Eric Church, Willie Nelson, The Roots, Modest Mouse, Sheryl Crow & more playing new Raleigh festival

The Triangle is getting another big festival to add to the calendar along with the Hopscotch Music Festival, World of Bluegrass festivites, and Moogfest coming next year.

This fall the first American Roots Music & Arts Festival will come to Walnut Creek Amphitheater on October 17 and 18 featuring an eclectic lineup. Country superstar and North Carolina native Eric Church will headline both nights and the rest of the lineup includes Willie Nelson, The Roots, Modest Mouse, Sheryl Crow, Warren Haynes, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Grace Potter, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Chris Stapleton, Railroad Earth, Leftover Salmon and Greensky Bluegrass. More performers will be announced later.

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros announce hefty tour, coming to Carrboro

The breakout 10-piece (sometimes more) ensemble band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are gearing up for a busy summer, having just announced new North American dates that will keep the band on the road from May until Aug. The tour is set to stop at the Cat's Cradle on Friday, July 16.

Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday, April 23 via etix and the usual physical locations for $15.

Check out the band's performance of "Home" on the Late Show with David Letterman last year below. They put on a hell of a show. The band's debut album Up From Below is out now.