This year’s Moorefields Bluegrass Festival is Saturday, October 11, with five hours of music from 1-6 p.m. on the historic 18th-century Moorefields estate near Hillsborough. It’s an annual event with terrific live music, fun for the whole family – and it’s also a great opportunity to experience the grounds of the estate, whose history dates back to our community’s very beginning.

Aaron previews the festival with former Chapel Hill mayor Pam Hemminger, who’s on the Moorefields board.

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97.9 The Hill sports reporter Michael Koh checks in from the 2025 ACC Tipoff event, happening this week in Charlotte. Michael chats with Aaron Keck about what we heard from the Tar Heel women’s basketball team yesterday, including head coach Courtney Banghart’s comments on the process of replacing departed stars Alyssa Ustby and Maria Gakdeng – and what we’re expecting to hear from Hubert Davis and the Tar Heel men today as the event continues.

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Filling in for Victor, Michael Koh asks Aaron: how would you cast a sitcom based on the inner workings of 97.9 The Hill? Aaron’s skeptical that such a show would actually work, funny as things are around here – but then again, most great sitcoms tend to take a few seasons to get going anyway. (The recent great ones, that is.)

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Local musician Pippa Hoover stops by to play a song ahead of a show at Yonder in Hillsborough on Sunday, October 12. Sunday’s show starts at 5:00 p.m., with Ravary opening; it’s to celebrate the release of Hoover’s new single, “On the Mountaintop, Alone” – which was inspired by Hillsborough’s Occoneechee Mountain.

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In today’s news: UNC dentistry students do community service to remember one of their own, and Durham voters head to the polls. Also: a road-rage incident and a dangerous police chase in Orange County; three local government boards prep for meetings tonight; officials in Chatham gather to discuss numerous crucial issues; Courtney Banghart talks UNC women’s basketball at the ACC Tipoff event; details emerge about Gio Lopez’s preseason car crash; UNC men’s golf has a spectacular opening day at Notre Dame; a Tar Heel volleyball star gets a conference honor; and we say goodbye to a legendary figure in the local music scene.

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Voice of the Tar Heels Jones Angell joins Aaron to preview Saturday’s Carolina-Clemson game in Kenan Stadium. Both teams are off to less-than-stellar starts and looking to turn things around with a big win; UNC is also facing some quarterback uncertainty, with Gio Lopez’s status still not clear after his injury two weeks ago.

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This week, Brad and Aaron look ahead to March Madness and ask: what’s a 12-seed date night idea, something that doesn’t necessarily sound great on paper but always ends up being a highlight? Aaron offers a twist on the old dinner-and-a-movie idea, while Brad suggests just winging it.

Are you looking for romantic date-night ideas in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and the greater Triangle community? Memorable restaurants, cultural experiences, special events, great places to get outdoors? Every Friday morning at 8:30, Aaron Keck and his husband Brad Bednar go on 97.9 The Hill and offer their recommendations during “Date Night” on This Morning with Aaron Keck. Click here to listen back to all their past segments – and tune in to This Morning every Friday at 8:30 to hear “Date Night” live on the air.

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Trending today: police in California pull over a vehicle, but couldn’t write a ticket – because it was a self-driving car. Does this mean self-driving cars can just break whatever laws they want and drive however they like? (Michael Koh fills in again for Victor, who’s probably off living the self-driving car lifestyle somewhere.)

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Newly opened on E. Franklin Street, Rally House Chapel Hill is “your go-to destination for official apparel and merchandise” – especially on the eve of a big UNC football game. Aaron checks in with Colin Novick of Rally House, to discuss what folks can expect at the store and what they’re doing to ramp up excitement ahead of the Carolina-Clemson game on Saturday.

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In today’s news: Tar Heel fans and town officials gear up for Saturday’s UNC-Clemson game, and a local housing nonprofit wins a statewide honor. Also: Carrboro police search for a missing man; the ACLU gets involved in the ongoing controversy over UNC’s suspension of professor Dwayne Dixon; a propane explosion at Shakori Hills sends two food-truck workers to the hospital; housing nonprofit EmPOWERment Inc. faces another power-related delay in their efforts to open the PEACH apartments in Chapel Hill; Gov. Josh Stein appoints several local leaders to a new Governor’s Advisory Council on Latino Affairs; and UNC women’s soccer breaks a two-game losing streak with a win over Boston College.

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