Best Buy - Durham

The Raleigh Times Bar is a timeless local watering hole with Raleigh’s past, present and future on display with old press clippings and images from their namesake newspaper on the walls. This 100 year old building includes second floor seating and a rooftop patio with the best views in downtown Raleigh. Providing exceptional cuisine, classic bar fare favorites, an inventive drink menu and extensive Belgian beer selection.

Regardless of whether you want to take it all in on your own or need a little assistance, the natural beauty and all that it has to offer you is on display over the 236 acres of Blue Jay Point County Park.

The Kennedy Center is situated within its impressive structure, and that particular theater features an impressive stage and multi-dimensional acoustics that make the more intimate performances like solo piano concerts and one act plays that much more vivid. Other entertainment venues within the event center are the Memorial, Fletcher Opera and the Meymandi; each hosts ballets, plays and other live entertainment.

Hopscotch Music Festival is an annual 3-day music festival in downtown Raleigh featuring local, national, and international bands in a variety of genres — rock, hip-hop, metal, dance, punk, alt-country, classical, noise, drone, folk and more. More than 130 acts play in multiple venues within a walkable footprint in downtown Raleigh, with artists performing on an outdoor main stage and in many local clubs.