Events in Durham October




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Thu Oct 1 7:00pm
Zach Williams
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Thu Oct 1 7:00pm
Dylan Gossett & Charles Wesley Godwin
Red Hat Amphitheater  •  Raleigh, NC
Thu Oct 1 7:30pm
Serial Killers with Dr. Scott Bonn
Fletcher Opera Theater At Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts  •  Raleigh, NC
Thu Oct 1 7:30pm
Craig Conant
Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Thu Oct 1 7:30pm
The Format
Cat's Cradle  •  Carrboro, NC
Fri Oct 2 7:00pm
Craig Conant
Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Fri Oct 2 7:00pm
The Midnight
The Ritz  •  Raleigh, NC
Fri Oct 2 7:30pm
Davide De Pierro
Carolina Theatre  •  Durham, NC
Fri Oct 2 7:30pm
Outlander In Concert
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Fri Oct 2 7:30pm
Vitamin String Quartet & Girl Named Tom
Carolina Theater  •  Greensboro, NC
Fri Oct 2 8:00pm
Infinity Song
Ziggy's  •  Greensboro, NC
Fri Oct 2 9:15pm
Craig Conant
Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 3 3:30am
North Carolina Tar Heels vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Kenan Memorial Stadium  •  Chapel Hill, NC
Sat Oct 3 3:30am
Big Lick Comic Con
Special Events Center At Greensboro Complex  •  Greensboro, NC
Sat Oct 3 3:30am
North Carolina State Wolfpack vs. Louisville Cardinals
Carter Finley Stadium  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 3 3:30am
North Carolina Central Eagles vs. Campbell Fighting Camels
O'Kelly  •  Durham, NC
Sat Oct 3 7:00pm
Craig Conant
Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 3 7:00pm
Squirrel Flower
Stanczyks  •  Durham, NC
Sat Oct 3 7:00pm
Indigo Girls
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium At Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 3 8:00pm
White Denim
Kings  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 3 9:30pm
Craig Conant
Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Sun Oct 4 3:30am
Big Lick Comic Con
Special Events Center At Greensboro Complex  •  Greensboro, NC
Sun Oct 4 7:00pm
Weezer, The Shins & Silversun Pickups
Lenovo Center  •  Raleigh, NC
Sun Oct 4 8:00pm
Grupo Duelo
The Ritz  •  Raleigh, NC
Sun Oct 4 8:00pm
Dermot Kennedy
Red Hat Amphitheater  •  Raleigh, NC
Mon Oct 5 7:30pm
Amyl and The Sniffers
Red Hat Amphitheater  •  Raleigh, NC
Mon Oct 5 8:00pm
Black Country, New Road
Cat's Cradle  •  Carrboro, NC
Tue Oct 6 7:00pm
Bleachers
Red Hat Amphitheater  •  Raleigh, NC
Tue Oct 6 7:00pm
Fred Armisen
Carolina Theatre  •  Durham, NC
Tue Oct 6 7:30pm
The Great Gatsby - Theatrical Production
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Tue Oct 6 8:00pm
Public Image Ltd
The Lincoln Theatre  •  Raleigh, NC
Tue Oct 6 8:00pm
The California Honeydrops
Triad Stage At The Pyrle Theatre  •  Greensboro, NC
Tue Oct 6 8:00pm
The Takes
Cat's Cradle  •  Carrboro, NC
Tue Oct 6 8:00pm
Theo Katzman
Cat's Cradle  •  Carrboro, NC
Wed Oct 7 7:00pm
Aaron Branch
Comedy Zone  •  Greensboro, NC
Wed Oct 7 7:30pm
The Great Gatsby - Theatrical Production
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Wed Oct 7 8:00pm
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
Carolina Theatre  •  Durham, NC
Wed Oct 7 8:00pm
Noah Richardson
The Pour House Music Hall  •  Raleigh, NC
Wed Oct 7 8:00pm
The Toxhards
Kings  •  Raleigh, NC
Thu Oct 8 7:30pm
The Great Gatsby - Theatrical Production
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Thu Oct 8 7:30pm
Aaron Branch
Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Thu Oct 8 8:00pm
Sub Urban
Stanczyks  •  Durham, NC
Thu Oct 8 8:00pm
Sylvan Esso
Durham Performing Arts Center  •  Durham, NC
Fri Oct 9 3:30am
North Carolina State Wolfpack Women's Volleyball vs. Syracuse Orange
James T. Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum  •  Raleigh, NC
Fri Oct 9 7:00pm
AJ Wilkerson
Comedy Zone  •  Greensboro, NC
Fri Oct 9 7:00pm
Dax
The Ritz  •  Raleigh, NC
Fri Oct 9 7:30pm
Ruby Setnik
Room 861 At Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Fri Oct 9 8:00pm
The Great Gatsby - Theatrical Production
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Fri Oct 9 8:00pm
Tyler Childers
Durham Performing Arts Center  •  Durham, NC
Fri Oct 9 9:00pm
AJ Wilkerson
Comedy Zone  •  Greensboro, NC
Fri Oct 9 9:45pm
Ruby Setnik
Room 861 At Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 10 3:30am
North Carolina A&T Aggies vs. New Hampshire Wildcats
Truist Stadium  •  Greensboro, NC
Sat Oct 10 3:30am
Pittsburgh Panthers vs. North Carolina Tar Heels
Acrisure Stadium  •  Pittsburgh, PA
Sat Oct 10 3:30am
North Carolina State Wolfpack vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Carter Finley Stadium  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 10 3:30am
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Duke Blue Devils
Bobby Dodd Stadium  •  Atlanta, GA
Sat Oct 10 3:30am
North Carolina Central Eagles vs. William & Mary Tribe
O'Kelly  •  Durham, NC
Sat Oct 10 10:00am
Nightmare Weekend
Raleigh Convention Center  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 10 2:00pm
The Great Gatsby - Theatrical Production
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Sat Oct 10 7:00pm
Zac Brown Band
First Horizon Coliseum At Greensboro Complex  •  Greensboro, NC
Sat Oct 10 7:00pm
Alfred Robles
Comedy Zone  •  Greensboro, NC
Sat Oct 10 7:00pm
Turnpike Troubadours
Red Hat Amphitheater  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 10 7:30pm
Ruby Setnik
Room 861 At Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 10 8:00pm
The Great Gatsby - Theatrical Production
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Sat Oct 10 8:00pm
Sylvan Esso
Durham Performing Arts Center  •  Durham, NC
Sat Oct 10 9:00pm
Alfred Robles
Comedy Zone  •  Greensboro, NC
Sat Oct 10 10:00pm
Ruby Setnik
Room 861 At Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Sun Oct 11 3:30am
North Carolina State Wolfpack Women's Volleyball vs. Boston College Eagles
James T. Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum  •  Raleigh, NC
Sun Oct 11 10:00am
Nightmare Weekend
Raleigh Convention Center  •  Raleigh, NC
Sun Oct 11 1:00pm
The Great Gatsby - Theatrical Production
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Sun Oct 11 6:30pm
The Great Gatsby - Theatrical Production
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Sun Oct 11 7:30pm
Ruby Setnik
Room 861 At Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Tue Oct 13 7:30pm
Maybe Happy Ending - A New Musical
Durham Performing Arts Center  •  Durham, NC
Tue Oct 13 7:30pm
Chris Klemens
Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Tue Oct 13 8:00pm
Silverada
The Lincoln Theatre  •  Raleigh, NC
Tue Oct 13 8:00pm
Bayonne
The Pinhook  •  Durham, NC
Wed Oct 14 6:45pm
Five Finger Death Punch, Cody Jinks & Eva Under Fire
Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek  •  Raleigh, NC
Wed Oct 14 7:30pm
Maybe Happy Ending - A New Musical
Durham Performing Arts Center  •  Durham, NC
Wed Oct 14 8:00pm
Joshua Ray Walker
The Pour House Music Hall  •  Raleigh, NC
Thu Oct 15 7:00pm
Shuler King
Comedy Zone  •  Greensboro, NC
Thu Oct 15 7:30pm
Maybe Happy Ending - A New Musical
Durham Performing Arts Center  •  Durham, NC
Thu Oct 15 7:30pm
Ty Myers, Brent Cobb & Benny G
Koka Booth Amphitheatre At Regency Park  •  Cary, NC
Thu Oct 15 7:30pm
David Nihill
Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Thu Oct 15 8:00pm
Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox
Carolina Theatre  •  Durham, NC
Fri Oct 16 8:00am
SAS Championship - Friday
Prestonwood Country Club  •  Cary, NC
Fri Oct 16 7:00pm
Shuler King
Comedy Zone  •  Greensboro, NC
Fri Oct 16 7:00pm
Greensboro Gargoyles vs. Reading Royals
First Horizon Coliseum At Greensboro Complex  •  Greensboro, NC
Fri Oct 16 7:30pm
Maybe Happy Ending - A New Musical
Durham Performing Arts Center  •  Durham, NC
Fri Oct 16 7:30pm
Conor Janda
Room 861 At Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Fri Oct 16 8:00pm
Carsie Blanton
Motorco Music Hall  •  Durham, NC
Fri Oct 16 8:00pm
Atsuko Okatsuka
Carolina Theatre  •  Durham, NC
Fri Oct 16 8:00pm
Noah Gundersen
Stanczyks  •  Durham, NC
Fri Oct 16 9:00pm
Shuler King
Comedy Zone  •  Greensboro, NC
Fri Oct 16 9:45pm
Conor Janda
Room 861 At Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 17 3:30am
North Carolina A&T Aggies vs. Norfolk State Spartans
Truist Stadium  •  Greensboro, NC
Sat Oct 17 3:30am
Campbell Fighting Camels vs. Towson Tigers
Barker  •  Buies Creek, NC
Sat Oct 17 3:30am
Duke Blue Devils vs. North Carolina Tar Heels
Brooks Field At Wallace Wade Stadium  •  Durham, NC
Sat Oct 17 3:30am
Shaw University Bears vs. Virginia State Trojans
Durham County Stadium  •  Durham, NC
Sat Oct 17 8:00am
SAS Championship - Saturday
Prestonwood Country Club  •  Cary, NC
Sat Oct 17 2:00pm
Maybe Happy Ending - A New Musical
Durham Performing Arts Center  •  Durham, NC
Sat Oct 17 7:00pm
North Carolina Courage vs. San Diego Wave FC
WakeMed Soccer Park  •  Cary, NC


Events in Durham October 2026 schedule

October in Durham offers a vibrant lineup of events appealing to a wide range of interests. Music enthusiasts can enjoy performances by renowned artists such as Tyler Childers on October 9th and Sylvan Esso on October 8th and 10th at the Durham Performing Arts Center. Fans of classic vocals will appreciate Tom Jones's concert on October 6th, while Beck takes the stage on October 27th. Indie and alternative music fans should not miss Bayonne at The Pinhook on October 13th. For those interested in comedy, Fred Armisen performs at the Carolina Theatre on October 6th, and Robby Hoffman at the same venue on October 23rd. Comedy and music collide with Brad Williams appearing at the Carolina Theatre on October 24th, and Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox delivering a unique musical experience on October 15th. Family-friendly entertainment is highlighted by Sesame Street Live's 'Elmo's Got The Moves' on October 22nd, along with the theatrical production of 'Mrs. Doubtfire - The Musical' with performances on October 30th and 31st at Durham PAC. College sports fans can catch the fierce rivalry between Duke and North Carolina on October 17th, with multiple games at Wallace Wade Stadium. Additionally, Durham's local venues host a variety of performances: Motorco Music Hall features acts like Robert Lester Folsom, Carsie Blanton, and Tenderqueer throughout October. The Pinhook offers a diverse lineup including Emma Jane Livingston, SOJI, and Ian Sweet. For theater lovers, 'Maybe Happy Ending - A New Musical' runs several shows from October 13th through 18th, providing engaging storytelling at Durham PAC. Whether you're into music, comedy, sports, or theater, Durham's October event calendar guarantees an exciting month filled with memorable experiences across its top venues.