# Music Events in Hickory | Concerts & Live Music

- **Subtitle**: Explore music events in Hickory — concerts, live music, gigs and festivals across every genre. Find dates, venues and tickets in one place.
- **Category**: Music
- **Display Name**: Music events
- **Type**: category

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## About

Music signifies the vibrant energy of the place! Such music events in Hickory make the city alive throughout the year. From live music shows and concerts to karaoke nights and gigs at bars and cafes, music fills the silence beautifully in Hickory. The city has a lot for you in store, and there isn’t any lack of music events in Hickory for classical lovers or concertgoers! Music is here to heal you and make you groove with festivals and heartfelt concerts in Hickory. Explore such music events happening near you with us and get in the groove to set the stage on fire.

## Music Events in Hickory

- **Event Name**: Pressing Strings | Sails Original Music Series
  - **Description**: The City of Hickory’s Sails Original Music Series, presented by Protection Products, Inc., will feature American roots-rock and soul trio Pressing Strings on Friday, Sept. 18. The free concert begins at 7 p.m. at Union Square in downtown Hickory.


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  - **Date**: Fri Sep 18 2026 at 07:00 pm – Fri Sep 18 2026 at 08:30 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/pressing-strings-sails-original-music-series/200030662215239
  - **Venue**: Downtown Hickory
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  - **Categories**: Art, Music, Entertainment, fine-arts, Festivals, Concerts, performances, Exhibitions, Nonprofit, Contests
- **Event Name**: Hickory’s Oktoberfest
  - **Description**: Celebrate three days of polka, pretzels and city pride at Hickory's Oktoberfest in Downtown Hickory! 🥨 🍻  

On Friday, food vendors start serving at noon, with the full festival featuring live music, beer tents and all running from 5-11 p.m. 

On Saturday
  - **Date**: Fri Oct 09 2026 at 05:00 pm – Sun Oct 11 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/hickorys-oktoberfest/200030683260310
  - **Venue**: Union Sq, Hickory, NC 28601, United States
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  - **Categories**: Art, Festivals, Music, Theatre, Crafts, Entertainment, Kids
- **Event Name**: Bourbon Sons LIVE in Concert at Lake Hickory Haunts
  - **Description**: Experience Bourbon Sons LIVE in concert at Lake Hickory Haunts’ 15th Year of Fear on September 25th 8PM-9:30PM!
*Concert is included with admission to Lake Hickory Haunts.

BE PREPARED to be SCARED and ENTERTAINED when Bourbon Sons and the best haunted ho
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  - **Date**: Fri Sep 25 2026 at 08:00 pm – Fri Sep 25 2026 at 09:30 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/bourbon-sons-live-in-concert-at-lake-hickory-haunts/200030504348635
  - **Venue**: 520 Carolina Avenue, Hickory, NC
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  - **Categories**: concerts, music, entertainment, halloween
- **Event Name**: Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
  - **Description**: 🎃 Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Hickory. Get your tickets now to discover music inspired by Halloween at Drendel Auditorium under the gentle glow of ca
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  - **Date**: Fri Oct 30 2026 at 08:45 pm – Fri Oct 30 2026 at 10:45 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/candlelight-a-haunted-evening-of-halloween-classics/2700026808465039
  - **Venue**: Drendel Auditorium
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  - **Price**: USD 30 to 50
  - **Categories**: candlelight-concerts, entertainment, concerts, music, rocky-horror-picture-show, performances, live-music, art
- **Event Name**: Blue Monday - Synth - Wave - Rock
  - **Description**: 🌙 Blue Monday – Synth • Wave • Rock at The Premier 🌙

Step into a retro-futuristic night of synths, nostalgia, and nonstop energy as Blue Monday takes over The Premier!

Hailing from Charlotte, NC, Blue Monday is the Southeast's premier new-wave synth-roc
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 26 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/blue-monday-synth-wave-rock/200030335653449
  - **Venue**: Hickory Premier
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- **Event Name**: Imagine a Dragon - FREE Performances
  - **Description**: Imagine a Dragon is a magical, funny, and heart-filled musical adventure for the whole family!

Bring a blanket or a folding chair and enjoy one of our free performances.

🗓️ Saturday, September 26, 2026
🕟 3:30P PM and 5:00 PM
📍 CommScope Stage, Union Squ
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 26 2026 at 03:30 pm – Sat Sep 26 2026 at 04:30 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/imagine-a-dragon-free-performances/200030680933319
  - **Venue**: Union Square Downtown Hickory
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  - **Categories**: trips-adventures, live-music, art
- **Event Name**: Nightshades LIVE in Concert at Lake Hickory Haunts
  - **Description**: Experience Nightshades LIVE in concert at Lake Hickory Haunts’ 15th Year of Fear on September 26th with three 30 minute shows throughout the night!
*One show is included with admission to Lake Hickory Haunts.

BE PREPARED to be SCARED and ENTERTAINED when
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  - **Date**: Sat Sep 26 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sat Sep 26 2026 at 10:30 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/nightshades-live-in-concert-at-lake-hickory-haunts/200030571175905
  - **Venue**: 520 Carolina Avenue, Hickory, NC
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  - **Categories**: concerts, music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: RISE STUDENT REVIVAL
  - **Description**: RISE Student Revival 2026

🔥 One Night. One Generation. One Opportunity to Rise. 🔥

Get ready for an unforgettable night as students from across WNC come together for RISE Student Revival 2026! This isn't just another youth event. It's a night designed to
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  - **Date**: Sat Oct 10 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/rise-student-revival/200030399227242
  - **Venue**: 2123 5th St NE, Hickory, NC, United States, North Carolina 28601
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  - **Categories**: parties, entertainment
- **Event Name**: JAZZ LEGACY Concert Series
  - **Description**: In partnership with Hickory Jazz Society, the City of Hickory, and Hickory Downtown Development Association, we announce another 𝗝𝗔𝗭𝗭 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗖𝗬 Concert Series. 

These free downtown events will include 4 outdoor concerts on the Commscope Stage in front of th
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  - **Date**: Sun Oct 18 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sun Oct 18 2026 at 04:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/jazz-legacy-concert-series/200029938062554
  - **Venue**: Union Square Downtown Hickory
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  - **Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, calendar
- **Event Name**: Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
  - **Description**: ⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Hickory. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Coldplay & Imagine Dragons at Drendel Auditorium under the g
  - **Date**: Fri Oct 30 2026 at 06:30 pm – Sun Feb 07 2027 at 06:30 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/candlelight-coldplay-and-imagine-dragons/2700030036331845
  - **Venue**: Drendel Auditorium
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  - **Price**: USD 30 to 50
  - **Categories**: Entertainment, Concerts, Music, performances, Art, trips-adventures
- **Event Name**: Petty Rewind - Keeping the Music of Tom Petty Alive
  - **Description**: Petty Rewind is coming to The Premier for a night of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

Hear the songs you know and love, from “Free Fallin’” and “Runnin’ Down a Dream” to “American Girl,” “Refugee,” “Wildflowers” and more. Petty Rewind brings the sound
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  - **Date**: Fri Oct 02 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/petty-rewind-keeping-the-music-of-tom-petty-alive/200030603293352
  - **Venue**: Hickory Premier
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- **Event Name**: Freebird @ The Premier
  - **Description**: North Carolina - Grab your bellbottoms and dancing shoes, then get on over to The Premier to sing and dance your hearts out to the greatest Southern Rock ever recorded - with Freebird: The Ultimate Lynyrd Skynyrd Experience. 

Make memories that last a li
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  - **Date**: Fri Oct 16 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/freebird-the-premier/200030374247908
  - **Venue**: Hickory Premier
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- **Event Name**: Long View Fall Festival
  - **Description**: �� FALL IN LOVE WITH LONG VIEW! ��

Mark your calendars — the Town of Long View Fall Festival is coming Saturday, October 17! ��

� Saturday, October 17, 2026
� 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
� Long View Recreation Center
3107 2nd Ave NW, Hickory, NC 28601

Bring
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  - **Date**: Sat Oct 17 2026 at 12:00 pm – Sat Oct 17 2026 at 05:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/long-view-fall-festival/200030680982647
  - **Venue**: 2404 1st Ave SW, Long View, NC
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  - **Categories**: festivals, fall-festivals, food-drinks, calendar, food-truck-festivals
- **Event Name**: Basket Case & Blank-281 ROCK THE PREMIER!!!🤘🏼
  - **Description**: GREEN DAY Tribute BASKETCASE is teaming up with Atlanta based Blink-182 tribute Blank-281 to Rock the Premier! You don’t wanna miss this one, it only happens once! Get your tickets and be there!!!🤘🏼
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  - **Date**: Fri Sep 18 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/basket-case-and-blank-281-rock-the-premier/200030284965605
  - **Venue**: Hickory Premier
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- **Event Name**: Shuck Cancer HKY
  - **Description**: Early bird tickets are now on sale for the American Cancer Society’s 2nd Annual Shuck Cancer.  Come enjoy Hickory’s premier 21+ Party with a Purpose ~ live band, raw and steamed oysters, low country boil, BBQ and all beverages (alcoholic and non alcoholic
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  - **Date**: Sat Nov 07 2026 at 03:00 pm – Sat Nov 07 2026 at 06:00 pm (-05:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hickory/shuck-cancer-hky/200030527147924
  - **Venue**: City Walk Brewing
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  - **Categories**: entertainment, music, parties, live-music

## Trending Events in Hickory

- **Event Name**: 2026 Hickory Apple Festival
  - **Description**: Please join us for the annual Hickory Apple Festival! 
Delicious foods include: Fresh baked bread, bean soup, pierogis, kielbasa, braised burgers, funnel cakes, deep fried Oreos, all things apple: crisp, pie, dumplings, butter, candy, caramel, peck, 1/2 p
  - **Venue**: Mount Pleasant Township VFC - Hickory, Washington County, PA (Station #1)
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- **Event Name**: Pressing Strings | Sails Original Music Series
  - **Description**: The City of Hickory’s Sails Original Music Series, presented by Protection Products, Inc., will feature American roots-rock and soul trio Pressing Strings on Friday, Sept. 18. The free concert begins at 7 p.m. at Union Square in downtown Hickory.


PRESSI
  - **Venue**: Downtown Hickory
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- **Event Name**: Hickory’s Oktoberfest
  - **Description**: Celebrate three days of polka, pretzels and city pride at Hickory's Oktoberfest in Downtown Hickory! 🥨 🍻  

On Friday, food vendors start serving at noon, with the full festival featuring live music, beer tents and all running from 5-11 p.m. 

On Saturday
  - **Venue**: Union Sq, Hickory, NC 28601, United States
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- **Event Name**: Lenoir-Rhyne Bears vs. Carson Newman Eagles
  - **Venue**: Moretz Stadium At Moretz Sports Athletic Complex
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- **Event Name**: Bourbon Sons LIVE in Concert at Lake Hickory Haunts
  - **Description**: Experience Bourbon Sons LIVE in concert at Lake Hickory Haunts’ 15th Year of Fear on September 25th 8PM-9:30PM!
*Concert is included with admission to Lake Hickory Haunts.

BE PREPARED to be SCARED and ENTERTAINED when Bourbon Sons and the best haunted ho
  - **Venue**: 520 Carolina Avenue, Hickory, NC
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- **Event Name**: Kidfest
  - **Description**: The City of Hickory will host the annual Kidfest on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Kiwanis Park. 

Kids of all ages are invited to this free day of play. 

Families can make crafts, play games, get faces painted, and stop by vendor booths.
  - **Venue**: 805 6th St SE, Hickory, NC 28602-3935, United States
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- **Event Name**: Lenoir-Rhyne Bears vs. Mars Hill Mountain Lions
  - **Venue**: Moretz Stadium At Moretz Sports Athletic Complex
  - **Banner**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/99ae6f00-9b0a-11f1-9bc6-8b4f56db6c43-rimg-w1000-h1196-dc181818-gmir.jpg?v=1787060525
- **Event Name**: Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
  - **Description**: 🎃 Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Hickory. Get your tickets now to discover music inspired by Halloween at Drendel Auditorium under the gentle glow of ca
  - **Venue**: Drendel Auditorium
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- **Event Name**: Carson-Newman Eagles at Lenoir Rhyne Bears Football at Helen & Leonard Moretz Stadium
  - **Venue**: Helen & Leonard Moretz Stadium
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Music events in Hickory?
  - **A:** Pressing Strings | Sails Original Music Series (Fri Sep 18 2026 at 07:00 pm at Downtown Hickory), Hickory’s Oktoberfest (Fri Oct 09 2026 at 05:00 pm at Union Sq, Hickory, NC 28601, United States), Bourbon Sons LIVE in Concert at Lake Hickory Haunts (Fri Sep 25 2026 at 08:00 pm at 520 Carolina Avenue, Hickory, NC), Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics (Fri Oct 30 2026 at 08:45 pm at Drendel Auditorium), Blue Monday - Synth - Wave - Rock (Sat Sep 26 2026 at 07:00 pm at Hickory Premier).
- **Q**: What Music events are happening in Hickory today September 18, 2026?
  - **A:** Pressing Strings | Sails Original Music Series (Fri Sep 18 2026 at 07:00 pm at Downtown Hickory), Basket Case & Blank-281 ROCK THE PREMIER!!!🤘🏼 (Fri Sep 18 2026 at 07:00 pm at Hickory Premier).
- **Q**: What Music events are happening in Hickory this weekend September 18–20, 2026?
  - **A:** Pressing Strings | Sails Original Music Series (Fri Sep 18 2026 at 07:00 pm at Downtown Hickory), Basket Case & Blank-281 ROCK THE PREMIER!!!🤘🏼 (Fri Sep 18 2026 at 07:00 pm at Hickory Premier).
- **Q**: What Music events are happening in Hickory in September 2026?
  - **A:** Pressing Strings | Sails Original Music Series (Fri Sep 18 2026 at 07:00 pm at Downtown Hickory), Bourbon Sons LIVE in Concert at Lake Hickory Haunts (Fri Sep 25 2026 at 08:00 pm at 520 Carolina Avenue, Hickory, NC), Blue Monday - Synth - Wave - Rock (Sat Sep 26 2026 at 07:00 pm at Hickory Premier), Imagine a Dragon - FREE Performances (Sat Sep 26 2026 at 03:30 pm at Union Square Downtown Hickory), Nightshades LIVE in Concert at Lake Hickory Haunts (Sat Sep 26 2026 at 07:30 pm at 520 Carolina Avenue, Hickory, NC).
- **Q**: How can I find Music events in Hickory?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Music events in Hickory on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Music events in Hickory?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Music events in Hickory?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Music events in Hickory include Downtown Hickory, Union Sq, Hickory, NC 28601, United States, 520 Carolina Avenue, Hickory, NC.
- **Q**: What is the price range for Music events in Hickory?
  - **A:** Prices for Music events in Hickory range from USD 30 to USD 50. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Music events in Hickory?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Music events in Hickory include Sails Original Music Series, Visit North Carolina, Lake Hickory Haunts.
- **Q**: What types of Music events can I find in Hickory?
  - **A:** You can explore a variety of music sub-genres and styles including Hip Hop Music, House Music, Classical Music, Afrobeats, Bachata and more.
- **Q**: Are there any online Music events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Music events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Music events in Hickory?
  - **A:** Follow the Music category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Music events are listed in Hickory.

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