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
George Lopez
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium At Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts  •  Raleigh, NC
Thu Oct 1 7:30pm
The Format
Cat's Cradle  •  Carrboro, NC
Thu Oct 1 8:00pm
Honestav
The Lincoln Theatre  •  Raleigh, 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 7:00pm
Heroes Off Duty Comedy Tour
Fletcher Opera Theater At Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts  •  Raleigh, NC
Fri Oct 2 7:00pm
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Washington Capitals
Lenovo Center  •  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 7:30pm
The Prom
Cary Arts Center  •  Cary, NC
Fri Oct 2 8:00pm
Infinity Song
Ziggy's  •  Greensboro, NC
Fri Oct 2 8:00pm
Brett Dennen
The Rialto Theater  •  Raleigh, NC
Fri Oct 2 8:00pm
Frog - Band
Cat's Cradle  •  Carrboro, 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 5:00pm
Fortune Feimster
Durham Performing Arts Center  •  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 7:00pm
Alicia Villarreal
The Ritz  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 3 7:00pm
Philadelphia Flyers vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Xfinity Mobile Arena  •  Philadelphia, PA
Sat Oct 3 7:30pm
The Prom
Cary Arts Center  •  Cary, NC
Sat Oct 3 7:30pm
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night - Rhapsody In Red, White, & Blue
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Sat Oct 3 8:00pm
White Denim
Kings  •  Raleigh, NC
Sat Oct 3 8:00pm
Bear Ghost
Motorco Music Hall  •  Durham, NC
Sat Oct 3 8:00pm
Kevin Atwater & Jessie Mazin
Cat's Cradle  •  Carrboro, NC
Sat Oct 3 8:00pm
Fortune Feimster
Durham Performing Arts Center  •  Durham, NC
Sat Oct 3 8:00pm
Mike Campbell and The Dirty Knobs
Carolina Theatre  •  Durham, NC
Sat Oct 3 8:00pm
Faust - Film by Invincible Czars
The Rialto Theater  •  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 3:00pm
The Prom
Cary Arts Center  •  Cary, NC
Sun Oct 4 7:00pm
Weezer, The Shins & Silversun Pickups
Lenovo Center  •  Raleigh, NC
Sun Oct 4 7:00pm
Black Violin
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Sun Oct 4 8:00pm
Grupo Duelo
The Ritz  •  Raleigh, NC
Sun Oct 4 8:00pm
Dermot Kennedy
Red Hat Amphitheater  •  Raleigh, NC
Sun Oct 4 8:00pm
Andy Frasco and The U.N.
The Lincoln Theatre  •  Raleigh, NC
Sun Oct 4 8:00pm
Six Foot Blonde
Cat's Cradle  •  Carrboro, 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 7:00pm
Montreal Canadiens vs. Carolina Hurricanes
Centre Bell  •  Montreal, QC
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
Tue Oct 6 8:00pm
Tom Jones
Durham Performing Arts Center  •  Durham, NC
Wed Oct 7 7:00pm
Aaron Branch
Comedy Zone  •  Greensboro, NC
Wed Oct 7 7:00pm
United European Ballet Company: Cinderella
Carolina Theater  •  Greensboro, NC
Wed Oct 7 7:30pm
The Great Gatsby - Theatrical Production
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts  •  Greensboro, NC
Wed Oct 7 7:30pm
Nick Mullen
Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, 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
Wed Oct 7 8:00pm
Robert Lester Folsom
Motorco Music Hall  •  Durham, NC
Wed Oct 7 8:00pm
Russian Circles
Cat's Cradle  •  Carrboro, NC
Wed Oct 7 8:00pm
Lettuce
The Lincoln Theatre  •  Raleigh, NC
Wed Oct 7 8:00pm
Improvement Movement
Local 506  •  Chapel Hill, NC
Thu Oct 8 6:00pm
Sister Hazel
Bowstring Pizza and Brewyard  •  Raleigh, NC
Thu Oct 8 7:00pm
Ravyn Lenae
The Ritz  •  Raleigh, NC
Thu Oct 8 7:00pm
Carolina Hurricanes vs. Vancouver Canucks
Lenovo Center  •  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
Thu Oct 8 8:00pm
Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country
Triad Stage At The Pyrle Theatre  •  Greensboro, NC
Thu Oct 8 8:00pm
Toth
Kings  •  Raleigh, NC
Thu Oct 8 8:00pm
Whitney
Cat's Cradle  •  Carrboro, 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 7:00pm
Donnell Rawlings
Goodnights Comedy Club  •  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 8:00pm
North Carolina Symphony: Carlos Miguel Prieto - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Meymandi Concert Hall At Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts  •  Raleigh, NC
Fri Oct 9 8:00pm
Shawn James
Stanczyks  •  Durham, NC
Fri Oct 9 8:00pm
Legends Of Laughter: DeRay Davis, Lavell Crawford, Earthquake & Don DC Curry
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium At Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts  •  Raleigh, NC
Fri Oct 9 8:00pm
River Shook
Cat's Cradle  •  Carrboro, NC
Fri Oct 9 9:00pm
AJ Wilkerson
Comedy Zone  •  Greensboro, NC
Fri Oct 9 9:15pm
Preacher Lawson
Raleigh Improv  •  Cary, NC
Fri Oct 9 9:15pm
Donnell Rawlings
Goodnights Comedy Club  •  Raleigh, 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


Events in Durham October 2026 schedule

October in Durham is packed with an exciting lineup of events spanning music, sports, theater, and comedy. Music enthusiasts can look forward to performances by notable artists such as Tyler Childers on October 9th at the Durham Performing Arts Center, Jacob Collier on October 21st at the same venue, and Anthony Hamilton on October 25th. For fans of indie and electronic sounds, Sylvan Esso will perform twice, on October 8th and October 10th, at the Durham Performing Arts Center, with additional shows at The Pinhook and Stanczyks. Jazz and blues fans can enjoy performances by Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band on October 7th and Bruce Cockburn on October 29th, both at the Carolina Theatre. Comedy lovers can catch Fortune Feimster on October 3rd at Durham Performing Arts Center and Robby Hoffman on October 23rd at the same venue. Theater fans should not miss 'Mrs. Doubtfire - The Musical,' with shows scheduled on October 31st at the Durham Performing Arts Center. Sports fans can experience thrilling college football matchups including the Duke Blue Devils versus North Carolina Tar Heels on October 17th and the showdown against Boston College on October 31st, both at Brooks W Wade Stadium. Additionally, the Durham community will enjoy university basketball exhibitions, hockey games, and a variety of cultural performances at venues like Cameron Indoor Stadium, O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium, and Motorco Music Hall. With a diverse array of events across top venues such as the Durham Performing Arts Center, Carolina Theatre, The Pinhook, and others, October promises an unforgettable experience for everyone in Durham.