Join us for the first Better Days live music event of 2025 at Hartwell Raleigh featuring Lonnie Rott and Darrien Rutherford!

Better Days is a quarterly live music series that features musicians (local and beyond) who are dedicated to writing and performing original music. Better Days is hosted and sponsored in partnership with J Candeed Music and Hartwell Raleigh.

Come early starting at 5pm for food and drinks from the Hartwell Bar, then get ready for music starting at 7pm.

Admission is $10 and and you can purchase them at the link below and at the door to support future events and all of the musicians.

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About the Artists

Lonnie Rott

Lonnie Rott is a singer-songwriter in Durham, whose songs explore themes of liberation, solidarity, and lament for the fact that everything dies at last, and too soon. His latest project is entitled Whistling in the Dark, out March 6--an extended, Americana-infused meditation on death.

Darrien Rutherford

Darrien Rutherford, a singer-songwriter born and raised in Michigan, began playing guitar at age seven. After moving to North Carolina, he felt a strong pull to pursue music, embracing the journey despite the ups and downs along the way. A father of four, Darrien writes personal songs about love, loss, and the challenges of embracing life’s changes. For him, music is a way to connect honestly and deeply with himself and others, sharing pieces of his story through every chord and lyric.

For more information and updates on Better Days, follow along at @j_candeed_music