This weekend on Geet Bazaar (Desi Radio, 88.1 FM, Sunday 10 am to 12 noon) you can win FREE tickets to hear Sunidhi Chauhan, Javed Ali, and Hard Kaur live in concert Aug. 14 at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. We will be giving away lots of tickets during the broadcast. Listen to the Geet Bazaar this Sunday to find out how to call in and win tickets.

Geet Bazaar is a South Asian Radio Program based on listeners’ requests, broadcast every Sunday from 10 am to 12 noon on WKNC 88.1 FM (or live webstream at wknc.org). Email your requests to GeetBazaar at WKNC dot org.

All this week, be listening to Underground on 88.1 FM for your chance to see Lil’ Wayne in concert. Live Nation presents Lil’ Wayne with special guests Soulja Boy, Young Jeezy, Drake, and Jeremih on Saturday, Aug. 8 at the Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek. Former WKNC hip-hop music director DJ Nominal named Lil’ Wayne’s Carter III as one of his favorite hop-hop albums of 2008. Your first chance to win tickets is this Saturday, Aug. 1 during The 2.0 Show with D-Cutta.

The Decemberists are coming to Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium June 4th and 88.1 has your chance to win tickets. Cat’s Cradle is presenting the show so you know it’s going to rock. Also on the giveaway menu:

• Clutch w/ Wino’s Band and Maylene and the Disasters TONIGHT at Cat’s Cradle
• Goodnight’s Comedy Club and UAB present comedian John Oliver from The Daily Show this Saturday at Stewart Theatre in Tally Student Center, NCSU campus.
• Sneak preview passes for Drag Me To Hell on Tue., May 26th at Crossroads 20 in Cary
• Kennebec w/ Love Colt on Sat., May 30th at The Pour House
• Carolina Rollergirls double header on Sat., June 6th at Dorton Arena

Win them before you can buy them as WKNC gives away tickets to see Dave Matthews Band with homegrown heroes The Avett Brothers Wednesday, April 22nd at the Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek. All this week our DJs will be playing song clips from the bands. If you can correctly name the song title, you can win a pair of lawn tickets to the show.

Tickets go on sale this Saturday, Jan. 17 at LiveNation.com.

The Avett Brothers with WKNC staff in October 2007.