This Week in the RTP — Monday Jun 22, 2026 – Thursday Jun 25, 2026

ByKelvin

A quiet stretch on the calendar — Bulls on the road, Courage on break — which means the music rooms get to run the table.

Featured This Week

Widowspeak w/ Thomas Dollbaum — Pour House Music Hall

Brooklyn’s Widowspeak open the week at the Pour House (224 S Blount St, Raleigh) on Monday, June 22, doors 7 PM / show 8 PM, 18+. Tickets run roughly $25–30 advance (resale sites are asking $43+, so buy direct). This is the band’s hazy, slow-burn dream-pop in exactly the right room — the Pour House is small, dark, and built for the kind of guitar tone that rewards standing still and listening. Thomas Dollbaum’s narrative Southern-gothic songwriting is a genuinely good pairing, not filler. A Monday show is a tough sell for most people, which is precisely why this one stays comfortable. Bring earplugs and a slow night.

Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers w/ Ike Reilly — Pour House Music Hall

The marquee night this week. Roger Clyne — the voice behind the Refreshments’ “Banditos” and a couple decades of border-rock since — hits the Pour House (224 S Blount St, Raleigh) on Tuesday, June 23, 8 PM, 18+. Advance tickets are in the low-to-mid $30s; the resale market is already inflated to $42–74, so go through pourhouseraleigh.com. Clyne’s crowds travel and they sing every word, which makes a 300-cap room feel like a reunion. Ike Reilly opening is no throwaway either — he’s one of the sharpest barroom storytellers working. Expect a long, sweaty, loud set and a bar that knows what it’s doing. The standout of the week if you only pick one.

Waverly Place Summer Concert Series — Final Night

Cary’s free Wednesday concert series wraps its 2026 run at Waverly Place (315 Colonades Way, Cary) on Wednesday, June 24, 5:30–8:30 PM. Free, family-friendly, lawn-and-lot setup with the shopping-center restaurants right there for dinner. It’s the un-fussy version of a Triangle summer evening — kids running, dogs, a cover band, no ticket, no parking hassle. If the heat breaks at all this week, this is where to take the family before the series goes dark until next summer.

Also Happening

  • Subhumans w/ Bixby — Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro. Mon Jun 22, 7:30 PM. (Ticketed.) The veteran UK anarcho-punk band still plays fast and means it — a hard left turn from the dream-pop across town.
  • Blanket Approval w/ Lauren Cole Band — Slim’s Downtown, Raleigh. Tue Jun 23. (Cover at the door.) Slim’s is the narrow, no-frills upstairs rock dive on S Wilmington — cheap, loud, local, and exactly what a Tuesday should cost.
  • The Rattletraps — Cat’s Cradle (Back Room), Carrboro. Thu Jun 25. (Ticketed.) The intimate Back Room for a roots-rock closer to the week; go for the size of the room as much as the band.
  • DJ Vegas — Terminal 8 Bar & Lounge, Raleigh. Thu Jun 25. (Check door/cover.) A late-night option downtown if you’d rather dance than watch a band.

A quick heads-up on two things people will ask about: the Durham Bulls are away all week (they finished the Jacksonville homestand Sunday and don’t come back to the DBAP until June 30 against Gwinnett), and the NC Courage are on their June international break — no home matches at WakeMed Soccer Park until July 4 vs. Seattle. If you were counting on a ballgame or a soccer night, shift it a week.

Closing Thoughts

This is a music week, full stop — and almost all of it funnels through two rooms, the Pour House in Raleigh and Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro. Tuesday’s Roger Clyne show is the one to build a night around; Monday’s Widowspeak is the sleeper. The free Waverly concert Wednesday is your no-cost, bring-the-family play before it ends for the season. Skip the resale markups — every show here sells direct for less. Late June in the Triangle means heat and a pop-up thunderstorm risk most afternoons, so the indoor club shows are the safe bet and the Cary lawn night is the gamble. Plan accordingly, hydrate, go see something live.

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