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An Ashevilles venue changed their COVID policy during a recent show. People had to have proof of vaccine or negative test. Other venues may follow.

Following Harrahs COVID policy during Widespread Panics 3-day August show, other music venues in Asheville may start requiring proof of vaccination

Widespread Panic. Bassist Dave Schools is far left. (photo: Joshua Timmermans). What started out 35 years ago as a handful of students at the University of Georgia getting together for the sake of playing music at college bars and fraternity parties has transformed itself into a bonafide American institution of rock-n-roll some four decades later. Widespread Panic is a pillar of the jam-band community, torchbearers of a genre pioneered by the likes of The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothe...

By: Holly Gleason Edison Graff / Stardust Fallout Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons of ZZ TopPearl Concert Theater, Las Vegas, Nev. There was nothing like the combination of ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard. The blues-boogie trio exuded Texas not just with the notes, but the greasy or desolate spaces between those notes. With Beard’s thromping crash and Gibbons’ hot sauce burn to the electric guitar parts, Hill provided a rounded, penetrat...

Hop Yard is located at 108 Grace Street, one of the first streets in downtown proper that is seven blocks from Riverfront Park. (Port City Daily photo/Shea Carver) WILMINGTON — This weekend 7,200 people are projected to be at Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park each night, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as it welcomes its first national touring act, Widespread Panic. With the possibility of 21,000-plus Spreadheads (WSP fans) adding to the influx of tourists visiting in summer’s peak sea...

Today in History Today is Sunday, July 18, the 199th day of 2021. There are 166 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 18, 1918, South African anti-apartheid leader and president Nelson Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo. On this date: In 1536, the English Parliament passed an act declaring the authority of the pope void in England. In 1863, during the Civil War, Union troops spearheaded by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, made up of Black soldiers, ch...

Hop Yard is located at 108 Grace Street, one of the first streets in downtown proper that is seven blocks from Riverfront Park. (Port City Daily photo/Shea Carver) WILMINGTON — This weekend 7,200 people are projected to be at Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park each night, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as it welcomes its first national touring act, Widespread Panic. With the possibility of 21,000-plus Spreadheads (WSP fans) adding to the influx of tourists visiting in summer’s peak sea...

Live Oak Bank becomes title sponsor for downtown’s Riverfront Park The newly constructed 7,200-seat riverwalk amphitheater now has a title sponsor and has been named Live Oak Pavilion at Riverfront Park. (Port City Daily/Alexandria Sands Williams) WILMINGTON — Downtown’s newest outdoor amphitheater is undergoing yet another name change as it readies to launch the first national act, Widespread Panic, to take over the Live Nation-managed venue for three nights this week. Live Oak Bank h...

Riverfront Park was built without new parking, but the city said there is still “plenty of parking” downtown to accommodate concert and park goers. (Port City Daily photo/Alexandria Sands Williams) WILMINGTON –– An estimated 3,200 cars are expected to steer into downtown next weekend for three consecutive concerts at the City of Wilmington’s new $38-million flagship Riverfront Park, a Live Nation-managed amphitheater. Parking has been top-of-mind for many concertgoers, eager ...

WHQR Visitors splash through a water feature at the new Riverfront Parks grand opening on July 4, 2021. A continuous stream of people funneled into the Riverfront Park for its grand opening on Sunday, July 4, where several local bands came to play. The Riverfront Park has been under construction since 2019, but after a ribbon cutting on Friday, July 2, Independence Day marked its first major event. At the entrance, local food trucks surrounded a small water feature full of playing children, a...