Koka Booth Amphitheatre

Koka Booth Amphitheatre is Cary’s outdoor concert venue on Regency Parkway, hosting national touring acts and community events through the year. It opened in 2001, designed by William Rawn Associates of Boston, and it remains one of the Triangle’s main live music destinations.

There is room for 7,000 guests, with premium seating in the Gold Circle and the Lowes Foods Front Porch. Beyond those is a wide, easygoing lawn for anyone who would rather spread out a blanket and let the music come to them. It works either way.

What to know

• The NC Chinese Lantern Festival fills the grounds with handcrafted silk lanterns.
• That festival runs from November through mid-January.
• The Koka Kids concert series is presented by WakeMed.
• Cary’s Independence Day celebration is held at the amphitheater.
• Extreme heat prompted changes to the 2026 Independence Day event.