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http://www.raleighconvention.com/grand-opening.php

Saturday schedule:

11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Raleigh Wide Open III (Fayetteville St. and downtown)
11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Music and Entertainment — Three stages, more than 30 local and national acts
11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. International Festival and Raleigh World Wide Expo (Convention Center)
11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. Kids’ Zone and Carnival
6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Parade
(Starts on Hillsborough St. near the Capitol and travels down Fayetteville St. to the new Convention Center.)
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Soul Asylum on Fireworks Stage, Alternative music on Cherry Bounce Stage
8:30 – 10:00 p.m. Lou Gramm on Fireworks Stage, Islands on Cherry Bounce Stage
8:30 – 10:00 p.m. Movie in Moore Square: Transformers
10:00 p.m. Fireworks

I'm assuming this is free? I didn't see anything on the site that said either way.

I've heard Lou Graham is in pretty bad shape, or was a few years back.

Hopefully Hanna won't ruin the fun. http://www.wral.com/weather/story/3480874/

http://www.wral.com/news/local/flash/3441245/

http://www.raleighconvention.com/elemen ... insert.pdf

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/wake/r ... 06100.html

RALEIGH - The downtown Raleigh festival celebrating the opening of the new $221 million convention center will go on as scheduled Friday and Saturday.

Raleigh Wide Open was threatened by Tropical Storm Hanna, but city officials decided today that the brunt of the storm will come late Friday night and before dawn Saturday.