Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek

Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek is an open-air venue in Raleigh that holds more than 20,000 spectators and offers both covered seating and lawn areas for concerts. The covered pavilion features numbered seats while the lawn section at the back provides open seating or standing arrangements.

The amphitheater was built in the early 1990s to bring major touring acts to North Carolina and opened with a fireworks and music program. The site has been renamed several times as different sponsors acquired naming rights but remained a constant fixture for concerts in the region.

The venue takes its name from a regional credit union and presents performers across rock, country, pop, and hip-hop throughout the year. Families from surrounding suburbs come here and spread picnic blankets on the lawn while others settle into the covered sections.

Visitors should arrive early to avoid traffic jams before shows and bring rain jackets or ponchos in case of showers, as performances go on in light weather. The grounds have ample restrooms and water stations distributed throughout the amphitheater.

The stage sits under a large roof that protects musicians and their instruments from rain while lawn visitors can watch the sky. During summer months, it often stays comfortably warm after sunset and many visitors bring folding chairs and blankets for the evening.