and C1 Marketing
Transfer Co. Food Hall – Ballroom
Noon – 5 pm | 500 E Davie St
Sipsman‘s Record Fair
Records from Third Man, Merge, Psychic Hotline, Dear Life, Double Double Whammy, Churchkey, Sleepy Cat, Don Giovanni, and Simp. And Citizen Vinyl educating on how vinyl is made!
Sunday, September 10
Ajja
Noon | 209 Bickett Blvd
AjjaJjams
12:00 PM Porch Market
1:00 PM Dave Wilson
1:45 PM Tonk
2:35 PM Kate Rhudy
3:30 PM Tre. Charles
In partnership with The Nautilus Group & Davis Moore Advisors.
Landmark Tavern
1 pm – 7 pm | 117 E Hargett St
Day Hangs
1:00 PM Wilt
2:00 PM Exercise
3:00 PM Verity Den
4:00 PM Summer of Snakes
5:00 PM Dry Spells
Neptunes
14 W Martin St
Self Aware Records presents
3:45 PM Alright
4:30 PM Petrov
5:15 PM Coughing Dove
6:00 PM Quad
6:45 PM Faye
7:30 PM Dollar Signs
8:30 PM Jenny Besetzt
21+
Slims Downtown
Noon – 5 pm | 227 S Wilmington St
Hopscotch Hangover (The longest running after-scotch day party)
In partnership with Trophy Brewing Company
21+
The Night Rider
4 pm – 9 pm | 416 W South St
Afterburner: A Hopscotch Closing Party
4:30 PM Slow Stab
5:30 PM Snide
6:30 PM My Sister Maura
7:30 PM Geeked
8:30 PM Absent Lovers
Followed by karaoke from 9 pm – midnight! 21+