With 120 bands over 3 days in September, Hopscotch is known for adventurous lineups, memorable performances, and a fan-friendly atmosphere. From large outdoor main stages in Raleigh City Plaza and Red Hat Amphitheater to intimate club shows, the festival features music in almost every genre imaginable—rock, hip-hop, metal, folk, electronic, experimental, and more—and its schedule highlights this diversity each year. The 2018 edition goes down September 6th-8th.
Ticket Price: $199 (GA); $299 (VIP)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Allie X
- Body/Head
- Boulevards
- Chad VanGaaleen
- Circuit Des Yeux
- DVSN
- Ed Schrader's Music Beat
- Elephant Micah
- Escape-ism
- Everything Is Terrible
- Gang Gang Dance
- Grizzly Bear
- Grouper
- Hailu Mergia
- Hatchie
- Jennifer Castle
- Julie Byrne
- Liz Phair
- MC50
- Mary Lattimore & Meg Baird
- Michael Rault
- Miguel
- Mind Over Mirrors
- Mipso
- Moaning
- Molly Burch
- Monolord
- Moses Sumney
- Nile Rodgers & Chic
- No Age
- Oceantor
- Omni
- Ought
- Real Estate
- Red Fang
- Sarah Shook and the Disarmers
- Shopping
- Skeletonwitch
- Sleep
- Sneaks
- Speedy Ortiz
- Still Corners
- Swearin'
- The Flaming Lips
- The Jayhawks
- The Love Language
- The Revolution
- The Yawpers
- Thundercat
- US Girls
- Vic Mensa
- Warm Bodies
- Waxahatchee
- Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
- Yawpers
Festival News and Rumors
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