Past Events

Celebrate your favorite Night Rider patrons’ last night in Raleigh! Featuring performances by Thick Modine and Connor Whitaker. Free show with suggested donations!

hosted by Regina Twine - Eyes Up Here is excited to give talented female and female identifying comics a chance to work out their LadyBits. Lady Identifying persons should bring a 5 minute set and be ready to show up and go up - bring a crew to laugh with you - it's gonna be a lot of fun! The Night Rider serves as a safe space for gender queer and gender non-confirming - please interpret Lady as you see…

Come one, come all! We're gonna play some fish bowl! The rules will be fully explained and available at the event, but take a sneak peak at how much fun you're about to get into: Groups will be split up into two equal teams. You can't pick your team before arriving to the event~ nor can you pick/discuss your topics for what you write down! That's cheating. No fun. Each person on each team will get THREE pieces of paper…

Cloudy Nueve Steezie King Fresco Tia Corine Austin Royale Vendors Muddaland Good Energy Nine19   $10 for 21+ $15 for 18+

Follow your arrow to The Night Rider for the first ever Gay Country Party on Friday April 5th! Inspired by the ladies of country and country crossover, and the queers who love them. Wear whatever the hell you want but Western wear, gay shit, and rhinestones are highly encouraged! #JoanneVibes Featuring music by: Dolly / Kacey / Reba / Shania / Kesha / Dixie Chicks / Gaga / Miley / Carrie / Taylor / Kylie and more! Harrison will be…

The Most Infernal Dance Porty Deep In The Hexed Warehouse ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ Rave Tunes / Acid House / Electro / Techno / Freak Trax ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ☛ LUXE PØSH ☛ MAGICAL BØDY ☛ SPØNGE BATH (LIVE) ☛ RAT MŸTH (LIVE) ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ 21+

Join The League of Extraordinary Bellydancers for a spellbinding evening that blends D&D with belly dance, burlesque, and more. Whether you're looking to enjoy a unique and captivating performance or participating in the entire Tassels & Tabletop weekend, this show is sure to be a critical hit! Our Performers Include: Darth Rubie Dayanisma Deserae Le Roux Lux Valentina Nita Moran-Fuentes Pearl Van Dammit Sara Beaman Tira Kira The Glitter Legs Experience and your hosts, The League of Extraordinary Bellydancers! -----------------------------------------------------------…

A night of thrashin' mayhem brought to you by Primitive Ways. 21+ and $8, Doors at ~8:30, show at ~9 Black Mass - Hailing from Boston, these touring maniacs will be here supporting their brand spanking new album, Warlust! https://blackmassband.bandcamp.com/ Nemesis - Some of our favorite regional maniacs, Nemesis brings all the sleaze and speed from Charlotte! https://nemesisnc.bandcamp.com/ Suppressive Fire - The local thrash titans, SF should need no introduction. Go fast and aggressive or cower in the trenches and…

It’s our one year anniversary!! We’ve been our queer little Emo selves for almost 365 days now and we’re gonna celebrate it the best way we know how. We’ve spent the last year not only surprising ourselves but also by being floored at how great you all have been with your support. This journey so far has been surreal so we decided to commemorate that with some friends we’ve made along the way and most importantly, YOU. Earther: Loud emotive…

Join us at "The Night Rider" at 416 W. South Street, Raleigh, NC for the "The Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson House Party Comedy Open Mic". On the third Wednesday of every month, come out to see some of the Triangle's best comics work through their newest material. Join Reid Pegram as he hosts the hottest comedy open mic in downtown Raleigh. Think you got what it takes to bring the funny? Then we'll give you three minutes behind the mic…

HAPPY 420!!! Let’s take this MARVELOUS Saturday to chill and grab some cleverly hidden snacks and fruity drinks here and your favorite corner bar. Will be outside MUST BRING A BASKET 🧺 Flash lights and head lamps encouraged Starts at 10pm 21+ Easter themed tie dye always appreciated 🙂

The almighty GOLDEN PELICANS return to Raleigh to celebrate the 'Grand Opening' of Synaesthetics Audio Video Print Do you need a recording? Light show? T-shirt? 'Cuz we do that. GOLDEN PELICANS (FL) https://goldenpelicans.bandcamp.com/ DAS DRIP https://dasdrip.bandcamp.com/releases SCARECROW https://bunkerpunks.bandcamp.com/album/demo HUFFER $8 ($10 if you're awesome) Tuesday April 23rd 7PM Doors w food provided by Ryan Moore 8PM Music 11PM The celebration continues downstairs at The Night Rider while DJ LORD REDBYRD aka Brian Cruse serenades you into a stuper!! (free)

hosted by Regina Twine - Eyes Up Here is excited to give talented female and female identifying comics a chance to work out their LadyBits. Lady Identifying persons should bring a 5 minute set and be ready to show up and go up - bring a crew to laugh with you - it's gonna be a lot of fun! The Night Rider serves as a safe space for gender queer and gender non-confirming - please interpret Lady as you see…

While we anxiously all wait for the reboot, let's have some fun? Join us for a night of The L Word trivia! More details to come, but invite your friends in the meantime ♥ ♥

!Yee haww! Come on out and listen to some of the southeasts grooviest bands: Daddy’s Beemer - daddysbeemer.bandcamp.com Orange Doors - orangedoors.bandcamp.com Spaced Angel - spacedangel.bandcamp.com Show starts at 8 o clock on the • All of these rockstars are coming from out of town so please please DONATE $$$ We are asking $5 at the door

Hermit High Priestess - Philadelphia, PA ops - Raleigh's noisy synthesizer trio Frugivore - Durham-based esoteric alien electro-acoustic May 6 8-10pm ~ 21+ ~ Suggested Donation $5

21+ $5 suggested donation Music 8pm-10pm CANN"D: https://69cannd69.bandcamp.com/album/cannd-greatest-hits-live www.facebook.com/ "NXCX CANCORE. Grindnoise, Harshcore" MARSELLE: http://music.marsellemusic.com/ http://www.marsellemusic.com/ www.facebook.com/marsellemusic "Marselle’s music is a synthesis of influences which includes jazz, modern classical, hip hop, and experimental rock music.." TESCON POL: https://tesconpol.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tesconpol/ "Dense, digital pop experiments & fractured futurescapes." BITTER, INC: https://bitterinc.bandcamp.com/album/a-love-song-to-the-apocalypse http://www.commodityfetishrecords.com/bitter-inc.html www.facebook.com/ "Dystopian Synth-Punk with a multimedia live show. We play punk, noise, new wave, opera, fusion and more. We have films. We have performance art. "

Jon Sandlin makes the best boi bombs in town hands down and has a belt to prove it. Disagree? Come try to take his belt. If you're up to the challenge, send an email to jonisthebestbartender@gmail.com. There will be 8 total bartenders selected for this challenge. Everyone will compete heads up style against another bartender. You will have 1 minute to create 3 boi bombs, and our blindfolded judges will determine the winner.

Fruit Snack is releasing a 3 song EP that we are so excited to share with you! Please come hang out with us and our friends Al Riggs (Al Riggs Makes Music) and Teenage Flophouse!!!! 21+ $10 18+ $15 Doors at 8PM First band starts at 8:30PM!!!! DON'T BE LATE~~~

Drag Sounds : Earth Dreamlesss : Wind Aleatorics : Fire

Electromancy, The Wicked Witch, and New Body Tapes present... ⟡✦⟡ CLUB NIGHT ⟡✦⟡ ☛ Kontravoid ☚ Legendary EBM from Toronto, Ontario. Gut-wrenching dance melodies and thick bass thumping stabs provide the backdrop for this one-of-a-kind troubadour. Masterful darkwave songwriting and blissed-out dancefloor conducting. Fresh off recent EU tour with Boy Harsher. https://kontravoid.bandcamp.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQHpbdacSrg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69LgevDhKi0 ——————————————————————————————⟡— ☛ RESCINDER (New Body Tapes) ☚ Debut club crusher duo project brought to you by Floor Model and co. Heavy dual vocals and effects amidst…

GREATHUMOUR - formerly Herculean Locusts, durham post-punk experiments www.greathumour.bandcamp.com Sister, brother - noise/punk duo from durham, nc www.sisterbrothernoise.bandcamp.com lil white bitch - performance art/music group from central alabama. born on halloween 2016. if ya know what I mean... http://smarturl.it/lwbf?fbclid=IwAR3BLd4gsEKj_IPSXX6LhYO1kiHIabITw4TNeoU4AMzFflWPTVJHIiG-SZk $5 DONATION FOR BANDS 9pm show

The last and final stop of The Book Of Genesis Tour “WW4 “ featuring the best of the best collectives of talent in NC! All on one Stage! Tickets in advanced are $10 here At the door $15 With student ID $8 21+