Is Raleigh a good city for music? It's one of the questions we asked Nathan Price, director of the Hopscotch Music Festival coming up September 5th-7th in downtown Raleigh. If the answer is "yes" (spoiler alert: he thinks it is) then there's no doubt that Hopscotch is one of the big reasons.
We talked to Nathan about how he went from working in real estate to booking bands for the event, to eventually becoming its full time director, plus he shares some of what's in store for Hopscotch 10, some of the history, and some of the process behind filling out a lineup that includes over 120 acts.
We also talk about some openings and closings in Raleigh, the removal and potential relocation of the Molok waste program, and upcoming voting in Raleigh. And we share our #Top3Raleigh places to take a dog, with help from your nominees.
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