For more than a decade, area organization Band Together hasn't only used music and corporate sponsors to raise large sums of money for charities in need; they've also used unyielding ambition. By setting large goals (they hope to raise $850,000 for the Tammy Lynn Center for Developmental Disabilities) and bringing large bands to large stages, they've continually generated spectacles and statements. Graceful and wry songwriter Lyle Lovett headlines Band Together's big-ticket show this year. The tradition-revitalizing Chatham County Line and the boisterus Delta Rae open, representing rather extreme ends of North Carolina roots music. Also, Mac and Juice Quartet. —Grayson Currin