These are the locals bars and restaurants that are hosting regular jazz nights for your relaxed, improvisational music enjoyment.
Jazz music is inherently social, where bands often feed off the crowd’s energy and no one’s going to yell at you if you’re having a quiet side conversation while they play. And after a few years of missing it due to the closing of jazz bar C. Grace and restaurant Humble Pie (which hosted weekly jazz nights), several Raleigh bars and restaurants are bringing it back as a regular offering. Here’s where to hear jazz in Raleigh.
Boatman Spirits in Seaboard Station has Jazz Night every Wednesday night (8 – 11 p.m.; 713 Seaboard Station Drive; boatmanspirits.com)
Figulina will host Sidecar Social on the first Sunday of January, February and March. Expect a lively, diverse setlist from Sidecar to enjoy alongside a special “Lasagna Lounge” menu from chef David Ellis (Jan. 4, Feb. 1 & March 1 | 5 – 8 p.m.; $10; 317 S. Harrington Street; figulinaraleigh.com)…