Brewgaloo is a two-day celebration showcasing more than 110 craft breweries from across North Carolina. Paired with local food trucks, vendors, and live music, it’s the state’s largest craft beer festival and one of the biggest in the country. Over 60,000 attendees flock to downtown Raleigh to sip, savor, and experience the best of North Carolina’s brewing scene.
The fun begins at Friday night’s kick-off party. From 6pm-10pm, you’ll enjoy unlimited samples of limited releases, barrel-aged, and sour beers. It’s the perfect way to start your Brewgaloo experience and get a first taste of what the weekend has on tap!
Saturday’s street festival spans the length of Fayetteville Street and fills Downtown Raleigh from 12-8 PM with more than 110 NC craft breweries, local food trucks, and local vendors. With two stages featuring local bands all day long this lively festival is sure to be a good time.
Brewgaloo is open to the public and free to attend! Tickets are only required to participate in the beer sampling.
Get ready to slay the latest fashion trends at EVEREVE, a popular boutique coming to the Main District at North Hills this fall serving lewks from curated brands like Citizens of Humanity, Paige and Faherty. @evereveofficial
The Burrow is back! The pop-up vendor/small business collective by Sir Chance’s has found a new home on West Hargett Street offering the likes of clothes, books, art, antiques, jewelry and more. @theburrowraleigh
Just keep spinning. … Put the pedal to the metal at rhythm-based indoor cycling and strength studio HomeTurf, which recently rolled into North Hills Innovation District. @hometurfnc
Courtesy of BK Pilates
Get your body and mind in check at BK Pilates’s new Rockway location, bringing NYC’s go-to reformer workout to Raleigh via expert trainers and overall wellness. @bkpilatesrdu
Workin’ on your fitness! Glenwood South’s March-slated total-health gym Volofit will have you pushing your limits through dynamic group interval-based training. @volofitglenwoodsouth
Friends don’t let friends skip leg day, so grab a pal and hustle for that muscle at local fitness coach Sammy Siegel’s new group fitness and strength training gym Empire Training Academy. @empiretrainingacademyraleigh
Courtesy of BFT Seaboard Station
Beast mode: activated. Channel your inner fitness fiend at brand-new BFT Seaboard Station, combining progressive programming, personal training and science-backed tech. @bft_seaboardstation
Scale to new heights at Triangle Rock Club’s recently bowed TRC-Salvage Yard. The largest climbing gym in NC boasts ample bouldering areas and rope-climbing walls—plus cardio space and a yoga studio. @trianglerockclub
Courtesy of Pin Point
Game on! Raleigh’s first indoor pickleball and golf facility Pin Point is now open, serving up 16 pickleball courts, eight golf simulators and two full-service bars. @pinpointraleigh
Drop it like it’s hot as Raleigh fetes the 50th anny of hip-hop.
“Ain’t nuttin’ but a G thang, baby.” This August, as we take to the streets to throw down some beats in some pumped-up kicks, Raleigh joins communities across the nation honoring the 50th anny of hip-hop. Traced back to a back-to-school party in a Bronx apartment rec room on Aug. 11, 1973, DJ Kool Herc is credited by many for dropping the first beats from which hip-hop was born.
Serving up a solid yes to Missy Elliott’s “DJ, please pick up your phone, I’m on the request line… Is it worth it?”: Hip-hop has shaped our music culture—and our everyday culture—in ways beyond measure for the past five decades. Answering the call to “work it,” hip-hop doesn’t just drop the beat, but it unites us. Kicking off with a February Grammy celebration that brought back some of the genre’s greatest—from Run DMC and LL Cool J to Dr. Dre to Flavor Flav to Missy herself via a deep roster of some of the genre’s legends—the story of hip-hop is the story of modern America point-blank.
To “explore Raleigh’s connection to the genre that has made a global cultural impact since 1973,” says City of Raleigh Assistant Director of Museums Megan Raby, you can fete the 50th by dancing in the streets—literally—Aug. 12. The cast of events, presented by the Friends of COR Museum in partnership with the City of Raleigh, will feat. a daylong street party, classic car show, live beats honoring local hip-hop pioneers, performances from big names like Terminator X and Toosii—plus the op to don your best kicks (see opposite page for inspo) and peep yourself on the Jumbotron as Raleigh rolls out the red carpet for the Sneaker Ball. cityofraleighmuseum.org
Turn Down For What Aug. 12
10am–noon: COR Museum showcases local scholar and industry expert lectures + roundtables on how hip-hop has shaped Raleigh culture.
Noon–4pm: Roll out for the Hip-Hop Car Show feat. classic cars.
Noon–4pm: Take to Fayetteville Street for a free fam-friendly Hip-Hop Family Village with a DJ House, DJ for Kids class (w/ DJ Monika Underhill), break dancers & performers, hip-hop karaoke (!), graffiti public art, and vendors—NTM hip-hop photos on the Jumbotron and a COR Museum roundtable discussion with early Triangle hip-hop pioneers.
6–7pm: Show up and show out for the Hip Hop Sneaker Ball Red Carpet Experience at Raleigh Union Station complete with jam-packed moments for music lovers with hot performances, standout outfits and historic hip-hop reunions.
6–10pm: La di da di, we like to party. Kick it at RUS for the Hip Hop Sneaker Ball with legendary DJs, performers, photo booth, VIP area (+ booth/bottle experience), a hip-hop archive display and more.
Just Kick It
It’s Sneaker SZN! Get pumped—and grab your pumped-up kicks—for the 50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop Sneaker Ball. … Sneakerheads, this summer’s for you.
Jera Laceup Lub, Bianca Wash/Dust, $280, Rangoni Firenze
Jordan 3 Retro UNC (2020), $525, Courtside
Nike Dunk Low, Hyper Pink (women’s), $190, One of One
Jordan 4 Retro Thunder (2023), $235, Southside Soles
Golden Goose, Super-Star Perm-Noos low-top sneaker (women’s), $595, Nordstrom
Nike Air Force 1 Low Retro, Yellow Jewel, $130, Social Status
