Bright Young Things Concert History

Though Bright Young Things, of Raleigh, NC, certainly live by the precepts of classic guitar pop, they’re hardly revivalists. Instead, they’re revisiting that sound through the lens of modern indie sensibilities and a dose of Wilco-branded, roots-rooted pop rock. Comparisons may be tough to shake, but having been thrown in the company of pop nobility, Bright Young Things is rising to the challenge.

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Bright Young Things Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 23, 2026
Upcoming
Bright Young Things

Harvey Street at 7th St Entry

7th St Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Nov 01, 2015
Day Of The Dead / Birds of Avalon / Bright Young Things / Acid Chaperone Kings Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Nov 23, 2012
Plague Vendor / Bright Young Things / Persona / Moondog Orchestra / Ghostnerd Los Globos Los Angeles, California, United States
Mar 16, 2012
Lady Gray / Audio Fire / 28 Boulevard / Ready for the Fall / Bright Young Things Cambridge Junction Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Dec 23, 2011
Bright Young Things / Dream Delay Spectrum Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aug 20, 2011
Ben Ripani Music Co. / Ranger / Subplane / Bright Young Things / Eric Tepe Elbo Room Chicago, Illinois, United States
Feb 12, 2011
Bright Young Things / Cashes Rivers / Canby / Parlours / La Strange Slim's Downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Feb 04, 2011
The Old Ceremony / Bright Young Things / Luego / Cassis Orange Kings Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Nov 16, 2010
Jon Lindsay / Bright Young Things / Wesley Wolfe Motorco Music Hall Durham, North Carolina, United States
Sep 16, 2010
The Small Ponds / Bright Young Things / Starmount The Pour House Music Hall Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Sep 10, 2010 –
Sep 11, 2010
Hopscotch Music Festival 2010
Americans in France / The War on Drugs / Kaze / Javelin / The Alpha Theory / Schooner / Locrian / Bellafea / The Moaners / The Light Pines / Spider Bags / Bowerbirds / Ned Rothenberg / The Dynamite Brothers / Actual Proof / Ponderosa / Nomo / The Golden Filter / Pictureplane / Mountains / Richard Buckner / Ear Pwr / Kylesa / Plague / Big Remo / Caitlin Cary / Lonnie Walker / John Howie Jr. & the Rosewood Bluff / Deakin / Future Islands / The Kingsbury Manx / Washed Out / Weedeater / Harvey Milk / Sightings / Merlin / Pattern Is Movement / U.S. Christmas / HORSEBACK / DJ George Brazil / Kill The Noise / Floating Action / In the Year of the Pig / Gray Young / Bright Young Things / Erin McKeown / Dungen / Woods / Marissa Nadler / Golden Boys / Sharon Van Etten / Skyzoo / Megafaun / Tigercity / All Tiny Creatures / Jeb Bishop / Double Dagger / Thien / Lucero / Atlas Sound / Kooley High / I Was Totally Destroying It / Thee Tom Hardy / The Ocean / The Monologue Bombs / Fucked Up / Best Coast / Raekwon / Keith Fullerton Whitman / The Love Language / Balmorhea / Dex Romweber Duo / Cults / Veelee / Treasure Fingers / American Aquarium / Harlem / First Rate People / Double Negative / Goner / Ben Frost / Hammer No More The Fingers / Active Child / Birds of Avalon / Tyler Woods / Black Congo / Sleepy Sun / Wet Mango / The Exmonkeys / Akron/Family / Old Bricks / Bear In Heaven / Luego / AMINAL / No Age / Aquarelle / Greg Davis / Midtown Dickens / Brutal Knights / The Remix Project / Max Indian / Ryan Gustafson / Public Enemy / The Rosebuds / Cannabis Corpse / Whatever Brains / 9th Wonder / Pontiak / Collections of Colonies of Bees / Burning Star Core / Yip-Yip / Jon Mueller / Followed By Static / Juan Huevos / Motor Skills / Broken Social Scene / Panda Bear / Tortoise Show all bands
  Setlists
Kings Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Jul 31, 2010
Paperbear / Algebro / Paper Bear / Bright Young Things Martyrs' Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jun 14, 2010
The Fuck You Kiss My Asses / The Story Of Everest / Hot Garbage / Bright Young Things Double Door Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jun 12, 2010
Max Indian / Ryan Gustafson / Bright Young Things The Pour House Music Hall Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Apr 03, 2010
Bright Young Things / Brett Harris / It's Just Vanity Slim's Downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Feb 19, 2010
Annuals / Gray Young / Bright Young Things The Pour House Music Hall Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Jan 08, 2010
American Aquarium / Tomahawks / Bright Young Things / The Old Ceremony / dry heathens Tír Na Nóg Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Dec 05, 2009
American Aquarium / Bright Young Things / Justin Jones & the Driving Rain The Pour House Music Hall Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Nov 05, 2009 –
Nov 07, 2009
Troika Music Festival 2009
Future Islands / Bowerbirds / Megafaun / The Love Language / Mount Moriah / Dex Romweber Duo / Tea / Molly Bancroft / House of Fools / The Future Kings of Nowhere / I Was Totally Destroying It / Birds of Avalon / Ear Pwr / Lonnie Walker / Gentleman Jesse and his Men / Hammer No More The Fingers / Tin Star / Butterflies / Red Collar / The Moaners / Pipe / Veelee / The Loners / The Bronzed Chorus / The Dynamite Brothers / Schooner / Brett Harris / Caltrop / Bright Young Things / Whatever Brains / Bellafea / Gray Young / The Pneurotics / Lud / Max Indian / Luego / The Proclivities / Ryan Gustafson / Humble Tripe / Pink Flag / Citified / Embarrassing Fruits / Jews and Catholics / Beloved Binge / The Tender Fruit / The Desmonds / Sequoya / The Dirty Little Heaters / Maple Stave / the huguenots / Regina Hexaphone / Liza Kate / LA Tool & Die / dry heathens / Rat Jackson / Three Days in Vegas / Pistil / All Your Science / Jasme' Kelly / Sea Cow / Véronique Diabolique / Grappling Hook / The Exmonkeys / The Travesties / Town Brass Show all bands
Troika Music Festival Durham, North Carolina, United States
Mar 05, 2009
Strange Faces / Bright Young Things / Brett Harris The Pour House Music Hall Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

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