Colorful flyer for the End of Summer Block Party featuring a cityscape, sunflowers, and rainbow water themes, promoting a free music and arts festival on August 30 from 1-11 pm at Dorothea Dix Park.
 

The most vibrant Summer Block Party of 2025 just landed!

This music and arts festival is brought to you by Oak City Music Collective and in collaboration with Dorothea Dix Park at the Gipson Play Plaza!

2 Stages • 16 Bands • 13 Genres • 14 Countries Represented

Enjoy full band line ups from national and regional artists, DJs, vendor markets, drinks for sale, food trucks, family activities, and so much more!

2025 ARTIST LINEUP

Colorful poster for a free music and arts festival titled 'The End of Summer Block Party' at Dix Park, presented by Oak City Music Collective and Dix Park, featuring the band 3AmSound. The event is scheduled for August 30 from 1 to 11 pm at Gipson Play Plaza, Dix Park. The poster includes a vibrant cityscape illustration, sunflowers, and rainbow-colored abstract designs with a photograph of a musician singing into a microphone.

Indy Hip Hop/Alternative

A colorful promotional poster for the End of Summer Block Party arts festival featuring a man with glasses and dreadlocks wearing a black jacket and cap. The event details are listed at the bottom, including date, time, and location at Dix Park.

Roots Reggae

Colorful flyer for a free music and arts festival called the End of Summer Block Party, presented by Oak City Music Collective and Dix Park. Features a vibrant cityscape, sunflowers, and a photo of the band Nappy Head Funk Army performing on stage. Event details include August 30, 1-11 pm, at Gipson Play Plaza at Dix Park.

Funk

Colorful illustrated poster for the End of Summer Block Party at Glyson Play Plaza, featuring a city skyline, flowers, and a group photo of five people and a dog in front of a string-light decorated wooden fence, indicating a community event scheduled for August 30 from 1 to 11 pm at Dix Park.

Indie/Neo Funk

Colorful poster for a free music and arts festival called The End of Summer Block Party, featuring a photo of a band called Africa Unplugged with five musicians in colorful African print shirts holding instruments inside a brick-walled room. The poster includes decorative sunflowers and city skyline illustrations, along with festival details like date, time, and location.

West African Fusion/Blues

Colorful poster for 'End of Summer Block Party' music and arts festival, featuring a city skyline, sunflowers, and a black-and-white photo of four band members, with details of event date, time, and location in a playful font.

Indie

Colorful illustrated poster for the end of summer block party featuring a photo of a band called Noites Carolinas, with guitars and percussion, surrounded by sunflowers and cityscape at the top. Event details: August 30, 1-11 pm, Gipson Play Plaza at Dix Park in American English.

Brazilian Choro

Colorful poster for a free music and arts festival featuring a block party with a photo of a band called The Phoebes. The event is on August 30 from 1 to 11 pm at Gipson Play Plaza in Dix Park, presented by Oak City Music Collective and Dix Park, with decorative sunflowers, rainbow stripes, and an urban skyline at the top.

Rock/Pop

Colorful illustrated poster for a free music and arts festival called 'The End of Summer Block Party' featuring a city skyline, sunflowers, and three men posing in front of a vibrant purple and pink sky. The event is scheduled for August 30 from 1 to 11 pm at Gipson Play Plaza at Dix Park, presented by Oak City Music Collective and Dix Park, with the band 'Ancestor Piratas' performing.

Cumbia/Chicha

Colorful poster for a free music and arts festival called the End of Summer Block Party. Features a cityscape illustration, sunflower decorations, and a photo of Irving Aday and Cuban Joy. The event is on August 30 from 1-11 pm at Gipson Play Plaza in Dix Park, presented by Oak City Music Collective and Dix Park.

Afro Cuban Jazz/Timba

Colorful poster for a free music and arts festival called 'the END of SUMMER BLOCK PARTY' presented by Oak City Music Collective and Dix Park, featuring a band called Organic Swing, with details about the event date, time, and location at Gipson Play Plaza at Dix Park, surrounded by illustrated flowers and cityscape at the top.

Jazz

AND MANY MORE!

Colorful flyer for a free music and arts festival called the End of Summer Block Party. It features a cityscape at the top, colorful text, sunflower illustrations, and a photo of DJ Monet in the center. The event details include August 30 from 1-11 pm at Gipson Play Plaza, Dix Park, presented by Oak City Music Collective and Dix Park.

Soul/R&B

Colorful flyer promoting a free music and arts festival called the End of Summer Block Party, presented by Oak City Music Collective and Dix Park, scheduled for August 30 from 1 to 11 pm at Gipson Play Plaza at Dix Park. The flyer features a group photo of musicians and festival attendees outdoors with trees and blue sky.

Salsa

Colorful poster for a free summer block party arts festival featuring the band Orquesta K'Che, scheduled for August 30 from 1 to 11 pm at Gipson Play Plaza at Dix Park, presented by Oak City Music Collective and Dix Park.

Salsa

END OF SUMMER BLOCK PARTY FESTIVAL MAP

Colorful map of an amusement park with numbered attractions, pathways, trees, and surrounding roads labeled with street names.
Schedule of the End of Summer Block Party festival with various performances on the main stage at Gipson Play Plaza and the El Mandado stage at Harvey Hill, featuring music, dance, wellness activities, and food vendors, against a colorful cityscape background with sunflowers.
Colorful poster advertising a free outdoor music and arts festival called 'The End of Summer Block Party.' The event features cityscape illustrations, sunflowers, and vibrant rainbow-colored wavy lines. Details include the location at Gipson Play Plaza and Harvey Hill in Dix Park, Raleigh, NC, on August 30 from 1-11 pm, with information about food, alcohol, weather policy, and contact options.
Colorful flyer for a free music and arts festival called 'The End of Summer Block Party,' featuring a city skyline, sunflowers, and vibrant waves in the background, with details about dog allowance, parking, shuttle services, date, time, and location.
Colorful illustrated flyer for the 'End of Summer Block Party' music and arts festival featuring cityscape, sunflowers, rainbow, and text with event details including date, time, location, and items to bring and leave at home.
Colorful poster advertising the End of Summer Block Party at Gipson Play Plaza in Dix Park with info about restrooms, accessibility, and event details.