The Amphitheater’s season currently runs from April through October.

[1][2] The venue's name has changed several times during its construction and first few months of operation.

Plans to accept $300,000 from the local Budweiser distributor to name the venue the Bud Light Amphitheater fell through when the North Carolina Alcohol Control Board refused to grant an exception to rules which disallow naming rights for public facilities to be sold to alcohol manufacturers.

[3] On September 4, 2012 Red Hat struck a deal with the City of Raleigh for naming rights to the amphitheater.

[4] Red Hat Amphitheater has hosted numerous concerts with bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Disturbed, Huddy, Marilyn Manson, Melanie Martinez and The Smashing Pumpkins.