It's Indie Fest Day One!

Today is a great day for a free music festival, it's day one of our Spring 2026 Carolina Indie Fest! This post will try to summarize everything we got going on and some helpful tips to enjoy your time.

* bring a lawn chair for the best seats in the house! Also, check out the festival "day of" page for links to maps of public parking.

* that blue cup is the official festival cup. It's $1 and that is a one time fee, just keep getting it filled. Or bring a cup from a past festival of ours and skip the $1 charge. We do the cups to reduce waste over a weekend when we are going to have a lotta trash.

* band lineup is posted on this website (which also has a description of the band and links to their music).

* food truck lineup is also posted here, more info on the "day of event" page here.

* so much to do outside of music - a gaming area hosted by Raven Forge Games, Kiss Cam contest sponsored by Dan Martin Jewelers, a festival beer called Raven's Revenge sponsored by Raven Forge, custom Indie Fest shirts and flannel bar courtesy of Get Under My Skin. Many many crafty vendors offering cool stuff. Do you like cookies? Visit C&G Sweet Spot and Mom Lisa's Gourmet cookies. Want to see and try the coolest instrument you've never heard of? Check out the Woodrow instrument booth. Or how about honey from Homespun Honey NC? There's more, a lot more, so take a stroll into the public parking area or under the parking deck in the area we call The Big Weird.

* don't forget to bring all your burning questions to the Ask A Booth in the beer garden - tonight you'll find the The Pint Sized Pasture and the Sanford Spinners at the booth.

* and get all your Carolina Indie Fest and Hugger Mugger Brewing gear at the back back inside our spacious beer hall. We've got a sale rack and an Amy who is just itching to make you a deal.

We are always excited to host Indie, expect a lot of energy and good vibes as we make this two days of live music and partying with friends old and new.